- Scotia Capital’s FX Team ranked #1 in Canada (2008)
Scotia Capital has been recognized as the top foreign exchange bank in Canada yet again. Our FX team has been ranked #1 on the Overall Quality Index, #1 in Overall Market Penetration, and #1 in Sales Quality and Research, by an independent third-party market survey of Foreign Exchange Services in Canada, (2008).
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Euromoney publishes Scotia Capital article on structured fund products
Euromoney has recently published its 2008 International Investment and Securities Review Yearbook. This annual publication contains discussions and reviews of macro- and micro-economic problems by the leaders of the global corporate and investment banking community. The Yearbook contains an article by Tim Andrews, Scotia Capital’s Managing Director, Structured Fund Products in New York, entitled “Evolution of the Structured Fund Derivatives Landscape”.
As expanding number of treasurers, portfolio managers and other investors are seeking growing returns through exposure to alternative assets via variety of fund-linked derivatives products, the $700 billion structured funds derivatives market attracts their increased attention. In his article, Mr. Andrews discusses the evolution of the structured funds derivatives market and uncovers opportunities offered by the common fund-linked derivatives, including options, total return swaps, portable alpha strategies and structured notes. Please click here to read the entire article. To learn more about our Structured Products group, please click here.
- Scotia Capital hosted its annual Charity Trading Day on February 21, 2008
On February 21, 2008, Scotia Capital hosted the annual Charity Trading Day, when all agency commissions generated from institutional equity trading are donated to charity organizations helping kids and young people across Canada. Since Charity Trading Day began, the Canadian institutional investment community has helped us raise more than $5 million for children’s charities. Please visit www.scotiacapital.com/charitytradingday to learn more. To view our recent advertisement, please click here.
- Mike Durland appointed Co-Chairman and Co-CEO of Scotia Capital
Mike Durland was appointed Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, Scotia Capital and Head, Global Capital Markets. For more information, please see press release.
- Scotia Capital receives the Best Foreign Exchange Bank in Canada award for the fourth year in a row
For the fourth consecutive year, Scotia Capital’s Foreign Exchange team has been ranked first among Canadian banks by Global Finance magazine. This annual award praises Scotia Capital’s efforts in different areas, including transaction volume, market share, scope of global coverage, customer service, competitive pricing and innovative technologies. To learn more, please read the press release and view our recent advertisement.
- ScotiaMocatta named one of Canada's 71 Global Leaders
ScotiaMocatta has been named one of Canada’s 71 Global Leaders by the Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity - the research arm of Ontario’s Task Force on Competitiveness, Prosperity and Economic Progress. Canadian firms recognized in this study ranked in the top five in their industries worldwide, in terms of global revenues earned. To view a copy of the press release click here. To view a copy of the flyer click here.
- Scotia Capital announces the launch of the Scotia Hedge Fund Services website
Scotia Capital announces the launch of the Scotia Hedge Fund Services website. We are committed to serving the needs of Hedge Funds globally and offer a wide range of customized products and services. For more information, please visit http://www.scotiahedgefundservices.com.
- Scotia Capital’s Corporate Derivatives Team ranked #1 in Canada for the Fifth Year in a Row
For the fifth consecutive year, Scotia Capital's Corporate Derivatives team has been ranked #1 by an independent third-party market survey of Derivatives in Canada. This year, Scotia Capital’s Coporate Derivatives specialists ranked #1 in Canada on the Quality Index, #1 as Lead Dealer, and #1 for Market Penetration.
- Canadian Federal Budget 2007: 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
- Scotia Capital hosted Charity Trading Day on February 22, 2007
On February 22, 2007, Scotia Capital hosted its annual Charity Trading Day, raising $626,618 for various children’s charities across Canada. With the support of the Canadian institutional investment community, Scotia Capital helped raise funds to support the social, emotional, intellectual and physical health and well-being of Canada’s children and youth. For further information, please view the press release and visit www.scotiacapital.com/charitytradingday. To view our recent advertisement, please click here.
- Scotia Capital Announces Launch of the Scotia Capital PPN Website
Scotia Capital announces the launch of the Scotia Capital Principal Protected Note Website. Principal Protected Notes ("PPNs") are unique investment products that offer principal protection at maturity and returns linked to various underlying assets including equities, fixed income, commodities and mutual funds. For more information, please visit http://www.scotia-ppns.com.
