IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities

29th November 2019

IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities.

29th November 2019

About the Fund: The fund invests in arbitrage opportunities in the cash and the derivative segments of the equity markets. It aims to capture the spread (Cost of Carry) between the cash and futures market by simultaneously executing buy (in the cash market) and sell (in the futures market) trades. The balance is invested in debt and money market instruments. The fund typically follows a strategy of taking market neutral (equally offsetting) positions in the equity market making it a low risk product irrespective of the movements in equity market.
Category: Arbitrage
Monthly Avg AUM : ₹ 11,268.80 Crores

AUM or assets under management refers to the recent / updated cumulative market value of investments managed by a mutual fund or any investment firm.

Monthly end AUM : ₹ 11,702.54 Crores

AUM or assets under management refers to the recent / updated cumulative market value of investments managed by a mutual fund or any investment firm.

Inception Date: 21 December 2006
Fund Manager :

An employee of the asset management company such as a mutual fund or life insurer, who manages investments of the scheme. He is usually part of a larger team of fund managers and research analysts.

Equity Portion: Mr. Yogik Pitti (w.e.f. 27th June 2013), Mr. Arpit Kapoor (w.e.f. 1st March 2017)
Debt Portion: Mr. Harshal Joshi (w.e.f. 20th October 2016)
Other Parameter:
Beta

Beta is a measure of an investment's volatility vis-a-vis the market. Beta of less than 1 means that the security will be less volatile than the market. A beta of greater than 1 implies that the security's price will be more volatile than the market.

0.42
R Square 0.33
Standard Deviation (Annualized)

Standard deviation is a statistical measure of the range of an investment's performance. When a mutual fund has a high standard deviation, its means its range of performance is wide, implying greater volatility.

0.49%
Sharpe*

The Sharpe Ratio, named after its founder, the Nobel Laureate William Sharpe, is a measure of risk-adjusted returns. It is calculated using standard deviation and excess return to determine reward per unit of risk.

1.69
Portfolio Turnover
Equity2.63
Aggregate^16.35
Expense Ratio
Regular1.09%
Direct0.39%
Benchmark: Nifty 50 Arbitrage Index$ (w.e.f. April 01, 2018)
SIP (Minimum Amount): ₹ 1,00/-
SIP Frequency: Monthly
SIP Dates (Monthly): Investor may choose any day of the month except 29th, 30th and 31st as the date of instalment.
Investment Objective: Click here
Minimum Investment Amount : ₹ 100/- and any amount thereafter
Option Available: Growth, Dividend - (Payout,Reinvestment and Sweep (from Equity Schemes to Debt Schemes only)) - Monthly & Annual
Exit Load :

Exit load is charged at the time an investor redeems the units of a mutual fund. The exit load is deducted from the prevailing NAV at the time of redemption. For instance, if the NAV is ₹ 100 and the exit load is 1%, the redemption price would be ₹ 99 per unit.

0.25% if redeemed / switched-out within 1 month from the date of allotment (w.e.f 01st July 2016)
NAV (₹)
Regular PlanGrowth24.2834
Regular PlanMonthly Dividend12.7639
Regular PlanAnnual Dividend10.8889


NameIndustries% of NAV
Bajaj Finance Finance 3.98%
Reliance Industries Petroleum Products 3.77%
Axis Bank Banks 3.15%
HDFC Finance 3.03%
Infosys Software 2.90%
Larsen & Toubro Construction Project 2.67%
Tata Consultancy Services Software 2.60%
State Bank of India Banks 2.05%
Asian Paints Consumer Non Durables 1.94%
ITC Consumer Non Durables 1.92%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Pharmaceuticals 1.90%
Adani Ports and Special Economic ZoneTransportation 1.79%
Bajaj Finserv Finance 1.79%
Maruti Suzuki IndiaAuto 1.58%
Grasim Industries Cement 1.56%
Bharti Airtel Telecom - Services 1.42%
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 1.40%
HDFC Bank Banks 1.34%
Mahindra & Mahindra Auto 1.09%
Vedanta Non - Ferrous Metals 1.01%
Petronet LNG Gas 0.90%
Tata Global Beverages Consumer Non Durables 0.90%
GAIL (India) Gas 0.85%
UPL Pesticides 0.81%
Marico Consumer Non Durables 0.80%
Tech Mahindra Software 0.79%
ACC Cement 0.78%
UltraTech Cement Cement 0.72%
Container Corporation of India Transportation 0.70%
Hero MotoCorp Auto 0.68%
Titan Company Consumer Durables 0.68%
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.67%
Max Financial Services Finance 0.66%
Power Grid Corporation of India Power 0.59%
Tata Motors Auto 0.56%
Dabur India Consumer Non Durables 0.55%
JSW Steel Ferrous Metals 0.54%
United Breweries Consumer Non Durables 0.51%
Punjab National Bank Banks 0.50%
The Federal Bank Banks 0.46%
Jindal Steel & Power Ferrous Metals 0.45%
Muthoot Finance Finance 0.44%
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise HealthServices 0.43%
IndusInd Bank Banks 0.43%
Power Finance Corporation Finance 0.41%
Shree Cement Cement 0.41%
Mahanagar Gas Gas 0.40%
Bank of Baroda Banks 0.40%
Adani Enterprises Trading 0.38%
M&M Financial Services Finance 0.36%
Tata Power Company Power 0.35%
Manappuram Finance Finance 0.35%
Bajaj Auto Auto 0.34%
Pidilite Industries Chemicals 0.34%
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.34%
Wipro Software 0.33%
Havells India Consumer Durables 0.31%
Aurobindo Pharma Pharmaceuticals 0.30%
Cadila Health Pharmaceuticals 0.30%
Adani Power Power 0.30%
NTPC Power 0.30%
L&T Finance Holdings Finance 0.27%
Tata Motors DVR Shares Auto 0.27%
Escorts Auto 0.24%
Tata Chemicals Chemicals 0.23%


