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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornerstone Wealth Management, LLC | 18,716 | $969.1K | 0.08% | +1,402+8.1% | Added |
| Resources Management Corp | 18,899 | $979.0K | 0.14% | −650−3.3% | Reduced |
| Signaturefd, LLC | 19,395 | $1.00M | 0.02% | +3,735+23.9% | Added |
| Yousif Capital Management, LLC | 21,068 | $1.09M | 0.01% | +1,340+6.8% | Added |
| JustInvest LLC | 21,184 | $1.10M | 0.02% | +4,079+23.8% | Added |
| Cerity Partners LLC | 21,841 | $1.13M | 0.00% | +14,572+200.5% | Added |
| Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. | 22,454 | $1.16M | 0.01% | +1,729+8.3% | Added |
| Cigna Investments Inc | 22,659 | $1.17M | 0.22% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC | 22,677 | $1.17M | 0.01% | +294+1.3% | Added |
| Rocky Mountain Advisers, LLC | 23,000 | $1.19M | 0.38% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| UniSuper Management Pty Ltd | 17,200 | $1.21M | 0.01% | −117,429−87.2% | Reduced |
| Intrua Financial, LLC | 24,044 | $1.25M | 0.19% | +346+1.5% | Added |
| Exencial Wealth Advisors, LLC | 24,300 | $1.26M | 0.05% | +962+4.1% | Added |
| Avantax Advisory Services, Inc. | 24,356 | $1.26M | 0.01% | −120.0% | Reduced |
| Keybank National Association | 26,264 | $1.36M | 0.01% | −392−1.5% | Reduced |
| Ipswich Investment Management Co., Inc. | 26,486 | $1.37M | 0.32% | +500+1.9% | Added |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | 26,890 | $1.39M | 0.03% | +15,875+144.1% | Added |
| Pinnacle Associates Ltd | 27,500 | $1.42M | 0.02% | −300−1.1% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 27,728 | $1.43M | 0.00% | −3,009−9.8% | Reduced |
| Capital Fund Management S.A. | 28,595 | $1.48M | 0.02% | +4,700+19.7% | Added |
| Arnhold LLC | 28,600 | $1.48M | 0.16% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Portland Investment Counsel Inc. | 423,391 | $1.48M | 0.83% | +4,200+1.0% | Added |
| Raymond James & Associates | 28,800 | $1.49M | 0.00% | −7,761−21.2% | Reduced |
| Highland Capital Management, LLC | 29,950 | $1.55M | 0.09% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Employees Provident Fund Board | 30,000 | $1.55M | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Fiera Capital Corp | 30,368 | $1.57M | 0.00% | −723−2.3% | Reduced |
| Tacita Capital Inc | 31,473 | $1.63M | 1.13% | +1,851+6.2% | Added |
| Bayesian Capital Management, LP | 33,600 | $1.74M | 0.17% | +33,600 | New |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 34,000 | $1.76M | 0.00% | −1,700−4.8% | Reduced |
| Shell Asset Management Co | 40,664 | $1.86M | 0.08% | −17,992−30.7% | Reduced |
| Mariner, LLC | 37,055 | $1.92M | 0.00% | +10,822+41.3% | Added |
| Prudential PLC | 37,403 | $1.94M | 0.02% | −1,079−2.8% | Reduced |
| Creative Planning | 37,542 | $1.94M | 0.00% | +5,020+15.4% | Added |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (Switzerland) SA | 38,781 | $1.99M | 0.14% | +25,580+193.8% | Added |
| Davenport & Co LLC | 38,500 | $1.99M | 0.01% | −200−0.5% | Reduced |
| Wetherby Asset Management Inc | 39,806 | $2.06M | 0.10% | +3,883+10.8% | Added |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 40,714 | $2.11M | 0.00% | +26,036+177.4% | Added |
| Cetera Investment Advisers | 40,788 | $2.11M | 0.00% | +40,788 | New |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp | 42,028 | $2.12M | 0.00% | +16,700+65.9% | Added |
| United Services Automobile Association | 41,250 | $2.13M | 0.05% | −283,728−87.3% | Reduced |
| APG Asset Management N.V. | 44,912 | $2.15M | 0.00% | +772+1.7% | Added |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 42,352 | $2.19M | 0.00% | +37,779+826.1% | Added |
| Natixis Advisors, L.P. | 42,687 | $2.21M | 0.01% | −1,265−2.9% | Reduced |
| MEAG MUNICH ERGO, Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH | 42,779 | $2.22M | 0.08% | +42,779 | New |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 42,930 | $2.22M | 0.00% | +24,341+130.9% | Added |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | 43,646 | $2.26M | 0.01% | +30+0.1% | Added |
| Eldred Rock Partners, LLC | 45,411 | $2.35M | 1.28% | +22,341+96.8% | Added |
| Advisors Management Group Inc | 46,044 | $2.38M | 0.59% | +2,903+6.7% | Added |
| Natixis | 48,394 | $2.50M | 0.01% | +30,219+166.3% | Added |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | 49,401 | $2.56M | 0.06% | +49,401 | New |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 50,842 | $2.63M | 0.00% | +6,441+14.5% | Added |
