TORONTO, Feb. 1, 2018 /CNW/ - Scotiabank is hosting an all-Bank Investor Day today. The event will provide investors and analysts an update on the Bank's growth strategy and the strategies of its three business segments, as well as certain corporate functions.

The Investor Day will feature presentations from the Bank's senior executive management team outlining the Bank's strategic outlook, along with modified medium-term financial and operational objectives, including the Bank's earnings per share (diluted) growth objective of 7%+.

The event will begin at 8:00 a.m. (ET) and the presentation slides are posted under the Investor Relations section of www.scotiabank.com.

Interested parties may participate via Teleconference or Webcast:

By Teleconference
To dial in, in listen-only mode, call 1-646-569-2587 or 1-888-407-4199 (North America toll free) using ID 06439184#. Please call shortly before 8:00 a.m. (ET).

By Webcast
To listen online, please connect shortly before the start time and click on the webcast links located under the Investor Relations section of www.scotiabank.com. If you miss the live broadcast, a recording will be available on our website shortly after the live call.

About Scotiabank
Scotiabank is Canada's international bank and a leading financial services provider in North America, Latin America, the Caribbean and Central America, and Asia-Pacific. We are dedicated to helping our 24 million customers become better off through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets. With a team of more than 88,000 employees and assets of over $915 billion (as at October 31, 2017), Scotiabank trades on the Toronto (TSX: BNS) and New York Exchanges (NYSE: BNS). For more information, please visit www.scotiabank.com and follow us on Twitter @Scotiabank.

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