Bank of Nova ScotiaBNS
13F holders, Q3 2025 (September 30)460holders +27
59new positions
36sold out
8famous investors
$64.79avg. 13F price*
At the end of Q3 2025, 460 institutions reported holding Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) in their 13F filings, up 27 from Q2 2025. 59 opened new positions and 36 sold out. The largest holders were Royal Bank of Canada ($6.4B), Vanguard Group Inc. ($3.6B) and Bank of Montreal ($3.5B). 8 famous investors held it, including Prem Watsa (1.1% of Fairfax Financial Holdings's portfolio), Jeremy Grantham (0.1% of GMO's portfolio) and Jim Simons / Peter Brown (0.1% of Renaissance Technologies's portfolio).
- Company
- Bank of Nova Scotia
- Filed as
- BANK NOVA SCOTIA HALIFAX (Q3 2025)
- CUSIP
- 064149107
- Latest filing quarter
- Q2 2026
History
Number of 13F holders
Total Exit/New Position Q2 2025 → Q3 2025
| Institutions | Total Value | |
|---|---|---|
| New Positions | 59 | $220.0M |
| Exits | 36 | $75.6M |
All 13F filers, Q2 2025 → Q3 2025: 39,211,260 shares bought and 76,807,383 shares sold, net −37,596,123 shares. Counts holders who added, trimmed, opened or closed a position; split-adjusted.
Ownership 460 holders
| Royal Bank of Canada | 1.15% | Reduce -7.4% | 99,696,605 | $6.4B |
| Vanguard Group Inc. | 0.05% | Add +1.9% | 56,068,464 | $3.6B |
| Bank of Montreal | 1.49% | Reduce -9.3% | 53,867,081 | $3.5B |
| Cibc World Market Inc. | 3.53% | Reduce -7.0% | 26,342,169 | $1.7B |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 0.96% | Add +1.3% | 18,364,021 | $1.2B |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | 1.96% | Add +5.4% | 17,932,341 | $1.2B |
| Toronto Dominion Bank | 2.27% | Reduce -13.7% | 17,919,446 | $1.2B |
| National Bank of Canada | 1.25% | Reduce -10.0% | 17,109,963 | $1.1B |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp. | 1.15% | Reduce -2.9% | 14,698,686 | $950.2M |
| Scotia Capital Inc. | 3.88% | Reduce -1.0% | 14,095,456 | $910.8M |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 0.05% | Add +13.6% | 11,460,515 | $754.1M |
| FIL Ltd | 0.56% | Add +1045.6% | 11,028,488 | $713.1M |
| CIBC Asset Management Inc | 1.84% | Add +44.3% | 9,800,305 | $635.7M |
| Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund | 1.07% | Reduce -40.5% | 8,863,815 | $573.0M |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 0.40% | Add +14.7% | 8,769,838 | $566.9M |
| Acadian Asset Management LLC | 0.96% | Add +458.9% | 8,545,168 | $552.6M |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 2.06% | Add +4.5% | 8,082,163 | $522.8M |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 0.12% | Add +5.4% | 8,046,647 | $520.4M |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 1.57% | Add +29.9% | 7,690,883 | $497.2M |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.07% | Reduce -77.2% | 7,578,337 | $489.9M |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.03% | Reduce -49.8% | 6,595,613 | $426.4M |
| Bank of America Corp. | 0.03% | Reduce -22.6% | 5,800,732 | $375.0M |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 0.08% | Add +3.3% | 5,717,878 | $369.7M |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 0.29% | Add +68.3% | 5,464,175 | $353.4M |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. | 1.98% | Reduce -1.6% | 4,708,008 | $303.4M |
| Morgan Stanley | 0.02% | Add +5.2% | 4,336,629 | $280.4M |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. | 0.04% | Add +0.1% | 4,051,948 | $262.1M |
| Letko, Brosseau & Associates Inc. | 4.42% | Reduce -1.8% | 3,980,065 | $257.4M |
| Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC | 0.72% | Reduce -1.4% | 3,514,124 | $227.2M |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 0.04% | Add +14.8% | 3,365,388 | $217.6M |
| Amundi | 0.07% | Reduce -35.3% | 3,058,725 | $205.4M |
| OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp | 1.23% | Reduce -12.9% | 2,665,849 | $172.4M |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 0.05% | Add +9.8% | 2,436,241 | $157.5M |
| Invesco Ltd. | 0.02% | Add +3.1% | 2,367,830 | $153.1M |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | 0.11% | Reduce -2.0% | 2,252,532 | $145.6M |
| Zurich Insurance Group Ltd | 0.99% | New | 2,142,038 | $138.4M |
| Cardinal Capital Management, Inc. | 3.90% | Add +0.3% | 2,085,294 | $134.9M |
| Mufg Securities (canada), LTD. | 3.72% | Reduce -2.6% | 2,055,946 | $132.9M |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 0.07% | Reduce -16.3% | 1,910,072 | $123.5M |
| SIG North Trading, ULC | 17.09% | Add +30.7% | 1,716,022 | $110.9M |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 0.12% | Add +32.2% | 1,669,108 | $108.1M |
