Bank of Nova Scotia
BNS- Exchange
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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, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Capital Management, LLC | 27,350 | $1.77M | 0.09% | +1,700+6.6% | Added |
| Bayesian Capital Management, LP | 27,190 | $1.76M | 0.36% | +27,190 | New |
| Shell Asset Management Co | 27,031 | $1.75M | 0.18% | −34,478−56.1% | Reduced |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 27,095 | $1.71M | 0.00% | +220+0.8% | Added |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 26,200 | $1.69M | 0.00% | −2,200−7.7% | Reduced |
| 111 Capital | 26,116 | $1.69M | 0.32% | +26,116 | New |
| Plato Investment Management Ltd | 26,033 | $1.67M | 0.11% | +9,354+56.1% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 24,973 | $1.61M | 0.00% | −408−1.6% | Reduced |
| Ewing Morris & Co. Investment Partners Ltd. | 23,403 | $1.51M | 0.65% | −1,596−6.4% | Reduced |
| Employees Provident Fund Board | 23,000 | $1.49M | 0.01% | −7,000−23.3% | Reduced |
| Vise Technologies, Inc. | 22,476 | $1.45M | 0.05% | +1,089+5.1% | Added |
| Cigna Investments Inc | 22,354 | $1.45M | 0.20% | −177−0.8% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 21,957 | $1.42M | 0.00% | −21,753−49.8% | Reduced |
| SEI Investments Co | 21,921 | $1.42M | 0.00% | +709+3.3% | Added |
| Signaturefd, LLC | 21,839 | $1.41M | 0.02% | +1,083+5.2% | Added |
| Cornerstone Wealth Management, LLC | 21,650 | $1.40M | 0.08% | +1,015+4.9% | Added |
| Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC | 21,542 | $1.39M | 0.04% | +1,153+5.7% | Added |
| Jones Financial Companies LLLP | 21,562 | $1.39M | 0.00% | −5,522−20.4% | Reduced |
| Keybank National Association | 21,294 | $1.38M | 0.00% | −850−3.8% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 21,066 | $1.36M | 0.00% | −233−1.1% | Reduced |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 19,968 | $1.29M | 0.00% | +1,702+9.3% | Added |
| Pacifica Partners Inc. | 18,998 | $1.23M | 0.44% | +190+1.0% | Added |
| Todd Asset Management LLC | 18,834 | $1.22M | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Toroso Investments, LLC | 18,768 | $1.21M | 0.01% | +7,009+59.6% | Added |
| Chesapeake Capital Corp | 18,768 | $1.21M | 1.09% | +18,768 | New |
| Ieq Capital, LLC | 18,316 | $1.18M | 0.00% | +9,684+112.2% | Added |
| Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. | 18,021 | $1.17M | 0.01% | −4,241−19.1% | Reduced |
| Intrua Financial, LLC | 18,011 | $1.16M | 0.14% | −1,624−8.3% | Reduced |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 17,514 | $1.13M | 0.00% | −420−2.3% | Reduced |
| Bailard, Inc. | 17,471 | $1.13M | 0.02% | +2,943+20.3% | Added |
| Brinker Capital Investments, LLC | 17,367 | $1.12M | 0.01% | +2,887+19.9% | Added |
| Clear Street Markets LLC | 17,300 | $1.12M | 0.37% | +17,300 | New |
| State of Wyoming | 17,010 | $1.10M | 0.13% | +17,010 | New |
| Orca Wealth Management, LLC | 16,820 | $1.09M | 0.82% | −71−0.4% | Reduced |
| Ritholtz Wealth Management | 15,805 | $1.02M | 0.02% | −60.0% | Reduced |
| Ballentine Partners, LLC | 15,273 | $987.4K | 0.01% | +807+5.6% | Added |
| Wolverine Trading, LLC | 14,857 | $962.3K | 0.02% | +14,857 | New |
| Motco | 14,832 | $958.9K | 0.09% | +181+1.2% | Added |
| Colony Group, LLC | 14,834 | $946.3K | 0.00% | +9,880+199.4% | Added |
| Bowen Hanes & Co Inc | 14,267 | $922.4K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Yousif Capital Management, LLC | 14,211 | $918.7K | 0.01% | −2,905−17.0% | Reduced |
| Radnor Capital Management, LLC | 14,125 | $913.2K | 0.14% | −75−0.5% | Reduced |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 14,026 | $907.0K | 0.00% | +238+1.7% | Added |
| HRT Financial LP | 13,977 | $903.0K | 0.00% | +13,977 | New |
| Walleye Trading LLC | 13,547 | $875.8K | 0.01% | +13,547 | New |
| Atomi Financial Group, Inc. | 13,476 | $871.2K | 0.03% | +3,008+28.7% | Added |
| Bogart Wealth, LLC | 13,366 | $864.1K | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC | 13,317 | $861.0K | 0.01% | +4,315+47.9% | Added |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 13,079 | $846.0K | 0.00% | +13,079 | New |
