Mumbai, Aug. 28 -- Quant Mutual Fund has filed offer documents with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to launch two new schemes under the Specialized Investment Fund (SIF) framework. The proposed products are the qsif Equity Long-Short Fund and the qsif Equity Ex-Top 100 Long-Short Fund.

This marks the first product filing under the new SIF framework, which allows fund houses to adopt a variety of strategies across equity, debt and hybrid categories. The minimum investment size for SIF products is set at Rs 10 lakh, making them targeted at high net-worth and sophisticated investors.

So far, Sebi has approved seven distinct strategies under the framework, including three in the equity segment - the equity long-short fund,...