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• Scotia Capital co-sponsors “Hedge Funds: Heroes or Highwaymen?”

  Scotia Capital is proud to co-sponsor “Hedge Funds: Heroes or Highwaymen?”, a one-day conference on November 19, 2004, presented by the University of Waterloo's Institute for Quantitative Finance and Insurance. This conference will discuss issues surrounding hedge fund performance as well as many other related topical issues. Conference speakers are leading experts from industry and academia. Please click here for more information.

• Scotia Capital helps create opportunities for the Oil & Gas Sector

  
  

  Scotia Capital's Oil & Gas Industry team's strong product execution capabilities and expert knowledge of the oil and gas industry have made us the #1 ranked equity underwriter in the oil and gas sector and a leading lender to this industry. A newspaper advertisement highlighting our capabilities appeared in the Calgary Herald on September 8 th , 2004. Please click here to view the ad.
  

• Scotia Capital named Best Corporate and Institutional Internet Bank in Canada for the Second Year in a Row

  Scotia Capital has been named Best Corporate and Institutional Internet Bank in Canada, for the second consecutive year, by the international financial magazine Global Finance. These annual awards recognize the best in internet banking from around the world. The results will be announced in the magazine's September 2004 issue and will be formally presented on October 14 th at a ceremony in New York City. For further information, please see press release.

• Scotia Capital named Best Debt House in Canada for 2004 by Euromoney

  Scotia Capital has been named Best Debt House in Canada for 2004 by pre-eminent international capital markets magazine Euromoney. The award takes into account Scotia Capital’s performance in debt underwriting, trading and research. Scotia Capital has in the past 12 months taken first or second spot in major debt league tables such as public finance, asset-backed securities and high-yield debt. The results of this prestigious award were announced in the magazine’s July 2004 issue. For further information, please see press release and flyer.

• Scotia Capital assists Fortis in acquiring Aquila, Inc.'s electric utilities in Western Canada

  Scotia Capital is proud to have assisted Fortis in its $1.476 billion acquisition of Aquila, Inc.'s electric utilities in Alberta and British Columbia. Building on our long-standing relationship with Fortis, Scotia Capital acted as the Exclusive M&A Advisor as well as provided extensive financing and risk management solutions to help them execute this transaction. For further information, please click here.

• Once again, ScotiaMocatta ranks as one of the top global banks in gold and silver

  For the second year in a row, ScotiaMocatta has ranked 2 nd globally in both the Gold and Silver Cash category in Risk Magazine's Annual Commodity Rankings for 2004. And building on this momentum, they also ranked 2nd in Silver in the Forwards category. For more information, please click here.

• Scotia Capital named Best Investment Bank in Canada

  Scotia Capital has been named Best Investment Bank in Canada by the international financial magazine Global Finance. The results of the first annual Investment Bank Awards that recognize the best in investment banking from around the world will be announced in the magazine's June 2004 issue and will be formally presented in June during a ceremony in New York City. For further information, please see press release. To view the ad click here.

• Scotia Capital receives high recognition for Equity Research

  Scotia Capital's Equity Research group has received one of the top rankings in a StarMine/Financial Post survey, placing 2nd overall. The survey ranks Canada's analysts in terms of their ability to most accurately pick stocks and predict earnings estimates. 11 Scotia Capital analysts were among the top finishers in the survey. The overall company ranking took into account the number of award-winning analysts from each company, either overall or in their particular sectors of coverage.

• ScotiaMocatta appointed the new Chairman of the London Gold Fixing

  ScotiaMocatta is pleased to announce that it has been appointed the new Chairman of the London Gold Fixing. This is the first time, in the Fixing's 85-year history, that a non-British bank has held this position. ScotiaMocatta is also the Chairman of the London Silver Fixing. With roots dating back to 1671, ScotiaMocatta is one of the world's leading precious metals dealers and a major provider of precious metals trading and finance to a broad range of industries. For further information, please refer to the Press Release.

• Scotia Capital assists Manulife Financial in the acquisition of John Hancock Financial Services

  Scotia Capital is pleased to have acted as a Financial Advisor to long-time client Manulife Financial Corporation in its historic $15 billion acquisition of John Hancock Financial Services. This deal creates the second largest life insurer in North America and fifth largest globally. For further information, please click here.

