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Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) Institutional Ownership

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Institutional Ownership Changes (13F Filings) for Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE:BNS)

Current
Institutional Ownership
Percentage
49.13%
Number of
Institutional Buyers
(last 12 months)
288
Total
Institutional Inflows
(last 12 months)
$5.87B
Number of
Institutional Sellers
(last 12 months)
186
Total
Institutional Outflows
(last 12 months)
$2.22B
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Bank of Nova Scotia Major Shareholders & Ownership History

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Reporting DateMajor Shareholder NameShares HeldMarket Value% of PortfolioQuarterly Change in SharesOwnership in CompanyDetails
8/27/2025 Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC14,480$800K0.0%+130.6%0.001%
8/27/2025 Squarepoint Ops LLC15,881$878K0.0%-62.8%0.001%
8/25/2025 Silverlake Wealth Management LLC8,198$453K0.1%-3.7%0.001%
8/21/2025 Pathway Financial Advisers LLC69,856$3.86M1.2%-2.6%0.006%
8/16/2025 Public Sector Pension Investment Board1,410,536$77.84M0.3%+1,073.1%0.114%
8/16/2025 FORA Capital LLC3,944$218K0.0%-91.4%0.000%
8/16/2025 Evergreen Capital Management LLC8,286$458K0.0%-16.1%0.001%
8/15/2025 CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co803,125$44.40M0.1%-21.1%0.065%
8/15/2025 Tower Research Capital LLC TRC 2,383$132K0.0%-94.9%0.000%
8/15/2025 Corient Private Wealth LLC180,929$10M0.0%+1.7%0.015%
8/15/2025 Captrust Financial Advisors34,987$1.93M0.0%+4.3%0.003%
8/15/2025 Vident Advisory LLC10,694$591K0.0%-11.1%0.001%
8/15/2025 Tidal Investments LLC11,759$650K0.0%N/A0.001%
8/15/2025 Snowden Capital Advisors LLC8,197$453K0.0%-24.0%0.001%
8/15/2025 Ruggaard & Associates LLC8,781$485K0.2%-2.2%0.001%
8/15/2025 Onex Canada Asset Management Inc.5,502$304K0.0%-45.9%0.000%
8/15/2025 Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC14,480$800K0.0%+130.6%0.001%
8/15/2025 Man Group plc577,800$31.91M0.1%+38.1%0.047%
8/15/2025 ICONIQ Capital LLC9,953$550K0.0%+129.6%0.001%
8/15/2025 BNP Paribas Financial Markets7,674$424K0.0%-89.5%0.001%
8/15/2025 BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp2,873,828$159.01M0.9%+315.0%0.231%
8/15/2025 Ameriprise Financial Inc.290,578$16.55M0.0%-12.8%0.023%
8/15/2025 AQR Capital Management LLC62,580$3.46M0.0%+227.7%0.005%
8/14/2025 PDT Partners LLC83,200$4.60M0.3%+159.2%0.007%
8/14/2025 Lighthouse Investment Partners LLC391,344$21.63M0.8%+33.9%0.031%
8/14/2025 Raymond James Financial Inc.25,381$1.40M0.0%-20.7%0.002%
8/14/2025 Transamerica Financial Advisors LLC5,093$281K0.0%-17.8%0.000%
8/14/2025 Canada Pension Plan Investment Board7,646,549$423.10M0.4%-8.6%0.615%
8/14/2025 Quantinno Capital Management LP66,962$3.70M0.0%+61.1%0.005%
8/14/2025 The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company 3,247,234$178.62M0.2%+0.3%0.261%
8/14/2025 Squarepoint Ops LLC15,881$878K0.0%-62.8%0.001%
8/14/2025 CIBC Asset Management Inc6,792,898$376.22M1.2%-9.1%0.546%
8/14/2025 Sei Investments Co.21,212$1.17M0.0%+2.1%0.002%
8/14/2025 Qube Research & Technologies Ltd271,012$14.99M0.0%-64.8%0.022%
8/14/2025 Intact Investment Management Inc.1,092,122$60.37M2.0%-0.3%0.088%
8/14/2025 Investment Management Corp of Ontario220,414$12.18M0.2%-0.8%0.018%
8/14/2025 AXA S.A.467,865$25.86M0.1%+21.0%0.038%
8/14/2025 Lombard Odier Asset Management Switzerland SA122,970$6.81M0.3%-7.4%0.010%
8/14/2025 Natixis199,580$11.03M0.0%-16.6%0.016%
8/14/2025 Ossiam36,503$2.01M0.0%-50.3%0.003%
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8/14/2025 Bank of Nova Scotia63,266$3.50M0.0%-11.3%0.005%
8/14/2025 Burgundy Asset Management Ltd.1,200,811$66.28M0.6%-0.3%0.097%
8/13/2025 Amundi4,728,837$285.23M0.1%+11.7%0.380%
8/13/2025 Beutel Goodman & Co Ltd.171,637$9.47M0.1%-92.6%0.014%
8/13/2025 First Trust Advisors LP852,667$47.13M0.0%-12.5%0.069%
