IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities

31st May 2019

IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities.

31st May 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 : ₹ 4,098.21 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 : ₹ 4,642.56 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.

0.35
R Square 0.29
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.

0.43%
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.

0.65
Portfolio Turnover
Equity3.78
Aggregate^18.55
Expense Ratio
Regular1.01%
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 PlanGrowth23.6256
Regular PlanMonthly Dividend12.7807
Regular PlanAnnual Dividend10.5939


NameIndustries% of NAV
HDFC Finance 4.84%
HDFC Bank Banks 3.16%
Reliance Industries Petroleum Products 3.15%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Pharmaceuticals 2.07%
ITC Consumer Non Durables 1.65%
Ambuja Cements Cement 1.63%
Tata Consultancy Services Software 1.62%
DLF Construction 1.28%
Tata Chemicals Chemicals 1.24%
Godrej Consumer Products Consumer Non Durables 1.23%
Larsen & Toubro Construction Project 1.20%
Marico Consumer Non Durables 1.15%
Indian Oil Corporation Petroleum Products 1.07%
NTPC Power 0.97%
Adani Power Power 0.92%
NCC Construction Project 0.87%
Canara Bank Banks 0.83%
Tata Global Beverages Consumer Non Durables 0.82%
Hindustan Unilever Consumer Non Durables 0.81%
The Federal Bank Banks 0.81%
Vodafone Idea Telecom - Services 0.79%
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Media & Entertainment 0.76%
Axis Bank Banks 0.74%
SRF Textile Products 0.73%
Dabur India Consumer Non Durables 0.64%
Motherson Sumi Systems Auto Ancillaries 0.62%
United Breweries Consumer Non Durables 0.61%
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Oil 0.59%
Cadila Healthcare Pharmaceuticals 0.59%
Berger Paints (I) Consumer Non Durables 0.58%
Colgate Palmolive (India) Consumer Non Durables 0.56%
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.54%
Grasim Industries Cement 0.49%
ACC Cement 0.48%
Tata Motors DVR Shares Auto 0.45%
Equitas Holdings Finance 0.45%
Union Bank of India Banks 0.45%
Container Corporation of India Transportation 0.45%
State Bank of India Banks 0.45%
Hero MotoCorp Auto 0.44%
Aurobindo Pharma Pharmaceuticals 0.44%
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.44%
UPL Pesticides 0.43%
GMR Infrastructure Construction Project 0.42%
Bajaj Finance Finance 0.42%
Engineers India Construction Project 0.41%
Piramal Enterprises Pharmaceuticals 0.38%
The South Indian Bank Banks 0.38%
Adani Enterprises Trading 0.38%
JSW Steel Ferrous Metals 0.37%
Bajaj Finserv Finance 0.37%
Bharat Electronics Industrial Capital Goods 0.37%
Cipla Pharmaceuticals 0.36%
Bharat Financial Inclusion Finance 0.36%
Exide Industries Auto Ancillaries 0.36%
Power Finance Corporation Finance 0.34%
Petronet LNG Gas 0.34%
Kajaria Ceramics Construction 0.34%
Muthoot Finance Finance 0.32%
Steel Authority of India Ferrous Metals 0.32%
Escorts Auto 0.31%
TV 18 Broadcast Media & Entertainment 0.31%
Godrej Industries Consumer Non Durables 0.30%
Amara Raja Batteries Auto Ancillaries 0.30%
Biocon Pharmaceuticals 0.29%
Punjab National Bank Banks 0.28%
NMDC Minerals/Mining 0.27%
Tata Power Company Power 0.27%
Oil India Oil 0.27%
The India Cements Cement 0.27%
Hindustan Zinc Non - Ferrous Metals 0.26%
Divi's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.26%
HCL Technologies Software 0.26%
Hindalco Industries Non - Ferrous Metals 0.25%
Tata Communications Telecom - Services 0.24%
Lupin Pharmaceuticals 0.23%
Balkrishna Industries Auto Ancillaries 0.23%
Tata Steel Ferrous Metals 0.23%
CESC Power 0.22%
Castrol India Petroleum Products 0.21%
UltraTech Cement Cement 0.21%
Maruti Suzuki India Auto 0.21%
Bank of Baroda Banks 0.21%
Ashok Leyland Auto 0.21%


