Bank of Nova Scotia
BNS- Exchange
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- State Commercial Banks
- SEC CIK
- 0000009631
No open-market purchases or sales by Bank of Nova Scotia insiders were filed in the last 90 days; 535 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $47.7B in total; superinvestors Fairfax Financial and Maverick Capital hold it.
13F holders, Q4 2023
Institutional positions in Bank of Nova Scotia as of Dec 31, 2023. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works
- Institutional holders
- 390
- +1 vs. Q3 2023
- Shares held
- 541.0M
- +5.63M (+1.1%) vs. Q3 2023
- Total value
- $26.4B
- +$1.87B (+7.6%) vs. Q3 2023
- New holders
- 46
- 132 more added
- Sold out
- 45
- 153 more reduced
6 institutions that held it in Q3 2023 haven't filed for Q4 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q3 2023: new holders, sold out and not filed yet
Holders and value by quarter
Institutions reporting BNS on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.
| Quarter | Holders | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 535 | $47.7B |
| Q1 2026 | 508 | $37.3B |
| Q4 2025 | 484 | $42.2B |
| Q3 2025 | 460 | $35.8B |
| Q2 2025 | 433 | $33.5B |
| Q1 2025 | 419 | $27.3B |
| Q4 2024 | 442 | $29.3B |
| Q3 2024 | 412 | $31.4B |
| Q2 2024 | 393 | $26.0B |
| Q1 2024 | 399 | $29.1B |
| Q4 2023 | 390 | $26.4B |
| Q3 2023 | 395 | $24.5B |
| Q2 2023 | 386 | $27.3B |
| Q1 2023 | 405 | $28.3B |
| Q4 2022 | 418 | $26.8B |
| Q3 2022 | 416 | $26.9B |
| Q2 2022 | 434 | $33.2B |
| Q1 2022 | 440 | $38.8B |
| Q4 2021 | 438 | $39.4B |
| Q3 2021 | 419 | $36.0B |
| Q2 2021 | 394 | $37.1B |
| Q1 2021 | 385 | $36.4B |
Institutions, Q4 2023
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Bank of Nova Scotia; share changes are against Q3 2023.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citigroup Inc | 256,046 | $12.5M | 0.02% | −41,523−14.0% | Reduced |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 269,971 | $13.2M | 0.10% | −45,159−14.3% | Reduced |
| Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Co | 281,723 | $13.7M | 1.54% | −22,976−7.5% | Reduced |
| QV Investors Inc. | 287,452 | $14.1M | 1.27% | −108,893−27.5% | Reduced |
| Fairfax Financial Holdings LtdSuperinvestorFairfax Financial | 289,100 | $14.1M | 0.96% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Credential Qtrade Securities Inc. | 292,369 | $14.2M | 0.85% | −18,830−6.1% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 243,429 | $15.3M | 0.00% | +15,553+6.8% | Added |
| United Services Automobile Association | 324,978 | $15.8M | 0.35% | +3,926+1.2% | Added |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 331,767 | $16.0M | 0.01% | +7,010+2.2% | Added |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd | 354,700 | $17.3M | 0.31% | +322,900+1,015.4% | Added |
| Forsta Ap-Fonden | 376,700 | $18.4M | 0.19% | −2,000−0.5% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 383,460 | $18.7M | 0.01% | +19,812+5.4% | Added |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 395,040 | $19.2M | 0.02% | +141,598+55.9% | Added |
| Acadian Asset Management LLC | 414,050 | $20.3M | 0.08% | −291,150−41.3% | Reduced |
| Portland Investment Counsel Inc. | 419,191 | $20.4M | 7.30% | +5,172+1.2% | Added |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 432,256 | $21.0M | 0.04% | −238,160−35.5% | Reduced |
| Omers Administration Corp | 432,400 | $21.2M | 0.27% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 433,078 | $21.2M | 0.08% | +17,897+4.3% | Added |
| Unigestion Holding SA | 442,979 | $21.6M | 1.19% | −25,162−5.4% | Reduced |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC | 444,951 | $21.7M | 0.10% | +116,039+35.3% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 461,869 | $22.5M | 0.00% | −10,749−2.3% | Reduced |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 467,102 | $22.8M | 0.04% | −81,512−14.9% | Reduced |
