Axis Mutual Fund Launches SIF Platform as Hybrid Long-Short Funds Show Resilience
Axis Mutual Fund has launched its Specialized Investment Fund (SIF) platform, Accelerate SIF, focusing on risk-adjusted returns and disciplined portfolio management, with equity and hybrid products planned. Meanwhile, hybrid long-short funds under the SIF framework showed resilience amid September's market volatility, delivering an average return of 0.71%, outperforming broader equity categories. The qSIF Hybrid fund notably gained 16.91%, highlighting the potential of flexible multi-asset strategies combining equity, debt, and derivatives to manage risk and seek returns in varied market conditions.
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Sentiment was consistent across outlets (52–75/100), indicating broadly factual reporting rather than editorialising.
Coverage timeline
moneycontrol broke this story on 9 Oct, 03:05 am. Other outlets followed.