Burr Ridge, IL Office

Copperwood Financial, Inc. provides fee-based investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations and business entities, and it offers retirement plan consulting and ERISA Section 3(38) fiduciary services for qualified plans. The firm also operates Pro Athlete Wealth, a dba focused on financial literacy and coaching for athletes, and offers tiered financial planning (Tier 1 and Tier 2) as well as hourly planning engagement options.

Copperwood manages portfolios on a discretionary, custom basis using a tactical allocation approach described in its brochure, employing a broad range of instruments including listed securities, mutual funds, options-based strategies, and interests in partnership investments. The firm discloses the use of third‑party platforms and managers — for example, a third‑party co‑manager for options overlays on concentrated positions, held‑away defined contribution platforms, and Flourish Cash for high‑yield cash management — and it provides ongoing oversight of those arrangements.

The brochure highlights a few features that distinguish Copperwood from many peers: it discloses an affiliated insurance business (KLG Management Inc. dba Copperwood Insurance Services) through which representatives may sell insurance and receive commissions, it discloses use of client testimonials in advertising, and it notes that while the firm and its management report no firm‑level disciplinary history, certain financial professionals have had legal or disciplinary events. The firm also reports recent SEC registration (December 2025) and describes its practice of referring clients to specific third‑party managers (including Transamerica Corp. and American Funds Distributors) with Copperwood receiving its advisory portion of fees remitted by those managers.