Bank of Nova Scotia’s iShares MSCI EAFE ETF EFA Stock Holding History

Bank of Nova Scotia’s Portfolio EFA Stock Details EFA Fund Activity

Bought

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Quarter	Market Value	Status	Shares	Change in Stake	Trade Value	Portfolio Weight	Portfolio Position
2025 Q1	–	Sell	-150	Closed	-$11.3K	–	1064
2024 Q4	$11.3K	Sell	150 -150	-50%	-$11.9K	﹤0.01%	1045
2024 Q3	$25.1K	Hold	300	–	–	﹤0.01%	990
2024 Q2	$23.5K	Hold	300	–	–	﹤0.01%	988
2024 Q1	$24K	Hold	300	–	–	﹤0.01%	990
2023 Q4	$22.6K	Hold	300	–	–	﹤0.01%	992
2023 Q3	$20.7K	Hold	300	–	–	﹤0.01%	993
2023 Q2	$21.8K	Hold	300	–	–	﹤0.01%	1016
2023 Q1	$21.5K	Buy	300 +210	+233%	+$14.7K	﹤0.01%	1124
2022 Q4	$5.91K	Buy	+90	New	+$5.64K	﹤0.01%	1159
2021 Q1	–	Sell	-180,000	Closed	-$13.1M	–	1070
2020 Q4	$13.1M	Hold	180,000	–	–	0.03%	333
2020 Q3	$11.5M	Buy	+180,000	New	+$11.5M	0.03%	337
2020 Q1	–	Sell	-3,000	Closed	-$208K	–	916
2019 Q4	$208K	Buy	+3,000	New	+$203K	﹤0.01%	900
2019 Q1	–	Sell	-500,000	Closed	-$29.4M	–	864
2018 Q4	$29.4M	Sell	500,000 -125,000	-20%	-$7.81M	0.14%	153
2018 Q3	$42.5M	Sell	625,000 -275,000	-31%	-$18.6M	0.19%	104
2018 Q2	$60.3M	Hold	900,000	–	–	0.33%	67
2018 Q1	$62.7M	Buy	900,000 +860,000	+2,150%	+$61.3M	0.32%	66
2017 Q4	$29.7M	Buy	+40,000	New	+$2.78M	0.14%	154
2016 Q1	–	Sell	-10,000	Closed	-$587K	–	723
2015 Q4	$587K	Buy	+10,000	New	+$602K	﹤0.01%	474

Other funds holding EFA

BlackRock New York $6.73T AUM 46.02% 1-Year Est. Return

Bank of America Charlotte, North Carolina $1.37T AUM 24.88% 1-Year Est. Return

Goldman Sachs New York $871B AUM 31.28% 1-Year Est. Return

Morgan Stanley New York $1.66T AUM 25.57% 1-Year Est. Return

Northern Trust Chicago, Illinois $757B AUM 28.64% 1-Year Est. Return

JP Morgan Chase New York $1.56T AUM 27.86% 1-Year Est. Return

Wells Fargo San Francisco, California $530B AUM 22.01% 1-Year Est. Return

UBS Group Zurich, Switzerland $666B AUM 30.12% 1-Year Est. Return

NMIMC

Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company Milwaukee, Wisconsin $6.6B AUM 19.75% 1-Year Est. Return

Royal Bank of Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada $570B AUM 27.57% 1-Year Est. Return

Bank of Nova Scotia's EFA Position: Q1 2026 in Review

Bank of Nova Scotia increased its iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (EFA) stake by 161% in Q1 2026, buying an estimated $100M and bringing the position to 1,618,956 shares worth $157M. The position accounts for 0.27% of the portfolio, ranked #63.

Bank of Nova Scotia first reported a position in EFA in Q2 2013 and has held it in 52 quarters since. The position peaked at $226M in Q2 2023. 2,204 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank hold EFA as of Q1 2026.

Bank of Nova Scotia held 1,618,956 shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF worth $157M as of Q1 2026.
Bank of Nova Scotia bought 999,705 iShares MSCI EAFE ETF shares in Q1 2026, an estimated $100M.
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF made up 0.27% of Bank of Nova Scotia's portfolio in Q1 2026, its #63 holding.
Bank of Nova Scotia first reported a position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF in Q2 2013 and has held it in 52 quarters since.
Bank of Nova Scotia's iShares MSCI EAFE ETF position peaked at $226M in Q2 2023.
2,204 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank held iShares MSCI EAFE ETF as of Q1 2026.

Based on Bank of Nova Scotia's 13F filing for Q1 2026, filed 14 May 2026.