Bank of Nova ScotiaBNS
13F holders, Q4 2025 (December 31)484holders +24
48new positions
33sold out
8famous investors
$74.08avg. 13F price*
At the end of Q4 2025, 484 institutions reported holding Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) in their 13F filings, up 24 from Q3 2025. 48 opened new positions and 33 sold out. The largest holders were Royal Bank of Canada ($6.0B), Bank of Montreal ($4.3B) and Vanguard Group Inc. ($4.2B). 8 famous investors held it, including Prem Watsa (1.3% of Fairfax Financial Holdings's portfolio), Jeremy Grantham (0.2% 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 HALIFAX (Q4 2025)
- CUSIP
- 064149107
- Latest filing quarter
- Q2 2026
History
Number of 13F holders
Total Exit/New Position Q3 2025 → Q4 2025
| Institutions | Total Value | |
|---|---|---|
| New Positions | 48 | $156.9M |
| Exits | 33 | $355.2M |
All 13F filers, Q3 2025 → Q4 2025: 42,365,763 shares bought and 43,129,924 shares sold, net −764,161 shares. Counts holders who added, trimmed, opened or closed a position; split-adjusted.
Ownership 484 holders
| Royal Bank of Canada | 1.06% | Reduce -17.9% | 81,860,943 | $6.0B |
| Bank of Montreal | 1.76% | Add +7.5% | 57,900,307 | $4.3B |
| Vanguard Group Inc. | 0.06% | Add +2.1% | 57,237,537 | $4.2B |
| Cibc World Market Inc. | 3.77% | Add +8.5% | 28,572,101 | $2.1B |
| Toronto Dominion Bank | 2.92% | Add +23.7% | 22,172,775 | $1.6B |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | 1.77% | Add +4.6% | 18,761,273 | $1.4B |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 1.11% | Add +1.7% | 18,674,585 | $1.4B |
| Norges Bank | 0.15% | — | 18,554,149 | $1.4B |
| National Bank of Canada | 1.35% | Add +4.2% | 17,824,075 | $1.3B |
| FIL Ltd | 0.91% | Add +49.5% | 16,489,540 | $1.2B |
| Scotia Capital Inc. | 4.10% | Reduce -2.0% | 13,816,974 | $1.0B |
| Acadian Asset Management LLC | 1.56% | Add +50.6% | 12,866,335 | $950.1M |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 0.06% | Add +7.0% | 12,259,989 | $923.2M |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 0.53% | Add +22.8% | 10,770,460 | $794.4M |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 1.97% | Add +32.5% | 10,187,643 | $751.4M |
| CIBC Asset Management Inc | 1.76% | Add +0.6% | 9,857,887 | $731.0M |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp. | 0.85% | Reduce -34.2% | 9,667,000 | $713.8M |
| Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund | 1.19% | Add +6.6% | 9,447,941 | $696.9M |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 0.14% | Add +5.4% | 8,483,129 | $626.5M |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 2.27% | Reduce -0.5% | 8,041,565 | $593.1M |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 0.43% | Add +27.6% | 6,969,396 | $515.1M |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.03% | Reduce -9.3% | 5,983,525 | $440.9M |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 0.09% | Add +2.4% | 5,854,148 | $431.4M |
| Morgan Stanley | 0.02% | Add +17.8% | 5,110,450 | $376.6M |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. | 2.14% | Reduce -1.0% | 4,659,099 | $343.4M |
| Bank of America Corp. | 0.02% | Reduce -20.3% | 4,624,326 | $340.8M |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.05% | Reduce -41.5% | 4,432,906 | $326.7M |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. | 0.05% | Add +1.9% | 4,130,396 | $305.0M |
| Letko, Brosseau & Associates Inc. | 4.50% | Reduce -6.4% | 3,725,790 | $275.1M |
| AQR Capital Management | 0.14% | Add +3120.1% | 3,556,295 | $262.3M |
| Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC | 0.82% | Reduce -5.3% | 3,326,510 | $245.1M |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 0.04% | Reduce -6.0% | 3,162,458 | $233.4M |
| Amundi | 0.07% | Reduce -3.2% | 2,960,899 | $222.4M |
| Cardinal Capital Management, Inc. | 4.54% | Reduce -4.2% | 1,997,649 | $202.2M |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 0.06% | Add +8.2% | 2,636,085 | $194.3M |
| OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp | 1.21% | Reduce -13.6% | 2,303,450 | $170.1M |
| Invesco Ltd. | 0.02% | Reduce -4.9% | 2,251,451 | $165.9M |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | 0.12% | Reduce -9.2% | 2,046,439 | $150.8M |
| Mufg Securities (canada), LTD. | 3.86% | Reduce -8.4% | 1,882,429 | $138.9M |
| Franklin Resources Inc. | 0.03% | Add +7.9% | 1,678,072 | $123.8M |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp | 0.81% | Add +6.5% | 1,641,000 | $121.0M |
| Addenda Capital Inc. | 3.18% | Reduce -2.1% | 1,070,928 | $108.4M |
| Citigroup Inc. | 0.07% | Reduce -6.0% | 1,425,283 | $105.3M |
