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Blake Bauer

Advisor at TCW Investment Management Company LLC

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Firm

TCW Investment Management Company LLC

Location

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Credentials

Series 63, Series 65

Industry experience

5 years

About

Blake Bauer is a financial advisor at TCW Investment Management Company LLC in Los Angeles, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with five years of industry experience. His career includes roles at TCW Funds Distributors, TCW LLC, Aston Carter, and W&S Brokerage Services. TCW Investment Management Company LLC advises institutional and individual clients, including pension plans, registered investment companies, high net worth individuals, and family offices, using a value-oriented, bottom-up investment approach supplemented by quantitative analysis and fundamental credit research across a range of strategies and vehicle types.

Client services

Based on TCW Investment Management Company LLC

Portfolio management
Portfolio management for wrap fee programs

Expertise

Based on TCW Investment Management Company LLC

Active portfolio management ESG / Sustainable investing Private / alternative investments Concentrated stock management

Occupation focus

Based on TCW Investment Management Company LLC

Founder/Business Owner Executive

Fee options

Percentage

$0 - $100 million: 0.40% to 0.80% (for TCW UCITS Core Plus Bond Fund) $0 - $25 million: 0.70% (Relative Value Large Cap Separate Account - Institutional) $25 million - $100 million: 0.50% (Relative Value Large Cap Separate Account - Institutional) $100 million+: 0.40% (Relative Value Large Cap Separate Account - Institutional) $0 - $25 million: 0.80% (Relative Value Mid Cap Separate Account - Institutional) $25 million - $50 million: 0.65% (Relative Value Mid Cap Separate Account - Institutional) $50 million+: 0.60% (Relative Value Mid Cap Separate Account - Institutional) $0 - $100 million: 0.50% (Bank Loans Separate Account) $100 million+: 0.25% (Bank Loans Separate Account) $0 - $100 million: 0.50% (Conservative Unconstrained Separate Account) $100 million+: 0.40% (Conservative Unconstrained Separate Account) $0 - $100 million: 0.275% (Core Fixed Income Separate Account) $100 million+: 0.20% (Core Fixed Income Separate Account) $0 - $100 million: 0.275% (Core Plus Fixed Income Separate Account) $100 million+: 0.20% (Core Plus Fixed Income Separate Account) $0 - $100 million: 0.275% (Corporate Bonds Separate Account) $100 million+: 0.20% (Corporate Bonds Separate Account) $0 - $100 million: 0.50% (Flexible Income Separate Account) $100 million+: 0.40% (Flexible Income Separate Account) $0 - $100 million: 0.30% (Global Fixed Income Separate Account) $100 million - $500 million: 0.24% (Global Fixed Income Separate Account) $500 million+: 0.19% (Global Fixed Income Separate Account) $0 - $100 million: 0.375% (Global Mortgage-Backed Securities Plus Separate Account) $100 million+: 0.25% (Global Mortgage-Backed Securities Plus Separate Account) $0 - $100 million: 0.50% (Global Securitized Separate Account) $100 million+: 0.40% (Global Securitized Separate Account) $0 - $100 million: 0.40% (High Yield Fixed Income Separate Account) $100 million+: 0.25% (High Yield Fixed Income Separate Account) $0 - $100 million: 0.50% (Securitized Opportunities Separate Account) $100 million - $1 billion: 0.32% (Securitized Opportunities Separate Account) $1 billion - $1.5 billion: 0.15% (Securitized Opportunities Separate Account) $1.5 billion+: 0.10% (Securitized Opportunities Separate Account) $0 - $100 million: 0.50% (Strategic Income Separate Account) $100 million+: 0.40% (Strategic Income Separate Account) $0 - $100 million: 0.275% (Sustainable Securitized Separate Account) $100 million+: 0.20% (Sustainable Securitized Separate Account) $0 - $100 million: 0.20% (TIPS Portfolios Separate Account) $100 million+: 0.15% (TIPS Portfolios Separate Account) $0 - $100 million: 0.275% (Total Return Mortgage-Backed Securities Separate Account) $100 million+: 0.20% (Total Return Mortgage-Backed Securities Separate Account) $0 - $100 million: 0.20% (Ultra Short Fixed Income Separate Account) $100 million+: 0.15% (Ultra Short Fixed Income Separate Account) $0 - $100 million: 0.50% (Unconstrained Separate Account) $100 million+: 0.40% (Unconstrained Separate Account) $0 - $50 million: 0.50% (Core Balanced Separate Account) $50 million - $100 million: 0.40% (Core Balanced Separate Account) $100 million+: 0.30% (Core Balanced Separate Account)

Performance-based

Performance fees based on exceeding benchmarks or net gain thresholds, authorized and disclosed in client or fund documents.

Other

Account minimum: $25 million

Location

515 South Flower Street

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Most active in

California

Work history

TCW Funds Distributors

2022 - Present (4 years)

Tcw Llc

2022 - Present (4 years)

Aston Carter

2022 - 2022 (1 year)

W&S Brokerage Services

2020 - 2022 (2 years)

WESTERN SOUTHERN Life

2020 - 2022 (2 years)

UnEmployed

2020 - 2020 (1 year)

Loyola Marymount University

2019 - 2020 (1 year)

Advanced Trustee Strategies

2019 - 2019 (1 year)

Loyola Marymount University

2018 - 2019 (1 year)

ACE Parking

2016 - 2018 (2 years)

Santa Monica College

2015 - 2018 (3 years)

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