Specializedlending

Specialized
Lending
Advisors

For Financial Advisors Only

Specialized Lending Advisors

For Financial Advisors Only

Achieve more for your clients

With decades of experience, we combine expert advice with the right products to achieve more for your clients’ investment dollars or retirement needs, or both. Our products range from Investment Loans, which can boost your clients’ investment returns to complex estate planning arrangements such as Immediate Financing Arrangements.

Investment Loans

Borrowing to purchase investments can boost returns, provide possible tax advantages and allow your clients to increase their investment holdings. Competitively priced, our Investment Loans are structured for flexibility. We offer:

We offer a 3:1 Loan from $50,000 to $2 million (limited underwriting up to $1 million). DUCA will magnify your investment (the 25% equity portion) by injecting three times your investment.

What if your client wishes to borrow 100%?

Your client may be eligible to borrow some or all of the required 25% equity portion (up to $75,000) of the 3:1 Loan through DUCA’s Unsecured Personal Line of Credit.

Margin Secured Line Of Credit (MSLOC)

Using the value of your clients’ non-registered investment accounts (for onboarded Dealers) or the Cash Surrender Value of their permanent life insurance policies your clients can get access to cash flow they need. Available to personal borrowers and corporations, MSLOC can:

Borrow at a very competitive interest rate
Establish interest only credit limits, specific to their needs, with no fixed repayment term
Access their MSLOCs whenever required via their online DUCA accounts

If your clients own Whole Life or Universal Life insurance policies, they may be eligible for a "capitalizing interest" MSLOC.

Specialized Lending works with all the major Canadian life insurance carriers. See the list below.

Immediate Financing Arrangements (IFA)

If the optimal solution in your estate planning is an IFA, you need the Specialized Lending experts at DUCA. We work with all the major Canadian life insurance carriers including:

BMO Life/AIG
Canada Life/Great West Life/London Life
Desjardins
Empire Life
Equitable Life
Industrial Alliance
Ivari/Transamerica Life
Manulife Financial/Standard Life
Sun Life
RBC Insurance

Business Acquisition Loans (BAL)

If you intend to grow your business by purchasing a book of clients from a retiring advisor, speak to us about a DUCA Business Acquisition Loan. DUCA BALs are amortizing term loans providing up to 75% of the value of the acquired portfolio.

Available to advisors where their Dealer has been onboarded and doing business with DUCA.

Specialized Lending Videos

MSLOC video for advisors

Benefits and usage scenarios

MSLOC videos to share with your clients

Accessing funds when you are retired

How it’s better than policy loans

How to grow estate assets tax-free

Specialized Lending Contacts

Our Specialized Lending Team have the experience and knowledge you need to help your clients achieve more.

Randy Cutting

Vice President Sales
Specialized Lending

647-524-6229
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If you’re a financial advisor who employs leveraged life insurance strategies in your practice, you’ve likely heard of Randy Cutting. Over the course of his 30 year banking career, Randy has cultivated a depth of knowledge and experience in Specialized Lending which ranks him among the top lending experts in this field.

Randy’s multi-disciplinary background in Credit, Underwriting, Product Development and Relationship Management makes him the ideal specialist to structure the banking side of your Immediate Financing Arrangement or establish a line of credit for your client secured by CSV or investments.

As VP of Sales for DUCA’s Specialized Lending team, Randy helped launch the unit. Prior to joining DUCA, Randy worked at Manulife Bank, National Trust & Scotiabank.

Trevor J. Smith

Director, Portfolio Management
Specialized Lending

647-326-2854
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Trevor Smith is the Director of Specialized Lending at DUCA. He received his degree from the University of Western Sydney in Australia. He has spent 15 years in Specialized Lending and has been in financial services for more than 21 years. Trevor has his C.F.P. designation and resides in Paris, Ontario with his family.

Michelle Gervais

Senior Account Manager
Specialized Lending

416-997-2843
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Michelle Gervais is a Senior Account Manager at DUCA with over 25 years of lending experience. For the last 11 years, she has been dedicated to providing excellent Specialized Lending services for her clients. With a focus on complex problem solving, Michelle helps position clients with the right set of tools to deliver solid solutions for their customer’s financial needs.

Mozzie Chleilat

Account Manager, Business Development
Specialized Lending

416-460-0250
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Mozzie Chleilat is an Account Manager, Business Development at DUCA. He received an Honours Economics Degree with an enhanced minor in Business from Wilfrid Laurier University.

Mozzie has spent the last several years in Insurance Lending sales and pre-underwriting. In previous roles, he has worked in personal and commercial banking, mortgages, and management. Prior to joining DUCA, Mozzie worked at RBC and Equitable Bank.

Known for his enthusiasm, leadership and approachability, he looks forward to providing exceptional service and solutions to advisors and their clients.