Scotiabank Group Head, Risk & Treasury, to Present at UBS' Best of Americas Conference

    TORONTO, Sept. 4 /CNW/ - Brian Porter, Scotiabank Group Head, Risk and
Treasury, will present at UBS' Best of Americas Conference in London, on
Friday, September 11, 2009.
    Mr. Porter's presentation will begin at approximately 8:00 a.m. BST (3:00
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    An archived version of the presentation will be available after the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 close to 69,000 employees, Scotiabank
Group and its affiliates serve approximately 12.8 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 more than $485 billion in assets (as at July 31, 2009), 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: Robyn Harper, Scotiabank Public Affairs, (416)
933-1093, robyn_harper@scotiacapital.com