Northern Lights Capital Group, LLC (Tacoma)


Northern Lights Capital Group, LLC is a large advisory firm based in Tacoma. It manages $299.12 million of regulatory assets for 1 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2011 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Colorado and Washington.

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Northern Lights Capital Group provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Northern Lights Capital Group: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Northern Lights Capital Group, LLC is $299.12 million. The firm's AUM has grown by 520% since the beginning of its operation, and $299.12 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.


Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has a single stream of revenue. Clients pay Northern Lights Capital Group, LLC for their services and products based on performance-based fees. The adviser charges an additional fee when a set benchmark is outperformed. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Northern Lights Capital Group serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Northern Lights Capital Group is pooled investment vehicles with 1 clients and $299.12 million of assets under management. Among the 7 most similar advisory firms, Northern Lights Capital Group has the 2nd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.


The amount of regulatory assets under management is $299.12 million for 1 clients. 100% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Northern Lights Capital Group also advises several private funds. Namely, one private equity fund.

Careers at Northern Lights Capital Group, LLC

The company employs 14 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 14 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Direct owners and executive officers



Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
John Colquhoun Swift Managing director 1 May 2010 Other 3044123
Timothy Jacob Carver Managing director 1 May 2010 Other 2638120
Paul Richard Greenwood Managing director 1 May 2010 Other 4982347
Jack Swift Managing director 1 May 2010 Other 3044123
John Witherspoon Zimmerman Managing director 1 May 2010 Other 4855085
Andrew Laird Turner Chairman; managing member 1 May 2010 Other 5249162
Christopher Fosse Chief compliance officer, cfo 1 May 2010 Other 5924725
John David Griswold Chief compliance officer/general counsel 1 Mar 2013 Other 2022655
Trent Erickson Chief financial officer 1 Nov 2013 Other 6315273
Llc Northern Lights Midco Shareholder 1 Jul 2014 75% - 100% 47-1407415
Trent Erickson Managing director 1 Mar 2016 Other 6315273

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 10 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Laird Norton Company Member 1 Aug 2006 50% - 75% 91-2027437
Laird Norton Company Shareholder 1 Dec 2007 75% - 100% 91-2027437
Inc. White Pine Member 1 Dec 2007 25% - 50% 26-1630532
Llc Lnc Investment Co. Member 1 May 2010 25% - 50% 20-5433626
Llc Northern Lights Capital Partners Shareholder / owner 1 May 2010 75% - 100% 20-5650492
Aurora Investment Management Pty Limited Trustee of aurora trust 1 Nov 2014 Other foreign
Aurora Trust Shareholder 1 Nov 2014 75% - 100% foreign
Llc Northern Lights Capital Partners Unitholder 1 Nov 2014 25% - 50% 20-5650492
Treasury Group Limited Unitholder 1 Nov 2014 50% - 75% foreign
Pacific Current Group Limited Unitholder 1 Nov 2014 50% - 75% foreign

Based in Tacoma

The principal office where Northern Lights Capital Group, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 2323 North 30 Th Street, Tacoma, WA 98403, which is also the mailing address of the firm. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 253-238-0417. The normal business hours are 8:00 am to 5:00 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at nlcg.com.