Equity-Oriented

Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund

Sapphire Equity Long-Short SIF

A source-backed Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund SIF profile covering the Equity Long-Short strategy, AMFI NAV history, and official disclosure links.

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Research summary

Review brief

The available documents and NAV history support comparison, while personal suitability still needs professional judgment.

Research context

Experienced investors evaluating source-backed Equity Long-Short exposure with listed-equity and derivative-led strategy complexity

Review carefully if

SIF complexity, derivative use, liquidity terms, and dated numeric Risk-band evidence can differ from familiar mutual fund categories.

Next source check

Review liquidity / exit terms: Exact redemption windows, notice periods, and exit loads need source-backed review.

Source dates matter: a document can remain useful even when a newer reporting period is not yet available.

NAV by plan and option

AMFI source checked 18 Sept 2026

4 verified rows

Latest NAV by Direct and Regular plan for Growth and IDCW options
Option	Direct	Regular
Growth	₹985.3284 17 Sept 2026	₹978.7464 17 Sept 2026
IDCW	₹985.3284 17 Sept 2026 Payout + Reinvestment	₹978.7464 17 Sept 2026 Payout + Reinvestment

IDCW distribution history

Payout + Reinvestment facilities published for Direct and Regular plans.

Event review pending

Daily IDCW NAV is not a payout record. No distribution amount or date is inferred from NAV movement.

Source identifiers

Direct IDCW · AMFI SIF-94 · payout/growth ISIN INF090I30063 · reinvestment ISIN INF090I30055

Direct Growth · AMFI SIF-95 · payout/growth ISIN INF090I30048

Regular Growth · AMFI SIF-96 · payout/growth ISIN INF090I30014

Regular IDCW · AMFI SIF-97 · payout/growth ISIN INF090I30030 · reinvestment ISIN INF090I30022

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Decision facts

Six facts to check before shortlisting.

Read these alongside the Risk-band and performance sections. Dates and source links remain attached to each value.

Minimum investment

Rs. 10 lakh minimum SIF threshold; verify latest AMFI and AMC scheme documents before action

Available

Why this matters

If the investor cannot meet the ticket size or suitability threshold, use mutual fund alternatives instead.

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Investment Strategy Information Document / Source reviewed 25 Jun 2026

Liquidity / exit terms

Scheme-specific subscription, redemption, exit load, and notice terms; verify latest official documents before action

Source found

Why this matters

Liquidity can matter more than returns if the investor may need money quickly or cannot tolerate interval restrictions.

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Investment Strategy Information Document / Source reviewed 25 Jun 2026

Fund manager / team

Fund manager: Arihant Jain; from date April 29, 2026.

Available

Why this matters

Manager identity and relevant strategy experience help judge process credibility, but should come from official AMC evidence.

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Official AMFI Franklin Sapphire Equity Long-Short strategy summary / Source reviewed 2 Jul 2026

AUM

Not captured yet

Source found

Why this matters

AUM affects liquidity, scalability, concentration, and whether returns are coming from a very small base.

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Monthly factsheet / Source reviewed 5 Sept 2026

TER / costs

Annual Expense (stated maximum): Regular 3.01%; Direct 1.28%.

Available

Why this matters

Costs are essential before comparing a SIF against mutual funds or deciding whether a complex strategy is worth it.

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Official AMFI Franklin Sapphire Equity Long-Short strategy summary / Source reviewed 5 Sept 2026

Exit load / dealing rules

Exit Load: 1% if units are redeemed within one year of allotment; nil thereafter.

Available

Why this matters

Exit loads, notice periods, and dealing frequency can change suitability even when the strategy looks attractive.

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Official AMFI Franklin Sapphire Equity Long-Short ISID / Source reviewed 2 Jul 2026

Questions to resolve before shortlisting

What market condition is this strategy designed to handle best?

How does the scheme manage downside risk and liquidity pressure?

Which investor profile is explicitly not suitable for this SIF?

Risk band

Strategy and benchmark are shown separately.

A higher number indicates a higher position on the five-level Risk-band. It is one suitability input, not a complete risk verdict.

Five-level scale

Investment strategy

Current AMFI summary

Lower riskHigher risk

Risk Band Level 5

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Source reviewed 15 Sept 2026

Benchmark

As of 30 Jun 2026

Lower riskHigher risk

Risk Band Level 3

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Source reviewed 5 Sept 2026

Performance evidence

Return context, with the comparison limit visible.

This is a source-matched comparison, not a return ranking. Move from market context to same-strategy SIF peers or a relatable mutual fund without hiding the limits of each lens.

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Official scheme benchmark: Not captured yet

Comparison lens

Market context

The SIF and public TRI are rebased on their exact common dates. The index is a market lens, not the official scheme benchmark.

Sapphire Equity Long-Short SIFNifty 500 TRI

29 Apr 202616 Sept 2026

Every series is rebased to 100 on the first exact common date; values are not NAV levels.

