TCW Growth Equities and TCW Small Cap Growth Named "Category Kings" in Quarterly Mutual Fund Rankings

Business Wire,  July 10, 2008  

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LOS ANGELES -- The TCW Group, Inc. is proud to recognize a special achievement by the portfolio management team of the TCW Growth Equities Fund and the TCW Small Cap Growth Fund, which were both named "Category Kings" in The Wall Street Journal last week.

In the newspaper's quarterly "Investing in Funds" section published July 3, the two TCW funds ranked in the top 10 among competing funds in their respective asset classes. The top-performing funds in each category were ranked by one-year total return as of June 30, 2008.

The TCW Growth Equities Fund (Nasdaq: TGGEX) and the TCW Small Cap Growth Fund (Nasqaq: TGSCX) are managed by Brendt Stallings and Husam Nazer. Mr. Stallings leads TCW Growth Equities, a mid-cap strategy, and Mr. Nazer leads the small cap fund.

"These strategies reflect the excellence we strive to achieve in all of our investment funds," said TCW Chief Executive Officer Robert Beyer. "We congratulate the team on this well-deserved recognition, which is even more significant given the negative headwinds in the equity markets this year."

Mr. Stallings added: "A good deal of the credit goes to our top-notch equity research analysts. They are crucial to the success of these two investment strategies."

Mr. Nazer gave a nod to the names in their portfolios: "The bottom line is that the companies we invested in delivered strong earnings. They met and beat expectations, despite a weak U.S. economy."

About TCW

Founded in 1971, The TCW Group develops and manages a broad range of innovative, value-added investment products that strive to enhance and protect clients' wealth. The firm has approximately $130 billion in assets under management. TCW clients include many of the largest corporate and public pension plans, financial institutions, endowments and foundations in the U.S., as well as a substantial number of foreign investors and high net worth individuals. TCW is a subsidiary of Societe Generale Asset Management, which has approximately $500 billion under management.

About Mr. Stallings

Mr. Stallings is the Senior Portfolio Manager of the TCW Growth Equities strategy. Mr. Stallings co-founded Growth Equities in 1999 and has been its lead manager since January 2003. Mr. Stallings has been a member of the TCW Small and Mid-Cap Growth Equities team since 1998. On the team, his analytic responsibilities have included many of the group's investments in the business services, retail, financial services and technology industries. Mr. Stallings came to TCW in 1996, joining the U.S. Equity Research Department as an Analyst. Prior to TCW, he was an Equity Analyst with Chancellor LGT Asset Management and a Business Analyst with Andersen Consulting. Mr. Stallings holds a BA in Decision Analysis and Political Science from Stanford University and an MBA from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College. He is a CFA charterholder.

About Mr. Nazer

Mr. Nazer is the Senior Portfolio Manager of the TCW Small Cap Growth and SMID Cap Growth strategies. Mr. Nazer founded the SMID Cap Growth strategy in 2003 and in January 2005 began leading the Small Cap Growth strategy. Mr. Nazer has been a member of the Small and Mid-Cap Growth Equities team since 2000. He joined TCW's Equity Research Department in 1995 where he made substantial contributions analyzing the health care, retail and technology industries. Mr. Nazer graduated with a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University and earned an MBA at the University of Southern California.

You should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Funds carefully before investing. The Funds' Prospectus contains this and other information about the Funds. To receive a free Prospectus, please call 1-800-386-3829 or you may download the Prospectus from the Funds' website at www.tcwfunds.com. Read it carefully before you invest or send money.

Funds investing in mid and small cap companies involve special risks including higher volatility and lower liquidity.

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