As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July16, 2013
Securities Act File No. 033-52272
Investment Company Act File No. 811-07170
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 | x | |||||
Post-Effective Amendment No. 83 | x |
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 | x | |||||
Amendment No. 86 | x |
TCW FUNDS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
865 South Figueroa Street, Suite 1800
Los Angeles, CA 90017
(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
Registrants Telephone Number, including Area Code: 1 (213) 244-0000
Patrick W. Dennis, Esq.
Assistant Secretary
865 South Figueroa Street, Suite 1800, Los Angeles, CA 90017
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
x | Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) |
¨ | On (date) pursuant to paragraph (b) |
¨ | 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
¨ | On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
¨ | 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) |
¨ | On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485 |
If appropriate, check the following box:
¨ | This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously-filed post-effective amendment. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles and State of California on the 16th day of July 2013.
TCW FUNDS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Patrick W. Dennis | |
Patrick W. Dennis | ||
Assistant Secretary |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrants registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Date | ||
* /s/ Patrick C. Haden |
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Patrick C. Haden | Chairman and Director | July 16, 2013 | ||
* /s/ Charles W. Baldiswieler |
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Charles W. Baldiswieler | Director and President (Chief Executive Officer) | July 16, 2013 | ||
* /s/ Samuel P. Bell |
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Samuel P. Bell | Director | July 16, 2013 | ||
* /s/ John A. Gavin |
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John A. Gavin | Director | July 16, 2013 | ||
* /s/ Janet E. Kerr |
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Janet E. Kerr | Director | July 16, 2013 | ||
* /s/ Peter McMillan |
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Peter McMillan | Director | July 16, 2013 | ||
* /s/ Charles A. Parker |
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Charles A. Parker | Director | July 16, 2013 | ||
* /s/ Victoria B. Rogers |
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Victoria B. Rogers | Director | July 16, 2013 | ||
* /s/ Marc I. Stern |
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Marc I. Stern | Director | July 16, 2013 | ||
* /s/ Andrew Tarica |
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Andrew Tarica | Director | July 16, 2013 | ||
/s/ David S. DeVito |
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David S. DeVito | Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | July 16, 2013 |
*By: | /s/ Patrick W. Dennis | |
Patrick W. Dennis | ||
* Pursuant to Powers of Attorney |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Index No. |
Description of Exhibit | |
EX-101.INS | XBRL Instance Document | |
EX-101.SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | |
EX-101.CAL | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase | |
EX-101.DEF | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase | |
EX-101.LAB | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase | |
EX-101.PRE | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase |
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||
Registrant Name | dei_EntityRegistrantName | TCW FUNDS INC | ||||
Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | Jun. 26, 2013 | ||||
TCW Emerging Markets Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||
Risk/Return [Heading] | rr_RiskReturnHeading | TCW Emerging Markets Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund | ||||
Objective [Heading] | rr_ObjectiveHeading | Investment Objective | ||||
Objective, Primary [Text Block] | rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock | The Fund’s investment objective is to seek current income and long-term capital appreciation. This investment objective may be changed without shareholder approval. | ||||
Expense [Heading] | rr_ExpenseHeading | Fees and Expenses of the Fund | ||||
Expense Narrative [Text Block] | rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock | This table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. | ||||
Shareholder Fees Caption [Text] | rr_ShareholderFeesCaption | Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment) | ||||
Operating Expenses Caption [Text] | rr_OperatingExpensesCaption | Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment.) | ||||
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination | rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination | June 30, 2014 | ||||
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] | rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading | Portfolio Turnover | ||||
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] | rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock | The Fund pays transaction costs when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. Because the Fund has not yet commenced operations, no portfolio turnover figures are available. | ||||
Other Expenses, New Fund, Based on Estimates [Text] | rr_OtherExpensesNewFundBasedOnEstimates | “Other Expenses” are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year and calculated as a percentage of the Fund’s assets. | ||||
Expense Example [Heading] | rr_ExpenseExampleHeading | Example | ||||
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] | rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock | This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. This example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be: |
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Strategy [Heading] | rr_StrategyHeading | Principal Investment Strategies | ||||
Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock | Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests (except when maintaining a temporary defensive position) at least 80% of the value of its net assets in debt and equity securities issued or guaranteed by companies, financial institutions and government entities in Emerging Market Countries (as defined in the paragraph below). If the Fund makes any changes to this 80% investment policy, it will notify shareholders in writing at least 60 days in advance of such change. The debt securities in which the Fund invests may consist of securities that are unrated or rated BB or lower by S&P or Ba or lower by Moody’s. Debt securities rated below investment grade are high yield, high risk securities, commonly known as “junk bonds.” In the case of unrated securities, the Advisor may internally assign ratings to certain of these securities, after assessing their credit quality in categories similar to those of nationally recognized statistical rating organizations. The Fund may invest in fixed income securities of any duration. The Fund may invest in other pooled investment vehicles, including registered investment companies (to the extent permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”)) and collective investments not subject to registration under the 1940 Act. The Fund may also invest in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and exchange-traded notes (“ETNs”). An Emerging Market Country is a country that has a developing economy or market and is considered an emerging or developing country by the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development or any affiliate thereof (the “World Bank”) as well as The Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Bermuda, Brunei, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Macau, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Taiwan, Trinidad & Tobago and the United Arab Emirates. In allocating investments among various Emerging Market countries, the portfolio managers attempt to analyze internal political, market and economic factors. These factors include, but are not limited to:
