Bengaluru, Sept. 12 -- Synopsis- A new entrant in the mutual fund industry in India is Specialized Investment Funds (SIFs), which SEBI introduced through amendments in December 2024 and implemented on April 1, 2025. SIFs are supposed to target the higher end investor and offer long-short equity positions, derivative exposures and multi-asset allocations with minimum investments of rs 10 lakh.

Introduction to SIFs On December 16, 2024, SEBI revised the Mutual Fund Regulations that opened the way to SIFs. SIFs take the form of mutual fund trusts supervised by trustees, AMCs and custodians as per SEBI regulative provisions. Two notable early entrants:

In September 2025, Quant Mutual Fund declared its plans to launch a QSIF Equity Long-Shor...