Founded in 1971, The TCW Group is an asset management firm based in Los Angeles, California. The firm has a broad range of products across fixed income, equities, emerging markets, and alternative investments. The firm provides debt facilities such as senior debt, secured debt, mezzanine, and recapitalization for the purpose of acquisition financing, buyouts, later-stage venture capital, and growth. The firm caters to a wide array of industries Specialty Retail, Healthcare Services, CleanTech, Manufacturing, Catalog Retail, Internet Retail, Wireless Communications Equipment, and many others.