| Guardian Capital LP | 482,270 | $23.6M | 0.85% | −12,349−2.5% | Reduced |
| Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. | 496,951 | $24.2M | 0.74% | +34,975+7.6% | Added |
| MUFG Securities (Canada), Ltd. | 500,000 | $24.5M | 6.90% | +500,000 | New |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA | 524,199 | $25.6M | 0.03% | +9,396+1.8% | Added |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 537,709 | $26.2M | 0.06% | −15,300−2.8% | Reduced |
| AMF Pensionsforsakring AB | 574,571 | $28.2M | 0.24% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 609,530 | $29.7M | 0.06% | +238,861+64.4% | Added |
| Marathon Asset Mgmt Ltd | 632,154 | $30.9M | 0.87% | −57,690−8.4% | Reduced |
| Nexus Investment Management ULC | 655,045 | $32.0M | 3.34% | +1,695+0.3% | Added |
| Agf Management Ltd | 528,831 | $32.3M | 0.19% | +122,767+30.2% | Added |
| Guardian Capital Advisors LP | 691,216 | $33.6M | 3.51% | +13,234+2.0% | Added |
| State of Tennessee, Treasury Department | 691,444 | $33.8M | 0.13% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel Inc. | 721,604 | $35.3M | 1.88% | −13,372−1.8% | Reduced |
| Intact Investment Management Inc. | 789,954 | $38.5M | 1.56% | +349,593+79.4% | Added |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 884,329 | $43.0M | 0.09% | +28,226+3.3% | Added |
| Lincluden Management Ltd | 890,245 | $43.3M | 5.26% | −120,722−11.9% | Reduced |
| Voloridge Investment Management, LLC | 903,271 | $44.0M | 0.17% | +178,668+24.7% | Added |
| Korea Investment CORP | 946,141 | $46.3M | 0.12% | +57,956+6.5% | Added |
| Cidel Asset Management Inc | 958,630 | $46.9M | 2.01% | −15,165−1.6% | Reduced |
| BlackRock Inc. | 963,933 | $46.9M | 0.00% | −37,254−3.7% | Reduced |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 1,003,657 | $48.9M | 0.02% | −2,134,044−68.0% | Reduced |
| Aviva PLC | 1,026,988 | $50.2M | 0.18% | +140,650+15.9% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 1,242,302 | $60.5M | 0.03% | +8,381+0.7% | Added |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 1,276,040 | $62.1M | 0.06% | +319,232+33.4% | Added |
| Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. | 1,286,439 | $62.7M | 0.70% | +1,814+0.1% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1,362,710 | $66.4M | 0.01% | −58,545−4.1% | Reduced |
| Value Partners Investments Inc. | 1,434,222 | $69.9M | 5.59% | +1,024+0.1% | Added |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 1,476,551 | $71.9M | 0.17% | −128,900−8.0% | Reduced |
| Scheer, Rowlett & Associates Investment Management Ltd. | 1,576,883 | $76.8M | 5.80% | −31,037−1.9% | Reduced |
| Addenda Capital Inc. | 1,191,484 | $76.9M | 3.00% | +21,772+1.9% | Added |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 1,646,972 | $80.6M | 0.03% | +1,646,972 | New |
| FIL Ltd | 1,807,499 | $88.0M | 0.09% | −2,107,307−53.8% | Reduced |
| Cardinal Capital Management, Inc. | 1,879,372 | $91.8M | 4.35% | −81,451−4.2% | Reduced |
| Credit Suisse AG | 2,071,478 | $100.9M | 0.10% | +69,470+3.5% | Added |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 2,280,248 | $111.2M | 0.02% | +33,490+1.5% | Added |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | 2,389,790 | $114.4M | 0.10% | +2,389,790 | New |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 2,793,862 | $136.4M | 0.10% | +11,838+0.4% | Added |
| Murchinson Ltd. | 3,101,309 | $151.0M | 28.44% | +2,543,000+455.5% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 3,197,044 | $155.7M | 0.01% | +26,443+0.8% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 3,197,463 | $155.7M | 0.04% | −691,678−17.8% | Reduced |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 3,396,836 | $165.6M | 0.10% | +78,791+2.4% | Added |
