TORONTO, Sept. 14 /CNW/ - Rick Waugh, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Scotiabank, will address the 10th Annual Scotia Capital Financials Summit Conference on September 16, 2009. The conference - Webcast at www.scotiabank.com - provides an opportunity for Canadians to join executives from leading financial services companies as they review corporate strategies and discuss a variety of financial topics and trends. Audio portions of the presentations are broadcast live on the Internet. Mr. Waugh's 30-minute presentation will start at about 10:40 a.m. EDT, and includes a question-and-answer session.

Since 1998, Scotia Capital's Industry Conferences have been ranked No. 1 in Canada by independent surveys. Listeners may access the conference live via a Web audio link at www.scotiacapital.com. The conference will be archived on Scotia Capital's Web site for three months.

Scotia Capital is the wholesale banking arm of the Scotiabank Group, offering a wide variety of products to corporate, government and institutional clients. Scotia Capital provides full-service coverage across the NAFTA region, and also serves selected niche markets globally through two divisions, Global Capital Markets and Global Corporate and Investment Banking. Scotia Capital has 28 offices and more than 300 relationship managers organized around industry specialties.

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.