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, Q1 2024
Institutional positions in Bank of Nova Scotia as of Mar 31, 2024. 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
- 399
- +11 vs. Q4 2023
- Shares held
- 560.3M
- +19.5M (+3.6%) vs. Q4 2023
- Total value
- $29.1B
- +$2.72B (+10.3%) vs. Q4 2023
- New holders
- 53
- 170 more added
- Sold out
- 42
- 104 more reduced
2 institutions that held it in Q4 2023 haven't filed for Q1 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 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, Q1 2024
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Bank of Nova Scotia; share changes are against Q4 2023.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Bank of Canada | 99,069,848 | $5.13B | 1.25% | −3,385,727−3.3% | Reduced |
| Bank of Montreal | 69,580,701 | $3.57B | 1.85% | −2,404,091−3.3% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 47,862,189 | $2.48B | 0.05% | +891,157+1.9% | Added |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 28,059,220 | $1.45B | 3.73% | +800,791+2.9% | Added |
| Toronto Dominion Bank | 24,951,025 | $1.29B | 2.02% | −3,943,778−13.6% | Reduced |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 18,935,769 | $980.5M | 0.91% | −906,132−4.6% | Reduced |
| National Bank of Canada | 19,309,947 | $926.8M | 1.61% | +2,024,520+11.7% | Added |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | 17,015,877 | $881.1M | 1.61% | +2,361,136+16.1% | Added |
| Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund | 14,563,337 | $753.7M | 2.65% | +2,178,633+17.6% | Added |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp | 14,407,934 | $745.6M | 1.08% | +985,734+7.3% | Added |
| Norges Bank | 14,396,167 | $745.0M | 0.12% | +994,068+7.4% | Added |
| Scotia Capital Inc. | 14,193,050 | $734.2M | 4.37% | +772,333+5.8% | Added |
| Jarislowsky, Fraser Ltd | 12,741,121 | $659.7M | 3.78% | −422,424−3.2% | Reduced |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 10,582,719 | $547.7M | 2.36% | +1,737,014+19.6% | Added |
| CIBC Asset Management Inc | 9,903,612 | $512.4M | 1.78% | +1,210,497+13.9% | Added |
| Beutel, Goodman & Co Ltd. | 7,497,905 | $388.2M | 2.00% | +4,041,066+116.9% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 7,185,195 | $371.9M | 0.11% | −32,625−0.5% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 6,700,812 | $347.0M | 0.07% | +3,100,066+86.1% | Added |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 4,773,418 | $334.1M | 2.41% | +73,244+1.6% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 6,449,978 | $334.0M | 0.03% | +1,994,804+44.8% | Added |
| Amundi | 5,052,209 | $306.7M | 0.13% | +227,759+4.7% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 5,756,104 | $298.1M | 0.03% | +15,568+0.3% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 5,286,742 | $273.7M | 0.07% | −328,269−5.8% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 4,838,890 | $252.0M | 0.02% | +225,911+4.9% | Added |
| Letko, Brosseau & Associates Inc | 4,444,697 | $230.1M | 4.00% | +60,675+1.4% | Added |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. | 3,147,387 | $212.6M | 1.59% | +3,147,387 | New |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 4,007,043 | $207.4M | 0.19% | +610,207+18.0% | Added |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 4,004,496 | $207.3M | 0.22% | +277,218+7.4% | Added |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp | 3,775,400 | $195.5M | 1.98% | +27,816+0.7% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 3,708,641 | $192.0M | 0.02% | +511,597+16.0% | Added |
| MUFG Securities (Canada), Ltd. | 3,500,631 | $181.1M | 22.91% | +3,000,631+600.1% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 3,055,993 | $158.2M | 0.03% | −141,470−4.4% | Reduced |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 2,814,054 | $145.7M | 0.10% | +20,192+0.7% | Added |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | 2,360,008 | $122.2M | 0.10% | −29,782−1.2% | Reduced |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 2,167,351 | $112.2M | 0.02% | −112,897−5.0% | Reduced |
| Credit Suisse AG | 2,046,576 | $106.0M | 0.10% | −24,902−1.2% | Reduced |
| Nicola Wealth Management Ltd. | 1,500,000 | $105.1M | 10.19% | +1,500,000 | New |
| Cardinal Capital Management, Inc. | 1,918,252 | $99.3M | 4.41% | +38,880+2.1% | Added |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 1,880,385 | $97.4M | 0.03% | +233,413+14.2% | Added |
| FIL Ltd | 1,818,209 | $94.1M | 0.09% | +10,710+0.6% | Added |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 1,603,908 | $83.0M | 0.06% | +327,868+25.7% | Added |
| Addenda Capital Inc. | 1,176,492 | $82.4M | 3.13% | −14,992−1.3% | Reduced |
| Scheer, Rowlett & Associates Investment Management Ltd. | 1,500,797 | $77.7M | 5.74% | −76,086−4.8% | Reduced |
| Value Partners Investments Inc. | 1,420,209 | $73.4M | 6.01% | −14,013−1.0% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 1,307,336 | $67.7M | 0.03% | +65,034+5.2% | Added |
| Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. | 1,247,980 | $64.6M | 0.67% | −38,459−3.0% | Reduced |
| Marathon Asset Mgmt Ltd | 1,129,572 | $58.5M | 1.56% | +497,418+78.7% | Added |
| Voloridge Investment Management, LLC | 1,128,322 | $58.4M | 0.21% | +225,051+24.9% | Added |
| BlackRock Inc. | 1,119,255 | $58.0M | 0.00% | +155,322+16.1% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1,059,591 | $54.9M | 0.01% | −303,119−22.2% | Reduced |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 1,059,986 | $54.9M | 0.02% | +56,329+5.6% | Added |
| Aviva PLC | 1,045,322 | $54.1M | 0.18% | +18,334+1.8% | Added |
| Korea Investment CORP | 951,452 | $49.3M | 0.13% | +5,311+0.6% | Added |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 945,632 | $49.0M | 0.10% | +61,303+6.9% | Added |
| Lincluden Management Ltd | 858,580 | $44.4M | 5.27% | −31,665−3.6% | Reduced |
| Agf Management Ltd | 513,375 | $42.6M | 0.24% | −15,456−2.9% | Reduced |
| Clark Capital Management Group, Inc. | 751,275 | $38.9M | 0.29% | +751,275 | New |
| Intact Investment Management Inc. | 750,504 | $38.8M | 1.53% | −39,450−5.0% | Reduced |
| Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel Inc. | 739,606 | $38.3M | 1.91% | +18,002+2.5% | Added |
| State of Tennessee, Treasury Department | 691,444 | $35.8M | 0.13% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Nexus Investment Management ULC | 687,945 | $35.6M | 3.43% | +32,900+5.0% | Added |
| Guardian Capital Advisors LP | 677,332 | $32.0M | 3.45% | −13,884−2.0% | Reduced |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 578,203 | $29.9M | 0.05% | −31,327−5.1% | Reduced |
| AMF Pensionsforsakring AB | 574,571 | $29.9M | 0.23% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA | 524,769 | $27.3M | 0.03% | +570+0.1% | Added |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | 520,184 | $26.9M | 0.05% | +332,657+177.4% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 497,728 | $25.8M | 0.00% | +35,859+7.8% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 489,001 | $25.3M | 0.03% | +232,955+91.0% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 479,883 | $24.8M | 0.01% | +96,423+25.1% | Added |
| Guardian Capital LP | 479,088 | $24.8M | 0.86% | −3,182−0.7% | Reduced |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 479,595 | $24.8M | 0.04% | +12,493+2.7% | Added |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 470,285 | $24.4M | 0.09% | +37,207+8.6% | Added |
| SIG North Trading, ULC | 447,348 | $23.2M | 8.47% | +447,348 | New |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd | 442,700 | $22.8M | 0.39% | +88,000+24.8% | Added |
| Omers Administration Corp | 432,400 | $22.4M | 0.26% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co | 420,700 | $21.8M | 0.19% | +420,700 | New |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC | 412,043 | $21.3M | 0.08% | −32,908−7.4% | Reduced |
| Acadian Asset Management LLC | 397,550 | $20.6M | 0.07% | −16,500−4.0% | Reduced |
| AXA S.A. | 397,021 | $20.6M | 0.06% | +335,077+540.9% | Added |
| Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. | 391,444 | $20.2M | 0.58% | −105,507−21.2% | Reduced |
| Forsta Ap-Fonden | 376,800 | $19.5M | 0.17% | +1000.0% | Added |
| Unigestion Holding SA | 363,900 | $18.8M | 0.92% | −79,079−17.9% | Reduced |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 335,438 | $17.4M | 0.01% | +3,671+1.1% | Added |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 330,909 | $17.1M | 0.04% | −206,800−38.5% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 248,652 | $17.0M | 0.00% | +5,223+2.1% | Added |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 316,305 | $16.4M | 0.02% | +290,905+1,145.3% | Added |
| Credential Qtrade Securities Inc. | 305,240 | $15.8M | 0.85% | +12,871+4.4% | Added |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 291,823 | $15.1M | 0.02% | −103,217−26.1% | Reduced |
| QV Investors Inc. | 290,434 | $15.0M | 1.31% | +2,982+1.0% | Added |
| Cidel Asset Management Inc | 289,445 | $15.0M | 1.14% | −669,185−69.8% | Reduced |
| Fairfax Financial Holdings LtdSuperinvestorFairfax Financial | 289,100 | $15.0M | 1.22% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V. | 286,600 | $14.8M | 0.11% | +286,600 | New |
| Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Co | 278,997 | $14.4M | 1.56% | −2,726−1.0% | Reduced |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 271,489 | $13.9M | 0.03% | −160,767−37.2% | Reduced |
| American Century Companies Inc | 261,333 | $13.5M | 0.01% | +33,072+14.5% | Added |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 251,879 | $13.0M | 0.02% | +40,436+19.1% | Added |
| Euro Pacific Asset Management, LLC | 241,967 | $12.4M | 2.52% | −185−0.1% | Reduced |
| Dorchester Wealth Management Co | 217,482 | $11.2M | 2.01% | +50.0% | Added |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. | 196,387 | $10.2M | 0.80% | +21,600+12.4% | Added |
| Investment Management Corp of Ontario | 191,845 | $9.93M | 0.30% | −44,762−18.9% | Reduced |