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, Q1 2026
Institutional positions in Bank of Nova Scotia as of Mar 31, 2026. 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
- 508
- +30 vs. Q4 2025
- Shares held
- 537.6M
- +43.8M (+8.9%) vs. Q4 2025
- Total value
- $37.3B
- +$723.9M (+2.0%) vs. Q4 2025
- New holders
- 67
- 183 more added
- Sold out
- 37
- 141 more reduced
6 institutions that held it in Q4 2025 haven't filed for Q1 2026 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 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, Q1 2026
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Bank of Nova Scotia; share changes are against Q4 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Man Group plc | 277,983 | $19.2M | 0.04% | +19,598+7.6% | Added |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 272,850 | $18.7M | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co | 269,856 | $18.7M | 0.11% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. | 262,507 | $18.2M | 0.42% | −105,102−28.6% | Reduced |
| Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd | 234,921 | $16.3M | 0.08% | +19,134+8.9% | Added |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC | 228,543 | $15.8M | 0.90% | +228,543 | New |
| Generali Asset Management SPA SGR | 162,727 | $15.7M | 0.33% | +35,112+27.5% | Added |
| Cardinal Point Capital Management, ULC | 215,525 | $14.9M | 0.91% | −4,436−2.0% | Reduced |
| Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Co | 213,488 | $14.8M | 1.27% | +2,102+1.0% | Added |
| Royal London Asset Management Ltd | 211,912 | $14.7M | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Danica Pension, Livsforsikringsaktieselskab | 148,691 | $14.3M | 0.27% | +148,691 | New |
| Eldred Rock Partners, LLC | 205,596 | $14.2M | 3.63% | −1,965−0.9% | Reduced |
| Coleford Investment Management Ltd. | 205,396 | $14.2M | 3.48% | +5,070+2.5% | Added |
| Maryland State Retirement & Pension System | 204,489 | $14.2M | 0.29% | −1,134−0.6% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 180,613 | $13.3M | 0.00% | +60,799+50.7% | Added |
| USS Investment Management Ltd | 191,637 | $13.3M | 0.06% | +1,940+1.0% | Added |
| CI Private Wealth, LLC | 191,155 | $13.2M | 0.02% | +11,945+6.7% | Added |
| Natixis | 179,401 | $12.4M | 0.05% | −15,437−7.9% | Reduced |
| PensionDanmark Pensionsforsikringsaktieselskab | 163,126 | $11.3M | 0.11% | +36,120+28.4% | Added |
| Cidel Asset Management Inc | 161,500 | $11.2M | 0.61% | +16,524+11.4% | Added |
| Beutel, Goodman & Co Ltd. | 158,376 | $10.9M | 0.07% | −85,178−35.0% | Reduced |
| Mediolanum International Funds Ltd | 160,374 | $10.8M | 0.11% | +28,494+21.6% | Added |
| PBU - The Pension Fund of Early Childhood & Youth Educators | 152,831 | $10.6M | 0.16% | −785−0.5% | Reduced |
| Euro Pacific Asset Management, LLC | 171,686 | $10.5M | 1.04% | −1,893−1.1% | Reduced |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 146,007 | $10.1M | 0.01% | +82,739+130.8% | Added |
| Keystone Financial Planning, Inc. | 139,101 | $9.64M | 2.58% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Gold Investment Management Ltd. | 138,546 | $9.60M | 2.97% | +1,521+1.1% | Added |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 137,920 | $9.53M | 0.01% | +13,798+11.1% | Added |
| Utah Retirement Systems | 136,624 | $9.44M | 0.10% | −2,972−2.1% | Reduced |
| Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc. | 133,707 | $9.27M | 0.14% | −5,119−3.7% | Reduced |
| Capital Fund Management S.A. | 131,793 | $9.13M | 0.08% | −71,459−35.2% | Reduced |
| Rathbone Brothers plc | 130,658 | $9.03M | 0.04% | −460−0.4% | Reduced |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 128,834 | $8.93M | 0.01% | +25,514+24.7% | Added |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | 128,720 | $8.92M | 0.01% | +19,444+17.8% | Added |
| Triasima Portfolio Management inc. | 128,680 | $8.90M | 1.34% | −1,127−0.9% | Reduced |
| Avanza Fonder AB | 86,882 | $8.38M | 0.23% | +7,420+9.3% | Added |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 121,281 | $8.38M | 0.00% | −3,271−2.6% | Reduced |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (Switzerland) SA | 119,581 | $8.29M | 0.32% | +13,900+13.2% | Added |
| Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. | 113,069 | $7.84M | 0.13% | +45,764+68.0% | Added |
| Lorne Steinberg Wealth Management Inc. | 112,543 | $7.80M | 1.85% | −57,159−33.7% | Reduced |
| Claret Asset Management Corp | 105,602 | $7.32M | 0.87% | +2,366+2.3% | Added |
| Creative Planning | 104,868 | $7.27M | 0.00% | +11,798+12.7% | Added |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 75,290 | $7.26M | 0.00% | +3,125+4.3% | Added |
| Oddo BHF Asset Management SAS | 73,100 | $7.05M | 0.28% | −27,300−27.2% | Reduced |
