IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities

28th June 2019

IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities.

28th June 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 : ₹ 5,103.20 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 : ₹ 5,451.28 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.

0.36
R Square 0.27
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.

0.44%
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.

0.46
Portfolio Turnover
Equity3.47
Aggregate^18.23
Expense Ratio
Regular1.04%
Direct0.35%
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 PlanGrowth23.6924
Regular PlanMonthly Dividend12.7474
Regular PlanAnnual Dividend10.6238


NameIndustries% of NAV
HDFC Finance 4.59%
HDFC Bank Banks 3.75%
ITC Consumer Non Durables 3.36%
Reliance Industries Petroleum Products 2.95%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Pharmaceuticals 1.92%
Tata Consultancy Services Software 1.63%
State Bank of India Banks 1.48%
Larsen & Toubro Construction Project 1.41%
Axis Bank Banks 1.28%
Hindustan Unilever Consumer Non Durables 1.19%
NTPC Power 1.16%
Godrej Consumer Products Consumer Non Durables 1.05%
Cadila Healthcare Pharmaceuticals 1.03%
Marico Consumer Non Durables 1.00%
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Oil 0.97%
Tata Chemicals Chemicals 0.93%
GAIL (India) Gas 0.90%
Ambuja Cements Cement 0.90%
Asian Paints Consumer Non Durables 0.88%
Bank of Baroda Banks 0.88%
Power Finance Corporation Finance 0.85%
Indian Oil Corporation Petroleum Products 0.81%
Adani PowerPower 0.80%
Maruti Suzuki India Auto 0.80%
HCL Technologies Software 0.78%
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Media & Entertainment 0.77%
Tech Mahindra Software 0.77%
Canara Bank Banks 0.77%
Hero MotoCorp Auto 0.75%
NCC Construction Project 0.74%
JSW Steel Ferrous Metals 0.71%
ACC Cement 0.70%
SRF Textile Products 0.66%
UltraTech Cement Cement 0.66%
Aurobindo Pharma Pharmaceuticals 0.66%
Tata Motors Auto 0.63%
Bajaj Finance Finance 0.63%
Grasim Industries Cement 0.61%
Vodafone Idea Telecom - Services 0.60%
Shriram Transport Finance Company Finance 0.57%
Vedanta Non - Ferrous Metals 0.56%
Colgate Palmolive (India) Consumer Non Durables 0.56%
Jindal Steel & Power Ferrous Metals 0.56%
Bharti Airtel Telecom - Services 0.56%
United Breweries Consumer Non Durables 0.53%
Dabur India Consumer Non Durables 0.51%
Coal India Minerals/Mining 0.50%
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.47%
Hindalco Industries Non - Ferrous Metals 0.45%
DLF Construction 0.44%
Escorts Auto 0.43%
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.43%
Berger Paints (I) Consumer Non Durables 0.41%
Cipla Pharmaceuticals 0.41%
Manappuram Finance Finance 0.41%
Steel Authority of India Ferrous Metals 0.40%
Tata Motors DVR Shares Auto 0.39%
Adani Enterprises Trading 0.39%
Hindustan Zinc Non - Ferrous Metals 0.39%
Container Corporation of India Transportation 0.39%
Bharat Electronics Industrial Capital Goods 0.39%
Mahindra & Mahindra Auto 0.38%
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Healthcare Services 0.38%
Engineers India Construction Project 0.37%
Bharat Heavy Electricals Industrial Capital Goods 0.36%
Tata Steel Ferrous Metals 0.36%
Petronet LNG Gas 0.35%
Bajaj Finserv Finance 0.35%
Union Bank of India Banks 0.35%
Exide Industries Auto Ancillaries 0.35%
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.35%


