Mumbai, Sept. 11 -- Quant Mutual Fund has submitted draft documents to SEBI to launch the QSIF Hybrid Long-Short Fund under its Specialized Investment Funds (SIF) platform. The fund will follow an interval strategy, investing in both equity and debt securities while taking limited short positions through derivatives.

The scheme aims to offer a mix of capital appreciation and income, maintaining a minimum of 25% exposure each to equities and debt. Derivatives can be used up to 25% of the portfolio for return enhancement and risk management. The fund will benchmark its performance against the Nifty 50 Hybrid Composite Debt 50:50 Index.

Asset allocation is flexible yet controlled: equities and related instruments can account for 25-75% of ...