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₹38,287 Cr

Total SIF AUM

Funds tracked

Fund houses

NAV data as of 23 Oct 2026

Top Equity SIFs

Ranked by return over the selected period

Period

Fund1M return

Arthaya Equity Long Short Fund

Union Mutual Fund

−1.11%02

Apex Equity Ex-Top 100 Long-Short Fund

Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund

−1.59%03

Apex Equity Long-Short Fund

Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund

−2.91%04

Arudha Equity Long-Short Fund

Bandhan Mutual Fund

−3.80%05

qSIF Sector Rotation Long-Short Fund

Quant Mutual Fund

−4.44%06

Titanium Equity Long-Short Fund

Tata Mutual Fund

−5.13%07

qSIF Equity Long Short Fund

Quant Mutual Fund

−5.28%08

Sapphire Equity Long-Short SIF

Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund

−5.93%09

Diviniti Equity Long Short Fund

ITI Mutual Fund

−6.05%10

DynaSIF Equity Long - Short Fund

360 ONE Mutual Fund

−6.14%11

Summit Equity Long-Short Fund

Invesco

−6.65%12

iSIF Equity Ex-Top 100 Long-Short Fund

ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund

−6.74%13

WSIF Equity Long-Short Fund

Wealth Company Asset Management

−6.91%14

iSIF Equity Long-Short Fund

ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund

−7.12%15

qSIF Equity Ex-Top 100 Long-Short Fund

Quant Mutual Fund

−7.69%16

Magnum Equity Ex-Top 100 Long Short Fund

SBI Mutual Fund

−7.97%17

DynaSIF Equity Ex-Top 100 Long - Short Fund

360 ONE Mutual Fund

−8.46%18

WSIF Equity Ex-Top 100 Long-Short Fund

Wealth Company Asset Management

−9.09%19

Altiva Equity Ex- Top 100 Long - Short Fund

Edelweiss Mutual Fund

−9.78%

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Top fund houses

By SIF AUM · share of ₹38,287 Cr total

Edelweiss₹12,853 Cr · 35%

ICICI Prudential₹6,112 Cr · 17%

SBI₹4,531 Cr · 12%

Quant₹3,762 Cr · 10%

Kotak Mahindra₹2,995 Cr · 8%

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Category returns

Average since inception, by strategy

Active AA

+7.4%

Hybrid Long-Short

+4.0%

Ex-Top 100

−0.8%

Sector Rotation

−0.8%

Equity Long-Short

−2.6%

Where SIF money sits

AUM by strategy

Hybrid Long-Short₹23,957 Cr · 63%

Ex-Top 100₹7,595 Cr · 20%

Equity Long-Short₹4,216 Cr · 11%

Active AA₹2,456 Cr · 6%

Sector Rotation₹62 Cr · 0%

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How SIFs fared against mutual funds and indices: Did hybrid SIFs balance growth and downside protection?

Moneycontrol.com · 2d ago

Sundaram Mutual’s new SIF explained: How its long-short equity strategy works

CNBC TV18 · 3d ago

Sundaram MF enters SIF space; Choice MF launches first active equity fund

Business Standard · 3d ago

Select SIF by Sundaram Mutual enters SIF space with long-short equity Ex-Top 100 Fund

Cafemutual · 3d ago

Sundaram Mutual Fund announces launch of Equity Ex-Top 100 Long Short Fund through its SIF platform Select

The Economic Times · 3d ago

Nuvama AMC gets SEBI approval to launch specialised investment fund

CNBC TV18 · 3d ago