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Multi-Generational Family Wealth

Wealth that outlives the people who built it.

For nearly four decades, Northwood has guided Michigan families through the decisions that shape generations. Investment management, tax strategy, and the planning conversations most advisors avoid.

Multi-generational family
"The work we do today is for grandchildren we will never meet."
— Northwood Founding Principle
38
Years Advising Families
$2.4B
Assets Under Management
340+
Michigan Family Clients
3
Generations Served
What We Do

A complete picture of your family's financial life.

— 01

Investment Management

Discretionary portfolio management built around your family's specific time horizon, tax situation, and goals across generations.

— 02

Retirement Planning

Income strategies, Social Security optimization, and the spending plans that turn a lifetime of saving into the years you actually want to live.

— 03

Tax Strategy

Coordination with your CPA on Roth conversions, charitable giving, capital gains harvesting, and the multi-year moves most families miss.

— 04

Estate Planning

Wills, trusts, and the complete family legacy. Attorney-reviewed Michigan documents and the digital vault that holds everything that matters.

— 05

Generational Transfer

The hard conversations about wealth transfer, family governance, and preparing the next generation to receive what's been built.

— 06

Insurance & Risk

Life, disability, long-term care, and umbrella coverage reviewed against your actual family balance sheet, not a one-size-fits-all template.

Three generations of one family
"Three generations of one family. One plan."
— A Northwood Client, 2024
Estate Planning & Family Legacy

The plan most families mean to make, finally made.

Most Americans without an estate plan are not unaware of the need. They are waiting for someone they trust to make it simple. At Northwood, we make it simple.

Our Legacy Protection program brings attorney-reviewed Michigan estate planning documents inside the relationship you already have with us. Wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and the complete family vault that holds everything from financial accounts to the farewell letter you'd want your grandchildren to read.

  • Attorney-reviewed Michigan documents (Will, Trust, DPOA, Patient Advocate)
  • Encrypted family vault for accounts, passwords, and personal records
  • A place for your farewell video, letters, recipes, and family stories
  • Annual reviews built into your existing Northwood relationship
Begin Your Legacy Protection
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Our Approach

"We do not manage portfolios. We manage the financial life of a family across the time it actually takes for wealth to mean something."

Margaret Whitcomb, CFP®
Founding Partner

Credentials that match the work.

CFP®
Certified Financial Planner. Six advisors on the Northwood team hold the CFP® designation.
CFA
Chartered Financial Analyst. Investment management led by CFA charterholders.
Fiduciary
Registered Investment Advisor. Legally bound to act in your family's best interest.
Independent
No proprietary products. No sales quotas. No conflicts beyond serving our clients well.