LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The TCW Group, a global asset management firm, today announced that Michael Wright has joined the firm as a Senior Vice President and Senior Institutional Marketer. In this role, he will be focused on managing relationships with institutional clients on the East Coast. Wright is based in New York City and reports to Joe Carieri, Managing Director and Head of Institutional Distribution and Marketing.
Wright brings more than 25 years of experience to TCW. He joins TCW from HSBC Global Asset Management in New York where he was a Senior Vice President responsible for marketing the firm’s investment strategies to pension funds, endowments, foundations and corporate treasuries. Previously, he was a Director of U.S. institutional sales for AXA Investment Managers, where he managed the firm’s business development strategy. Prior to AXA, Wright was an Executive Director with Morgan Stanley, overseeing a client base of U.S. and Canadian public pension plans.
“Michael has strong business relationships and deep expertise in working with all types of institutional investors,” said Carieri. “We look forward to the contributions he will make to TCW’s growing marketing team as we continue to expand and strengthen our client relationships.”
Wright earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from the University at Albany.
About the TCW Group
Founded in 1971, The TCW Group, Inc. develops and manages a broad range of innovative, value-added investment products that strive to enhance and protect clients’ wealth, with over $135 billion in assets under management. TCW clients include many of the largest corporate and public pension plans, financial institutions, endowments and foundations in the U.S., as well as a substantial number of foreign investors and high net worth individuals. For more information, please visit www.tcw.com.