Bank of Nova Scotia
BNS- Exchange
- NYSE
- 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, Q3 2025
Institutional positions in Bank of Nova Scotia as of Sep 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
- 460
- +31 vs. Q2 2025
- Shares held
- 552.8M
- −36.9M (−6.2%) vs. Q2 2025
- Total value
- $35.8B
- +$3.15B (+9.7%) vs. Q2 2025
- New holders
- 68
- 158 more added
- Sold out
- 37
- 153 more reduced
4 institutions that held it in Q2 2025 haven't filed for Q3 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q2 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.
| 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 2025
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Bank of Nova Scotia; share changes are against Q2 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 883,751 | $57.1M | 0.09% | −517,175−36.9% | Reduced |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 899,600 | $58.2M | 0.08% | +88,100+10.9% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 1,021,231 | $66.0M | 0.01% | +95,756+10.3% | Added |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 1,027,679 | $66.4M | 0.06% | +204,892+24.9% | Added |
| Aviva PLC | 1,064,928 | $68.8M | 0.13% | −17,609−1.6% | Reduced |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. | 1,094,741 | $70.8M | 2.14% | −1,656−0.2% | Reduced |
| Value Partners Investments Inc. | 1,118,989 | $72.3M | 5.90% | −1,931−0.2% | Reduced |
| Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. | 1,199,190 | $74.8M | 0.71% | −1,621−0.1% | Reduced |
| Marathon Asset Mgmt Ltd | 1,162,303 | $75.2M | 2.77% | −68,889−5.6% | Reduced |
| Scheer, Rowlett & Associates Investment Management Ltd. | 1,166,583 | $75.4M | 4.50% | −21,793−1.8% | Reduced |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 1,230,467 | $79.5M | 0.00% | +160,248+15.0% | Added |
| Jarislowsky, Fraser Ltd | 1,242,357 | $80.4M | 0.44% | −121,010−8.9% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1,283,871 | $83.0M | 0.01% | +83,764+7.0% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 1,517,072 | $98.1M | 0.07% | +540,526+55.4% | Added |
| Addenda Capital Inc. | 1,094,330 | $98.5M | 2.91% | +126,409+13.1% | Added |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp | 1,541,200 | $99.6M | 0.72% | −585,400−27.5% | Reduced |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 1,555,220 | $100.8M | 0.03% | −30,693−1.9% | Reduced |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 1,575,602 | $101.9M | 0.38% | +165,066+11.7% | Added |
| Intact Investment Management Inc. | 1,645,842 | $106.4M | 3.22% | +553,720+50.7% | Added |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 1,669,108 | $108.1M | 0.12% | +406,646+32.2% | Added |
| SIG North Trading, ULC | 1,716,022 | $110.9M | 17.09% | +402,736+30.7% | Added |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 1,910,072 | $123.5M | 0.07% | −371,252−16.3% | Reduced |
| MUFG Securities (Canada), Ltd. | 2,055,946 | $132.9M | 3.72% | −55,602−2.6% | Reduced |
| Cardinal Capital Management, Inc. | 2,085,294 | $134.9M | 3.90% | +6,685+0.3% | Added |
| Zurich Insurance Group Ltd | 2,142,038 | $138.4M | 0.99% | +2,142,038 | New |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | 2,252,532 | $145.6M | 0.11% | −45,243−2.0% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 2,367,830 | $153.1M | 0.02% | +70,732+3.1% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 2,436,241 | $157.5M | 0.05% | +217,681+9.8% | Added |
| Omers Administration Corp | 2,665,849 | $172.4M | 1.23% | −396,277−12.9% | Reduced |
| Amundi | 3,058,725 | $205.4M | 0.07% | −1,670,112−35.3% | Reduced |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 3,365,388 | $217.6M | 0.04% | +433,273+14.8% | Added |
| Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC | 3,514,124 | $227.2M | 0.72% | −51,867−1.5% | Reduced |
| Letko, Brosseau & Associates Inc | 3,980,065 | $257.4M | 4.42% | −72,030−1.8% | Reduced |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 4,051,948 | $262.1M | 0.04% | +3,736+0.1% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 4,336,629 | $280.4M | 0.02% | +213,216+5.2% | Added |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. | 4,708,008 | $303.4M | 1.98% | −77,480−1.6% | Reduced |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 5,464,175 | $353.4M | 0.29% | +2,216,941+68.3% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 5,717,878 | $369.7M | 0.08% | +183,789+3.3% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 5,800,732 | $375.0M | 0.03% | −1,692,705−22.6% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 6,595,613 | $426.4M | 0.03% | −6,552,642−49.8% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 7,578,337 | $489.9M | 0.07% | −25,662,120−77.2% | Reduced |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 7,690,883 | $497.2M | 1.57% | +1,772,608+30.0% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 8,046,647 | $520.4M | 0.12% | +410,786+5.4% | Added |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 8,082,163 | $522.8M | 2.06% | +351,606+4.5% | Added |
| Acadian Asset Management LLC | 8,545,168 | $552.6M | 0.96% | +7,016,368+458.9% | Added |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 8,769,838 | $566.9M | 0.40% | +1,123,289+14.7% | Added |
| Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund | 8,863,815 | $573.0M | 1.06% | −6,022,866−40.5% | Reduced |
| CIBC Asset Management Inc | 9,800,305 | $635.7M | 1.84% | +3,007,407+44.3% | Added |
| FIL Ltd | 11,028,488 | $713.1M | 0.56% | +10,065,791+1,045.6% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 11,460,515 | $754.1M | 0.05% | +1,372,065+13.6% | Added |
| Scotia Capital Inc. | 14,095,456 | $910.8M | 3.87% | −136,234−1.0% | Reduced |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp | 14,698,686 | $950.2M | 1.15% | −444,443−2.9% | Reduced |
| National Bank of Canada | 17,109,963 | $1.11B | 1.25% | −1,899,479−10.0% | Reduced |
| Toronto Dominion Bank | 17,919,446 | $1.16B | 2.25% | −2,855,033−13.7% | Reduced |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | 17,932,341 | $1.16B | 1.96% | +916,362+5.4% | Added |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 18,364,021 | $1.19B | 0.96% | +229,990+1.3% | Added |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 26,342,169 | $1.70B | 3.53% | −1,982,195−7.0% | Reduced |
| Bank of Montreal | 53,867,081 | $3.48B | 1.53% | −5,539,352−9.3% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 56,068,464 | $3.63B | 0.05% | +1,063,127+1.9% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 99,696,605 | $6.45B | 1.15% | −8,013,652−7.4% | Reduced |
| Erste Asset Management GmbH | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −6,048−100.0% | Sold out |
| AXA S.A. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −467,865−100.0% | Sold out |
| Lighthouse Investment Partners, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −391,344−100.0% | Sold out |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −205,851−100.0% | Sold out |
| Trexquant Investment LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −116,989−100.0% | Sold out |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −28,605−100.0% | Sold out |
| Arnhold LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −28,600−100.0% | Sold out |
| Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −22,270−100.0% | Sold out |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −15,881−100.0% | Sold out |
| Farringdon Capital, Ltd. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −14,035−100.0% | Sold out |
| M&T Bank Corp | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −11,212−100.0% | Sold out |
| Graham Capital Management, L.P. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,981−100.0% | Sold out |
| ICONIQ Capital, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −9,953−100.0% | Sold out |
| Jain Global LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −6,212−100.0% | Sold out |
| Abel Hall, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −6,100−100.0% | Sold out |
| Numerai GP LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −5,959−100.0% | Sold out |
| Gluskin Sheff & Assoc Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −5,502−100.0% | Sold out |
| Glenmede Investment Management, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −5,110−100.0% | Sold out |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −4,016−100.0% | Sold out |
| FORA Capital, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,944−100.0% | Sold out |
| Investors Research Corp | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,200−100.0% | Sold out |
| Whittier Trust Co | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| VSM Wealth Advisory, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −996−100.0% | Sold out |
| Ridgewood Investments LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −750−100.0% | Sold out |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −684−100.0% | Sold out |
| Maseco LLP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −436−100.0% | Sold out |
| Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −199−100.0% | Sold out |
| Alpine Bank Wealth Management | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −200−100.0% | Sold out |
| Garde Capital, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −142−100.0% | Sold out |
| Farmers & Merchants Trust Co of Chambersburg PA | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −100−100.0% | Sold out |
| Skopos Labs, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −87−100.0% | Sold out |
| Optiver Holding B.V. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −60−100.0% | Sold out |
| NewSquare Capital LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −48−100.0% | Sold out |
| Mount Yale Investment Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −22−100.0% | Sold out |
| Sierra Ocean, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −17−100.0% | Sold out |
| Zions Bancorporation, National Association | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −9−100.0% | Sold out |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1−100.0% | Sold out |
| Norges Bank | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| HAP Trading, LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| Avantax Advisory Services, Inc. | – | – | – | – | Not filed |