Scotia Capital: Recent Accomplishments

Over the last few years, Scotia Capital has demonstrated a strong upward momentum.

• Scotia Capital was named Best Foreign Exchange Bank in Canada for the fourth consecutive year (2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008) by the international finance magazine Global Finance.
• In 2008, Scotia Capital's FX Team was ranked #1 in Canada on the Overall Quality Index, #1 in Overall Market Penetration and #1 in Sales Quality and Research in a prestigious independent third-party market survey of Foreign Exchange services in Canada.
• In 2008, ScotiaMocatta became the first foreign bank that was granted membership in the Shanghai Gold Exchange.
• ScotiaMocatta 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 (2007).
• ScotiaFX has been recognized as a Top 10 global online trading platform by Euromoney's Annual Poll of Polls 2006.
• In 2008, Scotia Capital's Debt Capital Markets (DCM) team was once again named #1 on the Quality Index, #1 in DCM Specialist Capability, #1 in Overall Satisfaction with DCM coverage, #1 for Most Creative DCM ideas, #1 for Most Competitive Bond Pricing and #1 for Most Frequent Contact in a prestigious third-party market survey of Debt Capital Markets in Canada.
• For the sixth straight year (2008) Scotia Capital's Corporate Derivatives team ranked #1 on the Quality Index, #1 for Market Penetration, #1 as Lead Dealer, #1 in After-Sales Service and #1 in Creative Ideas and Structuring in a third-party market survey of Derivatives in Canada.
• In 2007, Scotia Capital was named Top Preferred Share Underwriter by Thomson Financial and FP Infomart.