| Cherokee Insurance Co | 12,760 | $824.9K | 0.35% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Vident Advisory, LLC | 12,224 | $790.3K | 0.01% | +1,530+14.3% | Added |
| Samalin Investment Counsel, LLC | 11,997 | $775.6K | 0.27% | −437−3.5% | Reduced |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 11,966 | $774.0K | 0.00% | +1,221+11.4% | Added |
| Truist Financial Corp | 11,948 | $772.4K | 0.00% | +468+4.1% | Added |
| J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG | 11,097 | $717.7K | 0.01% | −4,298−27.9% | Reduced |
| Retirement Planning Group | 10,988 | $710.4K | 0.02% | −1,472−11.8% | Reduced |
| Barometer Capital Management Inc. | 7,860 | $698.8K | 0.16% | +2,575+48.7% | Added |
| Mitchell McLeod Pugh & Williams Inc | 10,300 | $679.1K | 0.11% | −81−0.8% | Reduced |
| Park Circle Co | 10,500 | $678.8K | 0.59% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC | 10,492 | $678.3K | 0.00% | −1,100−9.5% | Reduced |
| Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd | 10,021 | $648.0K | 0.11% | +10,021 | New |
| Guggenheim Capital LLC | 9,929 | $641.9K | 0.00% | −5,448−35.4% | Reduced |
| Ravenstone Capital Management Inc. | 9,485 | $613.7K | 0.30% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 9,277 | $599.8K | 0.00% | +2,004+27.6% | Added |
| Forum Financial Management, LP | 9,182 | $593.6K | 0.01% | +1,900+26.1% | Added |
| Monticello Wealth Management, LLC | 9,096 | $588.1K | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 8,974 | $580.2K | 0.00% | +8,974 | New |
| Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC | 8,931 | $577.4K | 0.01% | +562+6.7% | Added |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 8,930 | $577.3K | 0.02% | +6,547+274.7% | Added |
| Ruggaard & Associates LLC | 8,780 | $567.6K | 0.21% | −10.0% | Reduced |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 8,455 | $546.6K | 0.00% | +8,455 | New |
| Texas Yale Capital Corp. | 8,331 | $538.6K | 0.02% | +50+0.6% | Added |
| Sumitomo Life Insurance Co | 8,233 | $532.3K | 0.02% | −201−2.4% | Reduced |
| Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company, Ltd | 8,233 | $532.3K | 0.00% | −201−2.4% | Reduced |
| Evergreen Capital Management LLC | 8,158 | $527.4K | 0.01% | −128−1.5% | Reduced |
| First Affirmative Financial Network | 7,927 | $512.5K | 0.24% | +578+7.9% | Added |
| Silverlake Wealth Management LLC | 7,867 | $508.6K | 0.12% | −331−4.0% | Reduced |
| Callahan Advisors, LLC | 7,785 | $503.3K | 0.04% | +1,895+32.2% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 7,737 | $500.2K | 0.00% | −1,472−16.0% | Reduced |
| Entropy Technologies, LP | 7,587 | $490.5K | 0.04% | +7,587 | New |
| SRS Capital Advisors, Inc. | 7,537 | $487.3K | 0.01% | +7,476+12,255.7% | Added |
| Snowden Capital Advisors LLC | 7,532 | $486.9K | 0.01% | −665−8.1% | Reduced |
| Frank, Rimerman Advisors LLC | 7,531 | $486.9K | 0.03% | +1,787+31.1% | Added |
| Asahi Life Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 7,505 | $485.4K | 0.27% | +1,895+33.8% | Added |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 7,496 | $484.6K | 0.00% | −569−7.1% | Reduced |
| Capula Management Ltd | 7,465 | $482.6K | 0.00% | +7,465 | New |
| Oppenheimer & Co Inc | 7,387 | $477.6K | 0.01% | −338−4.4% | Reduced |
| Versant Capital Management, Inc | 7,350 | $475.2K | 0.06% | −373−4.8% | Reduced |
| Cohen Investment Advisors LLC | 7,236 | $467.8K | 0.23% | +218+3.1% | Added |
| Savant Capital, LLC | 7,182 | $464.3K | 0.00% | −125−1.7% | Reduced |
| Principal Securities, Inc. | 7,139 | $461.5K | 0.01% | +3,168+79.8% | Added |
| Syon Capital LLC | 7,131 | $461.0K | 0.02% | +361+5.3% | Added |
| Foundations Investment Advisors, LLC | 6,821 | $441.0K | 0.01% | +6,821 | New |
| PDS Planning, Inc | 6,674 | $431.5K | 0.03% | −423−6.0% | Reduced |
| Magnus Financial Group LLC | 6,408 | $414.2K | 0.03% | +30.0% | Added |
| Westover Capital Advisors, LLC | 6,400 | $413.8K | 0.08% | +1,550+32.0% | Added |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC | 6,389 | $413.1K | 0.00% | +338+5.6% | Added |
| Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel Inc. | 5,692 | $402.3K | 0.01% | +71+1.3% | Added |
| Verition Fund Management LLC | 6,056 | $391.5K | 0.00% | −12,069−66.6% | Reduced |
| Forbes J M & Co LLP | 6,000 | $387.9K | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |