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qSIF Equity Long-Short Fund

quant Mutual Fund

qsif Equity Long-Short Fund is a flexi-cap, market-cap-agnostic long-short strategy that manages beta through a shorting option of up to 25%, combining 65-100% all-cap cash equity/arbitrage with up to 35% unhedged long derivatives and up to 25% unhedged short derivatives. As of end-September 2026 the portfolio had been dynamically rebalanced towards large-caps, followed by mid-caps and small-caps, overweight telecom and power while underweight financial services; the fund maintained an average equity deployment (long + short) of about 92%, average unhedged long exposure of ~77%, average short exposure of ~15%, average net exposure of ~62%, and a month-end portfolio beta of 0.54.

Direct NAV10.8641-0.43%As on 28 Oct 2026
1Y Return7.52%
AUM₹1,018 CrAs of 30 Sept 2026
Min. Investment₹10,00,000

NAV history

Fund NAV

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Performance vs. benchmark

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PeriodFundNIFTY 500 TRI
1 Week†+0.71%—
15 Days†-1.38%—
1 Month-1.54%+0.95%
3 Months-1.34%+4.66%
6 Months+7.35%+1.21%
1 Year†+7.52%—
3 Years——
5 Years——
Since Inception+8.58%+2.27%

† No AMC-verified benchmark figure yet for this period — computed from daily NAV.

Portfolio exposure

Gross exposure 53.6%
Net exposure 53.6%
Long exposure
53.6%
Short exposure
0.0%
Cash & equivalents
0.0%
InstrumentSectorTypeWeight
Indus Towers Limited—Equity - Long9.5%
National Stock Exchange of India Limited—Equity - Long8.3%
Adani Green Energy Limited—Equity - Long5.8%
Coal India Ltd—Equity - Long5.7%
Laurus Labs Limited—Equity - Long5.5%
Indegene Limited—Equity - Long4.9%
Info Edge (India) Ltd—Equity - Long4.3%
LG Electronics India Limited—Equity - Long3.9%
Axis Bank Limited—Equity - Long3.0%
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd—Equity - Long2.8%

Top holdings from the AMC's own portfolio disclosure — not the complete, line-by-line portfolio (which can run to 100+ positions). Gross/net exposure above is calculated from this subset, so it may differ slightly from the AMC's own published figures.

Investment strategy

Takes long positions in equities expected to outperform, hedged with short positions or index/stock derivatives to manage net market exposure.

Key facts

Category
Equity Long-Short
Benchmark
NIFTY 500 TRI
Launch date
07 Oct 2025
Expense ratio
—
Exit load
3% if redeemed/switched out on or before completion of 30 days from the date of allotment; nil thereafter
Lock-in
—
Risk-o-meter
Investor Risk Appetite: High — qsif factsheet's own classification, not the standard 5-band SIF riskometer used elsewhere on this site
Minimum investment
₹10,00,000
AMFI scheme code (Direct)
SIF-1
ISIN (Direct, Growth)
INF966L30019
AMFI scheme code (Regular)
SIF-3
ISIN (Regular, Growth)
INF966L30027
Official document
AMC factsheet (PDF)As of 30 Sept 2026
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