Scotiabank's Hunting for Specialty Acquisitions

The Toronto Star, Rita Trichur, 5 October 2007The Bank of Nova Scotia is hunting for more boutique-style acquisitions for its wholesale banking business to build on the success of its 2005 takeover of energy advisory firm Waterous & Co., says its chief executive officer.Rick Waugh said Scotiabank is being "inquisitive" in specialty areas such as energy, mining and other types of advisory work."