- Scotia Capital named Best Foreign Exchange Bank in Canada for three years in a row
Scotia Capital has been named Best Foreign Exchange Bank in Canada by the international financial magazine Global Finance for the third consecutive year. The annual award recognizes the best Foreign Exchange banks from around the world. Winners were selected based on multiple criteria including transaction volume, market share, competitive pricing and scope of global coverage. For further information, please view the press release. To view our recent advertisement, please click here.
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ScotiaMocatta acquires precious metals loans from Bank of America
ScotiaMocatta has announced that it has completed the acquisition of approximately US$900 million in precious metals loans from Bank of America. This transaction further strengthens ScotiaMocatta’s position as a global bullion leader. ScotiaMocatta is a principal market-maker, with operations worldwide serving a diverse clientele of producers and consumers of bullion across a variety of sectors. For further information, please see press release.
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Scotia Capital Demonstrates Leadership and Innovation in M&A
Scotia Capital has been on the leading edge in M&A advisory mandates, with many successes across industry sectors, cross-border and cross NAFTA. With Scotia Waterous, our global oil and gas M&A arm, we have also continued to be a leader in the oil and gas sector. To view our recent ad, please click here.
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Scotia Capital Named Best Investment Bank in Canada for third consecutive year
Scotia Capital has been named Best Investment Bank in Canada for the third year in a row by the international financial magazine Global Finance. The results of the third annual Investment Bank Awards recognize the best in investment banking from around the world. For further information, please see press release.
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Canadian Federal Budget 2006: 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
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Scotia Capital Launches Maple Bond Index
The Maple Bond Index is designed to represent the marketplace performance of foreign domicile issuers of Canadian dollar denominated government and corporate bonds. The Maple Bond Index is the first index of its kind to measure this market. For further information, see press release.
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Scotia Capital's Corporate Derivatives Team Ranked #1 in Canada for the Fourth Year in a Row (2006)
For the fourth year in a row, Scotia Capital's Corporate Derivatives team has been ranked #1 on the Quality Index, #1 for Overall Market Penetration, #1 for Creative Ideas/Structuring, #1 for Best Advice on Overall Balance Sheet Management and #1 as Lead Dealer, by an independent third-party market survey of Derivatives in Canada.
- Scotia Capital Announces Global Launch of its Canadian Hedge Fund Performance Index
Scotia Capital has announced the launch of the Scotia Capital Canadian Hedge Fund Performance Index. The index highlights Scotia Capital's commitment to the Canadian hedge fund industry, following the firm's tradition of providing market indices to institutional and private investors around the world. The announcement was made at the firm's Canadian Hedge Funds forum being held in Zurich, Switzerland. For further information, please see press release.
- Scotia Capital's Mining Group Receives Recognition for the Latin American Mining Deal of the Year 2005
Scotia Capital has been awarded the Latin American Mining Deal of the Year for 2005 by Euromoney Project Finance Magazine for its work on the project finance deal for Cerro Verde in Peru. With our strong mining industry expertise and NAFTA-wide capabilities, Scotia Capital successfully leveraged Scotiabank's strengths across Latin America to execute this landmark deal. For further information, please see flyer.
- ScotiaFX Recognized as a Global Top Ten Trading Platform
Euromoney's 2006 Annual Poll of Polls, Internet FX category, has ranked ScotiaFX among the top ten proprietary FX trading platforms in the world based on satisfaction ratings of our own customers with the current capabilities of the platform for online execution, research and straight-through processing of forex transactions. For further information, see flyer and press release.
- Scotia Capital Launches Two New Bond Indices
Scotia Capital has announced the launch of two new indices for the Canadian fixed income marketplace - the Scotia Capital Strip Bond Index and the Scotia Capital 20+ Bond Index. The new Scotia Capital Strip Bond Index is designed to represent the marketplace performance of government issued coupons and residuals. The new Scotia Capital 20+ Bond Index is designed to provide a performance measurement for institutional investors and pension funds, seeking a long-duration benchmark. For further information, please see the press release.
