B2B Trust and Acuity Funds Ltd. have signed an agreement for the distribution of investment loans to financial advisors for their clients purchasing Acuity products.

The investment loans offer a wide range of loans with margin and no-margin call options. B2B Trust will be responsible for the underlying credit services, and Acuity will make the program available to investors through investment professionals.

“Using the loan program, advisors will have additional ways to incorporate the Acuity Funds Ltd. investment products into their client portfolios,” said Al Spadaro, vp, business development for B2B Trust.

“We are excited to team up with B2B Trust. Their wide range of loan options combined with Acuity’s pooled and mutual funds will benefit financial advisors across Canada,” said Stephen Crawford, senior vp and national sales manager at Acuity.

Acuity manages over $2.6 billion in mutual funds and pooled funds. It also serves as manager to seven structured products totaling an excess of $1 billion.

B2B Trust, a subsidiary of Laurentian Bank, provides generic and complementary banking and financial products to independent financial advisors, non-bank financial institutions and retailers across Canada.