Bank of Nova Scotia
BNS- Exchange
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- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 161,073 | $8.79M | 0.05% | +780+0.5% | Added |
| Cidel Asset Management Inc | 173,071 | $9.44M | 0.67% | −113,360−39.6% | Reduced |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | 182,959 | $9.98M | 0.02% | −17,428−8.7% | Reduced |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. | 187,992 | $10.2M | 0.79% | +5,875+3.2% | Added |
| USS Investment Management Ltd | 189,407 | $10.3M | 0.08% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| CI Private Wealth, LLC | 190,152 | $10.4M | 0.02% | −4,471−2.3% | Reduced |
| Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio | 190,068 | $10.4M | 0.04% | +190,068 | New |
| Investment Management Corp of Ontario | 193,043 | $10.5M | 0.23% | −2,366−1.2% | Reduced |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (Europe) Ltd | 106,749 | $10.9M | 0.49% | +5,454+5.4% | Added |
| O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC | 216,860 | $11.5M | 0.10% | +96,809+80.6% | Added |
| Dorchester Wealth Management Co | 213,456 | $11.6M | 2.11% | +840.0% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 214,957 | $11.7M | 0.01% | +46,421+27.5% | Added |
| Louisbourg Investments Inc. | 217,113 | $11.8M | 3.00% | +24,585+12.8% | Added |
| Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Co | 237,282 | $12.9M | 1.31% | −18,805−7.3% | Reduced |
| Euro Pacific Asset Management, LLC | 237,530 | $13.0M | 2.39% | −1,694−0.7% | Reduced |
| Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. | 251,862 | $13.7M | 0.36% | −12,117−4.6% | Reduced |
| Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V. | 261,300 | $14.3M | 0.10% | −11,500−4.2% | Reduced |
| AMF Pensionsforsakring AB | 263,939 | $14.5M | 0.10% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd. | 269,220 | $14.7M | 0.87% | +269,220 | New |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 272,850 | $14.9M | 0.03% | −3,475−1.3% | Reduced |
| AXA S.A. | 283,346 | $15.4M | 0.05% | −133,409−32.0% | Reduced |
| Fairfax Financial Holdings LtdSuperinvestorFairfax Financial | 289,100 | $15.8M | 1.43% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Unigestion Holding SA | 294,030 | $16.0M | 0.77% | −148,949−33.6% | Reduced |
| Aviso Financial Inc. | 310,885 | $16.9M | 0.84% | +13,675+4.6% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 312,594 | $17.0M | 0.01% | +30,046+10.6% | Added |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 359,146 | $18.8M | 0.02% | +79,854+28.6% | Added |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 348,909 | $19.0M | 0.04% | −31,100−8.2% | Reduced |
| Forsta Ap-Fonden | 352,700 | $19.2M | 0.15% | +24,100+7.3% | Added |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 361,352 | $19.7M | 0.02% | +361,352 | New |
| Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co | 396,756 | $20.4M | 0.16% | +396,756 | New |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 378,205 | $20.6M | 0.02% | +35,763+10.4% | Added |
| Portland Investment Counsel Inc. | 413,029 | $22.5M | 8.08% | −10,362−2.4% | Reduced |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 428,272 | $23.3M | 0.03% | +6,282+1.5% | Added |
| Guardian Capital LP | 454,367 | $24.8M | 0.91% | −7,400−1.6% | Reduced |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC | 457,816 | $25.0M | 0.08% | −81,377−15.1% | Reduced |
| Omers Administration Corp | 474,800 | $25.9M | 0.24% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd | 486,900 | $26.6M | 0.60% | +486,900 | New |
| SIG North Trading, ULC | 489,183 | $26.7M | 8.26% | −123,748−20.2% | Reduced |
| Artemis Investment Management LLP | 511,877 | $27.9M | 0.43% | +511,877 | New |
| Northern Trust Corp | 542,186 | $29.5M | 0.00% | +10,485+2.0% | Added |
| Agf Management Ltd | 401,179 | $29.6M | 0.15% | +5,928+1.5% | Added |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 557,506 | $30.4M | 0.07% | −63,449−10.2% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 493,603 | $31.5M | 0.01% | +82,860+20.2% | Added |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA | 578,537 | $31.6M | 0.03% | +44,827+8.4% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 580,664 | $31.7M | 0.03% | +63,528+12.3% | Added |
| Guardian Capital Advisors LP | 611,777 | $33.3M | 3.28% | −24,381−3.8% | Reduced |
| State of Tennessee, Treasury Department | 703,382 | $38.4M | 0.13% | +10,017+1.4% | Added |
| Nexus Investment Management ULC | 720,242 | $39.3M | 3.85% | −990−0.1% | Reduced |
| Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel Inc. | 743,141 | $40.5M | 1.84% | +11,014+1.5% | Added |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 747,863 | $40.8M | 0.12% | +216,371+40.7% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 796,097 | $43.4M | 0.01% | +262,111+49.1% | Added |
