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, Q3 2024
Institutional positions in Bank of Nova Scotia as of Sep 30, 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
- 412
- +24 vs. Q2 2024
- Shares held
- 578.9M
- +16.3M (+2.9%) vs. Q2 2024
- Total value
- $31.4B
- +$5.49B (+21.2%) vs. Q2 2024
- New holders
- 57
- 142 more added
- Sold out
- 33
- 140 more reduced
5 institutions that held it in Q2 2024 haven't filed for Q3 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q2 2024: 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, Q3 2024
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Bank of Nova Scotia; share changes are against Q2 2024.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC | 14,611 | $796.1K | 0.00% | −460−3.1% | Reduced |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 14,780 | $805.0K | 0.00% | +271+1.9% | Added |
| Radnor Capital Management, LLC | 14,790 | $806.0K | 0.12% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Motco | 15,025 | $818.7K | 0.08% | −210−1.4% | Reduced |
| Gluskin Sheff & Assoc Inc | 16,060 | $875.0K | 0.10% | −67,712−80.8% | Reduced |
| Millennium Management LLC | 16,342 | $890.5K | 0.00% | +16,342 | New |
| Resources Management Corp | 16,375 | $892.0K | 0.12% | −84−0.5% | Reduced |
| Cerity Partners LLC | 16,595 | $904.3K | 0.00% | −35,129−67.9% | Reduced |
| Vise Technologies, Inc. | 16,691 | $909.5K | 0.12% | +1,037+6.6% | Added |
| Sienna Gestion | 16,954 | $922.5K | 0.06% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | 16,985 | $925.5K | 0.01% | −1,054−5.8% | Reduced |
| Yousif Capital Management, LLC | 18,091 | $985.8K | 0.01% | −1,522−7.8% | Reduced |
| Signaturefd, LLC | 18,470 | $1.01M | 0.02% | +216+1.2% | Added |
| Todd Asset Management LLC | 18,775 | $1.02M | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Pacifica Partners Inc. | 19,123 | $1.04M | 0.43% | −370−1.9% | Reduced |
| Cornerstone Wealth Management, LLC | 19,619 | $1.07M | 0.08% | +102+0.5% | Added |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 20,553 | $1.12M | 0.00% | −26−0.1% | Reduced |
| SEI Investments Co | 21,083 | $1.15M | 0.00% | +6,907+48.7% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 21,640 | $1.18M | 0.00% | +48+0.2% | Added |
| Intrua Financial, LLC | 21,647 | $1.18M | 0.19% | −746−3.3% | Reduced |
| Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board | 22,236 | $1.21M | 0.01% | +22,236 | New |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 22,329 | $1.22M | 0.00% | +536+2.5% | Added |
| Cetera Investment Advisers | 22,658 | $1.23M | 0.00% | +1,455+6.9% | Added |
| Cigna Investments Inc | 22,864 | $1.25M | 0.22% | −133−0.6% | Reduced |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd | 24,285 | $1.32M | 0.08% | +7,657+46.0% | Added |
| Keybank National Association | 24,730 | $1.35M | 0.01% | −609−2.4% | Reduced |
| Pinnacle Associates Ltd | 27,800 | $1.35M | 0.02% | +300+1.1% | Added |
| JustInvest LLC | 24,942 | $1.36M | 0.02% | +1,195+5.0% | Added |
| Jones Financial Companies LLLP | 25,186 | $1.37M | 0.00% | +21,863+657.9% | Added |
| Prudential PLC | 27,155 | $1.48M | 0.01% | −18,121−40.0% | Reduced |
| Capital Fund Management S.A. | 27,795 | $1.51M | 0.02% | −3,800−12.0% | Reduced |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 27,800 | $1.51M | 0.00% | +27,800 | New |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 27,951 | $1.52M | 0.00% | −183,415−86.8% | Reduced |
| Arnhold LLC | 28,600 | $1.56M | 0.15% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Highland Capital Management, LLC | 29,150 | $1.59M | 0.09% | −150−0.5% | Reduced |
| Raymond James & Associates | 29,678 | $1.62M | 0.00% | −1,286−4.2% | Reduced |
| Employees Provident Fund Board | 30,000 | $1.64M | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ipswich Investment Management Co., Inc. | 30,086 | $1.64M | 0.38% | +3,600+13.6% | Added |
| Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. | 30,285 | $1.65M | 0.01% | +8,333+38.0% | Added |
| Wolverine Trading, LLC | 30,399 | $1.65M | 0.04% | +16,964+126.3% | Added |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 30,800 | $1.68M | 0.00% | −1,500−4.6% | Reduced |
| Tacita Capital Inc | 32,130 | $1.75M | 1.14% | +861+2.8% | Added |
| Headlands Technologies LLC | 34,138 | $1.86M | 0.21% | +15,069+79.0% | Added |
| Acadian Asset Management LLC | 34,200 | $1.86M | 0.01% | −5,750−14.4% | Reduced |
| Wetherby Asset Management Inc | 34,531 | $1.88M | 0.09% | +474+1.4% | Added |
| Man Group plc | 34,749 | $1.89M | 0.01% | +17,289+99.0% | Added |
| CenterBook Partners LP | 35,460 | $1.93M | 0.12% | −102,618−74.3% | Reduced |
| Creative Planning | 36,568 | $1.99M | 0.00% | +807+2.3% | Added |
