March 19, 2025
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Quant Arbitrage Fund details, Fund Portfolio, Fund Returns, Peer Comparison, Mutual Fund Guidance @sahifund.com
Table of Contents:
- NFO Open date, Close date
- NFO Investment Strategy
- NFO Basic Details
- NFO Benchmark Index
- Performance Review of Fund Manager
- Should You Invest in this NFO?
- Invest Online
What is the Quant Arbitrage Fund Open Date, Close Date?
NFO opens on March 18, 2025
NFO will close on April 01, 2025
Investment Strategy for this NFO?
The scheme is to generate capital appreciation and income by predominantly investing in arbitrage opportunities in the cash and the derivative segments of the equity markets and the arbitrage opportunities available within the derivative segment and by investing the balance in debt and money market instruments
Basic Details
| Fund House | Quant Mutual Fund |
| Issue Open | 18 March 2025 |
| Issue Close | 01 April 2025 |
| Type | Open-ended |
| Category | Hybrid: Arbitrage |
| Min. Investment(Rs) | 5,000 |
| Plans | Growth, IDCW |
| Lock-in Period | NA |
| Exit Load | 0.25% for redemption within 1 month |
| Riskometer | Low |
| Benchmark | NIFTY 50 Arbitrage TRI |
About Benchmark Index for this NFO?
In equity market arbitrage is a popular strategy used by market participants that involves buying equities and selling equivalent equity futures.
The Nifty 50 Arbitrage Index aims to measure the performance of such arbitrage strategies. The index measures performance of portfolio involving investment in equity and equivalent short position equity futures, short-term debt market investments and cash.
Portfolio Characteristics
| Methodology | Price Returns |
| No. of Constituents | – |
| Launch Date | July 08, 2016 |
| Base Date | April 01, 2010 |
| Base Value | 1000 |
| Calculation Frequency | End of day |
| Index Rebalancing | – |
Fund Managers of Quant Arbitrage Fund
1) Sameer Kate
Education: Bachelor of Computer Science, MBA from IME Pune.
Experience: Prior to joining Quant Mutual Fund, he was working with Investec Capital and Kotak Securities,
2) Sanjeev Sharma
Education: Mr. Sharma is a Commerce Graduate and PGDBA (Finance) from Symbiosis, Pune.
Experience: He has total work experience of 17 years including 13 years of experience in the financial market. He specializes in identifying crucial inflexion points in securities.
3) Yug Tibrewal
Education: B.M.S, CFA L1
Experience: Yug is an investment professional with over 2 years of experience in dealing related activities
Registrar & Transfer Agent
KFin Technologies Ltd.
Address: 303, Vamsee Estates, Opp. Big Bazaar, Ameerpet, Hyderabad – 500016
Website: https://mfs.kfintech.com/mfs/
Review for Quant Arbitrage Fund @Sahifund.com by Paresh Gordhandas, C.A., Research Analyst
[ A ] Benchmark Performance of NIFTY 50 Arbitrage TRI
| QTD | YTD | 1 Year | 5 Years | Since Inception | |
| Returns (%) # | 1.36 | 1.36 | 7.52 | 5.27 | 6.21 |
| 1 Year | 5 Years | Since Inception | |
| Std. Deviation * | 1.35 | 1.38 | 1.44 |
Weights of Index Constituents
| Near-Month | |
| NIFTY 50 Index Futures | 65% |
| 1 Month MIBOR | 30% |
| Cash | 5% |
Note on Benchmark Performance:
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[ B ] Performance Review of the Fund Managers of this NF
Past Performance of Sameer Kate
| Fund | Quant Commodities Fund | It’s Benchmark | Quant Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund | It’s Benchmark |
| 1 Year | 9.34 | 4.84 | 0.91 | 4.23 |
| 3 Year | — | — | — | — |
| 5 Year | — | — | — | — |
| 7 Year | — | — | — | — |
| 10 Year | — | — | — | — |
As on 19-3-2025
Past Performance of Sanjeev Sharma
| Fund | Quant Active Fund | It’s Benchmark | Quant Value Fund | It’s Benchmark |
| 1 Year | -6.55 | 5.91 | -3.26 | 4.84 |
| 3 Year | 11.58 | 15.56 | 20.12 | 13.02 |
| 5 Year | 33.39 | — | — | — |
| 7 Year | 18.23 | — | — | — |
| 10 Year | 16.35 | — | — | — |
As on 19-3-2025
Past Performance of Yug Tibrewal
| Fund | Quant Active Fund | It’s Benchmark | Quant Active Fund | It’s Benchmark |
| 1 Year | -6.55 | 5.91 | -6.14 | 8.47 |
| 3 Year | 11.58 | 15.56 | — | — |
| 5 Year | 33.39 | — | — | — |
| 7 Year | 18.23 | — | — | — |
| 10 Year | 16.35 | — | — | — |
As on 19-3-2025
Note on Fund Managers’ performance
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[ C ] Conclusion
Is it good to invest in Quant Arbitrage Fund NFO?
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