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 sixth consecutive year in 2010 by the international finance magazine Global Finance.
• For the second year in a row in 2009, Scotia Capital’s FX Team ranked #1 in Canada on the 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.
• In November 2009, Scotia Capital’s FX team was ranked as the Best Canadian Currency Forecaster, one of the Top 2 Global Leaders in its Top FX Forecasters Ranking and was ranked #1 globally by currency pairs for Euro/Swiss and Dollar/Swiss by Bloomberg Markets.
• ScotiaMocatta was named Best Bullion Bank of 2009 by Bombay Bullion Association.
• ScotiaMocatta was honored for the 3rd year in a row by the Gem and Jewelry Export Promotion Council GJEPC) for outstanding performance and contribution to export trade.
• For the fourth year in a row, Scotia Capital was ranked #1 in various categories in Canada for 2009 by a prestigious independent third party market survey.
  
• #1 Most Creative Debt Capital Markets Ideas
• #1 in Overall Relationship Development
• #1 Lead Debt Capital Markets Bank
• #1 Best Liability Management Advice
• #1 Likely to Manage a Domestic Bond Offering or Hybrid Capital Offering
• #1 Average Share of Debt Capital Market Fees for Lead Banks
• #1 Most Effective Use of Swaps/Derivatives to Structure New Bond Issues
• #1 Likely Mandate for Long-Dated Interest Rate Swaps Linked to Bond Issues and Credit Derivatives
• #1 Most Capable of Advising on Structured Derivatives Solutions
• For the eighth year in a row, Scotia Capital was ranked #1 in a Survey of Derivatives Users in Canada in various categories by an independent third party survey provider. In 2010, we ranked #1 on the Quality Index, #1 in Overall Market Penetration, #1 in Sales Relationship Management, #1 in Ability to provide the Best Overall Balance Sheet Management & Accounting Advice, #1 on Market Knowledge and Flow Information, #1 on Understanding and Acting on Derivative Needs and #1 in Co-Ordination of Coverage across Products.
• Scotia Capital was ranked #1 in Canadian Corporate Debt Underwriting (Bonus), for a second year in a row (2009) in the Bloomberg Underwriter League Tables.