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, Q2 2026
Institutional positions in Bank of Nova Scotia as of Jun 30, 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
- 535
- +32 vs. Q1 2026
- Shares held
- 543.8M
- +6.33M (+1.2%) vs. Q1 2026
- Total value
- $47.7B
- +$10.3B (+27.7%) vs. Q1 2026
- New holders
- 75
- 195 more added
- Sold out
- 43
- 155 more reduced
5 institutions that held it in Q1 2026 haven't filed for Q2 2026 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q1 2026: 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, Q2 2026
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Bank of Nova Scotia; share changes are against Q1 2026.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keystone Financial Planning, Inc. | 136,488 | $11.9M | 3.06% | −2,613−1.9% | Reduced |
| Avanza Fonder AB | 96,369 | $11.9M | 0.26% | +9,487+10.9% | Added |
| Gold Investment Management Ltd. | 138,750 | $12.1M | 3.27% | +204+0.1% | Added |
| HRT Financial LP | 154,413 | $13.4M | 0.02% | +72,815+89.2% | Added |
| Beutel, Goodman & Co Ltd. | 154,626 | $13.4M | 0.10% | −3,750−2.4% | Reduced |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | 155,216 | $13.5M | 0.02% | +26,496+20.6% | Added |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 157,301 | $13.7M | 0.01% | +11,294+7.7% | Added |
| Euro Pacific Asset Management, LLC | 169,506 | $13.9M | 1.62% | −2,180−1.3% | Reduced |
| USS Investment Management Ltd | 175,425 | $15.2M | 0.06% | −16,212−8.5% | Reduced |
| PensionDanmark Pensionsforsikringsaktieselskab | 178,226 | $15.5M | 0.13% | +15,100+9.3% | Added |
| Balyasny Asset Management LLC | 185,700 | $16.1M | 0.03% | +185,700 | New |
| CI Private Wealth, LLC | 189,323 | $16.4M | 0.02% | −1,832−1.0% | Reduced |
| Mediolanum International Funds Ltd | 191,331 | $16.6M | 0.14% | +30,957+19.3% | Added |
| Coleford Investment Management Ltd. | 199,856 | $17.3M | 3.78% | −5,540−2.7% | Reduced |
| Eldred Rock Partners, LLC | 205,242 | $17.8M | 3.83% | −354−0.2% | Reduced |
| Royal London Asset Management Ltd | 207,355 | $18.0M | 0.03% | −4,557−2.2% | Reduced |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 272,850 | $18.3M | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 212,900 | $18.5M | 0.03% | +212,900 | New |
| Cardinal Point Capital Management, ULC | 214,403 | $18.6M | 1.05% | −1,122−0.5% | Reduced |
| Maryland State Retirement & Pension System | 214,814 | $18.6M | 0.32% | +10,325+5.0% | Added |
| Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Co | 215,934 | $18.8M | 1.55% | +2,446+1.1% | Added |
| Lansforsakringar Fondforvaltning AB (publ) | 217,698 | $18.9M | 0.08% | +212,501+4,088.9% | Added |
| Danica Pension, Livsforsikringsaktieselskab | 157,790 | $19.5M | 0.31% | +9,099+6.1% | Added |
| Natixis | 234,154 | $20.3M | 0.10% | +54,753+30.5% | Added |
| Nykredit A/S | 236,202 | $20.5M | 0.08% | +236,202 | New |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 305,329 | $21.2M | 0.01% | +124,716+69.1% | Added |
| Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd | 249,271 | $21.6M | 0.09% | +14,350+6.1% | Added |
| Aviso Financial Inc. | 268,713 | $23.3M | 0.81% | −39,628−12.9% | Reduced |
| Generali Asset Management SPA SGR | 191,504 | $23.6M | 0.43% | +28,777+17.7% | Added |
| Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co | 272,156 | $23.6M | 0.13% | +2,300+0.9% | Added |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 273,384 | $24.5M | 0.00% | −16,995−5.9% | Reduced |
| Intact Investment Management Inc. | 294,148 | $25.6M | 0.73% | −97,925−25.0% | Reduced |
| Canerector Inc | 300,000 | $26.0M | 11.87% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Montrusco Bolton Investments Inc. | 305,579 | $26.6M | 0.41% | +305,579 | New |
| Investment Management Corp of Ontario | 306,867 | $26.6M | 0.34% | +1,264+0.4% | Added |
| Andra AP-fonden | 220,260 | $27.2M | 0.31% | +5,700+2.7% | Added |
| Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. | 326,993 | $28.4M | 0.66% | +64,486+24.6% | Added |
| Kepler Cheuvreux (Suisse) SA | 230,869 | $28.4M | 1.63% | −15,654−6.3% | Reduced |
| Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio | 331,636 | $28.8M | 0.08% | +19,790+6.3% | Added |
| Cidel Asset Management Inc | 353,888 | $30.7M | 1.48% | +192,388+119.1% | Added |
| Fairfax Financial Holdings LtdSuperinvestorFairfax Financial | 359,100 | $31.2M | 1.18% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V. | 359,243 | $31.2M | 0.23% | +75,600+26.7% | Added |
| Man Group plc | 382,767 | $33.2M | 0.06% | +104,784+37.7% | Added |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. | 393,737 | $34.2M | 0.03% | −136,489−25.7% | Reduced |
| Millennium Management LLC | 400,341 | $34.8M | 0.02% | −45,148−10.1% | Reduced |
| Delaney Capital Management Ltd. | 415,388 | $36.0M | 5.70% | −12,221−2.9% | Reduced |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 429,472 | $37.3M | 0.08% | −2,600−0.6% | Reduced |
