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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USS Investment Management Ltd | 185,481 | $9.03M | 0.08% | −17,265−8.5% | Reduced |
| Louisbourg Investments Inc. | 180,036 | $8.81M | 2.66% | +180,036 | New |
| UniSuper Management Pty Ltd | 134,629 | $8.68M | 0.10% | +461+0.3% | Added |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. | 174,787 | $8.51M | 0.69% | +17,300+11.0% | Added |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 174,816 | $8.51M | 0.01% | −49,925−22.2% | Reduced |
| K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc | 167,713 | $8.18M | 1.39% | −9,860−5.6% | Reduced |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | 165,643 | $8.07M | 0.10% | +154,829+1,431.7% | Added |
| Royal London Asset Management Ltd | 156,642 | $7.63M | 0.02% | −2,112−1.3% | Reduced |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) | 149,986 | $7.30M | 0.04% | +3,168+2.2% | Added |
| Utah Retirement Systems | 142,511 | $6.97M | 0.09% | +2,200+1.6% | Added |
| O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC | 143,108 | $6.97M | 0.09% | −18,653−11.5% | Reduced |
| Quantbot Technologies LP | 139,186 | $6.78M | 0.39% | +138,259+14,914.7% | Added |
| Rathbone Brothers plc | 136,787 | $6.69M | 0.04% | −1,450−1.0% | Reduced |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 135,619 | $6.64M | 0.00% | −2,800−2.0% | Reduced |
| Lorne Steinberg Wealth Management Inc. | 135,249 | $6.59M | 2.21% | +9,694+7.7% | Added |
| Wolverine Trading, LLC | 132,565 | $6.45M | 0.05% | +120,756+1,022.6% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 130,710 | $6.36M | 0.01% | −8,556−6.1% | Reduced |
| Triasima Portfolio Management inc. | 119,592 | $5.83M | 0.48% | −621,933−83.9% | Reduced |
| Gold Investment Management Ltd. | 111,272 | $5.42M | 2.32% | +111,272 | New |
| Maryland State Retirement & Pension System | 106,397 | $5.18M | 0.11% | −14,273−11.8% | Reduced |
| Ossiam | 100,991 | $4.94M | 0.08% | +24,249+31.6% | Added |
| CI Private Wealth, LLC | 101,449 | $4.94M | 0.01% | −294−0.3% | Reduced |
| Cumberland Partners Ltd | 108,765 | $4.89M | 0.45% | +150.0% | Added |
| American Assets Investment Management, LLC | 100,000 | $4.87M | 0.50% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (Europe) Ltd | 97,239 | $4.74M | 0.32% | +716+0.7% | Added |
| Balyasny Asset Management LLC | 94,065 | $4.58M | 0.01% | +94,065 | New |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 86,480 | $4.21M | 0.00% | +1,132+1.3% | Added |
| La Banque Postale Asset Management SA | 83,980 | $4.11M | 0.09% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc | 83,706 | $3.99M | 0.01% | +8,000+10.6% | Added |
| Snowden Capital Advisors LLC | 79,136 | $3.85M | 0.15% | −10,590−11.8% | Reduced |
| CenterBook Partners LP | 74,912 | $3.65M | 0.44% | −52,316−41.1% | Reduced |
| AJOVista, LLC | 74,400 | $3.62M | 4.57% | +74,400 | New |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 74,149 | $3.61M | 0.01% | +51,736+230.8% | Added |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 73,798 | $3.59M | 0.01% | +2,726+3.8% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 72,253 | $3.52M | 0.00% | −62,274−46.3% | Reduced |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | 69,132 | $3.37M | 0.09% | +34,736+101.0% | Added |
| US Bancorp | 68,826 | $3.35M | 0.00% | +1,660+2.5% | Added |
| Pathway Financial Advisers, LLC | 66,219 | $3.22M | 1.23% | −5,242−7.3% | Reduced |
| Bank of Nova Scotia | 64,484 | $3.14M | 0.01% | −3,599−5.3% | Reduced |
| HAP Trading, LLC | 63,702 | $3.10M | 0.91% | +9,161+16.8% | Added |
| AXA S.A. | 61,944 | $3.02M | 0.01% | −296,885−82.7% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 60,654 | $2.95M | 0.00% | +4,094+7.2% | Added |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 60,100 | $2.93M | 0.00% | −145,700−70.8% | Reduced |
| Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. | 59,551 | $2.90M | 0.12% | +3,268+5.8% | Added |
| Metis Global Partners, LLC | 59,065 | $2.88M | 0.11% | +258+0.4% | Added |
| Shell Asset Management Co | 58,656 | $2.87M | 0.13% | −15,600−21.0% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 58,912 | $2.87M | 0.00% | +35,236+148.8% | Added |
| Cardinal Capital Management | 48,165 | $2.35M | 0.44% | +180+0.4% | Added |
