Compare SIF Funds Side by Side

How to choose between SIFs

Specialized Investment Funds look similar on the surface — same ₹10 lakh minimum, same SEBI framework, similar long-short mandates. The real differences show up in three places: how much capital the fund protected during the March 2026 crash, the TER drag on Regular vs Direct plans, and the net-long range the manager actually ran (as opposed to what the scheme document allowed).

We recommend anchoring on the Alpha Shield score first. It's the single number that tells you whether the long-short machinery actually did its job when the market corrected. A fund with an 8+ Alpha Shield protected 60-70% more capital than a fund scoring below 4, on identical benchmark exposure. For long-term compounders, that asymmetry matters more than a few basis points of TER.

Once you've filtered by protection quality, look at since-inception return and category rank. Most SIFs launched between October 2025 and March 2026, so a fund that has held up since inception through a crash has already been stress-tested. Pair that with the SIFPrime ranked list of all 24 SIFs for deeper qualitative context.

Frequently asked questions

How do I compare SIF funds on SIFPrime?

Pick up to 3 Specialized Investment Funds from the selector above. The comparison table shows Alpha Shield score, March 2026 crash-period return, category rank, since-inception return, Total Expense Ratio (TER), minimum investment, redemption frequency, strategy type and benchmark — all side-by-side with best/worst highlighted.

What is the Alpha Shield score?

Alpha Shield is SIFPrime's proprietary capital-protection rating on a 0–10 scale. It measures how much downside a SIF avoided during the March 2026 market crash versus its benchmark. A score above 7 means the fund significantly protected capital during the drawdown.

Which SIF categories can I compare?

All four live SIF categories: Hybrid Long-Short, Equity Long-Short, Ex-Top 100 Long-Short, and Active Asset Allocator. You can mix categories in a single comparison — useful when evaluating risk/return trade-offs across strategies.

Where do the numbers come from?

NAV and returns are updated daily from the AMC-published data. Crash-period analysis uses the March 3–28, 2026 drawdown window. TER is the latest SID-disclosed figure for the Direct and Regular plans.

How is SIFPrime different from aggregators like Groww or Moneycontrol?

SIFPrime is the only India-specific platform focused entirely on SIFs. You get crash-period alpha analysis, capital-protection scoring, net-long-range disclosure, and side-by-side TER savings for Direct vs Regular — data most general aggregators don't track for this new category.