Bauder joins LCM Group as CEO

TAMPA — LCM Group, a Tampa-based investment management firm, announced that Charles “Chip” Bauder joined the company as its newest chief executive officer.

Bauder comes to LCM after spending 18 years with Raymond James Financial Inc. as senior vice president of the St. Petersburg-based firm's Wealth Solutions Department. He also served on the company's Asset Allocation and Economic Outlook committees while with the firm.

LCM Group was founded in 1988, and focuses its investments on opportunities in hedge funds, private equity and real estate investing.