| Beutel, Goodman & Co Ltd. | 3,456,839 | $169.1M | 0.90% | −5,881−0.2% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 3,600,746 | $175.3M | 0.04% | +1,015,812+39.3% | Added |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 3,727,278 | $182.3M | 0.23% | +324,950+9.6% | Added |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp | 3,747,584 | $183.3M | 1.72% | −267,763−6.7% | Reduced |
| Letko, Brosseau & Associates Inc | 4,384,022 | $214.4M | 3.91% | +170,793+4.1% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 4,455,174 | $216.9M | 0.02% | −1,496,791−25.1% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 4,612,979 | $225.8M | 0.02% | +223,261+5.1% | Added |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 4,700,174 | $229.5M | 2.15% | −129,652−2.7% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 5,615,011 | $273.4M | 0.08% | −56,380−1.0% | Reduced |
| Amundi | 4,824,450 | $278.6M | 0.13% | +45,098+0.9% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 5,740,536 | $279.5M | 0.03% | +221,408+4.0% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 7,217,820 | $353.1M | 0.11% | +72,594+1.0% | Added |
| CIBC Asset Management Inc | 8,693,115 | $424.5M | 1.59% | +498,727+6.1% | Added |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 8,845,705 | $430.6M | 2.01% | −473,983−5.1% | Reduced |
| Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund | 12,384,704 | $603.2M | 2.12% | +1,326,559+12.0% | Added |
| Jarislowsky, Fraser Ltd | 13,163,545 | $643.9M | 3.79% | +542,398+4.3% | Added |
| Norges Bank | 13,402,099 | $652.4M | 0.11% | +1,581,840+13.4% | Added |
| Scotia Capital Inc. | 13,420,717 | $653.3M | 4.21% | +32,952+0.2% | Added |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp | 13,422,200 | $653.7M | 0.99% | −2,262,113−14.4% | Reduced |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | 14,654,741 | $713.5M | 1.35% | −940,744−6.0% | Reduced |
| National Bank of Canada | 17,285,427 | $821.3M | 1.49% | −1,363,070−7.3% | Reduced |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 19,841,901 | $970.6M | 0.95% | +3,731,541+23.2% | Added |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 27,258,429 | $1.33B | 3.76% | +2,987,483+12.3% | Added |
| Toronto Dominion Bank | 28,894,803 | $1.41B | 2.04% | +6,327,123+28.0% | Added |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 46,971,032 | $2.29B | 0.05% | +1,279,934+2.8% | Added |
| Bank of Montreal | 71,984,792 | $3.51B | 1.89% | −8,268,344−10.3% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 102,455,575 | $4.99B | 1.24% | +459,900+0.5% | Added |
| MUFG Securities EMEA plc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,700,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Galibier Capital Management Ltd. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −507,302−100.0% | Sold out |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −384,872−100.0% | Sold out |
| Group One Trading, L.P. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −121,538−100.0% | Sold out |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −82,329−100.0% | Sold out |
| Man Group plc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | – | Sold out |
| Simplex Trading, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −19,752−100.0% | Sold out |
| Pearl River Capital, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −19,400−100.0% | Sold out |
| Genus Capital Management Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −18,846−100.0% | Sold out |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −12,688−100.0% | Sold out |