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Bank of Nova Scotia

BNS
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Industry
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, Q2 2025

Institutional positions in Bank of Nova Scotia as of Jun 30, 2025. 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
433
+21 vs. Q1 2025
Shares held
605.0M
+32.0M (+5.6%) vs. Q1 2025
Total value
$33.5B
+$6.25B (+22.9%) vs. Q1 2025
New holders
53
152 more added
Sold out
32
150 more reduced

7 institutions that held it in Q1 2025 haven't filed for Q2 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q1 2025: 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.

Institutional holdersQ2 2025: 433 institutions
Q1 2021: 385 institutionsQ2 2021: 394 institutionsQ3 2021: 419 institutionsQ4 2021: 438 institutionsQ1 2022: 440 institutionsQ2 2022: 434 institutionsQ3 2022: 416 institutionsQ4 2022: 418 institutionsQ1 2023: 405 institutionsQ2 2023: 386 institutionsQ3 2023: 395 institutionsQ4 2023: 390 institutionsQ1 2024: 399 institutionsQ2 2024: 393 institutionsQ3 2024: 412 institutionsQ4 2024: 442 institutionsQ1 2025: 419 institutionsQ2 2025: 433 institutionsQ3 2025: 460 institutionsQ4 2025: 484 institutionsQ1 2026: 508 institutionsQ2 2026: 535 institutions
Value heldQ2 2025: $33.5B
Q1 2021: $36.4BQ2 2021: $37.1BQ3 2021: $36.0BQ4 2021: $39.4BQ1 2022: $38.8BQ2 2022: $33.2BQ3 2022: $26.9BQ4 2022: $26.8BQ1 2023: $28.3BQ2 2023: $27.3BQ3 2023: $24.5BQ4 2023: $26.4BQ1 2024: $29.1BQ2 2024: $26.0BQ3 2024: $31.4BQ4 2024: $29.3BQ1 2025: $27.3BQ2 2025: $33.5BQ3 2025: $35.8BQ4 2025: $42.2BQ1 2026: $37.3BQ2 2026: $47.7B
Institutions holding BNS and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 2026535$47.7B
Q1 2026508$37.3B
Q4 2025484$42.2B
Q3 2025460$35.8B
Q2 2025433$33.5B
Q1 2025419$27.3B
Q4 2024442$29.3B
Q3 2024412$31.4B
Q2 2024393$26.0B
Q1 2024399$29.1B
Q4 2023390$26.4B
Q3 2023395$24.5B
Q2 2023386$27.3B
Q1 2023405$28.3B
Q4 2022418$26.8B
Q3 2022416$26.9B
Q2 2022434$33.2B
Q1 2022440$38.8B
Q4 2021438$39.4B
Q3 2021419$36.0B
Q2 2021394$37.1B
Q1 2021385$36.4B

Institutions, Q2 2025

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Bank of Nova Scotia; share changes are against Q1 2025.

