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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 1, 2006--The Board of Directors of the Hyperion Strategic Mortgage Income Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") (NYSE: HSM) declared a monthly dividend of $0.090 per share, payable on September 28, 2006 to shareholders of record on September 12, 2006. The ex-dividend date is September 8, 2006. Based on the NYSE closing price of $13.37 on August 31, 2006, the Fund's yield was 8.08%. Based on the net asset value per share of $14.02 on August 31, 2006, the yield of the Trust was 7.70%. As of August 31, 2006, the portfolio's average duration, as measured on a net assets basis, was 4.4 years; the average duration of total assets was 3.0 years; and leverage equaled 28.7%. One Hundred Two percent of interest rate risk due to leverage is hedged using interest rate swaps and floating rate securities that have a weighted average life of 4.8 years. Portfolio of Investments as of August 31, 2006 Sector Allocation as a Percentage of Total Assets ------------------------------------------------------------------ Non-Agency Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities ("MBS") 22.3% ------------------------------------------------------------------ Commercial MBS 16.6% ------------------------------------------------------------------ Agency MBS Pass-throughs 39.0% ------------------------------------------------------------------ Asset-Backed Securities 9.1% ------------------------------------------------------------------ U.S. Treasury and Agency Securities 13.0% ------------------------------------------------------------------ Credit Allocation as a Percentage of Total Assets -------------------------------------------------------------------- U. S. Government / Agency and AAA Rated 54.8% -------------------------------------------------------------------- AA Rated 4.1% -------------------------------------------------------------------- A Rated 8.1% -------------------------------------------------------------------- BBB Rated 14.3% -------------------------------------------------------------------- Below Investment Grade 18.7% -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Fund's investment advisor, Hyperion Brookfield Asset Management, Inc. ("Hyperion Brookfield"), is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management, Inc. ("Brookfield") (NYSE: BAM). Brookfield is an asset manager primarily focused on real estate, power, timber, fixed income and equity. Brookfield and its affiliates manage assets totaling over $50 billion for institutional and retail clients, as well as its own principal investments. As of July 31, 2006, Hyperion Capital managed $20.0 billion in fixed income client assets. Additional information on the Fund's assets and performance is available by contacting Hyperion Brookfield Shareholder Services at the following: The Hyperion Strategic Mortgage Income Fund, Inc. Three World Financial Center 200 Vesey Street, 10th Floor New York, NY 10281-1010 Telephone: 1-800 HYPERION
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