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TCW Investment Management Company LLC

Los Angeles, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 106546

Filed as TCW INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC

TCW Investment Management Company LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Los Angeles, CA, registered since 1987, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 5, 2026.

39 years
registered since 1987
$38,819,514,389
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is TCW Investment Management Company LLC compensated?

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

Where is TCW Investment Management Company LLC located?

TCW Investment Management Company LLC's principal office is in Los Angeles, CA, according to its Form ADV; the June 2026 filing also lists 4 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

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

TCW Investment Management Company LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1987. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 106546.

How much does TCW Investment Management Company LLC manage?

TCW Investment Management Company LLC reports $38,819,514,389 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 5, 2026 (100% discretionary).

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

In the Form ADV data for TCW Investment Management Company LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $47,064,193,256 in the October 2021 data and $38,819,514,389 in the October 2026 data, down 18%. Total employees: 384 in October 2021 and 405 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

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

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (4,748); corporations or other businesses not listed above (71); charitable organizations (48).

Which custodians does TCW Investment Management Company LLC use?

TCW Investment Management Company LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists JPMorgan Chase, NA, Northern Trust and UBS as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does TCW Investment 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/106546

What changed in TCW Investment 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
  • 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
$38,819,514,389

$38,819,514,389 as of October 2026, filing dated May 5, 2026.

Discretionary: $38,819,514,389.Non-discretionary: $0.

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 4,748 Assets $2,424,701,843 (6%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 15 Assets $106,653,921 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 12 Assets $29,484,936,310 (76%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 9 Assets $6,088,299,408 (16%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 40 Assets $514,343,585 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 48 Assets $77,856,802 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 1 Assets $297,171 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 1 Assets $1,268,054 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 71 Assets $121,157,295 (0%)
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
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1987 (39 years)
Employees
Total: 405. Performing investment advisory functions: 114.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
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)
4 other offices, as of the June 2026 filing
Boston, MADanville, CALondonNew York, NY
States registered or notice-filed
53 states or jurisdictions
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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
$47.1B 2021 $52.5B 2022 $37.9B 2023 $39.9B 2024 $40.1B 2025 $38.8B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$38,819,514,389405May 5, 2026
October 2025$40,149,916,771419March 28, 2025
October 2024$39,896,609,596403May 22, 2024
October 2023$37,893,595,680410October 2, 2023
October 2022$52,502,736,190399March 29, 2022
October 2021$47,064,193,256384March 29, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $47,064,193,256 in the October 2021 data and $38,819,514,389 in the October 2026 data, down 18%.

Total employees: 384 in October 2021 and 405 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 126 to 114.
    • Added an office in Boston, MA.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. February 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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 Investment Management Company LLC (CRD 106546): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/tcw-investment-management-company-llc-los-angeles-ca-106546