• Scotia Capital's U.S. Corporate Division Receives Recognition for 2003 Project Finance Deal of the Year

  Scotia Capital's commitment to its power clients has been recognized by prominent global industry journals. Our U.S. Power Group's project finance deal for FPL Energy Construction Funding recently received two awards: Power Deal of the Year by Thomson's Project Finance International Magazine and Power Portfolio Deal of the Year by Euromoney's Project Finance Magazine. Please click here for more information.

• Canadian Federal Budget 2004: A Special Report from Scotia Capital

  Click on the link for Scotia Capital's analysis of the federal budget. Our economics team provides the big picture, and our research analysts give their views on how the budget should affect you and your investments. Regular subscribers will also receive a printed version of the publication. For more information, contact your sales representative. Federal Budget [pdf]

• Scotia Capital and institutional investment community raise more than $1 million on Invest in Kids Day

  On February 26th, Scotia Capital was once again the proud host of Invest in Kids Day, pledging all commissions earned from institutional equity trades to helping Canada's youngest get the best start in life. By directing trades to Scotia Capital's equity desk on that day, the institutional investment community helped raise $1,031,000, bringing the three-year total to $2,549,000. For more information, please visit www.scotiacapital.com/investinkidsday or view the press release.

• Scotia Capital Analysts' and Investors' Conference provides overview of wholesale business.

  Scotia Capital hosted an Analysts' and Investors' Conference on January 22, 2004. All of the key members of Scotia Capital's management team provided overviews of each of their wholesale businesses. To view the presentation slides, please click here.

• Scotia Capital earns #1 ranking in Bloomberg's 2003 Canadian league tables

  Scotia Capital is proud to have earned the # 1 ranking in debt underwriting and the #1 ranking in total debt and equity financings in Bloomberg's 2003 Canadian league tables. We would like to thank all our clients who entrusted us with helping them meet their capital-raising needs in 2003. To view our advertisement, please click here.

• Top-Ranked Research and Analysis

  In the 2003 Brendan Wood International survey, Scotia Capital Equity Research received the most citations for Top Written Research Reports. Additionally, our research team achieved 13 All-Star rankings (analysts who ranked 1st, 2nd or 3rd in their respective industry sectors). Six of these All-Star rankings were #1.

• Scotia Capital named 'World's Best Internet Bank' for Canada

  Scotia Capital was named Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Bank in Canada in Global Finance magazine's 2003 “World's Best Internet Banks.” For further information, please see press release.

• Scotia Capital helps one of North America’s largest telephone directory publishers, Yellow Pages, go public.

  Scotia Capital is proud to announce its role in the $1 billion IPO of one of the world’s largest telephone directory publishers, Yellow Pages Group Co. The offering consisted of $1 billion worth of Trust Units and Scotia Capital served as a Co-Lead Manager and Joint Bookrunner for the underwriting group. This deal is one of the largest IPOs and the largest income trust offering to date in Canada.

  To view Scotia Capital’s advertisement, click here.

• Scotia Capital joins forces with leading international brokerage houses to create research alliance

  Scotia Capital Inc.'s equity research team has signed a research alliance agreement with Macquarie Equities (Australia) and South Africa's Nedcor Securities. This agreement brings together over 120 leading equity specialists covering Australia, South Africa and North America. The alliance partners will work together on equity and commodity research specific to the three markets, as well as individual company-related issues. To view the press release, click here.

• ScotiaMocatta ranked as one of the world’s top banks in Gold and Silver

  ScotiaMocatta was recently ranked 2nd globally in both Gold and Silver in Risk magazine’s heavily contested Annual Commodity Rankings, 2003 (click here for full details). With roots dating back to 1671, ScotiaMocatta is one of the world’s leading precious metals dealers and a major provider of precious metals trading and finance to a broad range of industries. This latest award is a testament to our commitment in delivering the most innovative solutions to our clients on a global basis.

• Scotia Capital helps one of the world’s largest stock exchanges, TSX Group Inc, go public.

  Scotia Capital is proud to announce its co-lead role in the $393 million IPO of one of the world’s largest stock exchanges, TSX Group Inc. The total offering was 21,824,974 Common Shares at $18.00 per share. Scotia Capital also served as joint book runner for the underwriting group. TSX Group is the holding company of TSX Inc. and is comprised of the Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Markets and TSX Datalinx. Headquartered in Toronto with offices across Canada, TSX Group operates Canada’s two national stock exchanges serving both the senior equity and public venture equity markets.

  Congratulations to TSX Group on having the foresight, initiative and tenacity to take itself public.

  To view Scotia Capital’s advertisement, click here

• SC Online: New Look. New Tools. Outstanding Research.

