The Bank of Nova Scotia
Hedge Funds Holdings

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The Bank of Nova Scotia‘s stocks are currently a part of 421 hedge funds’ portfolios, which represents 45% of the total amount of its stocks outstanding. This makes up a total of 540.47M shares of The Bank of Nova Scotia. Compared to the previous quarter, the number grew by 3.80% or 19.78M shares more. As for the holding position changes, 41.09% (173) of current hedge fund investors increased the number of shares held, 26.84% (113) of current holders sold a part of the shares held, and 10.21% (43) closed the holdings completely. 49 hedge funds are new holders of The Bank of Nova Scotia stock in Q2 2022, it is 11.64% of total holders.

Hedge funds holding The Bank of Nova Scotia (Q3 2017 – Q2 2022)

Number of hedge funds
Q3 2017 353
Q4 2017 385
Q1 2018 394
Q2 2018 369
Q3 2018 365
Q4 2018 359
Q1 2019 365
Q2 2019 346
Q3 2019 353
Q4 2019 366
Q1 2020 335
Q2 2020 313
Q3 2020 321
Q4 2020 361
Q1 2021 374
Q2 2021 384
Q3 2021 405
Q4 2021 427
Q1 2022 424
Q2 2022 421

Hedge funds changes in The Bank of Nova Scotia positions (Q3 2017 – Q2 2022)

Changes in positions
Q3 2017 401301002063
Q4 2017 581151202567
Q1 2018 461261353552
Q2 2018 241351364529
Q3 2018 411231384419
Q4 2018 431251364411
Q1 2019 361091403149
Q2 2019 261211304524
Q3 2019 361191172655
Q4 2019 491291172843
Q1 2020 281121305510
Q2 2020 2795137459
Q3 2020 39941273328
Q4 2020 741191033035
Q1 2021 541301124038
Q2 2021 46163943546
Q3 2021 531421172766
Q4 2021 621421373848
Q1 2022 491611294639
Q2 2022 491731134343

Hedge funds changes in The Bank of Nova Scotia stock options (Q3 2017 – Q2 2022)

Changes in stock options
Q3 2017 1,265,907,000 80,578,000
Q4 2017 96,091,000 76,074,000
Q1 2018 29,944,000 26,072,000
Q2 2018 31,521,000 28,669,000
Q3 2018 68,375,000 35,966,000
Q4 2018 24,570,000 36,004,000
Q1 2019 137,807,000 281,592,000
Q2 2019 222,053,000 56,430,000
Q3 2019 400,833,000 322,102,000
Q4 2019 160,149,000 148,729,000
Q1 2020 164,489,000 86,824,000
Q2 2020 224,633,000 170,597,000
Q3 2020 215,559,000 202,923,000
Q4 2020 476,896,768 1,505,000,302,795,600
Q1 2021 513,278,190 365,390,320
Q2 2021 359,794,000 341,443,246
Q3 2021 399,484,000 652,112,901
Q4 2021 1,326,000,469,944,000 1,378,000,852,073,000
Q1 2022 504,557,000 609,469,000
Q2 2022 492,126,000 676,542,000

Top 50 hedge fund holders of The Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE:BNS)

Hedge fund Value Shares owned Portfolio share
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 5.33B 112.23M 1.680%
BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 3.08B 64.26M 1.334%
VANGUARD GROUP INC 2.05B 43.20M 0.060%
TORONTO DOMINION BANK 1.15B 24.24M 2.060%
CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. 1.06B 22.45M 4.098%
TD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 1.02B 21.17M 1.278%
1832 ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. 778.75M 16.37M 1.659%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 760.24M 15.98M 0.091%
MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 755.30M 15.89M 1.299%
JARISLOWSKY, FRASER LTD 676.19M 14.14M 4.691%
CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 635.83M 13.29M 1.080%
SCOTIA CAPITAL INC. 588.57M 12.37M 4.761%
HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND 550.72M 11.59M 2.682%
CIBC ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 438.23M 9.17M 1.923%
CONNOR, CLARK & LUNN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD. 430.09M 9.05M 2.817%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 404.94M 8.51M 0.127%
LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC 350.61M 7.33M 0.137%
INVESCO LTD. 268.77M 5.65M 0.086%
AMUNDI 242.36M 4.01M 0.144%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 238.10M 5.00M 0.034%
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 237.73M 4.99M 0.091%
ALBERTA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORP 217.22M 4.54M 1.670%
FIL LTD 202.66M 4.26M 0.261%
LETKO, BROSSEAU & ASSOCIATES INC 192.24M 4.02M 3.813%
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 187.46M 3.90M 0.028%
MORGAN STANLEY 186.77M 3.92M 0.025%
MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 176.22M 3.66M 0.124%
CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS 176.18M 3.70M 0.040%
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 174.31M 3.66M 0.095%
NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ 166.40M 3.48M 0.893%
BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 164.73M 3.42M 0.071%
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP Jean Hynes 157.15M 3.29M 0.034%
MURCHINSON LTD. 149.22M 2.27M 43.238%
SUMITOMO MITSUI TRUST HOLDINGS, INC. 146.61M 3.07M 0.120%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 137.58M 2.89M 0.032%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 113.69M 2.39M 0.026%
CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 103.45M 2.17M 0.115%
CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. 94.34M 1.98M 0.362%
FMR LLC 93.51M 1.96M 0.010%
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC Jim Simons 90.46M 1.90M 0.128%
CARDINAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. 89.55M 1.86M 5.456%
ADDENDA CAPITAL INC. 83.20M 1.26M 3.801%
BEUTEL, GOODMAN & CO LTD. 82.83M 1.72M 0.560%
SCHEER, ROWLETT & ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD. 73.76M 1.55M 6.668%
MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 73.18M 1.53M 0.027%
OMERS ADMINISTRATION CORP 72.53M 1.51M 1.211%
CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. 67.43M 1.41M 0.259%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP 66.68M 1.40M 0.016%
DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 62.56M 1.31M 0.038%
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP John Overdeck 62.01M 1.30M 0.211%