Religare Mutual Fund has filed an offer document with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to launch Religare Long Short Equity Fund, an open-ended equity scheme. The new fund offer (NFO) price for the scheme is Rs.10 per unit.
The investment objective of the scheme is to generate long term capital appreciation, over market cycles with lower volatility than the broad market, from a diversified portfolio of long and short positions in predominantly equity and equity related instruments.
The scheme offers growth and dividend option. The dividend option further has payout and reinvestment facility.
The scheme would invest 65-100% of asset in long position in equity and equity related instruments. 0-100% in short position in equity and equity related instruments. 0-35% in debt and money market instruments. Debt instruments may include securitized debt (excluding foreign securitized debt) upto 35% of the net assets.
The scheme will not charge entry load. In respect of each purchase/ switch in of units an exit load of 1% is payable if units are redeemed/switched out on or before 1 year from the date of allotment. In respect of each purchase/ switch in of units no exit load is payable if units are redeemed/switched out after 1 year from the date of allotment.
The minimum application amount is Rs 5000 and in multiple of Re 1 thereafter.
The fund seeks to collect a minimum subscription amount of Rs.1 crore.
The schemes performance would be benchmarked against S&P CNX Nifty.
Vetri Subramaniam is the fund manager of the scheme.