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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investment Management Corp of Ontario | 306,867 | $26.6M | 0.34% | +1,264+0.4% | Added |
| Montrusco Bolton Investments Inc. | 305,579 | $26.6M | 0.41% | +305,579 | New |
| Canerector Inc | 300,000 | $26.0M | 11.87% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Intact Investment Management Inc. | 294,148 | $25.6M | 0.73% | −97,925−25.0% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 273,384 | $24.5M | 0.00% | −16,995−5.9% | Reduced |
| Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co | 272,156 | $23.6M | 0.13% | +2,300+0.9% | Added |
| Generali Asset Management SPA SGR | 191,504 | $23.6M | 0.43% | +28,777+17.7% | Added |
| Aviso Financial Inc. | 268,713 | $23.3M | 0.81% | −39,628−12.9% | Reduced |
| Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd | 249,271 | $21.6M | 0.09% | +14,350+6.1% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 305,329 | $21.2M | 0.01% | +124,716+69.1% | Added |
| Nykredit A/S | 236,202 | $20.5M | 0.08% | +236,202 | New |
| Natixis | 234,154 | $20.3M | 0.10% | +54,753+30.5% | Added |
| Danica Pension, Livsforsikringsaktieselskab | 157,790 | $19.5M | 0.31% | +9,099+6.1% | Added |
| Lansforsakringar Fondforvaltning AB (publ) | 217,698 | $18.9M | 0.08% | +212,501+4,088.9% | Added |
| Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Co | 215,934 | $18.8M | 1.55% | +2,446+1.1% | Added |
| Maryland State Retirement & Pension System | 214,814 | $18.6M | 0.32% | +10,325+5.0% | Added |
| Cardinal Point Capital Management, ULC | 214,403 | $18.6M | 1.05% | −1,122−0.5% | Reduced |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 212,900 | $18.5M | 0.03% | +212,900 | New |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 272,850 | $18.3M | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Royal London Asset Management Ltd | 207,355 | $18.0M | 0.03% | −4,557−2.2% | Reduced |
| Eldred Rock Partners, LLC | 205,242 | $17.8M | 3.83% | −354−0.2% | Reduced |
| Coleford Investment Management Ltd. | 199,856 | $17.3M | 3.78% | −5,540−2.7% | Reduced |
| Mediolanum International Funds Ltd | 191,331 | $16.6M | 0.14% | +30,957+19.3% | Added |
| CI Private Wealth, LLC | 189,323 | $16.4M | 0.02% | −1,832−1.0% | Reduced |
| Balyasny Asset Management LLC | 185,700 | $16.1M | 0.03% | +185,700 | New |
| PensionDanmark Pensionsforsikringsaktieselskab | 178,226 | $15.5M | 0.13% | +15,100+9.3% | Added |
| USS Investment Management Ltd | 175,425 | $15.2M | 0.06% | −16,212−8.5% | Reduced |
| Euro Pacific Asset Management, LLC | 169,506 | $13.9M | 1.62% | −2,180−1.3% | Reduced |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 157,301 | $13.7M | 0.01% | +11,294+7.7% | Added |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | 155,216 | $13.5M | 0.02% | +26,496+20.6% | Added |
| Beutel, Goodman & Co Ltd. | 154,626 | $13.4M | 0.10% | −3,750−2.4% | Reduced |
| HRT Financial LP | 154,413 | $13.4M | 0.02% | +72,815+89.2% | Added |
| Gold Investment Management Ltd. | 138,750 | $12.1M | 3.27% | +204+0.1% | Added |
| Avanza Fonder AB | 96,369 | $11.9M | 0.26% | +9,487+10.9% | Added |
| Keystone Financial Planning, Inc. | 136,488 | $11.9M | 3.06% | −2,613−1.9% | Reduced |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 134,397 | $11.7M | 0.01% | −3,523−2.6% | Reduced |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 133,382 | $11.6M | 0.01% | +4,548+3.5% | Added |
| Capital Fund Management S.A. | 132,872 | $11.5M | 0.08% | +1,079+0.8% | Added |
| Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc. | 132,356 | $11.5M | 0.15% | −1,351−1.0% | Reduced |
| Rathbone Brothers plc | 130,628 | $11.4M | 0.04% | −300.0% | Reduced |
| Triasima Portfolio Management inc. | 128,680 | $11.2M | 1.51% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Utah Retirement Systems | 122,977 | $10.7M | 0.10% | −13,647−10.0% | Reduced |
| Natixis Advisors, L.P. | 121,276 | $10.5M | 0.01% | +24,880+25.8% | Added |
| Creative Planning | 121,017 | $10.5M | 0.01% | +16,149+15.4% | Added |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (Switzerland) SA | 118,481 | $10.3M | 0.33% | −1,100−0.9% | Reduced |
| Jupiter Topco LLC | 117,681 | $10.2M | 0.00% | +117,681 | New |
| Lorne Steinberg Wealth Management Inc. | 116,512 | $10.1M | 2.08% | +3,969+3.5% | Added |
| O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC | 115,525 | $10.0M | 0.05% | +27,175+30.8% | Added |
| Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. | 112,832 | $9.81M | 0.14% | −237−0.2% | Reduced |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 110,702 | $9.61M | 0.01% | +18,230+19.7% | Added |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 75,793 | $9.33M | 0.00% | +503+0.7% | Added |
| Claret Asset Management Corp | 105,482 | $9.17M | 0.99% | −120−0.1% | Reduced |
| American Assets Investment Management, LLC | 100,000 | $8.68M | 0.53% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| PCJ Investment Counsel Ltd. | 99,350 | $8.61M | 2.48% | +92,610+1,374.0% | Added |
| Lazard Asset Management LLC | 95,559 | $8.30M | 0.01% | −961−1.0% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 94,858 | $8.24M | 0.00% | −1,794−1.9% | Reduced |
| Gulf International Bank (UK) Ltd | 93,729 | $8.14M | 0.16% | −1,472−1.5% | Reduced |
| Americana Partners, LLC | 93,687 | $8.14M | 0.18% | +87+0.1% | Added |
| US Bancorp | 90,371 | $7.85M | 0.01% | −763−0.8% | Reduced |
| Cetera Investment Advisers | 88,657 | $7.70M | 0.01% | +6,146+7.4% | Added |
| Oddo BHF Asset Management SAS | 62,300 | $7.68M | 0.36% | −10,800−14.8% | Reduced |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 86,387 | $7.51M | 0.01% | +2,686+3.2% | Added |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 80,305 | $6.97M | 0.01% | +80,305 | New |
| Quantbot Technologies LP | 70,384 | $6.11M | 0.24% | +17,145+32.2% | Added |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 67,853 | $5.89M | 0.01% | +408+0.6% | Added |
| K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc | 65,949 | $5.72M | 0.81% | −20.0% | Reduced |
| Pathway Financial Advisers, LLC | 64,602 | $5.61M | 1.41% | −221−0.3% | Reduced |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 63,554 | $5.52M | 0.00% | +63,554 | New |
| Louisbourg Investments Inc. | 62,704 | $5.44M | 1.00% | −26,814−30.0% | Reduced |
| Cardinal Capital Management | 62,606 | $5.44M | 0.66% | +441+0.7% | Added |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | 62,323 | $5.41M | 0.01% | +1,528+2.5% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 61,292 | $5.32M | 0.00% | +2,785+4.8% | Added |
| PDT Partners, LLC | 60,500 | $5.25M | 0.28% | −22,700−27.3% | Reduced |
| Bank of Nova Scotia | 58,727 | $5.10M | 0.01% | −5,137−8.0% | Reduced |
| DKRT Investments Corp. | 56,000 | $4.86M | 1.19% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC | 54,998 | $4.78M | 0.01% | +54,998 | New |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC | 54,827 | $4.76M | 0.25% | −173,716−76.0% | Reduced |
| Mariner, LLC | 53,694 | $4.66M | 0.00% | +6,458+13.7% | Added |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | 52,374 | $4.55M | 0.04% | +52,374 | New |
| UniSuper Management Pty Ltd | 33,278 | $4.10M | 0.02% | +9,178+38.1% | Added |
| Trexquant Investment LP | 47,221 | $4.10M | 0.03% | +47,221 | New |
| Quadrant Capital Group LLC | 46,596 | $4.05M | 0.11% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 45,997 | $3.99M | 0.01% | +35,064+320.7% | Added |
| Maverick Capital LtdSuperinvestorMaverick Capital | 46,020 | $3.99M | 0.04% | +9,319+25.4% | Added |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | 45,728 | $3.97M | 0.01% | −1,823−3.8% | Reduced |
| Sciencast Management LP | 45,010 | $3.91M | 0.81% | +45,010 | New |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc | 44,606 | $3.88M | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Laird Norton Trust Company, LLC | 43,861 | $3.81M | 0.07% | −7,597−14.8% | Reduced |
| Cerity Partners LLC | 42,980 | $3.73M | 0.00% | −2,282−5.0% | Reduced |
| Tweedy, Browne Co LLC | 42,479 | $3.69M | 0.28% | +42,479 | New |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | 42,268 | $3.67M | 0.57% | +41,352+4,514.4% | Added |
| Osmosis Investment Management UK Ltd | 41,547 | $3.61M | 0.17% | −37,058−47.1% | Reduced |
| Plato Investment Management Ltd | 41,629 | $3.59M | 0.21% | −234−0.6% | Reduced |
| Jones Financial Companies LLLP | 41,000 | $3.53M | 0.00% | +17,161+72.0% | Added |
| Fiera Capital Corp | 40,106 | $3.47M | 0.01% | −4,992−11.1% | Reduced |
| Tacita Capital Inc | 38,834 | $3.37M | 1.83% | −369−0.9% | Reduced |
| Credit Agricole S A | 38,665 | $3.36M | 0.01% | −4,729−10.9% | Reduced |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 38,217 | $3.32M | 0.01% | −23−0.1% | Reduced |
| JustInvest LLC | 38,106 | $3.31M | 0.03% | +2,239+6.2% | Added |
| Portland Investment Counsel Inc. | 37,800 | $3.29M | 0.92% | 00.0% | Unchanged |