The open-ended fund is designed to invest in special situations, unique market events that can unlock long-term capital appreciation. These include corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory changes, policy shifts, disruptive innovation, sectoral shifts, and temporary crises impacting specific companies or industries.

The scheme is benchmarked against the Nifty 500 Total Return Index and follows MOMF’s signature QGLP framework, focusing on Quality businesses with Growth potential, Longevity, and available at a reasonable Price. The fund will employ a focused, high-conviction, actively managed strategy, concentrating on equities and equity-related instruments likely to benefit from transformational events.

The equity component will be jointly managed by Ajay Khandelwal, Atul Mehra, and Bhalchandra Shinde, while Rakesh Shetty will manage the debt component and Sunil Sawant will handle overseas securities.

The fund is aimed at long-term investors seeking exposure to special-situation-driven opportunities and is suitable for those willing to ride through short-term volatility for potential structural gains.

Prateek Agrawal, managing director (‘MD’) and chief executive officer (‘CEO’) at Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company Ltd (MOAMC), said, "The Motilal Oswal Special Opportunities Fund is intended for investors seeking to benefit from evolving market dynamics driven by special situations such as policy reforms, corporate actions, and structural shifts across sectors. Leveraging our research-led QGLP investment framework, the fund seeks to build a focused portfolio of companies navigating such transitions, with an emphasis on long-term capital appreciation."

Ajay Khandelwal, fund manager at MOAMC, added, "Manufacturing, services, FDIs, and exports are expected to grow significantly, supported by structural reforms like PLI, RERA, and Atmanirbhar Bharat. We believe that corporate actions and macro shifts may continue to create special opportunities capable of disrupting markets. The fund will follow a blend of bottom-up stock picking and top-down analysis to identify companies navigating such transformative phases. This may span sectors like chemicals, EMS, infrastructure, defence, hospitality, healthcare, and IPO-bound firms. As growth-oriented managers, our aim is to align with India’s evolving economic landscape and seek long term capital appreciation."