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, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vise Technologies, Inc. | 26,537 | $1.96M | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ipswich Investment Management Co., Inc. | 27,672 | $1.92M | 0.45% | −2,333−7.8% | Reduced |
| Pinnacle Associates Ltd | 27,500 | $1.91M | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ieq Capital, LLC | 25,558 | $1.77M | 0.01% | +1,215+5.0% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 25,486 | $1.77M | 0.00% | −1,020−3.8% | Reduced |
| Keybank National Association | 25,475 | $1.77M | 0.01% | +4,181+19.6% | Added |
| Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC | 24,795 | $1.74M | 0.00% | −3,957−13.8% | Reduced |
| Ethic Inc. | 24,849 | $1.72M | 0.03% | +15,786+174.2% | Added |
| Highland Capital Management, LLC | 24,550 | $1.70M | 0.09% | −100−0.4% | Reduced |
| Cornerstone Wealth Management, LLC | 24,020 | $1.66M | 0.08% | +1,040+4.5% | Added |
| Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. | 23,891 | $1.65M | 0.01% | +2,204+10.2% | Added |
| Signaturefd, LLC | 23,542 | $1.63M | 0.03% | +440+1.9% | Added |
| Jones Financial Companies LLLP | 23,839 | $1.62M | 0.00% | +9,231+63.2% | Added |
| Ewing Morris & Co. Investment Partners Ltd. | 22,769 | $1.57M | 0.71% | +30.0% | Added |
| Cigna Investments Inc | 21,773 | $1.50M | 0.23% | −269−1.2% | Reduced |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 21,386 | $1.48M | 0.00% | +294+1.4% | Added |
| Abacus Wealth Partners, LLC | 21,318 | $1.48M | 0.13% | −3,915−15.5% | Reduced |
| CenterBook Partners LP | 20,948 | $1.45M | 0.08% | +627+3.1% | Added |
| Advisors Management Group Inc | 19,699 | $1.36M | 0.25% | −10,451−34.7% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 19,487 | $1.35M | 0.00% | +820+4.4% | Added |
| Todd Asset Management LLC | 19,294 | $1.34M | 0.03% | +44+0.2% | Added |
| Chesapeake Capital Corp | 18,768 | $1.30M | 0.94% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Toroso Investments, LLC | 18,768 | $1.30M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Pacifica Partners Inc. | 18,743 | $1.30M | 0.43% | +18,743 | New |
| Viewpoint Investment Partners Corp | 18,381 | $1.30M | 0.60% | +18,381 | New |
| Brinker Capital Investments, LLC | 18,673 | $1.29M | 0.01% | −1,103−5.6% | Reduced |
| Walleye Trading LLC | 18,642 | $1.29M | 0.03% | +9,897+113.2% | Added |
| Foundations Investment Advisors, LLC | 18,598 | $1.29M | 0.02% | +964+5.5% | Added |
| Atomi Financial Group, Inc. | 18,565 | $1.29M | 0.04% | +825+4.7% | Added |
| Fox Run Management, L.L.C. | 18,643 | $1.26M | 0.22% | +18,643 | New |
| Colony Group, LLC | 17,431 | $1.23M | 0.00% | +1,041+6.4% | Added |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 17,021 | $1.18M | 0.00% | −3,580−17.4% | Reduced |
| Vident Advisory, LLC | 16,898 | $1.17M | 0.01% | +1,164+7.4% | Added |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 16,768 | $1.16M | 0.00% | +16,768 | New |
| Bailard, Inc. | 16,621 | $1.15M | 0.03% | −483−2.8% | Reduced |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 16,172 | $1.12M | 0.00% | −999−5.8% | Reduced |
| Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC | 16,001 | $1.11M | 0.00% | −27,282−63.0% | Reduced |
| Ballentine Partners, LLC | 15,524 | $1.08M | 0.01% | +361+2.4% | Added |
| Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC | 15,318 | $1.06M | 0.03% | +293+2.0% | Added |
| Ossiam | 15,316 | $1.06M | 0.02% | −861−5.3% | Reduced |
| J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG | 14,401 | $995.5K | 0.02% | +528+3.8% | Added |
| Bowen Hanes & Co Inc | 14,267 | $988.8K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Motco | 14,248 | $987.5K | 0.09% | −13−0.1% | Reduced |
| Voleon Capital Management LP | 14,039 | $973.0K | 0.02% | +14,039 | New |
| Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC | 13,996 | $970.1K | 0.01% | +566+4.2% | Added |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC | 13,864 | $960.9K | 0.00% | +2,646+23.6% | Added |
| Bogart Wealth, LLC | 13,694 | $949.1K | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Farther Finance Advisors, LLC | 13,130 | $921.6K | 0.01% | +8,286+171.1% | Added |
| Radnor Capital Management, LLC | 13,275 | $920.1K | 0.14% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 12,774 | $885.0K | 0.00% | +288+2.3% | Added |