  Scotia Capital has re-launched SC Online, Scotia Capital's research website for corporate and institutional clients, with a new look, incorporating advanced tools and functionality. The new site features a user-friendly interface with easy and intuitive navigation, as well as industry leading search capabilities. New features of the site include Personalization capabilities, one-step E-mailing and Saving, an Analyst Corner, and an Events Calendar. The Company Page is also an exciting new feature, seamlessly integrating all of Scotia Capital's research and proprietary data on a particular company. Research coverage includes the areas of Economics, Equity, Investment Grade Debt, High Yield Debt, Foreign Exchange and Derivatives. The site also houses important electronic tools such as EDGE, Market Statistics, Index Analytics and more. Multex.com Inc., a global provider of investment information and technology solutions, is Scotia Capital's partner in delivering this system. To learn more about the new site, take our Site Tour.

• Scotiabank Group is proud to sponsor the Canadian Regional FIRST Robotics Competition April 4 - 6.

  Scotiabank Group is proud to sponsor the Canadian Regional FIRST Robotics Competition April 4 - 6. The event Organizing Committee is chaired by Gord Homer, Deputy Chairman of Scotia Capital. Peggy Mulligan, Executive Vice President of Scotiabank will be on the judging panel.

  Click to view announcement

• Reaching a high level of excellence

  At Scotia Capital, we work to provide our clients with the best solutions to their financial challenges.

  To view some of our latest advertisements, please click below.
  Capital Markets Group (January 29, 2002)
  Equity Financing Capabilities (January 15, 2002)
  Equity Research Capabilities (January 9, 2002)

• Scotiabank brings bears and bucks to Alberta Children’s Hospital

  Mike Jackson, Managing Director and Industry Head, Scotia Capital, presented a teddy bear to Andrea Fournier, 8, at Alberta Children's Hospital. 500 teddy bears were donated to the hospital by Scotiabank Group employees who wanted to spread a little cheer to children in hospital through the holiday season. The Scotiabank Group also demonstrated their support for the Hospital Foundation's All For One. All For Kids. Campaign to build a new facility in the form of a $500,000 donation.

  Click to view Press Release.
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• Canadian Federal Budget 2001

  Our Economics team provides the big picture and our research analysts give their views on how the Canadian Federal Budget 2001 should affect you and your investments.

• Credit Derivatives London Group Launched November 1, 2001

  As of November 1, 2001, the Capital Markets Group of Scotia Capital has a new addition. Through our newly formed Credit Derivatives Team in London, England, European clients will have access to a complete range of credit derivatives products, including credit default swaps, balance sheet management tools, and credit investment programs. The group has developed a site with information on their products, online tools, and a regularly updated offer list of credit default swap spreads, which will be useful to institutional clients, as well as to professionals working in the credit derivatives field.

• Scotiabank Group named Bank of the Year in Canada

  Scotiabank Group is pleased to announce that we have been named "Bank of the Year in Canada for 2001" by the global banking industry magazine, The Banker. The magazine is the premier global banking publication for both banks and corporate institutions and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Financial Times of London. Each bank was evaluated on a range of criteria such as financial statistics, technological innovation and the suitability of corporate structure and strategy to maximize market share. The Banker's selection panel consisted of the global editorial panel.

  "This award recognizes a great team of people in Canada and around the world, "said Mr. Godsoe, Chairman and CEO of Scotiabank. "It also recognizes our clear strategy for the future: to stay completely focussed on our customers - delivering financial services anytime, anywhere, either via our Canadian and international network of branches and offices or using leading-edge technology."

  Mr. Stephen Timwell, Editor of The Banker was quoted as saying "We selected Scotiabank for its innovative approach to technology and readiness to diversify into new business lines and markets."

• Scotia Capital Launches New Canadian Ad Campaign

  Scotia Capital has launched a new Canadian advertising campaign, with a series of ads appearing in major Canadian newspapers beginning the week of September 10, 2001. The theme of the campaign continues to focus on our expert product capabilities and industry knowledge and resultant benefits to clients.

  Click below to view our latest ads.
  Oil & Gas - October 10, 2001
  Mergers & Acquisitions - October 2, 2001
  Capital Markets Group - September 25, 2001
  Communications, Media and Technology - September 11, 2001

• Scotia Capital receives top recognition in 2001 BWI Report

  Scotia Capital was 1st in overall reputational franchise in Brendan Wood International's 2001 Equity Research, Sales and Trading Performance in Canada Report. Also, the research and trading teams ranked 2nd overall in quality of service and the sales team tied for 2nd overall in quality of service. The research team achieved 10 All-Star rankings (analysts who ranked 1st, 2nd or 3rd) in their respective industry sectors. Six of these All-Star rankings were #1 rankings. To learn more about our equity capabilities, please contact any of our Canadian offices.

