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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. | 196,387 | $10.2M | 0.80% | +21,600+12.4% | Added |
| Dorchester Wealth Management Co | 217,482 | $11.2M | 2.01% | +50.0% | Added |
| Euro Pacific Asset Management, LLC | 241,967 | $12.4M | 2.52% | −185−0.1% | Reduced |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 251,879 | $13.0M | 0.02% | +40,436+19.1% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 261,333 | $13.5M | 0.01% | +33,072+14.5% | Added |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 271,489 | $13.9M | 0.03% | −160,767−37.2% | Reduced |
| Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Co | 278,997 | $14.4M | 1.56% | −2,726−1.0% | Reduced |
| Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V. | 286,600 | $14.8M | 0.11% | +286,600 | New |
| Fairfax Financial Holdings LtdSuperinvestorFairfax Financial | 289,100 | $15.0M | 1.22% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Cidel Asset Management Inc | 289,445 | $15.0M | 1.14% | −669,185−69.8% | Reduced |
| QV Investors Inc. | 290,434 | $15.0M | 1.31% | +2,982+1.0% | Added |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 291,823 | $15.1M | 0.02% | −103,217−26.1% | Reduced |
| Credential Qtrade Securities Inc. | 305,240 | $15.8M | 0.85% | +12,871+4.4% | Added |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 316,305 | $16.4M | 0.02% | +290,905+1,145.3% | Added |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 248,652 | $17.0M | 0.00% | +5,223+2.1% | Added |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 330,909 | $17.1M | 0.04% | −206,800−38.5% | Reduced |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 335,438 | $17.4M | 0.01% | +3,671+1.1% | Added |
| Unigestion Holding SA | 363,900 | $18.8M | 0.92% | −79,079−17.9% | Reduced |
| Forsta Ap-Fonden | 376,800 | $19.5M | 0.17% | +1000.0% | Added |
| Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. | 391,444 | $20.2M | 0.58% | −105,507−21.2% | Reduced |
| AXA S.A. | 397,021 | $20.6M | 0.06% | +335,077+540.9% | Added |
| Acadian Asset Management LLC | 397,550 | $20.6M | 0.07% | −16,500−4.0% | Reduced |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC | 412,043 | $21.3M | 0.08% | −32,908−7.4% | Reduced |
| Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co | 420,700 | $21.8M | 0.19% | +420,700 | New |
| Omers Administration Corp | 432,400 | $22.4M | 0.26% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd | 442,700 | $22.8M | 0.39% | +88,000+24.8% | Added |
| SIG North Trading, ULC | 447,348 | $23.2M | 8.47% | +447,348 | New |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 470,285 | $24.4M | 0.09% | +37,207+8.6% | Added |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 479,595 | $24.8M | 0.04% | +12,493+2.7% | Added |
| Guardian Capital LP | 479,088 | $24.8M | 0.86% | −3,182−0.7% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 479,883 | $24.8M | 0.01% | +96,423+25.1% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 489,001 | $25.3M | 0.03% | +232,955+91.0% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 497,728 | $25.8M | 0.00% | +35,859+7.8% | Added |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | 520,184 | $26.9M | 0.05% | +332,657+177.4% | Added |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA | 524,769 | $27.3M | 0.03% | +570+0.1% | Added |
| AMF Pensionsforsakring AB | 574,571 | $29.9M | 0.23% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 578,203 | $29.9M | 0.05% | −31,327−5.1% | Reduced |
| Guardian Capital Advisors LP | 677,332 | $32.0M | 3.45% | −13,884−2.0% | Reduced |
| Nexus Investment Management ULC | 687,945 | $35.6M | 3.43% | +32,900+5.0% | Added |
| State of Tennessee, Treasury Department | 691,444 | $35.8M | 0.13% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel Inc. | 739,606 | $38.3M | 1.91% | +18,002+2.5% | Added |
| Intact Investment Management Inc. | 750,504 | $38.8M | 1.53% | −39,450−5.0% | Reduced |
| Clark Capital Management Group, Inc. | 751,275 | $38.9M | 0.29% | +751,275 | New |
| Agf Management Ltd | 513,375 | $42.6M | 0.24% | −15,456−2.9% | Reduced |
| Lincluden Management Ltd | 858,580 | $44.4M | 5.27% | −31,665−3.6% | Reduced |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 945,632 | $49.0M | 0.10% | +61,303+6.9% | Added |
| Korea Investment CORP | 951,452 | $49.3M | 0.13% | +5,311+0.6% | Added |
| Aviva PLC | 1,045,322 | $54.1M | 0.18% | +18,334+1.8% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 1,059,986 | $54.9M | 0.02% | +56,329+5.6% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1,059,591 | $54.9M | 0.01% | −303,119−22.2% | Reduced |
| BlackRock Inc. | 1,119,255 | $58.0M | 0.00% | +155,322+16.1% | Added |