| Cherokee Insurance Co | 12,760 | $884.4K | 0.34% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Truist Financial Corp | 11,718 | $812.2K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Graham Capital Management, L.P. | 11,447 | $793.4K | 0.03% | +11,447 | New |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 11,433 | $792.4K | 0.00% | +1,822+19.0% | Added |
| Hager Investment Management Services, LLC | 11,275 | $781.5K | 0.43% | +11,204+15,780.3% | Added |
| WCG Wealth Advisors LLC | 11,258 | $780.3K | 0.02% | −887−7.3% | Reduced |
| Retirement Planning Group | 10,993 | $761.9K | 0.02% | +50.0% | Added |
| Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC | 10,966 | $760.1K | 0.01% | +4,074+59.1% | Added |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 10,933 | $758.0K | 0.00% | −395−3.5% | Reduced |
| Ravenstone Capital Management Inc. | 10,705 | $740.0K | 0.37% | +1,220+12.9% | Added |
| MQS Management LLC | 10,593 | $734.2K | 0.50% | +10,593 | New |
| Park Circle Co | 10,500 | $727.8K | 0.69% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Yousif Capital Management, LLC | 10,451 | $724.4K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Versant Capital Management, Inc | 10,450 | $724.3K | 0.07% | +2,195+26.6% | Added |
| Principal Securities, Inc. | 10,387 | $719.9K | 0.01% | +843+8.8% | Added |
| Mitchell McLeod Pugh & Williams Inc | 10,300 | $713.9K | 0.11% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Brevan Howard Capital Management LP | 10,260 | $711.1K | 0.01% | +10,260 | New |
| Tudor Investment Corp Et Al | 9,880 | $684.8K | 0.00% | +9,880 | New |
| Callahan Advisors, LLC | 9,645 | $668.5K | 0.06% | +810+9.2% | Added |
| Savant Capital, LLC | 9,386 | $650.5K | 0.00% | +1,998+27.0% | Added |
| 111 Capital | 9,176 | $636.3K | 0.16% | +5,182+129.7% | Added |
| Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel Inc. | 8,674 | $636.1K | 0.02% | −635−6.8% | Reduced |
| First Affirmative Financial Network | 9,039 | $626.5K | 0.24% | +9,039 | New |
| Guggenheim Capital LLC | 8,996 | $623.5K | 0.00% | +342+4.0% | Added |
| Texas Yale Capital Corp. | 8,975 | $622.1K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Savvy Advisors, Inc. | 8,963 | $621.3K | 0.02% | +2,454+37.7% | Added |
| Monticello Wealth Management, LLC | 8,903 | $617.1K | 0.04% | −193−2.1% | Reduced |
| Westwood Holdings Group Inc. | 8,727 | $603.3K | 0.00% | +8,727 | New |
| Ruggaard & Associates LLC | 8,680 | $601.6K | 0.24% | −100−1.1% | Reduced |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC | 8,654 | $599.8K | 0.00% | +8,654 | New |
| Vontobel Holding Ltd. | 8,601 | $596.6K | 0.00% | +8,601 | New |
| Sumitomo Life Insurance Co | 8,584 | $595.0K | 0.01% | +357+4.3% | Added |
| Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company, Ltd | 8,584 | $595.0K | 0.00% | +357+4.3% | Added |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 8,082 | $560.2K | 0.00% | +209+2.7% | Added |
| Silverlake Wealth Management LLC | 7,851 | $544.1K | 0.11% | −21−0.3% | Reduced |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 7,841 | $543.5K | 0.00% | +7,167+1,063.4% | Added |
| NLB Skladi, upravljanje premozenja, d.o.o. | 7,708 | $534.2K | 0.03% | +7,708 | New |
| Syon Capital LLC | 7,667 | $531.4K | 0.03% | +106+1.4% | Added |
| Evergreen Capital Management LLC | 7,578 | $525.2K | 0.01% | +34+0.5% | Added |
| Frank, Rimerman Advisors LLC | 7,563 | $524.2K | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 7,423 | $511.5K | 0.00% | +7,423 | New |
| Cohen Investment Advisors LLC | 6,884 | $477.1K | 0.23% | −71−1.0% | Reduced |
| Snowden Capital Advisors LLC | 6,883 | $477.0K | 0.01% | +667+10.7% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 6,801 | $471.4K | 0.00% | −12−0.2% | Reduced |
| AAFMAA Wealth Management & Trust LLC | 6,773 | $469.4K | 0.18% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| PCJ Investment Counsel Ltd. | 6,740 | $467.5K | 0.13% | −67,490−90.9% | Reduced |
| M&T Bank Corp | 6,734 | $466.7K | 0.00% | −1,329−16.5% | Reduced |
| Oppenheimer & Co Inc | 6,503 | $450.7K | 0.01% | +6,503 | New |
| Magnus Financial Group LLC | 6,412 | $444.4K | 0.04% | +20.0% | Added |
| PDS Planning, Inc | 6,408 | $444.1K | 0.03% | −300−4.5% | Reduced |