Media Advisory - Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets Financials Summit to be Broadcast on Web

TORONTO, Sept. 3, 2013 /CNW/ - Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets is hosting its 14^th annual Financials Summit on September 4 and 5, 2013. Since 1998, Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets' Industry Conferences have been ranked No. 1 in Canada by independent surveys.

This two-day event 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. Audio portions of the presentations will be broadcast live on the Internet beginning at 8:35 a.m. EDT.

Scheduled presenters and times* are:

Wednesday, September 4, 2013
8:35 a.m.	CIBC Gerry McCaughey, President and chief Executive Officer (CEO)			1:00 p.m.	Grupo Financiero Banorte Alejandro Valenzuela, CEO
9:00 a.m.	BMO Financial Group William Downe, President and CEO			1:25 p.m.	Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico Pedro Moreno,Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
9:25 a.m.	Bank of Nova Scotia Rick Waugh, CEO			1:50 p.m.	Grupo Financiero Inbursa Frank Aguado, Credit Manager
9:50 a.m.	TD Bank Group W. Edmund Clark, President and CEO			2:15 p.m.	Banco Santander Chile Robert Moreno, Manager of Strategy and Investor Relations (IR)
10:15 a.m.	RBC Financial Group Gordon Nixon, President and CEO			2:45 p.m.	Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc. Jeremy Freedman, President and CEO
10:50 a.m.	National Bank of Canada Louis Vachon, President and CEO			3:10 p.m.	IGM Financial Inc. Jeffrey Carney, Co-President and CEO and Murray Taylor, Co-President and CEO
11:15 a.m.	Laurentian Bank of Canada Rejean Robitaille, President and CEO			3:35 p.m.	AGF Management Limited Blake Goldring, Chairman and CEO
11:40 a.m.	Canadian Western Bank Chris Fowler, President and CEO
Thursday, September 5, 2013
8:10 a.m.	TMX Group Thomas Kloet, CEO			11:40 a.m.	Protective Life Corp. Richard Bielen, CFO
8:35 a.m.	Great-West Lifeco Inc. Paul Mahon, President and CEO			12:45 p.m.	CI Financial Stephen MacPhail, President and CEO
9:00 a.m.	Manulife Financial Corp. Donald Guloien, President and CEO			1:10 p.m.	Brookfield Asset Management Brian Lawson, Sr. Managing Partner and CFO
9:25 a.m.	Sun Life Financial Inc. Dean A. Connor, President and CEO			1:35 p.m.	Element Financial Steve Hudson, Chairman and CEO
9:50 a.m.	Intact Financial Corp.  Charles Brindamour, CEO			2:00 p.m.	Home Capital Group Inc. Gerald Soloway, CEO
10:25 a.m.	Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Yvon Charest, President and CEO			2:50 p.m.	Fiera Capital Corp. Sylvain Brosseau, President and COO
10:50 a.m.	Genworth MI Canada Brian Hurley, Chairman and CEO, Canada
11:15 a.m.	Aflac Inc. Kenneth Janke, President Aflac U.S. and Executive Vice President EVP; Deputy CFO of Aflac Inc.			3:15 p.m.	Equitable Group Inc. Andrew Moor, CEO

Listeners may access the conference live via a web audio link at www.gbm.scotiabank.com .  The conference will be archived on the Global Banking and Markets website for three months.

* Agenda is subject to change. See www.gbm.scotiabank.com for most current schedule.

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. 

SOURCE: Scotiabank

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