LIBERTY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC

RIASEC RegisteredEst. 1992
Total AUM
$849M
Discretionary
$766M
90% of AUM
Avg account
$2M
Accounts
430
Employees
4
Advisory reps
4

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

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Overview

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

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Traditional investments used

Alternative investments used

Active ESG investor

Technology & operations

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CRM & tech providers

TAMPs used

Clients

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Client base

Client personas

Asset composition

Asset composition: Exchange Traded Equities 64%, Public Funds/Mutual Funds 14%, State & Local Bonds 12%, Cash & Cash Equivalents 6%, US Government Bonds 2%, Investment Grade Corp Bonds 2%64%
  • Exchange Traded Equities64%
  • Public Funds/Mutual Funds14%
  • State & Local Bonds12%
  • Cash & Cash Equivalents6%
  • US Government Bonds2%

Owners & executives

1 of 1
  • Kenneth Carbaugh

    President, CEOCRD 6605053

Contacts

3 of 3
  • James Howe

    Investment Advisor RepresentativeCRD 7415115

  • SUZANNE AITCHISON

    Investment Advisor RepresentativeCRD 1624245

  • CHARLES DETTLOFF

    Senior Vice PresidentCRD 2423584

Wealth teams

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Newly hired reps

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Recent M&A activity

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Recent filings

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Awards

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ETF holdings

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Active vs passive

$168M in ETFs

Passive

86%

$145M

Active

12%

$23M

ETFProviderStyleCategoryValueShares% of portfolio
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND (VTI)VanguardPassiveLarge Blend$40.7M121,47924.29%

Location

Primary office

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)
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