This SIF return

-2.59%

Exact common window

Comparator return

-0.88%

Nifty 500 TRI; same dates and basis

Return difference

-1.71%

SIF minus selected comparator

Maximum drawdown

-5.21% / -5.50%

SIF / comparator

Annualized volatility

10.70% / 11.23%

Observed daily variability; SIF / comparator

Common observations

29 Apr 2026 to 16 Sept 2026

Comparison limit: Use this lens to study market participation, not to judge a hybrid mandate as though it were a pure-equity fund.

Sources, calculations and risk-ratio policy

Sapphire Equity Long-Short SIF

AMFI daily SIF NAV | Regular Growth

Open source

Data through 16 Sept 2026. Snapshot checked 18 Sept 2026. Automated daily snapshot after identity, freshness, and history QA.

Nifty 500 TRI

NSE Indices TRI snapshot | Total Return Index

Open source

Data through 16 Sept 2026. Snapshot checked 17 Sept 2026. Automated benchmark snapshot; exact common dates only.

Returns, drawdowns, and volatility are calculated by elitefunds from exact common-date observations. Automated fields refresh with the scheduled data pipeline and remain subject to source QA.

Risk-ratio guardrail

Sharpe and Sortino are withheld while the strategy has less than 36 months of observed history. Publishing either ratio now would turn a short launch record into a misleading precision signal.

Strategy lens

Equity Long-Short

An equity strategy that can hold long positions and use short exposure or hedging tools within the scheme mandate.

For MF investors: For a mutual fund investor, this is not a simple diversified equity fund. The manager has more room to express market views, hedge, or manage downside differently.

How short exposure and derivatives are permitted in the official document.

Whether the strategy is net long, market-neutral, or flexible across cycles.

How liquidity, dated Risk-band, and portfolio disclosures support the strategy claim.

Usually fits

Usually studied by experienced investors who can tolerate strategy complexity and equity-linked risk.

Review carefully

Do not compare it with a regular flexi-cap or large-cap fund only by NAV or category label.

Same-strategy peers

Compare this SIF against similar strategy labels before moving to AMC-level judgment.

Open strategies

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Mutual fund bridge

Mutual fund context if this SIF is not suitable

For Sapphire Equity Long-Short SIF, compare conventional mutual funds when the Rs. 10 lakh SIF ticket, liquidity terms, or strategy complexity is not suitable. A same-AMC option is identified where the curated universe supports it.

Not equivalent to SIF

Lower-ticket equity core comparison

Equity long-short context

13 curated MFs

For investors who like the equity-growth objective of an equity SIF but cannot or should not start with the Rs. 10 lakh SIF threshold.

Same-AMC conventional starting point

Franklin India Flexi Cap FundSame AMC

Fund-house continuity only; the mutual fund does not replicate the SIF mandate, short book, or liquidity terms.

Why compare, carefully

Compare rolling returns, downside capture, drawdown behaviour, market-cap mix, and consistency against equity TRI benchmarks before discussing a SIF allocation.

Key limitation

A diversified equity mutual fund does not provide the same permitted short exposure, leverage rules, or derivative-led strategy latitude as an equity long-short SIF.

Compare using

• Rolling 1Y/3Y return bands
• Downside capture versus Nifty 500 TRI
• Maximum drawdown and recovery months

Other curated peers

Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund Quant Flexi Cap Fund Nippon India Multi Cap Fund Mirae Asset Large & Midcap Fund SBI Large Cap Fund ICICI Prudential Flexicap Fund+6 more

Same AMC identifies fund-house continuity only. It does not imply closer equivalence, superior suitability, or a recommendation.

Open the mutual fund section for the full category map, live NAV context, and broader peer set.

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Sources and documents

Open the document behind a decision fact.

Each document is linked to the information it supports. Check its date when a current value matters to your decision.

Source ledger

6 tracked document types with source and check-date details.

ISID / offer document

Source checked

Official AMFI information document PDF captured for this SIF strategy.

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Document link checked 25 Jun 2026

Factsheet

Source checked

Current AMFI strategy summary was opened and used for manager, stated-maximum expense, exit-load, and risk-band checks; recurring AMC factsheets remain a separate source.

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Document link checked 5 Sept 2026

AUM / AAUM disclosure

Not yet linked

Official AUM or AAUM disclosure. Use only when it identifies the exact SIF strategy and date.

Document not linked

Check date pending

NAV source

Source checked

Official AMFI latest-NAV API maps the reviewed Regular Growth row for this strategy as of 2026-06-24.

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Document link checked 25 Jun 2026

Portfolio disclosure

Source located

Official AMFI strategy summary XLS is available; recurring portfolio disclosure remains a separate issuer-level verification task.

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Document link checked 25 Jun 2026

Risk-band

Source checked

Current AMFI strategy summary reports Sapphire Equity Long-Short SIF at Risk Level 5.

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Document link checked 5 Sept 2026

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How to proceed

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Research first

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Verify official sources

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Before proceeding with this SIF

Is Sapphire Equity Long-Short SIF suitable for the role you want in the portfolio?

Have NAV freshness, liquidity terms, taxation, and dated Risk-band evidence been checked?

Has the fund manager/team evidence been verified from official documents?

Which authorized distributor, advisor, or AMC channel will handle execution if you proceed?