| PCJ Investment Counsel Ltd. | 46,867 | $2.28M | 0.88% | +3,900+9.1% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 44,401 | $2.16M | 0.00% | −768−1.7% | Reduced |
| Natixis Advisors, L.P. | 43,952 | $2.14M | 0.01% | −8,206−15.7% | Reduced |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | 43,616 | $2.13M | 0.01% | −39,078−47.3% | Reduced |
| Advisors Management Group Inc | 43,141 | $2.10M | 0.57% | +697+1.6% | Added |
| APG Asset Management N.V. | 44,140 | $1.95M | 0.00% | −2,174−4.7% | Reduced |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 39,484 | $1.92M | 0.01% | −23,146−37.0% | Reduced |
| Davenport & Co LLC | 38,700 | $1.88M | 0.01% | −125−0.3% | Reduced |
| Prudential PLC | 38,482 | $1.87M | 0.02% | +22,561+141.7% | Added |
| Trexquant Investment LP | 36,602 | $1.78M | 0.04% | +36,602 | New |
| Raymond James & Associates | 36,561 | $1.78M | 0.00% | −10,549−22.4% | Reduced |
| Wetherby Asset Management Inc | 35,923 | $1.75M | 0.09% | −1,710−4.5% | Reduced |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 35,700 | $1.75M | 0.00% | −12,281−25.6% | Reduced |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC | 34,900 | $1.70M | 0.01% | +34,900 | New |
| Creative Planning | 32,522 | $1.58M | 0.00% | −6,833−17.4% | Reduced |
| Fiera Capital Corp | 31,091 | $1.52M | 0.00% | −2,046−6.2% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 30,737 | $1.50M | 0.00% | +5,963+24.1% | Added |
| Employees Provident Fund Board | 30,000 | $1.47M | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Highland Capital Management, LLC | 29,950 | $1.46M | 0.09% | −200−0.7% | Reduced |
| Tacita Capital Inc | 29,622 | $1.45M | 1.07% | +937+3.3% | Added |
| Arnhold LLC | 28,600 | $1.39M | 0.16% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Pinnacle Associates Ltd | 27,800 | $1.35M | 0.02% | +12,500+81.7% | Added |
| Keybank National Association | 26,656 | $1.30M | 0.01% | −1,200−4.3% | Reduced |
| Mariner, LLC | 26,233 | $1.28M | 0.00% | −19,874−43.1% | Reduced |
| Ipswich Investment Management Co., Inc. | 25,986 | $1.27M | 0.32% | −375−1.4% | Reduced |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 25,400 | $1.24M | 0.00% | −25,209−49.8% | Reduced |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp | 25,328 | $1.23M | 0.00% | +20,700+447.3% | Added |
| Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd | 24,765 | $1.21M | 0.01% | +8,079+48.4% | Added |
| Avantax Advisory Services, Inc. | 24,368 | $1.19M | 0.01% | +2,206+10.0% | Added |
| Capital Fund Management S.A. | 23,895 | $1.16M | 0.01% | +23,895 | New |
| Intrua Financial, LLC | 23,698 | $1.15M | 0.18% | +103+0.4% | Added |
| Exencial Wealth Advisors, LLC | 23,338 | $1.14M | 0.05% | +2,296+10.9% | Added |
| Eldred Rock Partners, LLC | 23,070 | $1.12M | 0.72% | +23,070 | New |
| Rocky Mountain Advisers, LLC | 23,000 | $1.12M | 0.39% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Cigna Investments Inc | 22,659 | $1.11M | 0.23% | +197+0.9% | Added |
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC | 22,383 | $1.09M | 0.01% | +910+4.2% | Added |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd | 20,829 | $1.01M | 0.09% | +20,829 | New |
| Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. | 20,725 | $1.01M | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Yousif Capital Management, LLC | 19,728 | $960.6K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Axq Capital, LP | 19,600 | $954.3K | 0.25% | +1,500+8.3% | Added |
| Resources Management Corp | 19,549 | $952.0K | 0.14% | −145−0.7% | Reduced |
| M&T Bank Corp | 19,362 | $942.7K | 0.00% | −10.0% | Reduced |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 19,083 | $933.0K | 0.00% | −2,887−13.1% | Reduced |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 18,589 | $906.0K | 0.00% | −2,246−10.8% | Reduced |
| Signal Advisors Wealth, LLC | 18,602 | $905.7K | 0.31% | +18,602 | New |
| British Columbia Investment Management Corp | 18,268 | $889.3K | 0.01% | −199,293−91.6% | Reduced |
| Natixis | 18,175 | $885.5K | 0.01% | +18,174+1,817,400.0% | Added |
| Davis-Rea Ltd. | 17,735 | $866.1K | 0.44% | −200−1.1% | Reduced |
| Pacifica Partners Inc. | 19,185 | $851.1K | 0.42% | +285+1.5% | Added |
| Cornerstone Wealth Management, LLC | 17,314 | $843.1K | 0.07% | +1,876+12.2% | Added |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main | 17,300 | $842.0K | 0.00% | −6,900−28.5% | Reduced |
| JustInvest LLC | 17,105 | $832.8K | 0.02% | +2,252+15.2% | Added |