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Review methodology
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Hybrid / Multi-Asset

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qsif Hybrid Long-Short Fund

A hybrid SIF strategy combining asset allocation flexibility with long-short positioning.

launchedHybrid Long-ShortEvidence sufficient for review. Enough evidence is available for a meaningful research review, not a suitability decision. This reflects evidence coverage, NAV freshness, and document availability. It is not a performance rating or investment recommendation.

Research summary

Review brief

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

Research context

Investors comparing multi-asset SIF strategies

Review carefully if

Asset allocation shifts may change risk exposure meaningfully over time

Next source check

Review minimum investment: SIF ticket size and accredited-investor variations must be checked from current documents.

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
OptionDirectRegular
Growth

₹13.0913

17 Sept 2026

₹12.9091

17 Sept 2026

IDCW

₹13.0913

17 Sept 2026

Payout + Reinvestment

₹13.1230

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 Growth · AMFI SIF-5 · payout/growth ISIN INF966L30076

Direct IDCW · AMFI SIF-6 · payout/growth ISIN INF966L30092 · reinvestment ISIN INF966L30100

Regular Growth · AMFI SIF-7 · payout/growth ISIN INF966L30084

Regular IDCW · AMFI SIF-8 · payout/growth ISIN INF966L30118 · reinvestment ISIN INF966L30126

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

As per scheme documents

Source found
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 8 Sept 2026

Liquidity / exit terms

Scheme-specific exit and redemption terms

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 8 Sept 2026

Fund manager / team

Fund managers: Sandeep Tandon (primary); Ankit Pande, Sameer Kate, Sanjeev Sharma, and Jignesh Shah (co-managers). Jignesh Shah has managed since 20 February 2026; the others since allotment.

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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AMFI qSIF Hybrid Long-Short strategy summary / Source reviewed 5 Sept 2026

AUM

Fund Size as on 31 August 2026: Rs. 298.00 crore.

Available
Why this matters

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

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qSIF August 2026 factsheet / Source reviewed 8 Sept 2026

TER / costs

Annual expense (stated maximum), reviewed 5 September 2026: Regular 3.42%; Direct 2.00%.

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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AMFI qSIF Hybrid Long-Short strategy summary / Source reviewed 5 Sept 2026

Exit load / dealing rules

Exit Load: 1% if redeemed/switched out on or before completion of 15 days from allotment; no exit load after 15 days from allotment. No load for switches between options/sub-options or between Regular and Direct plans.

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 qSIF Hybrid Long-Short ISID / Source reviewed 28 Jun 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 3

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Source reviewed 15 Sept 2026

Benchmark

Launch disclosure

Lower riskHigher risk

Risk Band Level 5

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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.

qsif Hybrid Long-Short FundNifty 500 TRI
Market context: indexed growthqsif Hybrid Long-Short Fund, Nifty 500 TRI over 223 exact common-date observations from 20 Oct 2025 to 16 Sept 2026.
20 Oct 202516 Sept 2026

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

This SIF return

+29.96%

Exact common window

Comparator return

-4.15%

Nifty 500 TRI; same dates and basis

Return difference

+34.11%

SIF minus selected comparator

Maximum drawdown

-3.80% / -14.69%

SIF / comparator

Annualized volatility

10.23% / 14.43%

Observed daily variability; SIF / comparator

Common observations

223

20 Oct 2025 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

qsif Hybrid Long-Short Fund

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

Hybrid Long-Short

A hybrid strategy that may combine equity, debt, cash, derivatives, and hedging tools depending on the scheme design.

For MF investors: This may look like a hybrid mutual fund, but the SIF structure can allow a more active implementation style and different risk behavior.

Asset-class flexibility and limits across equity, debt, cash, and derivatives.

Redemption terms, exit conditions, and whether the strategy is interval-style or open-ended.

Factsheet evidence for actual allocation, not only the category name.

Usually fits

Usually studied by investors seeking flexible allocation, but only after understanding liquidity and downside behavior.

Review carefully

A hybrid label does not automatically mean low risk or stable returns.

Mutual fund bridge

Mutual fund context if this SIF is not suitable

For qsif Hybrid Long-Short Fund, 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

Dynamic allocation comparison

Hybrid long-short context

13 curated MFs

For investors who need asset-allocation flexibility and lower entry ticket before deciding whether a hybrid SIF is appropriate.

Same-AMC conventional starting point

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

Why compare, carefully

Compare equity-debt-gold mix, volatility control, downside participation, and tax/liquidity treatment against hybrid SIF disclosures.

Key limitation

Balanced advantage, multi-asset, and equity-savings funds cannot be treated as the same product as a hybrid long-short SIF with broader strategy permissions.

Compare using

  • Equity allocation range
  • Volatility versus Nifty 50 Hybrid Composite Debt 65:35 TRI
  • Downside capture

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

qSIF ISID checked for scheme identity, plan structure, and dealing terms.

Open document

Document link checked 8 Sept 2026

Factsheet

Source checked

Official qSIF September 2026 factsheet reports the Hybrid Long-Short Fund fund size/AUM as of 2026-08-31.

Open document

Document link checked 8 Sept 2026

AUM / AAUM disclosure

Additional source not linked

AUM is available from the linked source. A separate AUM / AAUM disclosure is not linked yet.

Document not linked

Check date pending

NAV source

Source checked

AMFI latest-NAV feed supplies the plan-and-option rows used by the daily NAV refresh.

Open document

Document link checked 8 Sept 2026

Portfolio disclosure

Source located

qSIF statutory disclosures area identified; exact portfolio disclosure file still needs capture.

Open document

Document link checked 8 Sept 2026

Risk-band

Source checked

AMFI current strategy summary reports Risk Band 3; the ISID separately retains the launch-time level.

Open document

Document link checked 8 Sept 2026

How to proceed

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Read process

Research first

Use elitefunds to understand the SIF universe, NAV context, strategy, documents, and source gaps.

Verify official sources

Open the AMC, factsheet, ISID, KIM, dated Risk-band, and portfolio disclosures before relying on any profile.

Proceed through authorized channels

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Before proceeding with this SIF

Is qsif Hybrid Long-Short Fund 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?