May 22 (Bloomberg) -- Scotia Capital, the investment- banking arm of Bank of Nova Scotia, hired Glen Campbell to cover North American telecommunications and cable companies.

Campbell was previously the head of Canadian equity research at Merrill Lynch, now a unit of Bank of America Corp. He will start at Canada’s third-largest bank in June, spokeswoman Paula Cufre said in an e-mail today.

To contact the reporter on this story: Sean B. Pasternak in Toronto at spasternak@bloomberg.net.

Last Updated: May 22, 2009 16:11 EDT