Scotiabank Vice-Chairman and CAO to Present at UBS' Best of Americas Conference

    TORONTO, Sept. 10 /CNW/ - Sabi Marwah, Vice-Chairman and Chief
Administrative Officer, Scotiabank, will present at UBS' Best of Americas
Conference in London, on Friday, September 12, 2008.
    Mr. Marwah's presentation will begin at approximately 8:40 a.m. GMT (3:40
a.m. EDT) and take about 40 minutes, including a question and answer session.
Audio portions of the presentation will be broadcast live on the web, and can
be accessed by clicking on the link from the homepage of www.scotiabank.com
prior to the start of the presentation.
    An archived version of the presentation will be available after the
conference on www.scotiabank.com.

    Scotiabank is one of North America's premier financial institutions and
Canada's most international bank. With more than 60,000 employees, Scotiabank
Group and its affiliates serve approximately 12.5 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 $462 billion in assets (as at July 31, 2008), Scotiabank trades on the
Toronto (BNS) and New York Exchanges (BNS). For more information please visit
www.scotiabank.com.




For further information:
For further information: Jane Shannon, Scotiabank Public Affairs, (416)
933-3056, jane_shannon@scotiacapital.com