{"id":8322,"date":"2026-05-23T11:18:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T05:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/money\/?p=8322"},"modified":"2026-05-23T11:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T05:48:08","slug":"specialized-investment-fund-sif-sebis-new-asset-class-between-mutual-funds-and-pms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/money\/specialized-investment-fund-sif-sebis-new-asset-class-between-mutual-funds-and-pms\/","title":{"rendered":"Specialized Investment Fund (SIF): SEBI&#8217;s New Asset Class Between Mutual Funds and PMS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> <em>Investors who want more than a mutual fund but less complexity than a portfolio management service, the specialised investment fund (SIF) comes as a good option to consider. This article simplifies the concept of SIF in mutual funds, the allowed investment strategies, and who should consider investing.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In the earlier system the Indian investing landscape had few categories, the conventional mutual fund with a minimum investment of \u20b9500 or even lower, and the customised category of portfolio management service (PMS) of minimum investment of \u20b950 lakh. The \u20b9500 to \u20b950 lakh gap always was in two extremes. In 2025, the SEBI introduced the Specialised Investment Fund (SIF), bridging the gap between conventional mutual funds and the PMS.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content-3\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-963920305\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/money\/recommends\/scapia\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"scapia (1)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains-wp.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/money\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/scapia-1.jpg\" alt=\"scapia (1)\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/tradebrains-wp.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/money\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/scapia-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/tradebrains-wp.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/money\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/scapia-1-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/tradebrains-wp.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/money\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/scapia-1-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-sif\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>What is SIF?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A Specialised Investment Fund (SIF) is the new investment instrument introduced by SEBI, effective from April, 2025, that allows the Asset Management Companies (AMCs) to offer strategy focused schemes with much portfolio flexibility than the conventional mutual funds. This operates under the same mutual fund framework regulated by SEBI, but in SIF use of complex investment strategies like, long-short equity, sector-based positioning, and active asset allocation, and can take unhedged short positions up to 25% of the portfolio using derivatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> A regular mutual fund can only buy the stocks but a SIF manager can also short them, and potentially benefit even when the markets fall.<\/p><div class=\"trade-in-content\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-2651720162\"><script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\" id=\"AdsCoreLoader101144\" src=\"https:\/\/sads.adsboosters.xyz\/fbda060f29d5b8e8c653abce4ac69b7b.js\"><\/script>\r\n\u00a0<div class=\"ads-core-ads\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-is-it-any-different-from-mutual-funds-and-pms\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>How is it any different from Mutual Funds and PMS?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"footable_parent_8834\"\n         class=\" footable_parent ninja_table_wrapper loading_ninja_table wp_table_data_press_parent semantic_ui \">\n                <table data-ninja_table_instance=\"ninja_table_instance_0\" data-footable_id=\"8834\" data-filter-delay=\"1000\" aria-label=\"Credit Card - Sheet1 (4).csv\"            id=\"footable_8834\"\n           data-unique_identifier=\"ninja_table_unique_id_802726872_8834\"\n           class=\" foo-table ninja_footable foo_table_8834 ninja_table_unique_id_802726872_8834 ui table  ninja_search_right nt_type_ajax_table selectable striped compact vertical_centered  footable-paging-right ninja_table_search_disabled\">\n                <colgroup>\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_0 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_1 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_2 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_3 \">\n                    <\/colgroup>\n            <\/table>\n    \n    \n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>SIFs have a minimum investment requirement of \u20b910 lakh which is much lower than the \u20b950 lakh requirement for a PMS and a \u20b91 crore requirement in an AIF.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-1046467485\"><div translate=\"no\" class='mailmunch-forms-widget-1169732'><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-investment-strategies-are-allowed\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>What Investment Strategies are Allowed?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To prevent excessive proliferation of funds, only one investment strategy is permitted per category under a single AMC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-equity-oriented-strategies\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Equity-Oriented Strategies<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<div id=\"footable_parent_8835\"\n         class=\" footable_parent ninja_table_wrapper loading_ninja_table wp_table_data_press_parent semantic_ui \">\n                <table data-ninja_table_instance=\"ninja_table_instance_1\" data-footable_id=\"8835\" data-filter-delay=\"1000\" aria-label=\"Credit Card - Sheet1 (5).csv\"            id=\"footable_8835\"\n           data-unique_identifier=\"ninja_table_unique_id_2964844088_8835\"\n           class=\" foo-table ninja_footable foo_table_8835 ninja_table_unique_id_2964844088_8835 ui table  ninja_search_right nt_type_ajax_table selectable striped compact vertical_centered  footable-paging-right ninja_table_search_disabled\">\n                <colgroup>\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_0 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_1 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_2 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_3 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_4 \">\n                    <\/colgroup>\n            <\/table>\n    \n    \n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p><em>Source: Feb 27, 2025, Circular No.: SEBI\/HO\/IMD\/IMD-I POD-1\/P\/CIR\/2025\/26<\/em><\/p><div class=\"trade-content-2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-3026435560\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/get\/voltmoney\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" aria-label=\"LAMF3 300_250 (1)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains-wp.