Most people love their children, and would do anything for them. This love sets up one of the greatest paradoxes of family wealth: Many parents work day in and day out to amass wealth for their children and grandchildren, and…
As soon as I qualified for my CA degree in 1981, I transferred out of the audit group at Ernst & Whinney (one of the Big Eight accounting firms at that time which through subsequent mergers is KPMG today) into…
We wanted to let all of our regular readers know that Wealth of Wisdom: The Top 50 Questions Wealthy Families Ask is still available for sale on Amazon. The book came out in December 2018, but would make a great…
The following article was written by Northwood’s Chairman and CEO Tom McCullough, and was published by Barron’s magazine in April 2019. Read the original article on Barron’s In 1978, Prince Charles was 30 years old and had a bright future…
People often ask who our clients are and where they come from. Looking down the list of our 60ish client families, about 50% percent are from entrepreneurial families. Some of them have sold their businesses and some of them still…
For the fifth consecutive year, the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management is once again pleased to offer the Rotman Family Wealth Management course. This three and a half day intensive program for family members and family office staff…
Looking back to the Spring 2018 issue of The Northwood Perspective, a newsletter geared toward the interests of our clients, friends and colleagues. Articles in this issue: Chairman’s Message: Solving the Hassle Map So, what is a hassle map? It…
Looking back to the Summer 2015 issue of The Northwood Perspective, a newsletter geared toward the interests of our clients, friends and colleagues. Articles in this issue: Chairman’s Message: The Opposite of Spoiled The author of the new book, The…
Looking back to the Spring 2015 issue of The Northwood Perspective, a newsletter geared toward the interests of our clients, friends and colleagues. Articles in this issue: Chairman’s Message: Starting With Why In his best-selling book ‘Start with Why’, author…
Looking back to the Fall 2013 issue of The Northwood Perspective, a newsletter geared toward the interests of our clients, friends and colleagues. Articles in this issue: Chairman’s Message: The Importance of Perspective It is always difficult to see the…