| Cardinal Capital Management | 51,788 | $2.68M | 0.44% | +3,623+7.5% | Added |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd | 53,007 | $2.74M | 0.21% | +32,178+154.5% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 53,966 | $2.79M | 0.00% | −6,688−11.0% | Reduced |
| Metis Global Partners, LLC | 54,606 | $2.82M | 0.10% | −4,459−7.5% | Reduced |
| Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. | 57,681 | $2.98M | 0.12% | −1,870−3.1% | Reduced |
| British Columbia Investment Management Corp | 59,546 | $3.08M | 0.02% | +41,278+226.0% | Added |
| Bank of Nova Scotia | 64,639 | $3.34M | 0.01% | +155+0.2% | Added |
| Pathway Financial Advisers, LLC | 71,156 | $3.68M | 1.33% | +4,937+7.5% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 71,348 | $3.69M | 0.00% | −905−1.3% | Reduced |
| Duality Advisers, LP | 74,661 | $3.87M | 0.38% | +74,661 | New |
| Intech Investment Management LLC | 74,982 | $3.88M | 0.05% | +74,982 | New |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 75,719 | $3.92M | 0.01% | +1,921+2.6% | Added |
| PCJ Investment Counsel Ltd. | 76,237 | $3.95M | 1.30% | +29,370+62.7% | Added |
| Cumberland Partners Ltd | 76,530 | $3.96M | 0.29% | −32,235−29.6% | Reduced |
| STRS Ohio | 76,894 | $3.98M | 0.02% | +76,894 | New |
| Triasima Portfolio Management inc. | 80,592 | $4.17M | 0.35% | −39,000−32.6% | Reduced |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc | 83,706 | $4.45M | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 90,079 | $4.66M | 0.00% | +3,599+4.2% | Added |
| Snowden Capital Advisors LLC | 96,075 | $4.97M | 0.16% | +16,939+21.4% | Added |
| Millennium Management LLC | 97,731 | $5.06M | 0.00% | −126,934−56.5% | Reduced |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (Europe) Ltd | 99,161 | $5.08M | 0.32% | +1,922+2.0% | Added |
| American Assets Investment Management, LLC | 100,000 | $5.18M | 0.49% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Insight Folios Inc | 100,025 | $5.18M | 2.10% | +100,025 | New |
| Gold Investment Management Ltd. | 111,564 | $5.77M | 2.33% | +292+0.3% | Added |
| Genus Capital Management Inc. | 114,778 | $5.94M | 0.77% | +114,778 | New |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 115,351 | $5.97M | 0.00% | +108,930+1,696.5% | Added |
| Maryland State Retirement & Pension System | 130,141 | $6.04M | 0.12% | +23,744+22.3% | Added |
| US Bancorp | 118,561 | $6.14M | 0.01% | +49,735+72.3% | Added |
| Rathbone Brothers plc | 121,958 | $6.31M | 0.04% | −14,829−10.8% | Reduced |
| Ossiam | 124,146 | $6.43M | 0.11% | +23,155+22.9% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 125,087 | $6.48M | 0.00% | +66,175+112.3% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 129,060 | $6.68M | 0.01% | −1,650−1.3% | Reduced |
| O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC | 129,263 | $6.69M | 0.07% | −13,845−9.7% | Reduced |
| K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc | 139,261 | $7.20M | 1.11% | −28,452−17.0% | Reduced |
| Utah Retirement Systems | 142,511 | $7.38M | 0.09% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 143,849 | $7.46M | 0.00% | +8,230+6.1% | Added |
| Lorne Steinberg Wealth Management Inc. | 144,781 | $7.49M | 2.34% | +9,532+7.0% | Added |
| Balyasny Asset Management LLC | 146,010 | $7.56M | 0.02% | +51,945+55.2% | Added |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) | 155,686 | $8.06M | 0.04% | +5,700+3.8% | Added |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 158,080 | $8.19M | 0.01% | −16,736−9.6% | Reduced |
| M&G Plc | 158,333 | $8.19M | 0.05% | +158,333 | New |
| Royal London Asset Management Ltd | 159,382 | $8.25M | 0.02% | +2,740+1.7% | Added |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 164,118 | $8.50M | 0.06% | −105,853−39.2% | Reduced |
| Louisbourg Investments Inc. | 171,858 | $8.90M | 2.47% | −8,178−4.5% | Reduced |
| USS Investment Management Ltd | 178,579 | $9.25M | 0.08% | −6,902−3.7% | Reduced |
| Gluskin Sheff & Assoc Inc | 184,289 | $9.53M | 0.95% | −13,899−7.0% | Reduced |
| Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc. | 186,523 | $9.66M | 0.19% | −8,436−4.3% | Reduced |
| CI Private Wealth, LLC | 189,891 | $9.83M | 0.02% | +88,442+87.2% | Added |
| Investment Management Corp of Ontario | 191,845 | $9.93M | 0.30% | −44,762−18.9% | Reduced |