Don't Worry, Quantum Liquid Fund always aims for Safety and Liquidity

Investors of Quantum Mutual Fund and regular readers of Quantum's newsletters would be aware of our constant communication and recommendation over the last 18 months on avoiding risks in your fixed income investing.

Hence we recommend you read (or re-read ??) the 'Tenets of Debt Fund Investing' detailing why and how an investor should approach investing in debt funds with the foremost point being that 'Debt Funds are not Wealth Generating products'.

We had cautioned investors to not to take risks to try and earn that extra 0.5%-1.0% in their debt funds. Debt funds are only an alternative to other fixed income instruments and the priority should be to invest in debt funds or debt instruments, which keep your money safe and liquid.

We have also been highlighting on the important aspect of the investment objective of each scheme and whether the funds are being managed 'True to Label'.

We take this opportunity to assure our investors that due to our conservative stance (we will explain why further in this article) and our continued and unrelenting focus on the SLR principle of Safety, Liquidity and lastly Returns - your investments in Quantum Fixed Income funds are managed in a way to to keep your money safe and liquid.

The Quantum Liquid Fund thus states that 'Do not Invest in Liquid Fund for Returns; Invest in Liquid Funds to keep your money Safe and Liquid'.
As that is the objective of a liquid fund. To keep your money safe and liquid.

Quantum Liquid Fund (QLF) prioritizes safety and liquidity over returns and invests only in less than 91 day maturity instruments issued by Government Securities, treasury bills and top rated PSUs.

Similarly, every commentary on the Quantum Dynamic Bond Fund, because it takes higher market risks, warns the investors to have a 2-3 year view while investing in the fund and to be prepared at all times for short term periods where the returns from the Quantum Dynamic Bond Fund may even be negative.

Over the years as we have seen the risk taking in the bond markets increasing, we have gone the other way by continuously reducing the credit risks that the Quantum Liquid Fund and Quantum Dynamic Bond Fund can take.

The Quantum Liquid Fund and the Quantum Dynamic Bond Fund thus currently invests only in Government Securities, Treasury Bills and bonds issued by a select few AAA rated Public Sector Undertakings. Both the funds do not have any investments in bonds issued by private corporate sector.

The Quantum Liquid Fund and the Quantum Dynamic Bond Fund thus claim to have very low credit/default risk.

In our weekly commentaries and monthly commentaries, we have been consistently highlighting the continued stress in the bond markets and that despite all the actions by the Reserve Bank of India, some segments of the bond market remains risky for investors and presents a systemic risk to the industry as well.

With the onset of COVID-19 and its economic uncertainty, we believe that the sentiment in the bond market will turn adverse and that it may be prudent to be as risk averse as one can be in their investment portfolios.

Over the last 2 weeks, the portfolios of Quantum Liquid Fund and Quantum Dynamic Bond Fund have reduced their exposures even in AAA PSU instruments and both the funds now hold a very large proportion of the portfolio in Government Securities and Treasury Bills.

We believe that we will be holding this conservative stance for a long time as we do not expect things to stabilize anytime soon.

As we have guided earlier, the returns on the Quantum Liquid Fund, due to holding a higher level of cash and treasury bills will drift lower and investors should continue to expect the same.

The portfolio yield of the Quantum Dynamic Bond Fund will be lower due to a higher percentage of government securities but we believe that the government bonds are liquid and will be the biggest beneficiary of all the actions taken by the Reserve Bank of India. But do note that government bonds may not have credit risk but carry market risks and the fund's NAV may get impacted if and when market yields rise and the portfolio is not positioned for that.

We will re-iterate to all investors that these are not the times to try and earn 1-2% higher interest rate from your fixed income investments.
These are the times to be extra careful and cherish safety and liquidity.

Name of the Scheme	This product is suitable for investors who are seeking*	Riskometer
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
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

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