TORONTO, Sept. 15 /CNW/ - Scotia Capital is hosting the 10th Annual Financials Summit Conference on September 16 and 17, 2009. The conference - Webcast at www.scotiacapital.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.

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.

Scheduled presenters and times* include:

    Wednesday, September 16, 2009

    9 a.m.     RBC Financial Group, Gordon M. Nixon, President and Chief
               Executive Officer (CEO)
    9:30 a.m.  BMO Financial Group, William Downe, President and CEO
    10 a.m.    CIBC, Gerry McCaughey, President and CEO
    10:40 a.m. Bank of Nova Scotia, Richard Waugh, President and CEO
    11:10 a.m. TD Bank Financial Group, Colleen Johnston, Chief Financial
               Officer (CFO)
    11:40 a.m. National Bank of Canada, Louis Vachon, President and CEO
    12:50 p.m. TD Ameritrade, Fredric Tomczyk, President and CEO
    1:20 p.m.  Canadian Western Bank, Larry Pollock, President and CEO
    1:50 p.m.  Laurentian Bank of Canada, Rejean Robitaille, President and
               CEO
    2:30 p.m.  IGM Financial Inc., Charles R. Sims, Co-President and CEO
               and Murray J. Taylor, Co-President and CEO
    3 p.m.     AGF Management Limited, Blake C. Goldring, Chairman and CEO
    3:30 p.m.  Dundee Wealth Inc., David Goodman, President and CEO

    Thursday, September 17, 2009

    9 a.m.     Sun Life Financial Inc., Dean Connor, President, Sun Life
               Financial Canada
    9:30 a.m.  Great-West Lifeco., Paul Mahon, President and Chief Operating
               Officer (COO)
               Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life
    10 a.m.    Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc.,
               Yvon Charest, President and CEO
    10:40 a.m. Manulife Financial Corporation, Donald Guloien, President and
               CEO
    11:10 a.m. Intact Financial Corporation, Charles Brindamour, President
               and CEO
    12:10 p.m. TMX Group Inc., Thomas Kloet, CEO
    1:20 p.m.  First National Financial Income Fund, Stephen J.R. Smith,
               Chairman and President
    1:50 p.m.  Home Capital Group Inc., Gerald M. Soloway, CEO and Nick
               Kyprianou, President
    2:20 p.m.  Equitable Group Inc., Andrew Moor, President and CEO
    2:50 p.m.  Morneau Sobeco., Bill Morneau, Chairman and CEO and Alan
               Torrie, President
    3:20 p.m.  Sprott Inc., Steven Rostowsky, Chief Financial Officer (CFO),
               Sprott Inc., and Allan Jacobs, Director of Small Cap
               Investments, Sprott Asset Management

    * Agenda is subject to change. Visit www.scotiacapital.com for the up-
        to-date schedule.

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.