Bank of Nova ScotiaBNS
13F holders, Q2 2026 (June 30)At the end of Q2 2026, 535 institutions reported holding Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) in their 13F filings, up 27 from Q1 2026. 69 opened new positions and 44 sold out. The largest holders were Royal Bank of Canada ($5.7B), Bank of Montreal ($4.5B) and Vanguard Capital Management LLC ($3.1B). 8 famous investors held it, including Prem Watsa (1.2% of Fairfax Financial Holdings's portfolio), Jeremy Grantham (0.3% of GMO's portfolio) and Cliff Asness (0.1% of AQR Capital Management's portfolio).
- Company
- Bank of Nova Scotia
- Filed as
- BANK NOVA SCOTIA B C (Q2 2026)
- CUSIP
- 064149107
- Latest filing quarter
- Q2 2026
History
Number of 13F holders
Total Exit/New Position Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
| Institutions | Total Value | |
|---|---|---|
| New Positions | 69 | $186.7M |
| Exits | 44 | $127.9M |
All 13F filers, Q1 2026 → Q2 2026: 29,186,132 shares bought and 41,601,243 shares sold, net −12,415,111 shares. Counts holders who added, trimmed, opened or closed a position; split-adjusted.
Ownership 535 holders
| Royal Bank of Canada | 0.97% | Reduce -8.3% | 65,848,379 | $5.7B |
| Bank of Montreal | 1.65% | Reduce -7.4% | 51,924,070 | $4.5B |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 0.07% | Add +0.1% | 35,706,610 | $3.1B |
| Cibc World Market Inc. | 3.68% | Reduce -2.9% | 25,213,679 | $2.2B |
| Acadian Asset Management LLC | 1.90% | Add +22.4% | 18,382,643 | $1.6B |
| Norges Bank | 0.16% | — | 18,387,259 | $1.6B |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | 1.73% | Reduce -11.0% | 16,250,132 | $1.4B |
| National Bank of Canada | 1.19% | Reduce -4.4% | 15,686,925 | $1.4B |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 0.07% | Add +11.5% | 14,311,695 | $1.3B |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 1.06% | Reduce -26.5% | 14,090,469 | $1.2B |
| Scotia Capital Inc. | 4.20% | Reduce -3.6% | 12,935,957 | $1.1B |
| Toronto Dominion Bank | 1.82% | Reduce -28.9% | 12,501,179 | $1.1B |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp. | 1.07% | Add +0.1% | 8,653,592 | $1.1B |
| FIL Ltd | 0.76% | Add +35.5% | 12,248,949 | $1.1B |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 0.56% | Add +28.5% | 11,709,540 | $1.0B |
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co. | 0.21% | Reduce -0.4% | 10,923,749 | $949.5M |
| CIBC Asset Management Inc | 2.06% | Add +22.3% | 10,757,318 | $938.0M |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.05% | Reduce -1.0% | 10,732,917 | $929.5M |
| Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC | 0.38% | Add +7.8% | 9,462,637 | $822.5M |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. | 2.08% | Reduce -6.5% | 9,044,903 | $791.3M |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 0.15% | Reduce -2.7% | 8,169,732 | $709.8M |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 2.03% | Reduce -1.8% | 7,585,057 | $657.1M |
| Barclays PLC | 0.19% | Add +40.8% | 7,046,510 | $611.9M |
| Morgan Stanley | 0.03% | Add +62.9% | 6,724,105 | $583.9M |
| Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund | 0.83% | Add +19.6% | 6,624,917 | $575.3M |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 1.07% | Reduce -29.9% | 6,543,050 | $567.3M |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 0.10% | Add +2.2% | 6,138,631 | $533.1M |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 0.33% | Reduce -10.1% | 4,800,235 | $416.4M |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.04% | Reduce -13.3% | 4,741,580 | $411.8M |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. | 0.05% | Add +3.0% | 4,085,942 | $355.0M |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 0.06% | Reduce -0.7% | 4,078,801 | $354.4M |
| Letko, Brosseau & Associates Inc. | 4.34% | Reduce -3.7% | 3,380,374 | $293.7M |
| Amundi | 0.07% | Reduce -6.1% | 3,100,831 | $274.4M |
| VANGUARD ASSET MANAGEMENT, Ltd | 0.16% | Add +11.7% | 2,788,559 | $242.4M |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 0.07% | Add +9.1% | 2,671,719 | $232.0M |
| AQR Capital Management | 0.08% | Reduce -10.5% | 2,655,580 | $230.6M |
| Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC | 0.70% | Reduce -17.6% | 2,652,600 | $230.4M |
| Bank of America Corp. | 0.01% | Reduce -48.5% | 2,588,463 | $224.8M |
| Artemis Investment Management LLP | 1.60% | Add +68.8% | 2,069,239 | $179.7M |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp | 1.14% | Reduce -55.3% | 2,040,686 | $177.2M |
| Cardinal Capital Management, Inc. | 4.24% | Reduce -0.2% | 2,018,524 | $175.1M |
| Franklin Resources Inc. | 0.04% | Add +4.6% | 1,970,950 | $171.1M |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | 0.13% | Reduce -8.3% | 1,813,747 | $156.1M |