| Intact Investment Management Inc. | 3.22% | Add +50.7% | 1,645,842 | $106.4M |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 0.38% | Add +11.7% | 1,575,602 | $101.9M |
| Franklin Resources Inc. | 0.03% | Reduce -1.9% | 1,555,220 | $100.8M |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp | 0.80% | Reduce -27.5% | 1,541,200 | $99.6M |
| Addenda Capital Inc. | 2.91% | Add +13.1% | 1,094,330 | $98.5M |
| Citigroup Inc. | 0.07% | Add +55.4% | 1,517,072 | $98.1M |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 0.01% | Add +7.0% | 1,283,871 | $83.0M |
| JARISLOWSKY, FRASER Ltd | 0.44% | Reduce -8.9% | 1,242,357 | $80.4M |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 0.00% | Add +15.0% | 1,230,467 | $79.5M |
| Scheer, Rowlett & Associates Investment Management Ltd. | 4.50% | Reduce -1.8% | 1,166,583 | $75.4M |
| Marathon Asset Management Ltd | 2.77% | Reduce -5.6% | 1,162,303 | $75.2M |
| Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. | 0.71% | Reduce -0.1% | 1,199,190 | $74.8M |
| Value Partners Investments Inc. | 5.90% | Reduce -0.2% | 1,118,989 | $72.3M |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. | 2.14% | Reduce -0.1% | 1,094,741 | $70.8M |
| Aviva PLC | 0.13% | Reduce -1.6% | 1,064,928 | $68.8M |
| Van Eck Associates Corp. | 0.06% | Add +24.9% | 1,027,679 | $66.4M |
| UBS Group AG | 0.01% | Add +10.3% | 1,021,231 | $66.0M |
| Renaissance Technologies | 0.08% | Add +10.9% | 899,600 | $58.2M |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 0.09% | Reduce -36.9% | 883,751 | $57.1M |
| Nuveen, LLC | 0.01% | Reduce -0.3% | 869,274 | $56.2M |
| Northern Trust Corp. | 0.01% | Add +5.3% | 851,877 | $55.1M |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA | 0.05% | Reduce -0.1% | 847,751 | $54.8M |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co | 0.08% | Add +5.1% | 844,191 | $54.6M |
| APG Asset Management N.V. | 0.15% | Add +0.2% | 953,783 | $52.5M |
| Korea Investment CORP | 0.11% | Reduce -9.1% | 800,578 | $51.8M |
| GMO | 0.14% | Reduce -6.1% | 752,514 | $48.7M |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 0.04% | Reduce -12.9% | 742,957 | $48.0M |
| Millennium Management | 0.04% | Add +104.9% | 721,148 | $46.6M |
| BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp | 0.26% | Reduce -75.1% | 715,055 | $46.2M |
| State of Tennessee, Department of Treasury | 0.15% | Reduce -0.0% | 708,540 | $45.8M |
| MORGUARD LINCLUDEN GLOBAL INVESTMENTS Ltd | 5.00% | Reduce -8.7% | 698,397 | $44.9M |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec | 0.08% | Add +128.4% | 687,610 | $44.5M |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 0.09% | Reduce -5.2% | 591,034 | $38.2M |
| Guardian Partners Inc. | 3.22% | Reduce -2.2% | 587,622 | $38.0M |
| Agf Management Ltd. | 0.16% | Reduce -1.5% | 388,544 | $35.0M |
| Nicola Wealth Management LTD. | 2.98% | Reduce -79.6% | 517,300 | $33.5M |
| Guardian Capital LP | 1.04% | Add +7.2% | 496,676 | $32.1M |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 0.02% | Add +3.3% | 465,887 | $30.1M |
| American Century Companies Inc. | 0.01% | Add +16.7% | 450,859 | $29.2M |
| Canerector Inc. | 13.77% | No change | 300,000 | $27.0M |
| Portland Investment Counsel Inc. | 7.25% | No change | 409,629 | $26.5M |
| Artemis Investment Management LLP | 0.32% | New | 401,235 | $25.9M |
| AXA Investment Managers S.A. | 0.07% | — | 379,092 | $24.5M |
| Voloridge Investment Management, LLC | 0.08% | Reduce -58.0% | 368,994 | $23.9M |
| Forsta Ap-Fonden | 0.14% | Reduce -0.7% | 365,500 | $23.6M |
| Fairfax Financial Holdings | 1.12% | No change | 359,100 | $23.2M |
| Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. | 0.53% | Add +2.5% | 345,389 | $22.3M |
| Barclays PLC | 0.01% | Reduce -12.2% | 315,550 | $20.4M |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -1.1% | 287,352 | $19.2M |
| Cumberland Partners Ltd | 1.23% | Add +560.3% | 292,060 | $18.9M |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 0.03% | Add +6.0% | 287,390 | $18.6M |
| Aviso Financial Inc. | 0.75% | Add +3.2% | 286,820 | $18.5M |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd | 0.22% | Reduce -75.0% | 282,000 | $18.2M |
| Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co | 0.12% | Add +8.7% | 280,056 | $18.1M |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 0.03% | No change | 272,850 | $17.8M |
| Beutel, Goodman & Co Ltd. | 0.10% | Add +42.7% | 244,854 | $15.8M |
| Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V. | 0.10% | Add +2.3% | 244,400 | $15.8M |
| Man Group plc | 0.03% | Reduce -59.8% | 232,294 | $15.0M |
| Eldred Rock Partners, LLC | 3.72% | Add +11.6% | 231,004 | $14.9M |
"% of holder's portfolio" is BNS's weight in each manager's 13F, not the share of Bank of Nova Scotia the manager owns.