
SIF AUM surged 29% to ₹17,858 crore in June as Hybrid Long-Short Funds alone drew ₹2,043 crore, up 189% from May. The broader mutual fund industry also saw record participation.
Assets under management in India's Specialised Investment Funds (SIFs) jumped 29.3% in June to ₹17,857.77 crore, driven by a surge in inflows into hybrid long-short strategies, data from ValueMetrics Mutual Fund & SIF Flow Meter showed.
Net inflows into the category hit ₹3,782 crore in June, more than double the ₹1,396 crore recorded in May. Cumulative inflows since the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) introduced the SIF framework in February 2025 have reached ₹17,407 crore.
Hybrid investment strategies accounted for 72% of total SIF assets at ₹12,822 crore. Within that, Hybrid Long-Short Funds alone managed ₹11,910 crore, or 67% of the industry's total AUM. The average folio size in these funds was ₹35 lakh. These funds also led monthly inflows, drawing ₹2,043 crore in June, up 189% from ₹707 crore in May.
Equity-oriented strategies made up the remaining 28% of SIF assets at ₹5,036 crore. They received ₹1,097 crore in June inflows, a 68% increase from ₹652 crore in May. Cumulative inflows into equity-oriented SIFs stand at ₹4,938 crore.
The broader mutual fund industry also saw strong participation in June. Total industry AUM rose to ₹82.2 lakh crore. Active equity funds recorded gross inflows of ₹67,601 crore, up from ₹57,604 crore in May, with net inflows at ₹28,973 crore. Hybrid funds, excluding arbitrage schemes, posted net inflows of ₹7,163 crore, compared with ₹4,862 crore in May.
SEBI designed the SIF framework to sit between regular mutual funds and high-ticket Portfolio Management Services (PMS). Since the category's launch, cumulative inflows have reached ₹11,568 crore, representing two-thirds of all money invested in SIFs.
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