- GMAC and Scotia Capital Announce Long-Term U.S. Retail Automotive Financing Agreement
General Motors Acceptance Corp. (GMAC) agrees to sell up to US $20 Billion in U.S. Retail Automotive assets to Scotia Capital over five years, under a US $6 billion revolving facility. The agreement expands a long relationship between GMAC and Scotia Capital and reaffirms the depth and investor diversity of the automotive whole loan market. For further information, please view the press release.
- Scotia Capital named Best Foreign Exchange Bank in Canada for second consecutive year
For the second straight year, Scotia Capital has been named Best Foreign Exchange Bank in Canada by the international financial magazine Global Finance. The annual award recognizes the best Foreign Exchange banks from around the world. For further information, please view the press release. To view our recent advertisement, please click here.
- Scotia Capital announces new Canadian Hedge Fund Performance Index
Scotia Capital announced that it will be launching the Scotia Capital Canadian Hedge Fund Performance Index early in 2006. The index will follow on Scotia Capital's tradition as a leading provider of market indices used by institutional and private investors in Canada and around the globe. For further information, please view the press release.
- Scotia Capital congratulates CanWest Global Communications Corp. on their successful IPO of CanWest MediaWorks Income Fund
Scotia Capital is proud to have assisted CanWest Global Communications Corp. in its successful initial public offering of its newspaper and interactive media businesses as CanWest Media Income Fund. Scotia Capital acted as a lead manger for this IPO and provided complete financing and risk management solutions to the Fund and to CanWest MediaWorks Inc. To view our recent advertisement, please click here.
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Scotia Capital Provides Quality & Leadership in the Income Trust Market
As a pioneer in the income trust market, Scotia Capital provides clients with a powerful combination of unparalleled experience and market insight, which allows us to add value for clients in this important market. To view our recent advertisement, please click here.
- Scotia Capital Extends into Mexico, Launches Unique Wholesale Banking Platform in North America
Grupo Financiero Scotiabank Inverlat's wholesale banking operation in Mexico is being aligned with Scotia Capital to create a unique wholesale banking platform spanning North America. For further information, please see press release.
- New Leadership for Scotia Capital Announced
Scotia Capital announces new leadership, effective November 1, 2005. For further information, please see press release.
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Scotia Capital acquires Waterous & Co.,
and forms global oil and gas M&A Business
The merger of Scotia Capital's oil and gas advisory
business and Waterous & Co., creates a powerful
global leader in oil and gas M&A. For further
information please click here . To view the ad please click here.
- Scotia
Capital CEO David Wilson Retires
Scotia Capital CEO David Wilson will retire from Scotiabank
effective October 31st, 2005 and take up new position as Chair,
Ontario Securities Commission on November 1st, 2005. For further
information, please see press
release.
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Scotia Capital assists KKR in acquiring Masonite International
Corporation
Scotia Capital is pleased to have assisted KKR
in its acquisition of Masonite International Corporation.
Our long-standing relationships with both companies
enabled us to bring them together in a deal that
resulted in the largest leveraged buyout in Canadian
corporate history. For further information, please
click here.
- Scotia
Capital Named Best Investment Bank in Canada for second
consecutive year
Scotia Capital has been named Best Investment Bank
in Canada for the second straight year by the international
financial magazine Global Finance. The results
of the second annual Investment Bank Awards recognize
the best in investment banking from around the world.
For further information, please see press
release.
- Scotia
Capital and Grupo Financiero Scotiabank Inverlat Join
Forces to Execute Key Mergers and Acquisitions Transaction
in Mexico
Scotia Capital and Grupo Financiero Scotiabank
Inverlat announced they served as financial advisors
for one of the largest merger-and-acquisition deals
in Mexico during the past year. The transaction
features Mexico's fifth-largest retailer, Grupo
Comercial Chedraui, acquiring 30 retail stores from
France's Carrefour Group, the world's second largest
retailer. For further information, please see press
release.
- Canadian
Federal Budget 2005: 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
- Scotia
Capital named Best Foreign Exchange Bank in Canada
Scotia Capital has been named Best Foreign Exchange
Bank in Canada by the international financial magazine
Global Finance. The results have been announced
in the January 2005 issue. Criteria for choosing
winners included transaction volume, market share,
scope of global coverage, customer service, competitive
pricing and innovative technologies. For further
information, please see press
release and flyer.