8/13/2025 EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC2,165$120K0.0%+42.8%0.000%
8/13/2025 Invesco Ltd.2,297,098$126.96M0.0%-6.2%0.185%
8/13/2025 1832 Asset Management L.P.17,015,979$940.47M0.7%-4.0%1.369%
8/13/2025 Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership1,490,611$82.39M0.1%+767.6%0.120%
8/13/2025 Westerkirk Capital Inc.62,925$3.48M0.4%N/A0.005%
8/13/2025 OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp3,062,126$168.98M1.3%+555.8%0.246%
8/13/2025 Claret Asset Management Corp109,785$6.07M0.8%-0.9%0.009%
8/13/2025 Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel Inc.5,621$311K0.0%-10.4%0.000%
8/13/2025 Mackenzie Financial Corp15,143,129$837.89M1.1%-0.1%1.218%
8/13/2025 Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ 174,086$9.62M0.0%+3.5%0.014%
8/13/2025 Norges Bank15,158,298$838.74M0.1%N/A1.219%
8/13/2025 Quadrature Capital Ltd1,128,100$62.08M1.1%+9.7%0.091%
8/13/2025 Scotia Capital Inc.14,231,690$786.73M3.7%+0.6%1.145%
8/13/2025 Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Co.201,799$11.15M1.1%-5.9%0.016%
8/13/2025 Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC801,324$44.25M0.1%-1.3%0.064%
8/13/2025 Korea Investment CORP880,308$48.58M0.1%-6.5%0.071%
8/13/2025 Quadrant Capital Group LLC46,683$2.58M0.1%+10.8%0.004%
8/13/2025 Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P.337,109$18.63M0.5%+33.7%0.027%
8/13/2025 Russell Investments Group Ltd.1,262,462$69.58M0.1%+0.3%0.102%
8/12/2025 Advisors Asset Management Inc.2,319$128K0.0%+20.0%0.000%
8/12/2025 XTX Topco Ltd76,971$4.25M0.2%+1,310.2%0.006%
8/12/2025 Aviso Financial Inc.277,979$15.37M0.7%-8.5%0.022%
8/12/2025 Eisler Capital Management Ltd.294,262$16.28M0.1%N/A0.024%
8/12/2025 Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.4,048,212$223.42M0.0%+4.4%0.326%
8/12/2025 American Century Companies Inc.386,284$21.36M0.0%+7.4%0.031%
8/12/2025 Rhumbline Advisers9,209$509K0.0%-5.6%0.001%
8/12/2025 CenterBook Partners LP46,858$2.59M0.1%+7.9%0.004%
8/12/2025 Franklin Resources Inc.1,585,913$87.75M0.0%-3.6%0.128%
8/12/2025 Mediolanum International Funds Ltd154,686$8.51M0.1%+746.8%0.012%
8/12/2025 Legal & General Group Plc7,635,861$421.41M0.1%-4.6%0.614%
8/12/2025 MAI Capital Management1,543$85K0.0%+27.4%0.000%
8/12/2025 Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.1,096,397$60.67M2.2%+0.3%0.088%
8/12/2025 JPMorgan Chase & Co.13,148,255$726.70M0.0%+83.4%1.058%
8/12/2025 Ensign Peak Advisors Inc72,706$4.01M0.0%-8.4%0.006%
8/11/2025 TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.4,785,488$266.05M1.9%+2.8%0.385%
8/11/2025 VSM Wealth Advisory LLC996$55K0.0%N/A0.000%
8/11/2025 Vanguard Group Inc.55,005,337$3.04B0.0%+3.4%4.424%
8/11/2025 Frank Rimerman Advisors LLC5,744$317K0.0%N/A0.000%
8/8/2025 Letko Brosseau & Associates Inc.4,052,095$223.62M4.3%+1.0%0.326%
8/8/2025 Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board22,270$1.23M0.0%N/A0.002%
8/8/2025 Avantax Advisory Services Inc.64,036$3.54M0.0%+10.3%0.005%
8/8/2025 Intech Investment Management LLC196,496$10.84M0.1%+23.8%0.016%
8/8/2025 Creative Planning55,962$3.09M0.0%+40.4%0.005%
8/8/2025 Intrua Financial LLC19,635$1.09M0.1%-2.3%0.002%
8/8/2025 Fiera Capital Corp45,269$2.50M0.0%-32.7%0.004%
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8/8/2025 Cherokee Insurance Co12,760$705K0.3%N/A0.001%
8/8/2025 Candriam S.C.A.22,262$1.23M0.0%-12.0%0.002%
8/8/2025 Bailard Inc.14,528$803K0.0%-1.3%0.001%
8/8/2025 Geode Capital Management LLC10,088,450$564.94M0.0%+20.0%0.811%
8/8/2025 PNC Financial Services Group Inc.18,266$1.01M0.0%+67.1%0.001%
8/8/2025 Forsta AP Fonden368,000$20.31M0.1%-6.5%0.030%
8/8/2025 SBI Securities Co. Ltd.4,389$243K0.0%+7.4%0.000%
8/7/2025 Vise Technologies Inc.21,387$1.18M0.0%N/A0.002%
8/7/2025 Addison Advisors LLC3,275$181K0.0%+6.5%0.000%
8/7/2025 Acadian Asset Management LLC1,528,800$84.36M0.2%+1,529.9%0.123%
(Data available from 1/1/2016 forward)