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/money\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LAMF3-300_250-1.png\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-debt-oriented-strategies\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Debt-Oriented Strategies<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<div id=\"footable_parent_8836\"\n         class=\" footable_parent ninja_table_wrapper loading_ninja_table wp_table_data_press_parent semantic_ui \">\n                <table data-ninja_table_instance=\"ninja_table_instance_2\" data-footable_id=\"8836\" data-filter-delay=\"1000\" aria-label=\"Credit Card - Sheet1 (6).csv\"            id=\"footable_8836\"\n           data-unique_identifier=\"ninja_table_unique_id_3861179273_8836\"\n           class=\" foo-table ninja_footable foo_table_8836 ninja_table_unique_id_3861179273_8836 ui table  ninja_search_right nt_type_ajax_table selectable striped compact vertical_centered  footable-paging-right ninja_table_search_disabled\">\n                <colgroup>\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_0 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_1 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_2 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_3 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_4 \">\n                    <\/colgroup>\n            <\/table>\n    \n    \n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p><em>Source: Feb 27, 2025, Circular No.: SEBI\/HO\/IMD\/IMD-I POD-1\/P\/CIR\/2025\/26<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Also read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/money\/fd-rate-update-banks-that-have-revised-their-fixed-deposit-interest-rates-in-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FD Rate Update: Banks That Have Revised Their Fixed Deposit Interest Rates in 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hybrid-investment-strategies\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Hybrid-Investment Strategies<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<div id=\"footable_parent_8837\"\n         class=\" footable_parent ninja_table_wrapper loading_ninja_table wp_table_data_press_parent semantic_ui \">\n                <table data-ninja_table_instance=\"ninja_table_instance_3\" data-footable_id=\"8837\" data-filter-delay=\"1000\" aria-label=\"Credit Card - Sheet1 (7).csv\"            id=\"footable_8837\"\n           data-unique_identifier=\"ninja_table_unique_id_1029659982_8837\"\n           class=\" foo-table ninja_footable foo_table_8837 ninja_table_unique_id_1029659982_8837 ui table  ninja_search_right nt_type_ajax_table selectable striped compact vertical_centered  footable-paging-right ninja_table_search_disabled\">\n                <colgroup>\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_0 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_1 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_2 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_3 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_4 \">\n                    <\/colgroup>\n            <\/table>\n    \n    \n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p><em>Source: Feb 27, 2025, Circular No.: SEBI\/HO\/IMD\/IMD-I POD-1\/P\/CIR\/2025\/26<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Taxation-<\/strong> The taxation of SIF, decided by SEBI, is same as mutual fund, and in case of equities a STCG tax of 20% and LTCG tax of 12.5% get levied, and for debt mutual funds capital gains are taxed as per the investor\u2019s income tax slab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Liquidity and SIP Options-<\/strong> Liquidity in SIFs varies depending on the fund\u2019s structure and strategy. AMCs are permitted to offer SIP, SWR, and STP under SIFs, provided that the cumulative should be \u20b910 lakh across these modes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-who-should-and-shouldn-t-invest\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>Who should and shouldn\u2019t invest!!!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Should<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Have a minimum of \u20b910 lakh investable surplus more than their emergency fund and regular SIPs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have a moderate to high risk tolerance, and a long investment horizon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Understand how derivatives, short positions, and leverage strategies work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Shouldn\u2019t<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First-time investors and are new to market-linked products<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Investor who needs high liquidity or predictable monthly returns<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Investors who cannot handle short-term volatility or potential amplified drawdowns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-conclusion\" style=\"font-size:22px\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>SIF is not a replacement for mutual funds or PMS, it is just an alternative instrument that the investors can consider for gaining more financial flexibility than the mutual fund but less capital requirement than PMS. Please note before any investment decision, consulting a SEBI-registered financial advisor is strongly recommended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Written by Jahnavi<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis: Investors who want more than a mutual fund but less complexity than a portfolio management service, the specialised investment fund (SIF) comes as a good option to consider. This article simplifies the concept of SIF in mutual funds, the allowed investment strategies, and who should consider investing. 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