Chesswood Group Limited, publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange, is a financial services company operating primarily in the specialty finance industry. Chesswood’s approach to creating long-term value for its shareholders is to acquire financial services businesses that have proven management teams with market positions poised for growth, and to enhance these strengths through the provision of strategic, operating and financial support.

Pawnee Leasing Corporation, located in Fort Collins, Colorado, is Chesswood’s largest operating company. In business since 1982, Pawnee is an industry leader in commercial micro-ticket leasing to small businesses across the lower forty-eight states of the U.S. Pawnee’s assets comprise approximately 75% of Chesswood’s consolidated assets.

Chesswood recently added Case Funding Inc., a U.S. legal finance company, to its specialty finance portfolio.

Chesswood’s genesis was in the automotive industry as a vehicle lessor and operator of new car dealerships. Today, Chesswood retains ownership of one of the larger Acura dealers in Canada, Acura Sherway, in addition to Canada’s only eDealer, cars4U.com.