The Fund may invest in foreign debt and equity securities, which may or may not be listed on a recognized securities exchange or be publicly traded, including common or preferred stock, depositary shares, convertible debt, warrants and options to purchase equity securities. The debt securities acquired by the Fund may be issued by foreign government or corporate entities and may be convertible securities or other securities that may have fixed or variable interest rates of any maturity. These securities may be denominated in U.S. dollars, Emerging Markets Countries’ currencies or other foreign currencies. The relative percentages of debt and equity in the Fund’s portfolio will fluctuate with the monetary, fiscal and exchange rate policies of various foreign countries and the portfolio managers’ view of the relative value of each segment of the market. The Fund may also purchase assignments of or participations in loans made by financial institutions to emerging markets borrowers and invest in other funds, including funds affiliated with the Advisor or its affiliates that specialize in international investments. Up to 15% of the Fund’s net assets may be invested in illiquid securities. The Fund may invest in defaulted corporate securities when the portfolio managers believe the restructured enterprise valuations or liquidation valuations of such securities may significantly exceed their current market values. In addition, the Fund may invest in defaulted sovereign investments when the portfolio managers believe the expected debt sustainability of the country issuing such investments exceeds current market valuations. The Fund may use derivative instruments, such as credit-linked notes, structured investments, options, futures, and options on futures (including those related to options, securities, foreign currencies, indexes and interest rates), forward contracts, swaps (including interest rate and credit default swaps) and options on swaps, as a substitute for investing directly in specific securities or currencies, to increase returns, to manage credit or interest rate risk, to manage the effective maturity or duration of the Fund’s investment portfolio or as part of an overall hedging strategy. Swap agreements can be used to transfer the credit risk of a security without actually transferring ownership of the security or to customize exposure to a particular issuer. The Fund also may make forward commitments in which the Fund agrees to buy or sell a security in the future at a price agreed upon at the time of the commitment. Portfolio securities may be sold when the Fund’s portfolio managers believe the individual security is approaching or has reached its fair value, the portfolio managers perceive deterioration in the fundamentals of the issuer, the portfolio managers believe there are macro geo-political considerations that may negatively affect the issuer or the portfolio managers determine to take advantage of a better investment opportunity. |
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Risk [Heading] | rr_RiskHeading | Principal Risks | ||||
Risk Narrative [Text Block] | rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock | Since the Fund holds securities with fluctuating market prices, the value of the Fund’s shares will vary as its portfolio securities increase or decrease in value. Therefore, the value of your investment in the Fund could go down as well as up. You can lose money by investing in the Fund. The principal risks affecting the Fund that can cause a decline in value are:
Your investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency entity or person. |
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Risk Lose Money [Text] | rr_RiskLoseMoney | You can lose money by investing in the Fund. | ||||
Risk Nondiversified Status [Text] | rr_RiskNondiversifiedStatus |
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Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Text] | rr_RiskNotInsuredDepositoryInstitution | Your investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency entity or person. | ||||
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] | rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading | Investment Results | ||||
Performance Narrative [Text Block] | rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock | Because the Fund has not yet commenced operations, it has no investment results. | ||||
Performance One Year or Less [Text] | rr_PerformanceOneYearOrLess | Because the Fund has not yet commenced operations, it has no investment results. | ||||
TCW Emerging Markets Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund | Class I
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment) | rr_ShareholderFeeOther | none | ||||
Management fees | rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets | 0.95% | ||||
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees | rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets | none | ||||
Other expenses | rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets | 1.01% | [1] | |||
Total annual fund operating expenses | rr_ExpensesOverAssets | 1.96% | ||||
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement | rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets | 0.70% | [2] | |||
Net Expenses | rr_NetExpensesOverAssets | 1.26% | [2] | |||
1 Year | rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 | 128 | ||||
3 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 | 547 | ||||
TCW Emerging Markets Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund | Class N
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment) | rr_ShareholderFeeOther | none | ||||
Management fees | rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets | 0.95% | ||||
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees | rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets | 0.25% | ||||
Other expenses | rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets | 1.01% | [1] | |||
Total annual fund operating expenses | rr_ExpensesOverAssets | 2.21% | ||||
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement | rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets | 0.95% | [2] | |||
Net Expenses | rr_NetExpensesOverAssets | 1.26% | [2] | |||
1 Year | rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 | 128 | ||||
3 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 | $ 600 | ||||
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