TORONTO, Oct. 12 /CNW/ - Scotiabank is hosting a two-day International
Banking Investor Conference - Building Sustainable Growth on Tuesday,
October 16, 2007 and Wednesday, October 17, 2007 in Lima, Peru. The conference
presenters will include executives and senior managers from Scotiabank Group's
International Banking division. The audio and video portions of the
presentations will be broadcast live on the Web beginning at 2:00 PM EDT
(1:00 PM Lima time) on both days.
    Interested parties are invited to access - in listen-only mode - a live
video webcast of the presentation and Q&As, with accompanying slides, by going
to www.scotiabank.com/peruconference, or by clicking the link from
www.scotiabank.com prior to the start of the presentation. An archived version
of the presentation will be available after the conference date via the
investor relations page of www.scotiabank.com.

    Scotiabank is one of North America's premier financial institutions and
Canada's most international bank. With almost 60,000 employees, Scotiabank
Group and its affiliates serve approximately 12 million customers in some 50
countries around the world. Scotiabank offers a diverse range of products and
services including personal, commercial, corporate and investment banking.
With $408 billion in assets (as at July 31, 2007), Scotiabank trades on the
Toronto (BNS) and New York Exchanges (BNS). For more information please visit
www.scotiabank.com.