| Credit Agricole S A | 38,460 | $2.10M | 0.01% | −212−0.5% | Reduced |
| Mariner, LLC | 39,324 | $2.14M | 0.00% | +3,170+8.8% | Added |
| UniSuper Management Pty Ltd | 29,400 | $2.17M | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| United Services Automobile Association | 39,789 | $2.17M | 0.06% | −5,095−11.4% | Reduced |
| Shell Asset Management Co | 40,317 | $2.20M | 0.10% | +40,317 | New |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 40,714 | $2.22M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| PCJ Investment Counsel Ltd. | 44,305 | $2.41M | 0.76% | −12,450−21.9% | Reduced |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 48,629 | $2.65M | 0.00% | −93,317−65.7% | Reduced |
| K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc | 51,619 | $2.73M | 0.41% | −86,297−62.6% | Reduced |
| Advisors Management Group Inc | 50,716 | $2.76M | 0.65% | +2,668+5.6% | Added |
| Natixis Advisors, L.P. | 51,240 | $2.79M | 0.01% | +5,542+12.1% | Added |
| Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. | 53,027 | $2.89M | 0.10% | −4,948−8.5% | Reduced |
| Cardinal Capital Management | 53,273 | $2.90M | 0.45% | +1,007+1.9% | Added |
| Snowden Capital Advisors LLC | 53,292 | $2.90M | 0.09% | −43,126−44.7% | Reduced |
| Metis Global Partners, LLC | 53,717 | $2.93M | 0.09% | −2,015−3.6% | Reduced |
| Avantax Advisory Services, Inc. | 53,971 | $2.94M | 0.02% | +26,428+96.0% | Added |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp | 56,764 | $3.10M | 0.01% | −6,864−10.8% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 59,094 | $3.22M | 0.00% | +6,197+11.7% | Added |
| Balyasny Asset Management LLC | 60,409 | $3.29M | 0.01% | +38,980+181.9% | Added |
| Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd | 61,176 | $3.33M | 0.04% | +61,176 | New |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 63,849 | $3.48M | 0.00% | +2,090+3.4% | Added |
| Bank of Nova Scotia | 63,976 | $3.49M | 0.01% | −303−0.5% | Reduced |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 64,054 | $3.49M | 0.00% | +7,970+14.2% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 66,152 | $3.60M | 0.00% | −55,556−45.6% | Reduced |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (Switzerland) SA | 38,986 | $3.97M | 0.33% | +1,464+3.9% | Added |
| Cumberland Partners Ltd | 76,030 | $4.15M | 0.29% | +451+0.6% | Added |
| Fiera Capital Corp | 80,956 | $4.42M | 0.01% | +61,982+326.7% | Added |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP | 82,229 | $4.49M | 0.03% | +82,229 | New |
| US Bancorp | 84,281 | $4.59M | 0.01% | +17,232+25.7% | Added |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc | 86,506 | $4.83M | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP | 90,786 | $4.95M | 0.05% | +90,786 | New |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | 91,862 | $5.01M | 0.01% | +48,147+110.1% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 94,518 | $5.15M | 0.00% | −1,023−1.1% | Reduced |
| American Assets Investment Management, LLC | 100,000 | $5.45M | 0.48% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 112,485 | $6.13M | 0.01% | +86,053+325.6% | Added |
| Insight Folios Inc | 114,101 | $6.22M | 2.22% | +8,522+8.1% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 124,030 | $6.76M | 0.00% | +1,690+1.4% | Added |
| Triasima Portfolio Management inc. | 126,789 | $6.91M | 1.55% | −800−0.6% | Reduced |
| Intech Investment Management LLC | 127,216 | $6.94M | 0.08% | −20,894−14.1% | Reduced |
| Gold Investment Management Ltd. | 129,335 | $7.04M | 2.95% | +18,398+16.6% | Added |
| Maryland State Retirement & Pension System | 132,818 | $7.24M | 0.15% | +1,346+1.0% | Added |
| Keystone Financial Planning, Inc. | 133,461 | $7.27M | 2.20% | +5,870+4.6% | Added |
| Rathbone Brothers plc | 133,978 | $7.31M | 0.04% | −2,359−1.7% | Reduced |
| Utah Retirement Systems | 136,811 | $7.46M | 0.08% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Natixis | 137,769 | $7.51M | 0.05% | +12,417+9.9% | Added |
| Royal London Asset Management Ltd | 153,414 | $8.36M | 0.02% | +2,574+1.7% | Added |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 153,849 | $8.39M | 0.00% | +11,300+7.9% | Added |
| Eldred Rock Partners, LLC | 155,180 | $8.46M | 2.83% | +84,441+119.4% | Added |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) | 155,686 | $8.48M | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Lorne Steinberg Wealth Management Inc. | 156,030 | $8.50M | 2.46% | +10,870+7.5% | Added |
| Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc. | 156,059 | $8.50M | 0.15% | −25,171−13.9% | Reduced |
| Ossiam | 159,221 | $8.68M | 0.17% | +35,965+29.2% | Added |