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, Q4 2024
Institutional positions in Bank of Nova Scotia as of Dec 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
- 442
- +36 vs. Q3 2024
- Shares held
- 543.9M
- −34.2M (−5.9%) vs. Q3 2024
- Total value
- $29.3B
- −$2.08B (−6.6%) vs. Q3 2024
- New holders
- 69
- 153 more added
- Sold out
- 33
- 138 more reduced
6 institutions that held it in Q3 2024 haven't filed for Q4 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q3 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, Q4 2024
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Bank of Nova Scotia; share changes are against Q3 2024.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natixis Advisors, L.P. | 92,201 | $4.95M | 0.01% | +40,961+79.9% | Added |
| Americana Partners, LLC | 93,600 | $5.03M | 0.21% | +93,600 | New |
| Capital Fund Management S.A. | 93,995 | $5.05M | 0.05% | +66,200+238.2% | Added |
| Acadian Asset Management LLC | 95,400 | $5.12M | 0.01% | +61,200+178.9% | Added |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 97,878 | $5.26M | 0.00% | −14,607−13.0% | Reduced |
| US Bancorp | 99,207 | $5.33M | 0.01% | +14,926+17.7% | Added |
| American Assets Investment Management, LLC | 100,000 | $5.37M | 0.44% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Intech Investment Management LLC | 106,557 | $5.72M | 0.06% | −20,659−16.2% | Reduced |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 107,572 | $5.78M | 0.01% | +79,621+284.9% | Added |
| Value Partners Investments Inc. | 111,609 | $5.99M | 3.38% | −1,303,233−92.1% | Reduced |
| Avanza Fonder AB | 81,793 | $6.31M | 0.19% | +81,793 | New |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 119,436 | $6.41M | 0.03% | −41,637−25.8% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 120,277 | $6.46M | 0.00% | −3,753−3.0% | Reduced |
| Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio | 130,751 | $7.02M | 0.02% | −59,317−31.2% | Reduced |
| Gold Investment Management Ltd. | 132,028 | $7.09M | 2.99% | +2,693+2.1% | Added |
| Rathbone Brothers plc | 133,328 | $7.16M | 0.03% | −650−0.5% | Reduced |
| Keystone Financial Planning, Inc. | 133,404 | $7.17M | 2.22% | −570.0% | Reduced |
| Utah Retirement Systems | 136,811 | $7.34M | 0.08% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Maryland State Retirement & Pension System | 137,078 | $7.36M | 0.16% | +4,260+3.2% | Added |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP | 137,431 | $7.38M | 0.03% | +55,202+67.1% | Added |
| Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd | 143,819 | $7.71M | 0.06% | +82,643+135.1% | Added |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 145,249 | $7.80M | 0.00% | −8,600−5.6% | Reduced |
| Achmea Investment Management B.V. | 146,140 | $7.84M | 0.13% | +146,140 | New |
| Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc. | 153,991 | $8.27M | 0.15% | −2,068−1.3% | Reduced |
| Eldred Rock Partners, LLC | 155,467 | $8.35M | 2.87% | +287+0.2% | Added |
| Royal London Asset Management Ltd | 155,706 | $8.36M | 0.02% | +2,292+1.5% | Added |
| Lorne Steinberg Wealth Management Inc. | 157,428 | $8.45M | 2.45% | +1,398+0.9% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 157,398 | $8.46M | 0.00% | +62,880+66.5% | Added |
| Unigestion Holding SA | 158,523 | $8.50M | 0.49% | −135,507−46.1% | Reduced |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) | 160,686 | $8.66M | 0.04% | +5,000+3.2% | Added |
| Cidel Asset Management Inc | 172,986 | $9.28M | 0.62% | −850.0% | Reduced |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | 176,235 | $9.46M | 0.01% | −6,724−3.7% | Reduced |
| Natixis | 184,492 | $9.91M | 0.07% | +46,723+33.9% | Added |
| USS Investment Management Ltd | 185,037 | $9.92M | 0.07% | −4,370−2.3% | Reduced |
| Investment Management Corp of Ontario | 189,212 | $10.2M | 0.34% | −3,831−2.0% | Reduced |
| CI Private Wealth, LLC | 190,154 | $10.2M | 0.02% | +20.0% | Added |
| Louisbourg Investments Inc. | 211,809 | $11.4M | 2.98% | −5,304−2.4% | Reduced |
| Coleford Investment Management Ltd. | 214,903 | $11.5M | 3.04% | +214,903 | New |
| Dorchester Wealth Management Co | 216,142 | $11.5M | 2.30% | +2,686+1.3% | Added |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 218,200 | $11.7M | 0.02% | +190,400+684.9% | Added |
| AMF Pensionsforsakring AB | 218,606 | $11.8M | 0.08% | −45,333−17.2% | Reduced |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (Europe) Ltd | 106,749 | $11.9M | 0.76% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC | 222,516 | $11.9M | 0.10% | +5,656+2.6% | Added |
| Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd. | 225,137 | $12.1M | 0.68% | −44,083−16.4% | Reduced |
| Euro Pacific Asset Management, LLC | 233,533 | $12.6M | 2.71% | −3,997−1.7% | Reduced |
| Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Co | 237,543 | $12.8M | 1.35% | +261+0.1% | Added |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 245,396 | $13.2M | 0.02% | +245,396 | New |