| Mufg Securities (canada), LTD. | 4.07% | Reduce -4.9% | 1,738,562 | $150.9M |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 0.38% | Reduce -17.5% | 1,670,826 | $144.8M |
| BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp | 0.91% | Add +40.7% | 1,666,492 | $144.7M |
| OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp | 0.86% | Reduce -13.3% | 1,645,661 | $143.0M |
| UBS Group AG | 0.02% | Add +32.3% | 1,618,761 | $140.6M |
| Van Eck Associates Corp. | 0.08% | Reduce -3.8% | 1,578,524 | $136.8M |
| Addenda Capital Inc. | 3.62% | Add +0.7% | 1,081,272 | $133.3M |
| Invesco Ltd. | 0.01% | Reduce -43.0% | 1,527,011 | $132.6M |
| GMO | 0.27% | Add +13.8% | 1,381,602 | $120.0M |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. | 2.67% | Add +4.3% | 1,349,041 | $117.1M |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 0.10% | Add +21.1% | 1,349,038 | $117.0M |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -11.4% | 1,331,905 | $115.7M |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 0.02% | Add +6.8% | 1,292,470 | $112.2M |
| SIG North Trading, ULC | 20.39% | Add +33.1% | 1,284,517 | $111.5M |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd | 0.94% | Add +2.6% | 1,263,100 | $109.7M |
| Citigroup Inc. | 0.05% | Add +1.5% | 1,234,064 | $107.2M |
| Aviva PLC | 0.15% | Add +0.5% | 1,160,563 | $100.7M |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 0.06% | Add +1056.5% | 1,086,517 | $94.4M |
| Marathon Asset Management Ltd | 3.36% | Reduce -12.7% | 950,832 | $82.6M |
| Korea Investment CORP | 0.15% | Add +7.2% | 917,288 | $79.7M |
| Nuveen, LLC | 0.02% | Add +1.2% | 878,257 | $76.3M |
| Northern Trust Corp. | 0.01% | Reduce -3.2% | 867,372 | $75.3M |
| Blue Sparrow, LLC | 0.71% | New | 843,000 | $73.2M |
| American Century Companies Inc. | 0.03% | Add +32.5% | 823,662 | $71.6M |
| Intech Investment Management LLC | 0.63% | Reduce -4.3% | 794,347 | $69.0M |
| APG Asset Management N.V. | 0.16% | Add +38.6% | 881,487 | $67.0M |
| Purpose Unlimited Inc. | 2.55% | Reduce -2.3% | 762,723 | $66.3M |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA | 0.06% | Reduce -1.2% | 754,322 | $65.5M |
| Picton Mahoney Asset Management | 0.59% | Add +1785.4% | 735,921 | $63.7M |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 0.07% | Reduce -36.6% | 719,648 | $62.5M |
| State of Tennessee, Department of Treasury | 0.18% | Add +1.1% | 702,129 | $61.0M |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co | 0.10% | Reduce -0.0% | 703,186 | $60.9M |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 0.11% | Add +9.4% | 681,227 | $59.2M |
| Value Partners Investments Inc. | 4.12% | Reduce -16.2% | 679,868 | $59.0M |
| MORGUARD LINCLUDEN GLOBAL INVESTMENTS Ltd | 5.55% | Reduce -20.5% | 458,826 | $56.6M |
| BCV Asset Management Inc. | 1.69% | Reduce -6.4% | 645,809 | $56.0M |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 0.04% | Add +29.4% | 642,680 | $55.8M |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 0.03% | Reduce -8.1% | 636,765 | $55.3M |
| Vanguard Investments Australia, Ltd. | 0.14% | Add +1.7% | 627,153 | $54.5M |
| Citadel Advisors | 0.03% | Add +91.6% | 594,772 | $51.6M |
| Guardian Partners Inc. | 4.28% | Reduce -13.5% | 546,953 | $47.4M |
| SEB Asset Management AB | 0.17% | Add +21.6% | 530,031 | $46.1M |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec | 0.07% | Add +14.6% | 526,844 | $45.8M |
| Cumberland Partners Ltd | 2.93% | Reduce -0.8% | 522,360 | $45.3M |
| Guardian Capital LP | 1.02% | Reduce -2.0% | 483,249 | $41.9M |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 0.08% | Reduce -0.6% | 429,472 | $37.3M |
| Delaney Capital Management Ltd. | 5.70% | Reduce -2.9% | 415,388 | $36.0M |
| Millennium Management | 0.02% | Reduce -10.1% | 400,341 | $34.8M |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. | 0.03% | Reduce -25.7% | 393,737 | $34.2M |
| Man Group plc | 0.06% | Add +37.7% | 382,767 | $33.2M |
| Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V. | 0.23% | Add +26.6% | 359,243 | $31.2M |
| Fairfax Financial Holdings | 1.18% | No change | 359,100 | $31.2M |
| Cidel Asset Management Inc. | 1.48% | Add +119.1% | 353,888 | $30.7M |
| Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio | 0.08% | Add +6.3% | 331,636 | $28.8M |
| Kepler Cheuvreux (Suisse) SA | 1.63% | Reduce -6.3% | 230,869 | $28.4M |
| Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. | 0.66% | Add +24.6% | 326,993 | $28.4M |
| Andra AP-fonden | 0.31% | Add +2.7% | 220,260 | $27.2M |
"% of holder's portfolio" is BNS's weight in each manager's 13F, not the share of Bank of Nova Scotia the manager owns.