quant Mutual Fund

About quant Mutual Fund

quant Mutual Fund is run by Quant Money Managers Limited, known in the Indian mutual fund industry for an aggressive, quantitative and momentum-driven investment approach, referred to by the AMC as its VLRT (Valuation, Liquidity, Risk appetite, Timing) framework.

Ownership and Heritage

Quant Money Managers, led by Sandeep Tandon, built a distinctive reputation through the early-to-mid 2020s for strong, sometimes chart-topping short-term performance across several of its equity schemes, driven by its systematic, actively-adjusted quantitative process rather than a traditional buy-and-hold discretionary style.

Fund Range and Approach

quant Mutual Fund offers a broad scheme range across large-cap, mid-cap, small-cap and flexi-cap equity funds, sectoral and thematic funds, debt funds, and hybrid schemes, all run through its quantitative VLRT framework rather than conventional discretionary stock-picking.

A Note on the 2024 SEBI Investigation

In June 2024, SEBI conducted search-and-seizure operations at quant Mutual Fund as part of an investigation into suspected front-running (trading ahead of the fund's own upcoming trades) by individuals connected to the AMC. quant Mutual Fund publicly confirmed it received inquiries from SEBI and stated it would cooperate fully with the review. This is a significant, widely reported episode worth being aware of when evaluating the AMC, alongside its investment performance and process.

Who Should Consider quant Mutual Fund

Investors interested in a systematic, quantitatively-driven investment approach with a track record of strong (if volatile) short-term performance should weigh that alongside the 2024 SEBI investigation described above, and should stay updated on any further regulatory developments before and after investing.

Checking a Scheme's Risk-o-Meter

Every Indian mutual fund scheme is required to display a standardised risk-o-meter (ranging from "Low" to "Very High") on its factsheet, reflecting SEBI's categorisation rules for that specific fund type. Checking this alongside the scheme's exact category label - not just its name - is a quick way to confirm a fund actually matches the risk level you're comfortable with before investing, regardless of which AMC runs it.

Checking Total Expense Ratio Trends

SEBI requires every AMC to publish each scheme's total expense ratio (TER) regularly, and TERs can change over time as a scheme's assets under management grow (regulations generally allow a lower TER ceiling for larger schemes). It's worth checking a scheme's current TER directly on the AMC's factsheet rather than relying on a figure that may be a few months old, since even a small change compounds meaningfully over a long holding period.

Reading the Scheme Documents

Before investing in any specific scheme, it's worth reading its scheme information document (SID) and key information memorandum (KIM), both freely available on the AMC's own website - these spell out the exact investment mandate, risk factors, benchmark, and exit load in far more detail than any summary page, including this one, can provide.

Costs: Direct vs Regular Plans

quant schemes are available as Direct Plans or Regular Plans. Use the Expense Ratio Impact Calculator on this site to estimate the long-term rupee difference between the two.

Investing With quant Mutual Fund

Every scheme tracked on this site shows live NAV, computed CAGR and absolute returns, and expense ratio, sourced from AMFI India and MFAPI - see the scheme list below, or open any individual scheme's page to project a SIP or lumpsum investment using its own historical performance and current NAV.