TORONTO, Aug. 29, 2013 /CNW/ - Rick Waugh, Scotiabank's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), will address the 14^th Annual Global Banking and Markets Financials Summit in Toronto on September 4, 2013. The conference - webcast at www.gbm.scotiabank.com - provides participants with the opportunity to hear Canada's leading financial services companies review their corporate strategies and discuss current topics and trends in the financial markets.

Mr. Waugh's 25-minute presentation will start at approximately 9:25 a.m. EDT and includes a question-and-answer session. Listeners may access the conference live via an audio link at www.gbm.scotiabank.com. The conference will be archived on the Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets website for three months.

Since 1998, Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets' Industry Conferences have been ranked No. 1 in Canada by independent surveys.

Scotiabank's Global Banking and Markets (GBM) division provides corporate and investment banking and capital markets products and services to corporate, institutional and government clients across the globe. GBM has over 30 offices around the world and more than 300 relationship managers, organized around industry specialties. For more information, please visit www.gbm.scotiabank.com.

Scotiabank is a leading multinational financial services provider and Canada's most international bank. With more than 83,000 employees, Scotiabank and its affiliates serve some 21 million customers in more than 55 countries around the world. Scotiabank offers a broad range of products and services including personal, commercial, corporate and investment banking. In December 2012, Scotiabank became the first Canadian bank to be named Global Bank of the Year and Bank of the Year in the Americas by The Banker magazine, a Financial Times publication. With assets of $743 billion (as at July 31, 2013), Scotiabank trades on the Toronto (BNS) and New York Exchanges (BNS). For more information please visit www.scotiabank.com.

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