LIBERTY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC
Firm details
- Headquarters
- Birmingham, Michigan
- CRD number
- 106063
- Registered since
- December 8, 1992
- Website
- lcmgt.com
- Custodians
- CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC., COMERICA SECURITIES,INC., UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.
- Fee structure
- Percentage of AUM, Hourly Charges, Fixed Fees
- Client types
- HNWI89.79%
- Corporations / Businesses3.8%
- Individuals2.16%
- Banking / Thrift Institutions1.58%
- Charitable Organizations1.54%
- Services
- Portfolio Management for IndividualsPortfolio Management for Institutional Clients
Firm profile
FINTRXOverview
Liberty Capital Management Inc is a privately owned advisory firm that primarily serves individuals and families with discretionary portfolio management and institutional or business mandates. The firm leans toward equity-centric strategies, favoring exchange-traded instruments for core exposures while supplementing those with individual stock positions for tactical or concentrated allocations. Liberty is not positioned as an ESG specialist, is not a designated multi-state adviser, and does not act as a capital allocator or pension consultant; its fee arrangements include percentage-of-AUM billing alongside hourly and fixed-fee engagements. Investment activity shows a blended approach: broad-market ETFs appear to provide the core market exposure (the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund is the single largest holding), while individual equity holdings make up the bulk of their 13F equity sleeve. The combination suggests a core-and-satellite methodology—passive or low‑cost ETFs for baseline market exposure, with selected individual equities for return enhancement or risk tilting. The firm also deploys private placements as its primary alternative vehicle, indicating selective use of non‑liquid, third‑party private investment opportunities. Liberty provides portfolio management for both individuals/small businesses and for business or institutional clients, and it employs custody relationships with multiple custodians to hold client assets rather than acting as custodian itself.
Assets & Accounts
Public Holdings
Investments & Alternatives
Location & Offices
Investment profile
FINTRXTraditional investments used
Alternative investments used
Active ESG investor
Technology & operations
FINTRXCRM & tech providers
TAMPs used
Clients
FINTRXClient base
Client personas
Asset composition
- Exchange Traded Equities64%
- Public Funds/Mutual Funds14%
- State & Local Bonds12%
- Cash & Cash Equivalents6%
- US Government Bonds2%
Owners & executives
1 of 1Kenneth Carbaugh
President, CEOCRD 6605053
Contacts
3 of 3James Howe
Investment Advisor RepresentativeCRD 7415115
SUZANNE AITCHISON
Investment Advisor RepresentativeCRD 1624245
CHARLES DETTLOFF
Senior Vice PresidentCRD 2423584
Wealth teams
FINTRXNewly hired reps
FINTRXRecent M&A activity
FINTRXRecent filings
FINTRXAwards
FINTRXETF holdings
1 of 67Active vs passive
$168M in ETFs
86%
$145M
12%
$23M
| ETF | Provider | Style | Category | Value | Shares | % of portfolio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND (VTI) | Vanguard | Passive | Large Blend | $40.7M | 121,479 | 24.29% |
Location
Birmingham, MI
OAKLAND
Location
Birmingham, MI
Headquartered in Birmingham, MI, anchoring the Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI metro in the Midwest.
- Metro area
- Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI
- Region
- Midwest
- County
- OAKLAND
- Address
- 401 S Old Woodward Ave
- Time zone
- ET (UTC-5)
- Office locations
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