| BCV Asset Management Inc. | 2.56% | — | 965,514 | $101.2M |
| Nicola Wealth Management LTD. | 9.14% | Add +163.2% | 1,361,500 | $100.4M |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 0.00% | Add +4.7% | 1,288,625 | $95.0M |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 0.02% | Reduce -6.1% | 1,205,101 | $88.8M |
| Van Eck Associates Corp. | 0.07% | Add +16.4% | 1,196,685 | $88.3M |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. | 2.35% | Add +5.4% | 1,153,861 | $85.3M |
| Aviva PLC | 0.14% | Add +5.3% | 1,121,887 | $82.8M |
| Marathon Asset Management Ltd | 3.11% | Reduce -5.9% | 1,094,126 | $80.8M |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 0.08% | Reduce -40.0% | 1,000,701 | $73.9M |
| Barclays PLC | 0.03% | Add +213.2% | 988,436 | $72.8M |
| Value Partners Investments Inc. | 5.56% | Reduce -12.2% | 982,637 | $72.6M |
| Scheer, Rowlett & Associates Investment Management Ltd. | 4.76% | Reduce -19.4% | 940,485 | $69.4M |
| UBS Group AG | 0.01% | Reduce -9.2% | 927,693 | $68.4M |
| MORGUARD LINCLUDEN GLOBAL INVESTMENTS Ltd | 5.77% | Reduce -3.9% | 671,166 | $67.9M |
| Jupiter Asset Management Ltd. | 0.53% | New | 900,832 | $66.5M |
| Northern Trust Corp. | 0.01% | Add +5.0% | 894,087 | $65.9M |
| Nuveen, LLC | 0.02% | Reduce -0.1% | 867,929 | $64.1M |
| Korea Investment CORP | 0.12% | Add +4.9% | 839,579 | $62.0M |
| GMO | 0.16% | Add +9.7% | 825,124 | $60.9M |
| Intech Investment Management LLC | 0.54% | Add +354.7% | 821,778 | $60.7M |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA | 0.06% | Reduce -7.3% | 785,954 | $58.0M |
| Millennium Management | 0.04% | Add +6.5% | 767,836 | $56.6M |
| SIG North Trading, ULC | 9.88% | Reduce -55.4% | 765,785 | $56.4M |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co | 0.09% | Reduce -16.2% | 707,477 | $52.2M |
| State of Tennessee, Department of Treasury | 0.17% | Reduce -1.9% | 694,739 | $52.2M |
| Purpose Unlimited Inc. | 2.42% | — | 707,198 | $52.2M |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 0.04% | Reduce -11.0% | 661,290 | $48.7M |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 0.16% | Reduce -58.9% | 648,420 | $47.8M |
| BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp | 0.25% | Reduce -9.4% | 647,961 | $47.8M |
| Guardian Partners Inc. | 3.81% | Add +8.6% | 638,369 | $47.5M |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 0.10% | Add +2.1% | 603,656 | $44.6M |
| Artemis Investment Management LLP | 0.50% | Add +38.7% | 556,645 | $41.1M |
| Cumberland Partners Ltd | 2.50% | Add +89.3% | 552,819 | $40.8M |
| APG Asset Management N.V. | 0.11% | Reduce -32.9% | 639,651 | $40.2M |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec | 0.07% | Reduce -22.7% | 531,388 | $39.2M |
| Agf Management Ltd. | 0.17% | Reduce -3.0% | 376,688 | $38.1M |
| American Century Companies Inc. | 0.02% | Add +14.6% | 516,449 | $38.1M |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 0.03% | Add +8.8% | 506,860 | $37.4M |
| Guardian Capital LP | 1.09% | Add +0.0% | 496,719 | $36.7M |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 0.08% | New | 477,772 | $35.3M |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. | 0.04% | New | 334,976 | $33.9M |
| Intact Investment Management Inc. | 0.92% | Reduce -73.7% | 433,662 | $32.0M |
| Delaney Capital Management Ltd. | 5.16% | — | 421,242 | $31.1M |
| Canerector Inc. | 14.86% | No change | 300,000 | $30.4M |
| Renaissance Technologies | 0.04% | Reduce -56.8% | 388,700 | $28.6M |
| Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. | 0.61% | Add +6.4% | 367,609 | $27.1M |
| Fairfax Financial Holdings | 1.27% | No change | 359,100 | $26.5M |
| Kepler Cheuvreux (Suisse) SA | 1.41% | Add +85.7% | 246,523 | $25.0M |
| Forsta Ap-Fonden | 0.13% | Reduce -17.5% | 301,500 | $22.3M |
| Investment Management Corp of Ontario | 0.29% | Add +55.7% | 300,178 | $22.1M |
| Aviso Financial Inc. | 0.83% | Add +3.7% | 297,441 | $21.9M |
| Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V. | 0.13% | Add +17.0% | 285,843 | $21.1M |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 0.03% | Add +45.1% | 283,816 | $20.9M |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -4.5% | 274,292 | $20.8M |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 0.03% | Reduce -3.6% | 277,056 | $20.4M |
| Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co | 0.12% | Reduce -3.6% | 269,856 | $19.9M |
| Man Group plc | 0.04% | Add +11.2% | 258,385 | $19.1M |
"% of holder's portfolio" is BNS's weight in each manager's 13F, not the share of Bank of Nova Scotia the manager owns.