• Scotia Capital among CANissue.ca founding dealers

  Scotia Capital is among seven of Canada's leading investment dealers who announced the launch of CANissue.ca, an online source for information about new fixed-income issues by non-government issuers. The system provides institutional investors with secure on-line access to a single database for selected new fixed-income issues, where they can obtain new issue details, offering documents, issues information, rating agency reports and investor presentation materials. Scotia Capital has been operating its own proprietary new debt issues website for institutional investors, ScotiaLive.com, since October 2000. For more information on CANissue.ca, please see Press Release.

• Scotia Capital among founding shareholders of CanDeal

  Scotia Capital is among several of Canada's leading investment dealers who have announced an agreement to create CanDeal, a joint venture of investment dealers and technology partners to provide electronic trading services for Canadian bond and money market products. Its mandate is to provide increased efficiency and transparency within the Canadian fixed income markets. For more information, please see press release.

• Scotia Capital Becomes Liquidity Provider through Cognotec's Liquidity Linq Service

  Scotia Capital is one of the first wave FX liquidity providers to Cognotec's unique Liquidity Linq service. London-based e-commerce services provider Cognotec has developed Liquidity Linq to allow banks to expand the service they offer their clients by facilitating outsourcing of market making of currencies in which the bank does not make markets. Scotia Capital was the first bank to cover the market risk of another North American based bank's client positions in a range of currencies. For more information, please see the press release.

• Euromoney names Scotia Capital Best Canadian Foreign Exchange Bank

  Euromoney has named Scotia Capital as the best Canadian foreign exchange bank in terms of market share and the only Canadian bank to make the top 15 globally in its 2001 Global Foreign Exchange Poll. Over the last few years, Scotia Capital's Foreign Exchange team has consistently received the recognition of international financial professionals for our unrelenting focus on client success and our unwavering commitment to deliver the most comprehensive transaction expertise, up-to-the-minute currency research and out-of-the-box ideas. For leading edge ideas, please contact our Foreign Exchange team or visit www.scotiafx.com.

  For more information, please see the press release.

• ScotiaMocatta is moving to a new location in London, U.K., effective Tuesday, May 8, 2001.

  Click here for details.

• Success for our Private Equity Placement Group

  Scotia Capital's market strength in the equity private placements business has been demonstrated most recently with our successful completion of one of Canada's largest Equity Private Placements to date - an $88.5 million financing for Q9 Networks. To communicate this success, our group is running an ad in the national business press.

  Click here to view a pdf of the ad.

• Solid Achievement for Scotia Capital's Oil & Gas and Pipelines Industry Group

  Scotia Capital's solid record in the Oil & Gas and Pipelines sector to date this year is being profiled in the Calgary Herald. The ad, featuring deals from across product lines, positions Scotia Capital as a financial partner helping clients achieve the most out of their business opportunities.

  Click here to view a pdf of the ad.

• Scotia Capital joins Bloomberg's new Electronic FX platform in Japan

  Scotia Capital and a number of leading international banks have joined Bloomberg in launching Japan's multi-bank electronic platform for FX transactions. The system, set up as "click and trade", provides fully-automated on-line FX trading on Bloomberg. Initially setup in Japan, the system will be launched throughout Asia over the next month. For more details, please see Press Release.

• Federal Budget 2003 - A Special Report from Scotia Capita

• Scotia Capital honors the memory of September 11 victims with silver angels.

  The Scotiabank Group has co-sponsored the donation of 429 silver angels to this year's Bowling Green Christmas tree lighting event in New York, in memory of the firefighters, emergency workers and police officers who lost their lives on September 11th. The angels have been crafted from pure silver that was recovered from the Scotiabank World Trade Centre vault. The event, which took place on December 10, 2001, was attended by the head of Scotia Capital's U.S. East Operations, Executive Managing Director Kevin Ray, and other representatives of the Scotiabank Group, New York police, fire and government officials, community members, friends and families.

• An Open Letter From The Scotiabank Group

  On behalf of the Scotiabank Group family worldwide, we extend our deepest sympathies to those affected by the tragic events in the U.S.

