The Northwood Reading List, Q1 2022
The 2020s have been quite the decade so far. If I told you in December of 2019 that the new decade would bring a global pandemic, inflation above 7%, and a war in Europe threatening global stability -- all within…
Chairman’s Message
By now, most of our readers will have seen the news that Northwood Family Office will be acquired by CI Financial. I thought I’d provide some brief insight on the path we took to get here and why we are…
The Northwood Reading List, Q4 2021
Climate change has been in the headlines for the last few decades, but today we are seeing a near consensus, both on its reality and the need to address it in an urgent manner. In 1995, a small group came…
Chairman’s Message: Who Our Clients Are and Where They Come From
People often ask who our clients are and where they come from. Looking down the list of our 80ish client families, about 50% are from entrepreneurial families. Some of them have sold their businesses and some of them still operate…
Northwood at ACG Toronto’s 19th Annual Capital Connections Conference
Join Northwood Family Office's Tom McCullough at ACG Toronto's 19th Annual Capital Connection Conference on November 16th from 11:30 am - 12:20 pm EDT. Tom and other prominent leaders in the family office space will be panelists discussing direct investing in the family office…
The Northwood Reading List, Q3 2021
I hope you are enjoying the “dog days” of summer (late summer in the Northern Hemisphere). Why are they called the dog days? For the Greeks and Romans, the dog days occurred around the time Sirius (the brightest star in…
Chairman’s Message: The Real Thing – What is a ‘real’ family office?
When I started in the family office industry 18 years ago, a lot of people didn’t know what a family office was. When asked what kind of work I did, I replied that I worked with a family office. Several…
The Northwood Reading List, Q2 2021
Semi-conductor shortage, third wave, vaccine tourism, lumber prices, Dogecoin, cottage madness, Elon Musk hosting SNL. These are some things you probably didn’t expect to see in the headlines in 2021. The pandemic continues to wreak havoc around the world and…
Chairman’s Message: Thriving Through Adversity
Just about a year ago, on March 13, 2020, we made the decision to close our office and work from home like so many of you did. Who knew, at the time, that this would have continued for as long…
The Northwood Reading List, Q1 2021
As I sit down to craft the latest reading list, I reflect on the change of pace we continue to see in the world with each passing day. Digital adoption has taken a quantum leap at both the personal and…