| Guardian Capital LP | 483,249 | $41.9M | 1.02% | −9,832−2.0% | Reduced |
| Cumberland Partners Ltd | 522,360 | $45.3M | 2.93% | −3,963−0.8% | Reduced |
| Caisse de Depot Et Placement du Quebec | 526,844 | $45.8M | 0.07% | +67,188+14.6% | Added |
| SEB Asset Management AB | 530,031 | $46.1M | 0.17% | +93,971+21.6% | Added |
| Guardian Partners Inc. | 546,953 | $47.4M | 4.28% | −85,506−13.5% | Reduced |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 594,772 | $51.6M | 0.03% | +284,409+91.6% | Added |
| Vanguard Investments Australia, Ltd. | 627,153 | $54.5M | 0.14% | +10,631+1.7% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 636,765 | $55.3M | 0.03% | −55,973−8.1% | Reduced |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 642,680 | $55.8M | 0.04% | +146,156+29.4% | Added |
| BCV Asset Management Inc. | 645,809 | $56.0M | 1.69% | −44,459−6.4% | Reduced |
| Lincluden Management Ltd | 458,826 | $56.6M | 5.55% | −118,625−20.5% | Reduced |
| Value Partners Investments Inc. | 679,868 | $59.0M | 4.12% | −131,760−16.2% | Reduced |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 681,227 | $59.2M | 0.11% | +58,325+9.4% | Added |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 703,186 | $60.9M | 0.10% | −2730.0% | Reduced |
| State of Tennessee, Treasury Department | 702,129 | $61.0M | 0.18% | +7,428+1.1% | Added |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 719,648 | $62.5M | 0.07% | −415,984−36.6% | Reduced |
| Picton Mahoney Asset Management | 735,921 | $63.7M | 0.59% | +696,888+1,785.4% | Added |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA | 754,322 | $65.5M | 0.06% | −8,838−1.2% | Reduced |
| Purpose Unlimited Inc. | 762,723 | $66.3M | 2.54% | −17,653−2.3% | Reduced |
| APG Asset Management N.V. | 881,487 | $67.0M | 0.16% | +245,492+38.6% | Added |
| Intech Investment Management LLC | 794,347 | $69.0M | 0.63% | −35,817−4.3% | Reduced |
| American Century Companies Inc | 823,662 | $71.6M | 0.03% | +201,914+32.5% | Added |
| Blue Sparrow, LLC | 843,000 | $73.2M | 0.71% | +843,000 | New |
| Northern Trust Corp | 867,372 | $75.3M | 0.01% | −28,719−3.2% | Reduced |
| Nuveen, LLC | 878,257 | $76.3M | 0.02% | +10,328+1.2% | Added |
| Korea Investment CORP | 917,288 | $79.7M | 0.15% | +61,405+7.2% | Added |
| Marathon Asset Mgmt Ltd | 950,832 | $82.6M | 3.36% | −138,562−12.7% | Reduced |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 1,086,517 | $94.4M | 0.06% | +992,572+1,056.5% | Added |
| Aviva PLC | 1,160,563 | $100.7M | 0.15% | +5,695+0.5% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 1,234,064 | $107.2M | 0.05% | +18,618+1.5% | Added |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd | 1,263,100 | $109.7M | 0.94% | +31,900+2.6% | Added |
| SIG North Trading, ULC | 1,284,517 | $111.5M | 20.39% | +319,771+33.1% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1,292,470 | $112.2M | 0.02% | +82,307+6.8% | Added |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 1,331,905 | $115.7M | 0.00% | −171,144−11.4% | Reduced |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 1,349,038 | $117.0M | 0.10% | +234,635+21.1% | Added |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. | 1,349,041 | $117.1M | 2.67% | +55,809+4.3% | Added |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC | 1,381,602 | $120.0M | 0.27% | +168,088+13.9% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 1,527,011 | $132.6M | 0.01% | −1,153,477−43.0% | Reduced |
| Addenda Capital Inc. | 1,081,272 | $133.3M | 3.62% | +7,674+0.7% | Added |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 1,578,524 | $136.8M | 0.08% | −62,024−3.8% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 1,618,761 | $140.6M | 0.02% | +394,717+32.2% | Added |
| Omers Administration Corp | 1,645,661 | $143.0M | 0.86% | −251,754−13.3% | Reduced |
| British Columbia Investment Management Corp | 1,666,492 | $144.7M | 0.91% | +482,310+40.7% | Added |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 1,670,826 | $144.8M | 0.38% | −355,068−17.5% | Reduced |
| MUFG Securities (Canada), Ltd. | 1,738,562 | $150.9M | 4.07% | −90,045−4.9% | Reduced |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | 1,813,747 | $156.1M | 0.13% | −164,246−8.3% | Reduced |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 1,970,950 | $171.1M | 0.04% | +86,457+4.6% | Added |
| Cardinal Capital Management, Inc. | 2,018,524 | $175.1M | 4.24% | −4,335−0.2% | Reduced |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp | 2,040,686 | $177.2M | 1.02% | −2,520,935−55.3% | Reduced |
| Artemis Investment Management LLP | 2,069,239 | $179.7M | 1.60% | +843,053+68.8% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 2,588,463 | $224.8M | 0.01% | −2,436,245−48.5% | Reduced |
| Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC | 2,652,600 | $230.4M | 0.70% | −566,693−17.6% | Reduced |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 2,655,580 | $230.6M | 0.08% | −311,984−10.5% | Reduced |