Brian Porter to Address Scotiabank Global Banking & Markets' 16th Annual Financials Summit

TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - September 03, 2015) - Brian Porter, Scotiabank's President and Chief Executive Officer, will address the 16^th Annual Global Banking & Markets Financials Summit in Toronto on September 9, 2015. The conference 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. Porter's 30-minute presentation will start at approximately 9:00 a.m. EDT and includes a question-and-answer session. Listeners may access the conference via an audio link at www.gbm.scotiabank.com. The conference will be archived on the Scotiabank Global Banking & Markets website for three months.

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

Scotiabank's Global Banking & 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.

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