TORONTO, ON - March 20, 2014 /CNW/ - Anatol von Hahn, Group Head, Canadian Banking, Scotiabank, will be presenting at National Bank's 12^th Annual Canadian Financial Services Conference in Montreal on March 26, 2014. Mr. von Hahn is scheduled to participate in a question and answer session at 9:05 a.m. EDT.

Interested parties may listen to Mr. von Hahn's session live on the Investor Relations page at www.scotiabank.com. An archived version of the audio webcast and presentation will be available on the website.

Scotiabank is a leading financial services provider in over 55 countries and Canada's most international bank. Through our team of more than 83,000 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 $783 billion (as at January 31, 2014), Scotiabank trades on the Toronto (TSX: BNS) and New York Exchanges (NYSE: BNS). Scotiabank distributes the Bank's media releases using CNW. For more information please visit www.scotiabank.com.

For more information: 
Kate Simandl
Scotiabank Media Communications
416-866-6218
kate.simandl@scotiabank.com