• Scotia Capital New York Operations

  To obtain current information regarding key contacts for our New York operations, please click here.

• Scotia Capital (USA) launches Citadel Hill 2000

  In the U.S., Scotia Capital and its parent Scotiabank have launched Citadel Hill 2000, a $500 million Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO) to be managed by Citadel Hill Advisors. The CDO will provide institutional investors with the opportunity to benefit from the expertise of Scotiabank Group and Citadel Hill Advisors. The portfolio will consist primarily of senior secured bank loans and will provide a foundation for launching a series of managed debt funds. For more information, please see Press Release.

• Scotia Capital joins FXall

  Scotia Capital has joined an alliance of leading global foreign exchange (FX) dealers, FXall, an over-the-counter market where clients trade with their dealers directly as principals. By joining, we will be able to provide our clients with a low-cost, one-stop online FX trading platform. Services that will be provided range from the online execution of trades to accessing FX research reports and forecasts of participating firms. For more information, see Press Release.

• Scotia Capital launches New Debt Issue Site

  The site provides comprehensive, timely information about new debt issues and their respective issuers. Designed for fixed income institutional investors, ScotiaLive provides the information they need to evaluate a new debt issue. The site also uses state-of-the-art security technology that requires an individual ID and password to access the site.

• FXcellence

  Scotia Capital's foreign exchange experts have been named by international professionals as the #1 Canadian bank for currency research and the #1 Canadian bank for trading strategies, as reported in Euromoney Global Foreign Exchange Poll, May 2000. For leading edge ideas, contact our Foreign Exchange team.

• Scotia Capital Celebrates Noteworthy Accomplishments

  Scotia Capital has received top rankings, according to Reuters, Greenwich, DBRS and other publicly available sources. We have been rated as #1 Asset-Backed Securities term underwiter for 1999, with the largest public securitization underwriting in Canada, the $1.3 billion Hollis Receivables Trust. We have also been ranked #1 for Risk Arbitrage Research, Sales and Trading; #1 corporate bond trading desk by volume (with 18% market share); and #1 market penetration in MTN programs.

  As a testament to the strength of our people, Greenwich has ranked our Analysts #1 for level of service, and 15 of our analysts also received top rankings in their respective fields. In addition, according to Reuters, our sales team is ranked #1 in the industry. A team to be immensely proud of.

• Scotia Capital Named Top IPO Underwriter in Canada

  Scotia Capital has been named Canada's top underwriter of initial public offerings (IPOs) for 1999 in the April issue of Investment Executive. During the year, Scotia Capital led four major deals - including the year's biggest, Manulife Financial Corp. - and participated in 18 others, for a total of 22 deals.

• ScotiaMocatta Receives Top Rankings by Risk Magazine

  ScotiaMocatta, the bullion and base metals business of Scotia Capital, has been voted No. 1 for Copper and No. 1 for Other Base Metals and Exotics (Zinc, Lead, Nickel, and Tin) in the category Cash to 3 Months. This recognition was published in the Risk Magazine Commodity Derivative Rankings for 2000. The rankings were polled amongst market participants worldwide. Visit the ScotiaMocatta pages to learn more about their products and services.

• Scotia Capital Launches ScotiaFX (Web-based Trading Application)

  ScotiaFX (web-based trading application) is a state-of-the-art e-commerce system that allows corporate, institutional and commercial clients to execute and settle foreign exchange trades rapidly and to monitor online transactions with the click of a button. With real-time market rates for approximately 40 major currencies, it provides the flexibility and convenience of initiating foreign exchange transactions for spot deals, forwards and swaps. ScotiaFX also provides direct access to insightful currency market commentary and research and allows customization of settlement procedures online. It's secure, it's fast, and it's convenient! To find out what ScotiaFX can do for you, visit www.scotiafx.com.

• Scotia Capital Launches Quebec Equity Indices

  The Scotia Capital Quebec Indices have been designed to track the performance of the 90 largest Quebec-based public companies. The Scotia Capital Quebec Equity 90™ Index tracks the daily performance of the 90 largest companies. These 90 stocks are divided into two groups, forming the Scotia Capital Quebec Equity 30™ Large Cap Index and the Scotia Capital Quebec Equity 60™ Small Cap Index.

• Scotia Capital Earns Top Ranking in Globe & Mail

  Scotia Capital has earned 1st place ranking among Canadian investment dealers for selling initial public offerings. In 1999, Scotia Capital raised $916 million through IPOs, representing a 17.5% market share.