TORONTO, ON - September 15, 2014 /CNW/ - Anatol von Hahn, Scotiabank's Group Head of Canadian Banking, will speak at the CIBC 13th Annual Eastern Institutional Investor Conference on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 in Montreal. Mr. von Hahn is scheduled to participate in a discussion at 10:00 a.m. EDT.

An audio broadcast will be available on the Investor Relations page at www.scotiabank.com.

Scotiabank is a leading financial services provider in over 55 countries and Canada's most international bank. Through our team of more than 86,000 employees, Scotiabank and its affiliates offer a broad range of products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management, corporate and investment banking to over 21 million customers. With assets of $792 billion (as at July 31, 2014), Scotiabank trades on the Toronto (TSX: BNS) and New York (NYSE: BNS) Exchanges. Scotiabank distributes the Bank's media releases using CNW. For more information please visit scotiabank.com.

For further information please contact: 
Devinder Lamsar  
(416) 933-1171 
devinder.lamsar@scotiabank.com