NameIndustries% of NAV
United Spirits Consumer Non Durables 0.21%
NMDC Minerals/Mining 0.21%
NCC Construction Project 0.19%
Exide Industries Auto Ancillaries 0.19%
Tata Steel Ferrous Metals 0.18%
Voltas Consumer Durables 0.17%
HCL Technologies Software 0.17%
Shriram Transport Finance Company Finance 0.17%
Ujjivan Financial Services Finance 0.17%
Just Dial Software 0.16%
Lupin Pharmaceuticals 0.15%
Union Bank of India Banks 0.15%
LIC Housing Finance Finance 0.15%
PVR Media & Entertainment 0.14%
REC Finance 0.14%
Oil India Oil 0.13%
Eicher Motors Auto 0.12%
Hindustan Unilever Consumer Non Durables 0.12%
NBCC (India) Construction 0.11%
Steel Authority of India Ferrous Metals 0.11%
Nestle India Consumer Non Durables 0.11%
Colgate Palmolive (India) Consumer Non Durables 0.10%
MindTree Software 0.10%
Castrol India Petroleum Products 0.10%
Equitas Holdings Finance 0.10%
CESC Power 0.09%
Divi's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.08%
SRF Textile Products 0.08%
Cummins India Industrial Products 0.08%
Century Textiles & Industries Paper 0.07%
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Media & Entertainment 0.07%
Bharat Electronics Industrial Capital Goods 0.07%
InterGlobe Aviation Transportation 0.07%
Motherson Sumi Systems Auto Ancillaries 0.06%
Torrent Power Power 0.06%
Hindalco Industries Non - Ferrous Metals 0.06%
Britannia Industries Consumer Non Durables 0.06%
Ambuja Cements Cement 0.06%
Bata India Consumer Durables 0.05%
DLF Construction 0.05%
Godrej Consumer Products Consumer Non Durables 0.05%
Tata Elxsi Software 0.05%
Vodafone Idea Telecom - Services 0.05%
Bharat Heavy Electricals Industrial Capital Goods 0.04%
Canara Bank Banks 0.04%
Amara Raja Batteries Auto Ancillaries 0.04%
GMR Infrastructure Construction Project 0.04%
Cipla Pharmaceuticals 0.03%
Hexaware Technologies Software 0.03%
Sun TV Network Media & Entertainment 0.02%
The Ramco Cements Cement 0.02%
Kotak Mahindra Bank Banks 0.01%
MRF Auto Ancillaries 0.01%
Indraprastha Gas Gas 0.01%
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.004%
ICICI Bank Banks 0.004%
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.002%
Total Hedged Equity 70.35%
Margin Fixed Deposit 19.24%
Corporate Bond 11.70%
Certificate of Deposit 0.33%
Zero Coupon Bond 0.06%
Net Cash and Cash Equivalent -1.68%
Grand Total 100.00%


Past performance may or may not be sustained in future.Dividends are assumed to be reinvested and bonus is adjusted. Load is not taken into consideration. To illustrate the advantages of SIP investment, this is how your investment would have grown if you had invested say ₹ 10,000 systematically on the first business Day of every month over a period of time. Returns are calculated by using XIRR approach. XIRR helps in calculating return on investment given an initial and final value and a series of cash inflows and outflows with the correct allowance for the time impact of the transactions. Data as on 29th November 2019


Finance 12.00%
Banks 8.54%
Consumer Non Durables 7.27%
Software 7.14%
Petroleum Products 5.60%
Auto 4.89%
Cement 3.55%
Pharmaceuticals 3.45%
Construction Project 2.90%
Transportation 2.56%
Gas 2.17%
Power 1.69%
Telecom - Services 1.47%
Ferrous Metals 1.28%
Consumer Durables 1.22%


Non - Ferrous Metals 1.07%
Pesticides 0.81%
Chemicals 0.56%
HealthServices 0.43%
Trading 0.38%
Auto Ancillaries 0.30%
Media & Entertainment 0.24%
Minerals/Mining 0.21%
Construction 0.17%
Oil 0.13%
Industrial Capital Goods 0.11%
Textile Products 0.08%
Industrial Products 0.08%
Paper 0.07%



Performance based on NAV as on 29/11/2019. Past performance may or may not be sustained in future.
The performances given are of regular plan growth option.
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#Benchmark Returns. ##Alternate Benchmark Returns.



  • To generate low volatility returns over short to medium term.
  • Investments predominantly in arbitrage opportunities in the cash and derivative segments of the equity markets with balance exposure in debt and money market instruments.

* Investors should consult their financial advisers if in doubt about whether the product is suitable for them.




Regular and Direct Plans have different expense structure. Direct Plan shall have a lower expense ratio excluding distribution expenses, commission expenses etc.
* Risk-free rate assumed to be 5.25% (FBIL OVERNIGHT MIBOR as on 29th November 2019). Ratios calculated on the basis of 3 years history of monthly data.
^Portfolio Turnover ratio is calculated as Lower of purchase or sale during the period / Average AUM for the last one year (includes Fixed Income securities and Equity derivatives).
$The benchmark has been changed from CRISIL Liquid Fund Index to Nifty 50 Arbitrage Index w.e.f. April 01, 2018.