| American Assets Investment Management, LLC | 100,000 | $6.93M | 0.47% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| FMR LLC | 96,652 | $6.70M | 0.00% | +74,195+330.4% | Added |
| Lazard Asset Management LLC | 96,520 | $6.69M | 0.01% | −5,773−5.6% | Reduced |
| Natixis Advisors, L.P. | 96,396 | $6.68M | 0.01% | +35,020+57.1% | Added |
| Gulf International Bank (UK) Ltd | 95,201 | $6.60M | 0.15% | +33,372+54.0% | Added |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 93,945 | $6.51M | 0.01% | −189,871−66.9% | Reduced |
| Americana Partners, LLC | 93,600 | $6.49M | 0.17% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 92,472 | $6.41M | 0.00% | +83,075+884.1% | Added |
| US Bancorp | 91,134 | $6.32M | 0.01% | +1,512+1.7% | Added |
| Louisbourg Investments Inc. | 89,518 | $6.20M | 1.17% | +12,283+15.9% | Added |
| O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC | 88,350 | $6.12M | 0.03% | −155,265−63.7% | Reduced |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 83,701 | $5.79M | 0.01% | +83,701 | New |
| PDT Partners, LLC | 83,200 | $5.77M | 0.34% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Cetera Investment Advisers | 82,511 | $5.72M | 0.01% | −2,678−3.1% | Reduced |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd | 81,740 | $5.67M | 0.11% | +81,740 | New |
| HRT Financial LP | 81,598 | $5.66M | 0.01% | +64,954+390.3% | Added |
| Numerai GP LLC | 79,467 | $5.51M | 0.55% | +79,467 | New |
| FORA Capital, LLC | 79,003 | $5.47M | 0.40% | +79,003 | New |
| Osmosis Investment Management UK Ltd | 78,605 | $5.43M | 0.15% | −19,116−19.6% | Reduced |
| Davis-Rea Ltd. | 75,384 | $5.21M | 1.36% | −5,323−6.6% | Reduced |
| Lighthouse Investment Partners, LLC | 73,123 | $5.06M | 0.19% | +73,123 | New |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 67,445 | $4.66M | 0.01% | +2,927+4.5% | Added |
| K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc | 65,951 | $4.56M | 0.75% | −57,320−46.5% | Reduced |
| Pathway Financial Advisers, LLC | 64,823 | $4.49M | 1.27% | −2,022−3.0% | Reduced |
| Bank of Nova Scotia | 63,864 | $4.43M | 0.01% | +689+1.1% | Added |
| Cardinal Capital Management | 62,165 | $4.31M | 0.56% | +454+0.7% | Added |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | 60,795 | $4.20M | 0.00% | +7,982+15.1% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 58,507 | $4.06M | 0.00% | +2,763+5.0% | Added |
| DKRT Investments Corp. | 56,000 | $3.88M | 0.98% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Quantbot Technologies LP | 53,239 | $3.69M | 0.15% | +53,239 | New |
| Laird Norton Trust Company, LLC | 51,458 | $3.57M | 0.08% | +1,854+3.7% | Added |
| Voloridge Investment Management, LLC | 49,507 | $3.43M | 0.01% | +49,507 | New |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | 47,551 | $3.29M | 0.01% | −75−0.2% | Reduced |
| Mariner, LLC | 47,236 | $3.27M | 0.00% | +1,093+2.4% | Added |
| Quadrant Capital Group LLC | 46,596 | $3.23M | 0.10% | −87−0.2% | Reduced |
| Cerity Partners LLC | 45,262 | $3.14M | 0.00% | +2,882+6.8% | Added |
| Fiera Capital Corp | 45,098 | $3.12M | 0.01% | +2,352+5.5% | Added |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc | 44,606 | $3.08M | 0.01% | −4,800−9.7% | Reduced |
| First National Trust Co | 44,415 | $3.08M | 0.10% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Credit Agricole S A | 43,394 | $3.01M | 0.01% | +2,152+5.2% | Added |
| Plato Investment Management Ltd | 41,863 | $2.90M | 0.19% | +9,519+29.4% | Added |
| Magnetar Financial LLC | 39,460 | $2.73M | 0.03% | +32,443+462.3% | Added |
| Tacita Capital Inc | 39,203 | $2.71M | 1.60% | +260+0.7% | Added |
| Picton Mahoney Asset Management | 39,033 | $2.71M | 0.03% | −89,579−69.7% | Reduced |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 38,240 | $2.65M | 0.00% | −2,264−5.6% | Reduced |
| Metis Global Partners, LLC | 38,084 | $2.63M | 0.06% | −3,390−8.2% | Reduced |
| Portland Investment Counsel Inc. | 37,800 | $2.62M | 0.84% | +37,800 | New |
| Maverick Capital LtdSuperinvestorMaverick Capital | 36,701 | $2.55M | 0.03% | +36,701 | New |
| ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. | 36,686 | $2.54M | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Genus Capital Management Inc. | 36,605 | $2.53M | 0.29% | −5,415−12.9% | Reduced |
| JustInvest LLC | 35,867 | $2.49M | 0.02% | −2,891−7.5% | Reduced |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp | 35,308 | $2.42M | 0.01% | +16,500+87.7% | Added |
| UniSuper Management Pty Ltd | 24,100 | $2.32M | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SEI Investments Co | 30,810 | $2.14M | 0.00% | +6,290+25.7% | Added |
| Fideuram Asset Management (Ireland) dac | 19,101 | $1.97M | 0.25% | +19,101 | New |
| Ritholtz Wealth Management | 28,421 | $1.97M | 0.03% | +6,750+31.1% | Added |