Matthew A Pemberton
Wealth Management Advisor
Professional
Matthew Pemberton has been part of Northwestern Mutual since 1974.
Education
- University of CA - Berkeley - Economics (Bachelor of Arts)
- Northwestern University - Economics (Master of Arts)
Upon completion of his graduate training, Matthew was a U.S. Army Lieutenant stationed at Ft. Knox, KY, where for three years he was assigned as an Instructor at the Leadership Department, U.S. Army Armor School, teaching a Principles of Economics course accredited by the University of Kentucky.
He devised a one way analysis of variance solution to make comparable the grading scores assigned by multiple grading teams for Officer Advanced Course students, for which he was awarded a Letter of Commendation by Brigadier General H.S. Long, Jr.
Additionally, he taught a graduate level course in Engineering Economic Analysis for the University of Louisville.
- Author: "Will Your Disability Insurance Keep Up With Inflation?" - published by Northwestern Mutual Life, 12/92.
- Author: "Inflation-Adjusted Capital Needs Analysis: the Principal-Only Method," CLU Journal, July 1982.
- Author: "Term Insurance vs. the protection element of the NML Whole Life policy: a cost comparison," Field Notes, a Northwestern Mutual publication), November-December, 1980.
Lending a hand in my community.
As part of Northwestern Mutual, I'm proud to help accelerate the search for better childhood cancer treatments while supporting families undergoing treatment, and survivors from late effects. Here are some of the organizations we partner with:
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer (ALSF)
ALSF funds cancer research, raises awareness, and supports the families of children with cancer. Since 2012, Northwestern Mutual, its employees, and financial professionals like me have donated more than $20 million to support ALSF and fund over 400,000 research hours.

Beads of Courage
Beads of Courage is an art-in-medicine program that helps kids with cancer tell their unique treatment story through colorful beads that are symbols of their courage.

Here are my areas of expertise
Financial Planning
Insurance Protection Strategies
Life Insurance Strategies
Retirement Planning & Income Strategies
Education Planning & Funding
Disability Planning
Multigenerational Planning
Estate Planning
How Northwestern Mutual helps you live the life you want.
When people feel better about their money, good things happen—they become more confident and feel more secure. For more than 160 years, Northwestern Mutual has helped people achieve the financial flexibility they need to live more and worry less.
Being a mutual company means Northwestern Mutual reports to its clients, not Wall Street. They don't believe in chasing fads or taking undue risk for short-term gains. Instead, they take a long-term approach—both in the way we help people plan to reach their goals, and in the way they do business. This has served their clients (and mine) well through all kinds of economic ups and downs, including wars, recessions, even the recent pandemic.
It's why I'm happy to be part of a company that's in it for the long-haul and prioritizes clients over profit.
