Company: TSI
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form Type: N-2
Source: 0001193125-25-177098
Chunk: 137

Company: TCW STRATEGIC INCOME FUND INC
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form: N-2
Chunk 137
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 will achieve its investment objective.

Depending on current market conditions and the Fund’s outlook over time, the
Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing in a wide range of securities, including securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies and instrumentalities (“U.S. Government Securities”),
investment-grade corporate debt securities, high-yield debt securities, mortgage related securities, asset-backed securities, marketable small-, mid- and large-capitalization equity securities, convertible
securities, money market securities, repurchase agreements, other securities and derivative instruments.

The Fund’s principal
investment strategies are not considered to be fundamental by the Fund and can be changed without the vote of the Fund’s stockholders by the Board with at least sixty (60) days’ written notice provided to stockholders.

Mortgage-Backed and Other Asset-Backed Securities

Mortgage-related securities are interests in pools of residential or commercial mortgage loans, including mortgage loans made by savings and
loan institutions, mortgage bankers, commercial banks and others. Such mortgage loans may include reperforming loans (“RPLs”), which are loans that have previously been delinquent but are current at the time securitized. Pools of mortgage
loans are assembled as securities for sale to investors by various governmental, government-related and private organizations. The Fund may invest in a variety of mortgage-related and other asset-backed securities (“ABS”) issued by
government agencies or other governmental entities or by private originators or issuers.

The mortgage-related securities in which the
Fund may invest include, without limitation, mortgage pass-through securities, collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”), commercial or residential mortgage-backed securities, mortgage dollar rolls/buy backs, CMO residuals, stripped
mortgage- backed securities (“SMBS”) and other securities that directly or indirectly represent a participation in, or are secured by and payable from, mortgage loans on real property. The Fund may also invest in other types of ABS,
including collateralized debt obligations (“CDOs”), which include collateralized bond obligations (“CBOs”), collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) and other similarly structured securities. The mortgage-related
securities in which the Fund may invest may pay variable or fixed rates of interest.

Through investments in mortgage-related securities,
including those that are issued by private issuers, the Fund may have exposure to subprime loans as well as to the mortgage and credit markets generally. Private issuers include commercial banks, savings associations, mortgage companies, investment
banking