NameIndustries% of NAV
Titan Company Consumer Durables 0.35%
Divi's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.34%
Ashok Leyland Auto 0.33%
GMR Infrastructure Construction Project 0.32%
Muthoot Finance Finance 0.32%
Infosys Software 0.32%
Motherson Sumi Systems Auto Ancillaries 0.31%
Bharti Infratel Telecom - Equipment & Accessories 0.31%
UPL Pesticides 0.30%
Pidilite Industries Chemicals 0.30%
Punjab National Bank Banks 0.30%
Kajaria Ceramics Construction 0.28%
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.28%
Castrol India Petroleum Products 0.27%
NMDC Minerals/Mining 0.26%
National Aluminium Company Non - Ferrous Metals 0.25%
Tata Power Company Power 0.24%
Indraprastha Gas Gas 0.24%
Equitas Holdings Finance 0.24%
Britannia Industries Consumer Non Durables 0.23%
Bank of India Banks 0.21%
M&M Financial Services Finance 0.20%
NBCC (India) Construction 0.17%
Biocon Pharmaceuticals 0.17%
Power Grid Corporation of India Power 0.16%
REC Finance 0.15%
Shree Cement Cement 0.13%
Dish TV India Media & Entertainment 0.12%
Oil India Oil 0.11%
Amara Raja Batteries Auto Ancillaries 0.09%
Havells India Consumer Durables 0.09%
Eicher Motors Auto 0.09%
Max Financial Services Finance 0.08%
MRF Auto Ancillaries 0.08%
ICICI Bank Banks 0.08%
Arvind Textile Products 0.06%
Bajaj Auto Auto 0.06%
Oracle Financial Services Software Software 0.06%
Sun TV Network Media & Entertainment 0.05%
Mahanagar Gas Gas 0.05%
Birlasoft Software 0.05%
Raymond Textile Products 0.05%
Bharat Forge Industrial Products 0.05%
LIC Housing Finance Finance 0.04%
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Transportation 0.04%
Wipro Software 0.04%
Century Textiles & Industries Cement 0.03%
Piramal Enterprises Pharmaceuticals 0.03%
Lupin Pharmaceuticals 0.03%
Kotak Mahindra Bank Banks 0.03%
Nestle India Consumer Non Durables 0.02%
Bosch Auto Ancillaries 0.02%
CESC Power 0.02%
InterGlobe Aviation Transportation 0.02%
PVR Media & Entertainment 0.02%
Tata Elxsi Software 0.02%
L&T Finance Holdings Finance 0.01%
United Spirits Consumer Non Durables 0.01%
Balkrishna Industries Auto Ancillaries 0.01%
Siemens Industrial Capital Goods 0.004%
IDBI Bank Banks 0.004%
The Ramco Cements Cement 0.004%
Tata Global Beverages Consumer Non Durables 0.003%
Total Hedged Equity 69.27%
Margin Fixed Deposit 18.31%
Commercial Paper 0.35%
Corporate Bond 11.62%
Certificate of Deposit 0.27%
Zero Coupon Bond 0.02%
Net Cash and Cash Equivalent 0.17%
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 28th June 2019


Consumer Non Durables 9.74%
Banks 9.12%
Finance 8.46%
Pharmaceuticals 5.50%
Petroleum Products 4.66%
Auto 3.86%
Software 3.66%
Cement 3.03%
Construction Project 2.84%
Power 2.38%
Ferrous Metals 2.03%
Non - Ferrous Metals 1.65%
Gas 1.54%
Chemicals 1.24%
Telecom - Services 1.16%


Oil 1.08%
Media & Entertainment 0.97%
Construction 0.90%
Auto Ancillaries 0.86%
Textile Products 0.78%
Minerals/Mining 0.77%
Industrial Capital Goods 0.75%
Transportation 0.45%
Consumer Durables 0.43%
Trading 0.39%
Healthcare Services 0.38%
Telecom - Equipment & Accessories 0.31%
Pesticides 0.30%
Industrial Products 0.05%



Performance based on NAV as on 28/06/2019. 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 5.97% (FBIL OVERNIGHT MIBOR as on 28th June 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.