| Triasima Portfolio Management inc. | 255,921 | $13.7M | 2.67% | +129,132+101.8% | Added |
| Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V. | 265,200 | $14.2M | 0.10% | +3,900+1.5% | Added |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 272,850 | $14.6M | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co | 286,656 | $15.4M | 0.12% | −110,100−27.8% | Reduced |
| Generali Asset Management SPA SGR | 201,326 | $15.5M | 0.40% | +201,326 | New |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 279,905 | $15.7M | 0.00% | −213,698−43.3% | Reduced |
| Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. | 299,730 | $16.1M | 0.44% | +47,868+19.0% | Added |
| Forsta Ap-Fonden | 330,900 | $17.8M | 0.13% | −21,800−6.2% | Reduced |
| American Century Companies Inc | 337,650 | $18.1M | 0.01% | +25,056+8.0% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 343,006 | $18.4M | 0.01% | +128,049+59.6% | Added |
| Aviso Financial Inc. | 347,013 | $18.6M | 0.94% | +36,128+11.6% | Added |
| Fairfax Financial Holdings LtdSuperinvestorFairfax Financial | 359,100 | $19.3M | 1.24% | +70,000+24.2% | Added |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 364,598 | $19.6M | 0.03% | +5,452+1.5% | Added |
| AXA S.A. | 393,798 | $21.2M | 0.06% | +110,452+39.0% | Added |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 402,248 | $21.6M | 0.03% | −26,024−6.1% | Reduced |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 408,614 | $21.9M | 0.02% | +30,409+8.0% | Added |
| Portland Investment Counsel Inc. | 409,629 | $22.0M | 5.64% | −3,400−0.8% | Reduced |
| Omers Administration Corp | 458,933 | $24.6M | 0.22% | −15,867−3.3% | Reduced |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC | 474,559 | $25.5M | 0.08% | +16,743+3.7% | Added |
| Galibier Capital Management Ltd. | 476,721 | $25.6M | 7.30% | +475,479+38,283.3% | Added |
| Guardian Capital LP | 481,235 | $25.8M | 0.96% | +26,868+5.9% | Added |
| Artemis Investment Management LLP | 511,877 | $27.5M | 0.39% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Agf Management Ltd | 397,097 | $30.7M | 0.15% | −4,082−1.0% | Reduced |
| Caisse de Depot Et Placement du Quebec | 572,000 | $30.7M | 0.06% | +572,000 | New |
| Guardian Partners Inc. | 609,780 | $31.5M | 3.21% | +609,780 | New |
| Canerector Inc | 300,000 | $31.7M | 15.39% | +300,000 | New |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 606,233 | $32.5M | 0.09% | −141,630−18.9% | Reduced |
| APG Asset Management N.V. | 676,704 | $35.1M | 0.10% | +676,704 | New |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA | 684,568 | $36.7M | 0.04% | +106,031+18.3% | Added |
| Nexus Investment Management ULC | 698,537 | $37.4M | 3.74% | −21,705−3.0% | Reduced |
| State of Tennessee, Treasury Department | 705,514 | $37.9M | 0.14% | +2,132+0.3% | Added |
| Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel Inc. | 740,975 | $39.8M | 1.84% | −2,166−0.3% | Reduced |
| Lincluden Management Ltd | 789,620 | $42.4M | 5.13% | −22,796−2.8% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 835,087 | $44.8M | 0.04% | +254,423+43.8% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 835,588 | $44.9M | 0.01% | +293,402+54.1% | Added |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. | 883,511 | $47.4M | 2.40% | +695,519+370.0% | Added |
| Marathon Asset Mgmt Ltd | 908,915 | $48.8M | 1.36% | −28,662−3.1% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 914,201 | $49.1M | 0.04% | −85,575−8.6% | Reduced |
| Korea Investment CORP | 936,201 | $50.2M | 0.12% | −69,166−6.9% | Reduced |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 1,014,087 | $54.4M | 0.09% | +67,575+7.1% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 1,016,547 | $54.6M | 0.01% | +220,450+27.7% | Added |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 1,038,410 | $55.8M | 0.00% | +59,800+6.1% | Added |
| Voloridge Investment Management, LLC | 1,039,516 | $55.8M | 0.20% | −253,693−19.6% | Reduced |
| British Columbia Investment Management Corp | 1,073,809 | $57.6M | 0.34% | −4,406,677−80.4% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1,095,285 | $58.8M | 0.01% | +77,820+7.6% | Added |
| Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. | 1,217,857 | $65.3M | 0.66% | −16,870−1.4% | Reduced |
| Intact Investment Management Inc. | 1,221,882 | $65.6M | 2.29% | −341,712−21.9% | Reduced |
| Aviva PLC | 1,296,998 | $69.5M | 0.18% | −29,062−2.2% | Reduced |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 1,299,271 | $69.7M | 0.02% | +12,073+0.9% | Added |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 1,334,685 | $71.8M | 0.10% | +12,078+0.9% | Added |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 1,342,932 | $72.1M | 0.04% | −395,898−22.8% | Reduced |
| Scheer, Rowlett & Associates Investment Management Ltd. | 1,396,185 | $74.9M | 5.46% | −72,485−4.9% | Reduced |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 1,409,616 | $75.7M | 0.02% | +11,601+0.8% | Added |