IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities

31st October 2019

IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities.

31st October 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 : ₹ 10,672.57 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 : ₹ 10,890.80 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.

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.

0.41
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.

0.48%
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.

1.85
Portfolio Turnover
Equity2.77
Aggregate^16.59
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 PlanGrowth24.2055
Regular PlanMonthly Dividend12.7761
Regular PlanAnnual Dividend10.8539


NameIndustries% of NAV
Reliance IndustriesPetroleum Products 3.80%
Infosys Software 3.60%
HDFC Finance 3.02%
Axis Bank Banks 2.67%
ICICI Bank Banks 2.15%
IndusInd Bank Banks 2.14%
ITC Consumer Non Durables 2.07%
Larsen & Toubro Construction Project 2.02%
State Bank of India Banks 1.74%
Bajaj Finance Finance 1.65%
HDFC Bank Banks 1.64%
Asian Paints Consumer Non Durables 1.48%
Kotak Mahindra Bank Banks 1.40%
Bajaj Finserv Finance 1.36%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Pharmaceuticals 1.28%
Tata Consultancy Services Software 1.27%
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 1.04%
Marico Consumer Non Durables 0.98%
Petronet LNG Gas 0.97%
UPL Pesticides 0.77%
GAIL (India) Gas 0.76%
Grasim Industries Cement 0.75%
Tech Mahindra Software 0.73%
Mahindra & Mahindra Auto 0.68%
Pidilite Industries Chemicals 0.63%
Tata Global Beverages Consumer Non Durables 0.61%
Power Finance Corporation Finance 0.61%
DLF Construction 0.60%
Titan Company Consumer Durables 0.58%
UltraTech Cement Cement 0.56%
Punjab National Bank Banks 0.56%
Dabur India Consumer Non Durables 0.54%
Adani Power Power 0.52%
Power Grid Corporation of India Power 0.48%
ACC Cement 0.47%
JSW Steel Ferrous Metals 0.46%
The Federal Bank Banks 0.44%
Wipro Software 0.38%
Manappuram Finance Finance 0.38%
Muthoot Finance Finance 0.37%
LIC Housing Finance Finance 0.36%
United Breweries Consumer Non Durables 0.34%
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Healthcare Services 0.34%
Tata Motors DVR Shares Auto 0.33%
Bank of Baroda Banks 0.33%
Jindal Steel & Power Ferrous Metals 0.32%
L&T Finance Holdings Finance 0.31%
Max Financial Services Finance 0.31%
M&M Financial Services Finance 0.31%
Cadila Healthcare Pharmaceuticals 0.30%
Container Corporation of India Transportation 0.30%
Mahanagar Gas Gas 0.30%
Adani Enterprises Trading 0.30%
Oil India Oil 0.29%
Havells India Consumer Durables 0.29%
Tata Motors Auto 0.28%
Escorts Auto 0.27%
Aurobindo Pharma Pharmaceuticals 0.26%
Hero MotoCorp Auto 0.26%
Tata Power Company Power 0.23%
Exide Industries Auto Ancillaries 0.23%


NameIndustries% of NAV
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.21%
Bajaj Auto Auto 0.21%
Eicher Motors Auto 0.20%
United Spirits Consumer Non Durables 0.20%
NCC Construction Project 0.20%
Shriram Transport Finance Company Finance 0.20%
Tata Chemicals Chemicals 0.19%
Bharti Airtel Telecom - Services 0.18%
Cipla Pharmaceuticals 0.17%
Bharat Electronics Industrial Capital Goods 0.17%
NTPC Power 0.16%
Vedanta Non - Ferrous Metals 0.15%
REC Finance 0.14%
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Transportation 0.14%
Union Bank of India Banks 0.13%
Shree Cement Cement 0.13%
CESC Power 0.12%
Steel Authority of India Ferrous Metals 0.12%
Ambuja Cements Cement 0.11%
Ujjivan Financial Services Finance 0.10%
Just Dial Software 0.10%
Divi's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.09%
Maruti Suzuki India Auto 0.09%
HCL Technologies Software 0.09%
Equitas Holdings Finance 0.09%
PVR Media & Entertainment 0.09%
Bharat Heavy Electricals Industrial Capital Goods 0.08%
Colgate Palmolive (India) Consumer Non Durables 0.07%
InterGlobe Aviation Transportation 0.06%
NMDC Minerals/Mining 0.06%
Hindalco Industries Non - Ferrous Metals 0.05%
Cummins India Industrial Products 0.05%
SRF Textile Products 0.05%
NBCC (India) Construction 0.04%
MindTree Software 0.04%
Canara Bank Banks 0.03%
Torrent Power Power 0.03%
Castrol India Petroleum Products 0.03%
Vodafone Idea Telecom - Services 0.02%
Hexaware Technologies Software 0.02%
Indraprastha Gas Gas 0.02%
MRF Auto Ancillaries 0.02%
Nestle India Consumer Non Durables 0.02%
Century Textiles & Industries Cement 0.01%
Lupin Pharmaceuticals 0.01%
Indian Oil Corporation Petroleum Products 0.01%
Ashok Leyland Auto 0.01%
Biocon Pharmaceuticals 0.01%
Hindustan Unilever Consumer Non Durables 0.01%
Coal India Minerals/Mining 0.01%
Tata Steel Ferrous Metals 0.01%
Motherson Sumi Systems Auto Ancillaries 0.01%
Bosch Auto Ancillaries 0.01%
RBL Bank Banks 0.01%
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.01%
Britannia Industries Consumer Non Durables 0.001%
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.001%
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Media & Entertainment 0.001%
Dish TV India Media & Entertainment 0.001%
Tata Elxsi Software 0.001%
Total Hedged Equity 59.04%
Margin Fixed Deposit 19.04%
Corporate Bond 10.93%
Certificate of Deposit 0.22%
Zero Coupon Bond 0.25%
Net Cash and Cash Equivalent 10.52%
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 October 2019


Banks 13.25%
Finance 9.21%
Consumer Non Durables 6.32%
Software 6.22%
Petroleum Products 5.09%
Auto 2.34%
Construction Project 2.22%
Pharmaceuticals 2.14%
Gas 2.05%
Cement 2.03%
Power 1.55%
Ferrous Metals 0.91%
Consumer Durables 0.87%
Chemicals 0.82%
Pesticides 0.77%


Construction 0.64%
Transportation 0.50%
Healthcare Services 0.34%
Trading 0.30%
Oil 0.29%
Auto Ancillaries 0.26%
Industrial Capital Goods 0.25%
Telecom - Services 0.20%
Non - Ferrous Metals 0.20%
Media & Entertainment 0.09%
Minerals/Mining 0.07%
Industrial Products 0.05%
Textile Products 0.05%



Performance based on NAV as on 31/10/2019. 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 31st October 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.