What is qsif Hybrid Long-Short fund? Check objective, minimum investment, benchmark and other key details

Quant Mutual Fund has filed draft papers for the qsif Hybrid Long-Short fund with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).

The qsif Hybrid Long-Short fund is an interval hybrid long-short strategy investing in equity and debt securities with limited derivative exposure to balance growth and risk. It will be managed by Sandeep Tandon (CEO of quant Money Managers Limited), Lokesh Garg, Ankit Pande, Sameer Kate and Sanjeev Sharma. Let’s learn more about this.

qsif Hybrid Long-Short fund: Investment objective

The scheme aims to offer a mix of capital appreciation and income generation by investing at least 25% in equity and 25% in debt, while maintaining up to 25% in short derivative positions for risk management and higher returns. However, the fund does not guarantee the achievement of the objective.

Benchmark

The benchmark for the fund is the NIFTY 50 Hybrid Composite Debt 50:50 Index. It’s chosen for the benchmarking of the scheme because of its balance of equity and debt exposure.

Liquidity and redemption

Redemptions will be allowed twice a week, every Tuesday and Wednesday (next business day if these are holidays), and subscriptions can be made daily (business days).

Plans and options

The fund will be offered in regular and direct plans. Both plans will be available in growth and Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal (IDCW) options, and the default option will be the growth plan.

qsif Hybrid Long-Short fund: Minimum investment

• General investors: ₹10 lakh and in multiples of ₹1 thereafter
• Accredited investors: ₹1 lakh and in multiples of ₹1 thereafter
• SIP/STP/SWP: ₹10,000 each (minimum 6 instalments)

Exit load

An exit load of 1% would be applicable if units are redeemed or switched out within 15 days from allotment. After 15 days, no exit load would be applicable.

NAV disclosure

First NAV would be disclosed within 5 business days of allotment. Daily NAV will be updated on AMFI and quant AMC websites before 11 pm.

What is SIF?

A Specialised Investment Fund (SIF) is a type of mutual fund made for complex or niche strategies. It offers high-reward opportunities by investing in niche segments like long-short strategies, derivatives, structured debt, etc. SEBI introduced the SIF framework in early 2025, enabling mutual funds to offer hedge-style products with a minimum ticket size of ₹10 lakh.

SIFs provide a balance between mutual funds, portfolio management services (PMS) and alternative investment funds (AIFs) by combining the trust offered by mutual funds’ transparency and flexibility of PMS and investment strategies that go beyond traditional MFs.