Services
Wealth Management
A personalized wealth management strategy is necessary to sustain and grow your long-term wealth, meet your financial goals and align your comfort with market risks along the way

Wealth Management
Our wealth management services go above and beyond what you might expect from a financial services provider. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company offers:
Investment advisory services, designed to:
- Provide high-quality investment services and products.
- Build and monitor diversified portfolios.
- Develop objective, personalized plans.
- Focus on long-term results.
Trust services and partnerships, designed to:
- Provide continuity of stewardship that can last multiple generations.
- Preserve family harmony when carrying out your intentions.
- Carry out detailed record-keeping and accounting.
- Calculate taxes and file returns.
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company serves as trustee on Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts. In addition, through our Trust Alliance Program, we partner with nationally-recognized trust administration firms that offer a broad range of services to revocable trusts, charitable trusts, endowments and foundations.
Online access to your account, so you can review:
- Comprehensive monthly statements.
- Performance reporting.
- Account access on a secure website.
- Current account balances on your investment holdings.
- Detailed transaction records on all accounts.
Fee-Based Financial Planning
When you want a financial plan built with your goals and interests put above all else, it’s a good time to engage one of our fee-based financial advisors.

Fee-Based Financial Planning
When you want a financial plan built with your goals and interests put above all else, it’s a good time to engage one of our fee-based financial advisors.
We’ll be transparent about what our planning services will, and will not include, so you’ll know exactly what you’re getting upfront. And when it comes to the cost of our services, we’ll let you know upfront about that, too.
Under this fee structure, your advisor will act as a fiduciary, so they have a legal and moral responsibility to place your interests first. They’ll work with you to understand your unique circumstances and provide expert guidance in the creation of your personalized financial plan.
If it makes sense for you, your advisor’s role can go beyond planning to help you find the best insurance products, brokerage, advisory and/or private client platform solutions to put your plan into action.
Making smart decisions about your wealth, whether you want to grow it, protect it or both, starts with a broader perspective and sound thinking. Here’s our unique way of thinking when it comes to helping you make important financial decisions.
Reach your new level of financial confidence
We approach financial planning differently. Not only can we help you grow your money, but also help protect everything you’ve worked so hard for—so your finances can take you further.

The planning process consists of four quadrants or phases, each one representing one planning cycle: Discovery, Creative Solutions, Strategy Deployment, and Results Management.
- Protection strategies
- Wealth accumulation
- Managing tax strategies
- Optimizing retirement
- Leaving a legacy
- Charitable planning
Risk Management Solutions
When your financial plan has wealth protection and risk management built in, you and your loved ones can worry less and live more.

Risk Management Solutions
When your financial plan has wealth protection and risk management built in, you and your loved ones can worry less and live more.
When you work with us, we start with you, your family, and your priorities. You’ll have access to a range of financial options designed to reinforce each other so your financial plan can work its hardest to help you reach the goals you have for right now, and later on.
Together, we'll develop strategies that:
Give you more financial flexibility throughout your life
Our life insurance can be designed to fit whatever you need. It could provide protection, a cash accumulation, or help you leave a legacy. We have access to high-quality life insurance products, including permanent, term, combination, and variable policies.
Keep your goals on track if you’re unable to work
Your ability to earn a living is likely the most important financial asset you have. With disability income planning you can help protect your earning power and keep your goals on track if an unexpected injury or illness prevents you from working. Depending on the type of job or career you have (or business you own), we have options.
Get the right long-term care for you and your loved ones
Having a long-term care plan in place can give you (or a loved one) choice and control over where and how to receive care should it be needed. Plus, a plan will let your loved ones know your wishes and lessen the burden of the physical and emotional strains that can come with the need for long-term care.
Someday, you or a loved one could need ongoing help with day-to-day tasks like bathing, eating, or getting dressed. The cost of care is often underestimated and may not be covered by health insurance or Medicare. Long-term care planning can help you manage the assets that you’ve worked so hard for, so your family can focus on offering love and support.
Retirement Planning
No matter what you see yourself doing, the places you picture yourself exploring, or when you want to start doing them, we’ll create the right plan to help you retire the way you want.

Retirement Planning
No matter what you see yourself doing, the places you picture yourself exploring, or when you want to start doing them, we’ll create the right plan to help you retire the way you want.
It’s likely your aspirations for retirement will require solutions that go beyond a 401(k) or IRAs, social security, or if you’re a business owner, the sale of your company. We start by understanding your vision, goals, and situation before making any recommendations. Then, we’ll create a comprehensive plan with the right strategies for investments, annuities, and insurance—each one designed to help maximize your assets, provide income efficiently, and protect you from the unexpected.
Our advisors are also experienced in managing many types of assets and aligning all your other financial relationships to help make sure that the dreams you have for retirement can be reached, when you want to reach them.
Generational Planning
For many parents, their top priority is making sure their children (or grandchildren) are set up for success.

Generational Planning
For many parents, their top priority is making sure their children (or grandchildren) are set up for success. From saving for your kids’ education to passing your wealth on in a meaningful way, we can help you plan for it.
When thinking about providing for the next generations of your family, we’ll create a strategy that will give you the flexibility and control to hand down your wealth (during your lifetime, after, or both) in a way you see fit. We start by helping you develop a plan or purpose for your assets, then we’ll determine what types of assets to allocate, to who and when, and how best to transfer them. Here are some important questions to consider:
- If you’re contributing to a college fund, are there other types of accounts for additional assets you should be considering?
- How would you help contribute to your child’s wedding, first-home purchase, or annual gifts?
- What are the different ways you can manage the impact of income or estate taxes?
- Do you want to maintain any control or place limits over how the money is used?
Special Needs Planning
Caring for a loved one with special needs can present unique challenges.

Special Needs Planning
Caring for a loved one with special needs can present unique challenges. Our Chartered Special Needs Consultants (ChSNC®) will work with you, and equally important, other special needs experts, to create a comprehensive plan that can help your loved one with special needs and your family have the highest possible quality of life.
For families with a loved one who has special needs, financial planning is a necessity. We know you want to do what is best for a loved one with special needs, but your best intentions could inadvertently prevent them from accessing vital funding and programs. That’s why it’s important to work with an experienced team to help you navigate the complexities that come with special needs care. Our financial advisors are skilled in assembling the right experts, including those in law, social services, and more, to help you with:
- Estate planning
- Special needs trusts
- Life insurance
- Tax deductions
- Healthcare issues
- Medicaid complexities
With our guidance, you’ll be empowered to make informed decisions, take appropriate actions, and help provide the quality of life for your family that you want.