Facility with Sun Life Provides Fixed Rate Funding and Competitive Pricing
TORONTO, July 22, 2019 /CNW/ - Chesswood Group Limited ("Chesswood") (TSX: CHW) is pleased to announce the recent closing of a new funding facility with Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada ("Sun Life") for our subsidiary Pawnee Leasing Corporation ("Pawnee"), This new facility finances Pawnee's prime originations and provides additional annual funding for Pawnee of up to US$80 million, with a cost of funds that are fixed at the time of each tranche.
Sun Life has been providing financing to Chesswood's Canadian finance business, Blue Chip Leasing, for many years and this new program for Pawnee is a further extension of this long-standing relationship. Sun Life has been a leader in providing equipment finance facilities to many Canadian finance companies for over 25 years while gradually expanding their US portfolio. Sun Life is one of the largest insurance and asset management companies in the world.
"This additional capacity for Pawnee broadens our treasury resources, expands our capacity and improves Pawnee's over-all cost-of-funds in addition to locking in a fixed rate at the time of funding" said Barry Shafran, Chesswood's President and CEO. "We are very pleased to be expanding our relationship with Sun Life while enhancing Pawnee's financial resources and expanding its banking relationships" Shafran added.
About Chesswood
Through three wholly-owned subsidiaries in the U.S. and Canada, Chesswood Group Limited is North America's only publicly-traded commercial equipment finance company focused on small and medium-sized businesses. Our Colorado-based Pawnee Leasing Corporation, founded in 1982, finances a highly diversified portfolio of commercial equipment leases and loans through relationships with over 600 independent brokers in the U.S. In Canada, Blue Chip Leasing Corporation has been originating and servicing commercial equipment leases and loans since 1996, and today operates through a nationwide network of more than 50 independent brokers. Located in Houston, Texas, Tandem Finance Inc. provides equipment financing to small and medium sized businesses in the U.S. through the equipment vendor channel. Based in Toronto, Canada, Chesswood's shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol CHW.
Learn more at: www.Chesswoodgroup.com www.PawneeLeasing.com www.BlueChipLeasing.com and www.TandemFinance.com
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SOURCE Chesswood Group Limited
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Barry Shafran, Chesswood Group Limited, 416-386-3099, bshafran@chesswoodgroup.comCopyright CNW Group 2019