| Lincluden Management Ltd | 812,416 | $44.3M | 4.83% | −36,364−4.3% | Reduced |
| Marathon Asset Mgmt Ltd | 937,577 | $51.2M | 1.41% | −19,195−2.0% | Reduced |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 946,512 | $51.7M | 0.09% | −21,222−2.2% | Reduced |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 978,610 | $53.3M | 0.00% | +978,610 | New |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 999,776 | $54.5M | 0.05% | −122,152−10.9% | Reduced |
| Korea Investment CORP | 1,005,367 | $54.8M | 0.13% | +189,284+23.2% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1,017,465 | $55.4M | 0.01% | −22,829−2.2% | Reduced |
| Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. | 1,234,727 | $67.3M | 0.67% | +8,771+0.7% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 1,287,198 | $68.7M | 0.02% | +171,539+15.4% | Added |
| Voloridge Investment Management, LLC | 1,293,209 | $70.5M | 0.26% | +114,157+9.7% | Added |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 1,322,607 | $72.0M | 0.10% | +204,984+18.3% | Added |
| Aviva PLC | 1,326,060 | $72.3M | 0.19% | +32,739+2.5% | Added |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 1,398,015 | $76.3M | 0.02% | −1,686−0.1% | Reduced |
| Value Partners Investments Inc. | 1,414,842 | $77.2M | 6.25% | +4,781+0.3% | Added |
| Scheer, Rowlett & Associates Investment Management Ltd. | 1,468,670 | $80.0M | 5.58% | −24,277−1.6% | Reduced |
| MUFG Securities (Canada), Ltd. | 1,511,333 | $82.5M | 3.69% | −139,478−8.4% | Reduced |
| Addenda Capital Inc. | 1,130,554 | $83.3M | 2.97% | −42,203−3.6% | Reduced |
| Intact Investment Management Inc. | 1,563,594 | $85.2M | 2.83% | +509,120+48.3% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 1,582,632 | $86.2M | 0.04% | +158,693+11.1% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 1,629,705 | $88.8M | 0.02% | −295,087−15.3% | Reduced |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 1,738,830 | $94.7M | 0.06% | +1,634,738+1,570.5% | Added |
| FIL Ltd | 1,873,697 | $102.1M | 0.09% | +15,283+0.8% | Added |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp | 2,081,800 | $113.6M | 0.98% | −376,200−15.3% | Reduced |
| Cardinal Capital Management, Inc. | 2,083,696 | $113.7M | 4.68% | +28,382+1.4% | Added |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | 2,266,734 | $123.5M | 0.10% | −42,833−1.9% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 2,345,004 | $127.8M | 0.02% | −312,231−11.8% | Reduced |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 2,347,204 | $127.9M | 0.02% | −40,027−1.7% | Reduced |
| Nicola Wealth Management Ltd. | 2,000,000 | $147.4M | 11.70% | −300,000−13.0% | Reduced |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. | 3,311,716 | $179.1M | 1.45% | +156,793+5.0% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 3,609,908 | $196.7M | 0.01% | +6,796+0.2% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 3,744,062 | $204.2M | 0.04% | +150,247+4.2% | Added |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 3,882,059 | $211.8M | 0.20% | −72,565−1.8% | Reduced |
| Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC | 3,956,174 | $215.6M | 0.70% | +1,321,369+50.2% | Added |
| Letko, Brosseau & Associates Inc | 4,244,832 | $231.5M | 4.20% | −180,570−4.1% | Reduced |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 4,438,129 | $242.0M | 0.21% | +660,097+17.5% | Added |
| Amundi | 4,324,301 | $275.8M | 0.10% | −317,347−6.8% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 5,231,871 | $285.1M | 0.07% | +140,379+2.8% | Added |
| British Columbia Investment Management Corp | 5,480,486 | $298.6M | 1.79% | +3,958,580+260.1% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 5,640,471 | $310.8M | 0.03% | +524,496+10.3% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 6,023,560 | $328.2M | 0.03% | −96,418−1.6% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 6,379,127 | $347.6M | 0.03% | +1,032,844+19.3% | Added |
| Beutel, Goodman & Co Ltd. | 7,203,551 | $392.9M | 1.94% | −158,394−2.2% | Reduced |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 7,353,389 | $401.1M | 0.11% | +172,769+2.4% | Added |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 7,710,790 | $420.1M | 2.04% | −2,037,503−20.9% | Reduced |
| CIBC Asset Management Inc | 10,074,518 | $550.7M | 1.79% | +240,803+2.4% | Added |
| Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund | 11,757,961 | $640.6M | 1.56% | +2,346,995+24.9% | Added |
| Jarislowsky, Fraser Ltd | 12,392,247 | $676.0M | 3.78% | −292,827−2.3% | Reduced |
| Norges Bank | 13,132,987 | $715.5M | 0.10% | −2,411,295−15.5% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 13,746,180 | $749.0M | 0.14% | +7,871,117+134.0% | Added |