Abstract

Bank of Scotia (Scotia) is Canada's second-largest bank, behind Royal Bank of Canada. The bank provides retail, corporate, and investment banking services through more than 1,800 offices worldwide. Scotia's services include personal savings, checking accounts, lending, brokerage, and trust services. The company also offers asset management and investment banking services. Scotia has a presence in 50 nations overall and is further expanding its global presence. The bank faces many risks: credit, interest rate, foreign currency, equity, liquidity and operational. The case outlines these risks and the mechanisms Scotia employs to deal with them. MBA students, as part of the business strategy course, will find the case useful in understanding the various strategic approaches to risk management.

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Keywords

Bank of Scotia, Risk, Strategy, Executive education case study, MBA case study, Business school case study, Case analysis, Corporate strategy, Canada's second largest bank, Risk management, Board of directors, Credit risk, Diversification, Market risk