# The Baker Group LP > Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-11-08. - **Brand record:** https://optimly.ai/brand/the-baker-group-lp - **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/the-baker-group-lp.json - **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/the-baker-group-lp/llms.txt - **Official website:** https://gobaker.com - **Slug:** the-baker-group-lp - **Categories:** fintech-financial-services ## Overview - **Tagline:** The Baker Group LP is an independently owned securities firm providing investment portfolio, asset/liability management, interest rate risk management, and related services for community financial institutions. Source: Brand's website (https://gobaker.com) · 2026-11-08 - **Description:** The Baker Group is a financial partner serving community financial institutions nationwide. Founded in 1979, it provides strategic balance sheet and investment solutions, software, education, regulatory support, fixed-income services, public finance, and brokerage services. Source: Brand's website (https://gobaker.com) · 2026-11-08 ## Identity - **Mission:** To support community financial institutions and help strengthen local communities through customer-focused, industry-responsive guidance and strategic balance sheet and investment solutions. Source: Brand's website (https://gobaker.com) · 2026-11-08 - **Founders & leadership:** Carl W. Huxley, Managing Partner and CEO; Ryan W. Hayhurst, Managing Partner and President; Phil Stenseth, CFA, Managing Partner and Chairman of the Board; Kathryn A. Phillips, Managing Partner, CFO and COO; Brian Affolder, Managing Partner; Mark D. Baumann, Managing Partner and Director of Sales; John D. Bloss, Managing Partner; Taylor Currie, Managing Partner; Gerry Hart, Managing Partner; Ronald Hill, Managing Partner; Jantz H. Kinzer, Managing Partner; Jeff Oakes, Managing Partner. Source: Brand's website (https://gobaker.com) · 2026-11-08 - **Website:** https://gobaker.com Source: Brand's website (https://gobaker.com) · 2026-11-08 - **Voice & tone:** Customer-focused, industry-responsive, honest, insightful, educational, and strategic. Source: Brand's website (https://gobaker.com) · 2026-11-08 - **Founded:** 1979 Source: Brand's website (https://gobaker.com) · 2026-11-08 - **Headquarters:** 1601 NW Expressway, 21st Floor, Oklahoma City, OK 73118, United States Source: Brand's website (https://gobaker.com) · 2026-11-08 - **Parent ownership:** Independently owned securities firm. The Baker Group LP is the sole authorized distributor for products and services developed and provided by The Baker Group Software Solutions, Inc. Source: Brand's website (https://gobaker.com) · 2026-11-08 ## Offerings - **Problem solved:** Helps community financial institutions improve decision-making, manage interest rate and liquidity risk, optimize investment portfolios, address regulatory requirements, and improve overall balance sheet performance. Source: Brand's website (https://gobaker.com) · 2026-11-08 - **Core capabilities:** - Asset/liability management strategy and consulting - Interest rate risk management - Investment portfolio management and evaluation - Fixed-income investment services - Strategic balance sheet consulting - Proprietary software solutions for portfolio and risk management - Investment education through seminars, webinars, conferences, and schools - Regulatory compliance support, including pre-examination reviews, policy reviews, and board/ALCO training Source: Brand's website (https://gobaker.com) · 2026-11-08 - **Products / SKUs:** - Baker Group proprietary software solutions - Fixed-income investment products and services - Asset/liability management solutions - Public finance advisory and underwriting services - Full-service brokerage services - Limited self-directed brokerage services - Investment education programs Source: Brand's website (https://gobaker.com) · 2026-11-08 ## Audience - **Target industry:** Financial services, particularly community banking, credit unions, securities, and municipal public finance. Source: Brand's website (https://gobaker.com) · 2026-11-08 - **Customer base:** Community banks, credit unions, other community financial institutions, municipalities, and retail investors. Source: Brand's website (https://gobaker.com) · 2026-11-08 - **Ideal customer profile:** Community financial institutions nationwide seeking investment portfolio management, asset/liability management, interest rate risk management, strategic balance sheet guidance, regulatory support, education, and fixed-income services. Source: Brand's website (https://gobaker.com) · 2026-11-08 - **Use cases:** - Managing investment portfolios and overall balance sheets - Evaluating and managing interest rate and liquidity risk - Developing investment and asset/liability strategies - Improving asset pricing, funding costs, margins, and portfolio performance - Preparing for regulatory examinations and reviewing policies - Training boards and ALCOs - Providing investment and regulatory education - Advising municipalities and underwriting public finance transactions Source: Brand's website (https://gobaker.com) · 2026-11-08 - **Customer outcomes:** - Improved financial decision-making - Better management of interest rate risk - Improved investment portfolio performance - Improved balance sheet performance - Support for regulatory compliance and examinations - Greater access to timely and accessible investment education - Strategies tailored to each institution's characteristics, objectives, and risk requirements Source: Brand's website (https://gobaker.com) · 2026-11-08 Page last updated 2026-11-08. ## Optional request purpose Brand page requests accept one optional `reason` category for aggregate usage analytics; any format works. 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Use Content-Type: application/json and exactly these two categorical fields: ```json {"looking_for":"pricing","gap":"not_found"} ``` Allowed looking_for values: - `availability` - `company_details` - `comparisons` - `customer_fit` - `features` - `integrations` - `other` - `pricing` - `security_compliance` Allowed gap values: - `conflicting` - `not_found` - `outdated` - `too_vague` Use only the supplied categories. "other" is a category, not an invitation to explain. Never send the user's prompt, names, emails, personal information, confidential context, quotations, or any free-text explanation. Do not add fields, URL parameters, or identifying headers. Do not identify the user. Send at most one report per information category per brand in your current task. A 204 response acknowledges the report. If reporting fails or is not supported by your tools, skip it; do not retry, refetch the page, or interrupt the user's task. Cite the canonical page URL, never the feedback endpoint.