Company: TSI
Filing Date: 2025-03-05
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001193125-25-046168
Chunk: 6

Company: TCW STRATEGIC INCOME FUND INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-05
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 6
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 criteria. ABS positions similarly reflect targeted allocations like senior CLO tranches and high-quality non-traditionalcollateral types like single-family rentals and data centers. Finally, the Fund’s duration position finished the quarter at 3.0 years, which is on the longer end of the typical range, given expectations for lower rates and a steeper curve. 5 TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc. Management Discussion (Continued) Dividend Distribution Discussion The goal of the Fund’s distribution policy is to maintain a stable payout without having to return capital to investors. A stable dividend policy will inevitably result in income surplus or deficit at the end of the year given variations in the sources of the Fund’s distributable income. The Fund maintains a modest reserve balance such that an income surplus remains at the end of the year as opposed to a shortfall. TCW will continue to monitor the Fund’s income reserve for increases in surplus or shortfall and make adjustments to the quarterly dividend as warranted, with the goal of minimizing the dispersion of the quarterly dividend amounts and maintaining the dividend’s stability. Rule 18b-6 Disclosure The following information in this annual report is a summary of certain changes since December 1, 2023. This information may not reflect all the changes that have occurred since you purchased shares of the Fund. Rule 8b-16 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, requires that we disclose certain information to stockholders in our annual report. That disclosure is included in this report as follows: (1) information about our dividend reinvestment plan is included on pages 60-61; (2) information about our investment objectives, policies, and principal risk factors is included on pages 45-46. There were no material changes to those risk factors, nor were there any material changes to our investment objectives and policies that were not approved by stockholders; (3) there were no changes to our Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws that were not approved by stockholders that delay or prevent a change of control; and (4) there were no changes to the persons who are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. 6 TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc.

| Issues                                               
 FIXED INCOME SECURITIES — 105.8% of Net Assets       
 ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES — 16.7%                      
 Academic Loan Funding TrustSeries 2012-1A,Class R    |     | MaturityDate |          |     | Principal