Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX:BNS)
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Bank of Nova Scotia at National Bank Financial Services Conference Transcript

Mar 24, 2026 / 03:00PM GMT
Release Date Price: C$95.66 (+0.68%)
Unidentified Participant

All right. Welcome back, to back to back to back. Aris Bogdaneris, Group Head, Canadian Banking of Scotiabank. Welcome to the stage again.

Aris Bogdaneris
Bank of Nova Scotia - Group Head - Canadian Banking

Great to be here.

Questions & Answers

Unidentified Participant

Big has fan. You were reminded me, another game tonight. Let's start with the ROE, like everybody is obsessed with these days, rightfully so. But in Scotia's case, about half of the ROE expansion is expected to come from your business.

Contrast that with some other banks where usually it's the ROE expansion in the US or elsewhere, that's the driver. So what are the keys for that? And how do you expect to close the ROE gap with your peers?

Aris Bogdaneris
Bank of Nova Scotia - Group Head - Canadian Banking

Right. So, great to be here. The ROE in the first quarter was 18.1% for the Canadian bank. That's roughly 140 basis points up from a year ago. And I think it's correct to say,

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