| Voloridge Investment Management, LLC | 1,128,322 | $58.4M | 0.21% | +225,051+24.9% | Added |
| Marathon Asset Mgmt Ltd | 1,129,572 | $58.5M | 1.56% | +497,418+78.7% | Added |
| Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. | 1,247,980 | $64.6M | 0.67% | −38,459−3.0% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 1,307,336 | $67.7M | 0.03% | +65,034+5.2% | Added |
| Value Partners Investments Inc. | 1,420,209 | $73.4M | 6.01% | −14,013−1.0% | Reduced |
| Scheer, Rowlett & Associates Investment Management Ltd. | 1,500,797 | $77.7M | 5.74% | −76,086−4.8% | Reduced |
| Addenda Capital Inc. | 1,176,492 | $82.4M | 3.13% | −14,992−1.3% | Reduced |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 1,603,908 | $83.0M | 0.06% | +327,868+25.7% | Added |
| FIL Ltd | 1,818,209 | $94.1M | 0.09% | +10,710+0.6% | Added |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 1,880,385 | $97.4M | 0.03% | +233,413+14.2% | Added |
| Cardinal Capital Management, Inc. | 1,918,252 | $99.3M | 4.41% | +38,880+2.1% | Added |
| Nicola Wealth Management Ltd. | 1,500,000 | $105.1M | 10.19% | +1,500,000 | New |
| Credit Suisse AG | 2,046,576 | $106.0M | 0.10% | −24,902−1.2% | Reduced |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 2,167,351 | $112.2M | 0.02% | −112,897−5.0% | Reduced |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | 2,360,008 | $122.2M | 0.10% | −29,782−1.2% | Reduced |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 2,814,054 | $145.7M | 0.10% | +20,192+0.7% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 3,055,993 | $158.2M | 0.03% | −141,470−4.4% | Reduced |
| MUFG Securities (Canada), Ltd. | 3,500,631 | $181.1M | 22.91% | +3,000,631+600.1% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 3,708,641 | $192.0M | 0.02% | +511,597+16.0% | Added |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp | 3,775,400 | $195.5M | 1.98% | +27,816+0.7% | Added |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 4,004,496 | $207.3M | 0.22% | +277,218+7.4% | Added |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 4,007,043 | $207.4M | 0.19% | +610,207+18.0% | Added |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. | 3,147,387 | $212.6M | 1.59% | +3,147,387 | New |
| Letko, Brosseau & Associates Inc | 4,444,697 | $230.1M | 4.00% | +60,675+1.4% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 4,838,890 | $252.0M | 0.02% | +225,911+4.9% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 5,286,742 | $273.7M | 0.07% | −328,269−5.8% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 5,756,104 | $298.1M | 0.03% | +15,568+0.3% | Added |
| Amundi | 5,052,209 | $306.7M | 0.13% | +227,759+4.7% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 6,449,978 | $334.0M | 0.03% | +1,994,804+44.8% | Added |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 4,773,418 | $334.1M | 2.41% | +73,244+1.6% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 6,700,812 | $347.0M | 0.07% | +3,100,066+86.1% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 7,185,195 | $371.9M | 0.11% | −32,625−0.5% | Reduced |
| Beutel, Goodman & Co Ltd. | 7,497,905 | $388.2M | 2.00% | +4,041,066+116.9% | Added |
| CIBC Asset Management Inc | 9,903,612 | $512.4M | 1.78% | +1,210,497+13.9% | Added |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 10,582,719 | $547.7M | 2.36% | +1,737,014+19.6% | Added |
| Jarislowsky, Fraser Ltd | 12,741,121 | $659.7M | 3.78% | −422,424−3.2% | Reduced |
| Scotia Capital Inc. | 14,193,050 | $734.2M | 4.37% | +772,333+5.8% | Added |
| Norges Bank | 14,396,167 | $745.0M | 0.12% | +994,068+7.4% | Added |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp | 14,407,934 | $745.6M | 1.08% | +985,734+7.3% | Added |
| Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund | 14,563,337 | $753.7M | 2.65% | +2,178,633+17.6% | Added |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | 17,015,877 | $881.1M | 1.61% | +2,361,136+16.1% | Added |
| National Bank of Canada | 19,309,947 | $926.8M | 1.61% | +2,024,520+11.7% | Added |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 18,935,769 | $980.5M | 0.91% | −906,132−4.6% | Reduced |
| Toronto Dominion Bank | 24,951,025 | $1.29B | 2.02% | −3,943,778−13.6% | Reduced |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 28,059,220 | $1.45B | 3.73% | +800,791+2.9% | Added |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 47,862,189 | $2.48B | 0.05% | +891,157+1.9% | Added |
| Bank of Montreal | 69,580,701 | $3.57B | 1.85% | −2,404,091−3.3% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 99,069,848 | $5.13B | 1.25% | −3,385,727−3.3% | Reduced |
| Murchinson Ltd. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,101,309−100.0% | Sold out |