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Today on 21 Sep 2018, equity markets had a turbulent session as the shares of housing finance companies came under sudden heavy selling pressure as interest rates on their debt spiked in the market. One of the reasons for this sell-off was actually linked to the recent financial stress in the Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) Group.

Recently, IL&FS and its subsidiaries were downgraded directly from the highest credit rating "AAA" to "Junk" which led to broad based nervousness about the credit profile of other private issuers especially NBFCs. Many investors including fund houses are now rushing to sell debt securities of various housing finance companies which are heavily relied on refinancing their debt. This led to a sharp rise in their market yield and thus a drop in prices.

In our debt schemes, Quantum Liquid Fund (QLF) and Quantum Dynamic Bond Fund (QDBF), we do not take any exposure in private sector corporations and invest only in government securities, treasury bills and highest quality instruments issued by Public Sector Undertakings (PSU) which are shortlisted under our proprietary credit research and review process.

Liquid funds are short term saving instruments designed to meet short term cash and contingency needs and are positioned as a substitute to savings bank accounts. The objective of a Liquid Fund is to keep the money Safe, Liquid and earn slightly higher returns than those offered by Savings bank Accounts.
Thus, liquid funds’ portfolios should have very high liquidity, minimum volatility and near zero chances of capital loss (credit risk – risk of default of interest and principal).

At Quantum, we always stress on the primary objective of the liquid funds and advice investors to prioritize safety and liquidity over returns while investing in liquid funds.

We disclose our portfolios of Quantum Liquid Fund and Quantum Dynamic Bond Fund on a weekly basis enhancing transparency. Investors are encouraged to visit the page and peruse the portfolios.

Therefore while the returns that the Quantum Liquid Funds may not be in line with others as the risk that the Quantum Liquid Fund takes is much lower. Hence today’s sell off of private sector instruments has minimal impact on the portfolios of the Quantum Liquid Fund and the Quantum Dynamic Bond Fund.

Name of the Scheme & Primary Benchmark	This product is suitable for investors who are seeking*	Risk-o-meter of Scheme
Quantum Dynamic Bond Fund An Open Ended Dynamic Debt Scheme Investing Across Duration	• Regular income over short to medium term and capital appreciation • Investment in Debt / Money Market Instruments / Government Securities.	Investors understand that their principal will be at Moderate Risk
Quantum Liquid Fund An Open Ended Liquid Scheme	• Income over the short term • Investments in debt / money market instruments.	Investors understand that their principal will be at Low Risk

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Please visit – www.QuantumMF.com to read scheme specific risk factors. Investors in the Scheme(s) are not being offered a guaranteed or assured rate of return and there can be no assurance that the schemes objective will be achieved and the NAV of the scheme(s) may go up and down depending upon the factors and forces affecting securities market. Investment in mutual fund units involves investment risk such as trading volumes, settlement risk, liquidity risk, default risk including possible loss of capital. Past performance of the sponsor / AMC / Mutual Fund does not indicate the future performance of the Scheme(s). Statutory Details: Quantum Mutual Fund (the Fund) has been constituted as a Trust under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882. Sponsor: Quantum Advisors Private Limited. (liability of Sponsor limited to Rs. 1,00,000/-) Trustee: Quantum Trustee Company Private Limited. Investment Manager: Quantum Asset Management Company Private Limited. The Sponsor, Trustee and Investment Manager are incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956.

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