Scotiabank President and CEO to Address 11th Annual Scotia Capital Financials Summit

TORONTO, Sept. 8 /CNW/ - Scotiabank President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Rick Waugh will address the 11th Annual Scotia Capital Financials Summit Conference on September 15, 2010. The conference - webcast at www.scotiabank.com - showcases 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 corporate and investment banking and capital markets products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients. Scotia Capital provides full-service coverage across North America, and also serves selected niche markets. It has 29 offices and more than 300 relationship managers organized around industry specialties. For more information, please visit www.scotiacapital.com.

Scotiabank is one of North America's premier financial institutions and Canada's most international bank. With close to 70,000 employees, Scotiabank Group and its affiliates serve approximately 14.6 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 $523 billion in assets (as at July 31, 2010), Scotiabank trades on the Toronto (BNS) and New York Exchanges (BNS). For more information please visit www.scotiabank.com.

For further information: Joe Konecny at (416) 933-1795, or joe_konecny@scotiacapital.com