Calgary · Established 1998

Private wealth,
thoughtfully managed.

Independent counsel for families, professionals, and business owners who value discretion, discipline, and the long view.

$1.2B in client assets guided · Fee-based, fiduciary counsel
Recognized & accredited
CFP® CFA Charterholders Portfolio Management Assoc. Fiduciary Standard
What we do

A complete view of your wealth.

Every mandate is built around one balance sheet, one plan, and one point of accountability — not a shelf of products.

01

Wealth Planning

A living financial plan that connects goals, cash flow, and risk into decisions you can act on with confidence.

  • Goals & cash-flow modelling
  • Insurance & risk review
  • Intergenerational planning
02

Investment Management

Disciplined, globally diversified portfolios built for durability — managed against your plan, not the headlines.

  • Discretionary portfolios
  • Tax-aware rebalancing
  • Private & alternative access
03

Retirement & Estate

Structuring income, legacy, and continuity so that what you have built passes on precisely as you intend.

  • Retirement income design
  • Estate & trust coordination
  • Philanthropic giving
04

Tax Strategy

Coordinated, year-round tax planning in concert with your accountant to keep more of every return working for you.

  • Corporate & personal integration
  • Capital-gains planning
  • Registered account strategy
Our approach

We believe wealth is best served by patience over prediction — a plan you understand, held to with discipline through every market.

01

Listen & understand

We begin with your circumstances, your family, and what you want your wealth to accomplish — before a single recommendation is made.

02

Design the plan

A clear, written strategy that aligns your investments, tax position, and estate into one coherent picture.

03

Implement with care

Portfolios are built deliberately and cost-consciously, with full transparency on every position and every fee.

04

Review & adapt

Life changes and so should your plan. We meet regularly to keep everything aligned as circumstances evolve.

By the numbers

A quarter-century of stewardship.

Measured, independent, and accountable to the families we serve — through six market cycles and counting.

$1.2B
In client assets guided
300+
Families & institutions served
1998
Independent since inception

Client assets under guidance

Illustrative growth, 1998–2024 ($CAD)
1998 2005 2014 2024
In their words
Northcrest has looked after our family for eleven years. They speak plainly, they answer the phone, and they have never once put a product ahead of our interests.”
Margaret & David Reid
Clients since 2013 · Calgary
The partners

James Halloran, CFA

Founding Partner

Leads investment strategy. Twenty-eight years advising Alberta families and business owners.

Sofia Nakamura, CFP®

Partner, Planning

Heads wealth & estate planning, with a focus on intergenerational transfer and philanthropy.

Andrew Okafor, CPA

Partner, Tax

Coordinates corporate and personal tax strategy across the firm's client mandates.

Elaine Tremb, CIM

Partner, Client Service

Oversees relationship management and the firm's quarterly reporting discipline.

Insights

Perspective for the long term.

All insights
Markets·May 2025

Why time in the market still beats timing it

The case for staying invested, drawn from twenty-six years of client outcomes across full market cycles.

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Tax·Apr 2025

Selling a business: planning the year before you sell

The structuring decisions that matter most, and why they are made twelve to eighteen months ahead.

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Estate·Mar 2025

Talking to the next generation about money

A practical framework for family conversations that make wealth transfer smoother and relationships stronger.

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Let's talk about
what's next.

An introductory consultation is complimentary and without obligation — a candid conversation about your circumstances and whether we are the right fit.

Suite 1900, 400 3rd Avenue SW, Calgary, AB

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