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TCW Asset Management Company LLC

Los Angeles, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 105742

Filed as TCW ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC

TCW Asset Management Company LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Los Angeles, CA, registered since 1970, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 5, 2026.

56 years
registered since 1970
$81,175,239,986
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is TCW Asset Management Company LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), TCW Asset Management Company LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees.

Where is TCW Asset Management Company LLC located?

TCW Asset Management Company LLC's principal office is in Los Angeles, CA, according to its Form ADV; the June 2026 filing also lists 5 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is TCW Asset Management Company LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

TCW Asset Management Company LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1970. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 105742.

How much does TCW Asset Management Company LLC manage?

TCW Asset Management Company LLC reports $81,175,239,986 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 5, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have TCW Asset Management Company LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for TCW Asset Management Company LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $56,736,008,262 in the October 2021 data and $81,175,239,986 in the October 2026 data, up 43%. Total employees: 399 in October 2021 and 431 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does TCW Asset Management Company LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (84); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (22); sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions (22).

Which custodians does TCW Asset Management Company LLC use?

TCW Asset Management Company LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists JP Morgan, State Street Bank and The Bank of New York Mellon as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does TCW Asset Management Company LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/105742

What changed in TCW Asset Management Company LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the June 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • Performance-based fees

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 27, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$81,175,239,986

$81,175,239,986 as of October 2026, filing dated May 5, 2026.

Discretionary: $81,103,646,622.Non-discretionary: $71,593,364.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 19 Assets $637,446,213 (1%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 1 Assets $434,266,183 (1%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 5 Assets $3,194,405,549 (4%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 84 Assets $30,108,893,228 (37%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 22 Assets $6,360,561,601 (8%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 5 Assets $327,919,424 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 17 Assets $9,326,721,064 (11%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 13 Assets $8,049,788,138 (10%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 22 Assets $21,551,072,447 (27%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 12 Assets $1,184,166,139 (1%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1970 (56 years)
Employees
Total: 431. Performing investment advisory functions: 145.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
5 other offices, as of the June 2026 filing
Boston, MAChicago, ILDanville, CALondonNew York, NY
States registered or notice-filed
5 states or jurisdictions
CAMANVNYTX

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$56.7B 2021 $64.8B 2022 $54.2B 2023 $64.2B 2024 $70.4B 2025 $81.2B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$81,175,239,986431May 5, 2026
October 2025$70,373,682,943440March 28, 2025
October 2024$64,193,181,956423May 22, 2024
October 2023$54,236,898,080424October 2, 2023
October 2022$64,822,534,127414March 29, 2022
October 2021$56,736,008,262399March 29, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $56,736,008,262 in the October 2021 data and $81,175,239,986 in the October 2026 data, up 43%.

Total employees: 399 in October 2021 and 431 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. June 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 153 to 145.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $70,373,682,943 to $81,175,239,986 (+15%).
    • Changed its office addresses in Boston, MA.
    • Changed its office addresses in Chicago, IL.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. February 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  4. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in IL.

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
tcw.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. TCW Asset Management Company LLC (CRD 105742): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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