Quant Mutual Fund Receives Sebi Approval For India's First SIF: What Is This? All You Need To Know
Quant Mutual Fund gets Sebi approval to launch India's First Long-Short Fund in Newly created SIF (Specialised Investment Fund) category.
QSIF Equity Long-Short Fund: Quant Mutual Fund has secured regulatory approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to launch a Specialised Investment Fund (SIF), becoming the first asset management company in India to receive such a nod.
In a post on X, the company stated, 'Quant Mutual Fund gets Sebi approval to launch India's First Long-Short Fund in Newly created SIF (Specialised Investment Fund) category."
The announcement was also shared in its investor newsletter.
What Is the QSIF Equity Long-Short Fund?
The newly approved QSIF Equity Long-Short Fund will follow long-short strategies across equity, debt, and hybrid segments. This enables the fund to take long positions (buying stocks it expects to rise) and short positions (betting against those it expects to fall). Such strategies help manage downside risk and potentially generate better risk-adjusted returns — especially in volatile markets.
The fund is expected to launch in August 2025, marking a new chapter in India's asset management space.
SIFs are aimed at high-net-worth and informed investors who can take on higher risks in exchange for potentially better returns. The minimum investment requirement is Rs 10 lakh per investor.
This framework is designed to broaden the scope of India's mutual fund industry by facilitating the launch of funds with dynamic strategies not typically permitted in traditional schemes.
Sebi's Rules for SIF Investors
To ensure compliance, Sebi has laid out clear guidelines for minimum investment thresholds in SIFs. If an investor's holdings fall below Rs 10 lakh — whether due to exchange trades or off-market transfers — their units across the SIF will be frozen for debit.
Investors will then be given a 30-day window to rebalance their investment and restore compliance.
'In case an investor rebalances his/her investments in SIF within the notice period of 30 calendar days, the units of SIF of such investor shall be unfreezed, and no further action shall be taken with regard to compliance with minimum investment threshold," Sebi said.
If the investor fails to act within the deadline, the asset management company will automatically redeem the frozen units at the prevailing Net Asset Value (NAV).
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