Canadian Western Trust, a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Western Bank, has formed a strategic partnership with Qtrade Investor, a nationally registered online brokerage firm. Under the arrangement, Qtrade Investor and CWT will provide an equity and bond trading platform to independent financial planners and their clients on a co-branded basis.

“With this strategic partnership, CWT is now able to provide independent financial planners and their clients with access to the equity and bond markets in a safe and confidential portal” says Adrian Baker, Vice President and General Manager, Canadian Western Trust. The availability of this service to customers of the Trust will not require capital investment by either CWT or the Canadian Western Bank, says Baker.

Qtrade Investor offers a full range of services, accessible either on-line or by telephone through its investment representative staffed call center. Financial planner clients using the service can receive leading-edge investment research, on-line account applications, electronic funds transfer and straight-to-market order execution at competitive prices.