CBIZ Acquires Pension Plan Consultant The Cottonwood Group

Business consultancy CBIZ, Inc. has acquired The Cottonwood Group, Inc. of Overland Park, Kansas, effective December 1, 2015. CBIZ provides its clients with financial services including accounting, tax, financial advisory, government health care consulting, risk advisory, real estate consulting, and valuation services.  

Founded in 2006, Cottonwood provides pension plan consulting, actuarial and investment services for institutional pension plans, retirement funds, endowment funds and foundations.  Cottonwood has 15 employees and recorded approximately $3.1 million in revenue over the past year.

Janet Thompson of Cottonwood stated, “We look forward to joining a leading nationally recognized company like CBIZ.  We pride ourselves in providing our clients with superior customer service and now we will be able to offer the national resources necessary for them to compete in today’s market.  We think joining CBIZ will also give our associates more room to grow in their careers and that will directly benefit our clients as well.”