Institutions holding BNS in Q2 2025
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Garde Capital, Inc.142$7.85K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Lipe & Dalton125$7.00K0.00%+125New
Bell Investment Advisors, Inc122$6.74K0.00%−41−25.2%Reduced
Leonteq Securities AG120$6.63K0.00%−443−78.7%Reduced
Hazlett, Burt & Watson, Inc.100$6.00K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Farmers & Merchants Trust Co of Chambersburg PA100$6.00K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
UMA Financial Services, Inc.100$5.53K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
New England Capital Financial Advisors LLC100$5.53K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Financial Perspectives, Inc100$5.53K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Medallion Wealth Advisors, LLC100$5.53K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
CVA Family Office, LLC96$5.31K0.00%−19−16.5%Reduced
Penserra Capital Management LLC105$5.00K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Skopos Labs, Inc.87$4.77K0.00%+81+1,350.0%Added
Highline Wealth Partners LLC77$4.26K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Trust Co of Toledo NA75$4.14K0.00%+75New
SRS Capital Advisors, Inc.61$3.37K0.00%+61New
Optiver Holding B.V.60$3.32K0.00%−164−73.2%Reduced
GWM Advisors LLC51$2.83K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Vermillion Wealth Management, Inc.51$2.82K0.00%+51New
NewSquare Capital LLC48$2.65K0.00%+38+380.0%Added
Parkside Financial Bank & Trust47$2.60K0.00%+47New
Ronald Blue Trust, Inc.30$1.66K0.00%−38−55.9%Reduced
Private Wealth Asset Management, LLC28$1.55K0.00%−100−78.1%Reduced
Smartleaf Asset Management LLC23$1.26K0.00%−379−94.3%Reduced
Mount Yale Investment Advisors, LLC22$1.22K0.00%+22New
Rossby Financial, LCC20$1.10K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Raffa Wealth Management, LLC20$1.10K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Sierra Ocean, LLC17$9400.00%00.0%Unchanged
Zions Bancorporation, National Association9$4970.00%−40−81.6%Reduced
Assetmark, Inc8$4420.00%+8New
Kilter Group LLC4$2220.00%+4New
High Note Wealth, LLC4$2210.00%00.0%Unchanged
DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main1$270.00%−1,804−99.9%Reduced
Murchinson Ltd.0$00.00%−4,300,083−100.0%Sold out
Achmea Investment Management B.V.0$00.00%−237,355−100.0%Sold out
AMF Pensionsforsakring AB0$00.00%−218,606−100.0%Sold out
State Street Corp0$00.00%−123,042−100.0%Sold out
Andra AP-fonden0$00.00%−70,000−100.0%Sold out
Susquehanna International Group, LLP0$00.00%−43,120−100.0%Sold out
United Services Automobile Association0$00.00%−41,683−100.0%Sold out
Magnetar Financial LLC0$00.00%−25,945−100.0%Sold out
Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd0$00.00%−24,910−100.0%Sold out
Prudential PLC0$00.00%−19,111−100.0%Sold out
Wolverine Trading, LLC0$00.00%−18,441−100.0%Sold out
MQS Management LLC0$00.00%−18,055−100.0%Sold out
Centiva Capital, LP0$00.00%−15,679−100.0%Sold out
Marshall Wace, LLP0$00.00%−13,448−100.0%Sold out
Fox Run Management, L.L.C.0$00.00%−12,042−100.0%Sold out
Two Sigma Securities, LLC0$00.00%−11,469−100.0%Sold out
Pacer Advisors, Inc.0$00.00%−11,013−100.0%Sold out
PEAK6 LLC0$00.00%−10,383−100.0%Sold out
SIH Partners, LLLP0$00.00%−6,569−100.0%Sold out
TownSquare Capital, LLC0$00.00%−4,781−100.0%Sold out
Hexagon Capital Partners LLC0$00.00%−4,432−100.0%Sold out
Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd.0$00.00%−3,343−100.0%Sold out
SG Americas Securities, LLC0$00.00%−3,046−100.0%Sold out
Boston Private Wealth LLC0$00.00%−1,449−100.0%Sold out
Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc0$00.00%−1,141−100.0%Sold out
Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA0$00.00%−1,105−100.0%Sold out
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.0$00.00%−288−100.0%Sold out
Stonebridge Financial Group, LLC0$00.00%−215−100.0%Sold out
Wayfinding Financial, LLC0$00.00%−226−100.0%Sold out
Coldstream Capital Management Inc0$00.00%−208−100.0%Sold out
Capital A Wealth Management, LLC0$00.00%−74−100.0%Sold out
Mather Group, LLC.0$00.00%−36−100.0%Sold out
Unigestion Holding SA––––Not filed
Credit Agricole S A––––Not filed
Orion Portfolio Solutions, LLC––––Not filed
Glenmede Trust Co NA––––Not filed
JCIC Asset Management Inc.––––Not filed
Lindbrook Capital, LLC––––Not filed
Mondrian Investment Partners LTD––––Not filed