BNS Institutional Ownership - Frequently Asked Questions

Who are the largest shareholders of BNS shares?

During the previous two years, 429 institutional investors and hedge funds held shares of Bank of Nova Scotia. The most heavily invested institutionals were Vanguard Group Inc. ($3.04B), Toronto Dominion Bank ($1.36B), TD Asset Management Inc. ($1.02B), National Bank of Canada FI ($1.02B), TD Asset Management Inc ($1.00B), 1832 Asset Management L.P. ($940.47M), and Norges Bank ($838.74M).Learn more on Bank of Nova Scotia's institutional investors.

What percentage of Bank of Nova Scotia's stock is owned by institutional investors?

49.13% of Bank of Nova Scotia's stock is owned by institutional investors. Learn more on BNS's institutional investor holdings.

Which institutional investors have been buying Bank of Nova Scotia's stock?

Of the 371 institutional investors that purchased Bank of Nova Scotia's stock in the last 24 months, the following investors and hedge funds have bought the highest volume of shares: Norges Bank ($41.44M), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. ($8.35M), Pathway Financial Advisers LLC ($7.87M), JPMorgan Chase & Co. ($7.60M), BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp ($7.60M), Vanguard Group Inc. ($7.51M), and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board ($5.17M).

How much institutional buying is happening at Bank of Nova Scotia?

Institutional investors have bought a total of 111,007,741 shares in the last 24 months. This purchase volume represents approximately $5.87B in transactions.

Which of Bank of Nova Scotia's major shareholders have been selling company stock?

Of the 186 institutional investors that sold Bank of Nova Scotia's stock in the last 24 months, the following investors and hedge funds have sold the highest volume of shares: Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund ($5.15M), BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp ($4.79M), Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. ($4.22M), Pathway Financial Advisers LLC ($3.90M), Beutel Goodman & Co Ltd. ($2.85M), Value Partners Investments Inc. ($2.61M), and Legal & General Group Plc ($2.29M).

How much institutional selling is happening at Bank of Nova Scotia?

Institutional investors have sold a total of 42,598,867 shares in the last 24 months. This volume of shares sold represents approximately $2.22B in transactions.


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