NameIndustries% of NAV
Bharat Heavy Electricals Industrial Capital Goods 0.20%
Mahanagar Gas Gas 0.20%
InterGlobe Aviation Transportation 0.20%
Pidilite Industries Chemicals 0.19%
National Aluminium Company Non - Ferrous Metals 0.19%
Coal India Minerals/Mining 0.19%
REC Finance 0.18%
Mahindra & Mahindra Auto 0.18%
Bank of India Banks 0.18%
CEAT Auto Ancillaries 0.18%
IndusInd Bank Banks 0.18%
MRF Auto Ancillaries 0.17%
Power Grid Corporation of India Power 0.17%
L&T Finance Holdings Finance 0.17%
Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Fertilisers 0.15%
Shree Cement Cement 0.15%
Tata Motors Auto 0.15%
Shriram Transport Finance Company Finance 0.14%
Asian Paints Consumer Non Durables 0.14%
Tech Mahindra Software 0.14%
Eicher Motors Auto 0.14%
Arvind Textile Products 0.14%
Vedanta Non - Ferrous Metals 0.14%
Bharti Airtel Telecom - Services 0.13%
GAIL (India) Gas 0.13%
Yes Bank Banks 0.13%
Indian Bank Banks 0.11%
Godfrey Phillips India Consumer Non Durables 0.11%
Jubilant Foodworks Consumer Non Durables 0.11%
Can Fin Homes Finance 0.10%
NBCC (India) Construction 0.10%
Max Financial Services Finance 0.10%
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.10%
Century Textiles & Industries Cement 0.10%
Reliance Power Power 0.10%
Manappuram Finance Finance 0.09%
Infosys Software 0.09%
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.09%
Tata Elxsi Software 0.08%
Jindal Steel & Power Ferrous Metals 0.08%
Bharat Forge Industrial Products 0.07%
IDBI Bank Banks 0.07%
BEML Industrial Capital Goods 0.07%
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Transportation 0.07%
TVS Motor Company Auto 0.07%
Birlasoft Software 0.06%
Jain Irrigation Systems Industrial Products 0.06%
M&M Financial Services Finance 0.06%
United Spirits Consumer Non Durables 0.05%
Ajanta Pharma Pharmaceuticals 0.05%
IRB Infrastructure Developers Construction 0.05%
CG Power and Industrial Solutions Industrial Capital Goods 0.05%
The Ramco Cements Cement 0.05%
Britannia Industries Consumer Non Durables 0.04%
Syndicate Bank Banks 0.04%
Oracle Financial Services Software Software 0.04%
Chennai Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.04%
NHPC Power 0.03%
Nestle India Consumer Non Durables 0.03%
The Karnataka Bank Banks 0.02%
Dish TV India Media & Entertainment 0.02%
Raymond Textile Products 0.02%
Bosch Auto Ancillaries 0.02%
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.02%
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Petroleum Products 0.01%
Indraprastha Gas Gas 0.01%
LIC Housing Finance Finance 0.01%
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Finance 0.01%
Sun TV Network Media & Entertainment 0.01%
Bharti Infratel Telecom - Equipment & Accessories 0.01%
IFCI Finance 0.01%
Siemens Industrial Capital Goods 0.003%
Wockhardt Pharmaceuticals 0.002%
Titan Company Consumer Durables 0.002%
Total Hedged Equity 63.19%
Margin Fixed Deposit 19.35%
Commercial Paper 0.72%
Corporate Bond 10.70%
Certificate of Deposit 0.21%
Zero Coupon Bond 4.32%
Net Cash and Cash Equivalent 1.52%
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 31st May 2019


Consumer Non Durables 8.84%
Banks 8.02%
Finance 7.98%
Pharmaceuticals 5.32%
Petroleum Products 5.01%
Cement 3.37%
Construction Project 2.91%
Power 2.68%
Software 2.29%
Auto 2.17%
Auto Ancillaries 1.88%
Construction 1.77%
Chemicals 1.43%
Telecom - Services 1.16%
Media & Entertainment 1.10%


Ferrous Metals 0.99%
Textile Products 0.88%
Oil 0.86%
Non - Ferrous Metals 0.84%
Transportation 0.72%
Industrial Capital Goods 0.70%
Gas 0.68%
Minerals/Mining 0.47%
Pesticides 0.43%
Trading 0.38%
Fertilisers 0.15%
Industrial Products 0.13%
Telecom - Equipment & Accessories 0.01%
Consumer Durables 0.002%



Performance based on NAV as on 31/05/2019. 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 6.00% (FBIL OVERNIGHT MIBOR as on 31st May 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.