IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities

30th September 2019

IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities.

30th September 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 : ₹ 9,760.00 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 : ₹ 10,163.42 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.

0.40
R Square 0.31
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.

0.47%
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.

1.23
Portfolio Turnover
Equity2.90
Aggregate^17.49
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 PlanGrowth24.0583
Regular PlanMonthly Dividend12.7541
Regular PlanAnnual Dividend10.7880


NameIndustries% of NAV
ITC Consumer Non Durables 4.96%
HDFC Finance 4.20%
Reliance Industries Petroleum Products 4.15%
HDFC Bank Banks 2.44%
IndusInd Bank Banks 2.19%
ICICI Bank Banks 2.17%
Tata Consultancy Services Software 2.07%
Infosys Software 2.04%
Larsen & Toubro Construction Project 1.88%
State Bank of India Banks 1.87%
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 1.42%
Axis Bank Banks 1.39%
Asian Paints Consumer Non Durables 1.32%
Marico Consumer Non Durables 1.26%
Bajaj Finance Finance 1.24%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Pharmaceuticals 1.14%
Bajaj Finserv Finance 0.97%
GAIL (India) Gas 0.95%
Petronet LNG Gas 0.92%
Grasim Industries Cement 0.87%
Bharti Airtel Telecom - Services 0.83%
UPL Pesticides 0.83%
Kotak Mahindra Bank Banks 0.79%
Power Finance Corporation Finance 0.78%
JSW Steel Ferrous Metals 0.74%
UltraTech Cement Cement 0.74%
Mahindra & Mahindra Auto 0.72%
DLF Construction 0.66%
NTPC Power 0.66%
Dabur India Consumer Non Durables 0.61%
Pidilite Industries Chemicals 0.61%
Godrej Consumer Products Consumer Non Durables 0.60%
Titan Company Consumer Durables 0.58%
Tata Global Beverages Consumer Non Durables 0.54%
Punjab National Bank Banks 0.54%
Ambuja Cements Cement 0.53%
Tech Mahindra Software 0.52%
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.51%
Adani Power Power 0.51%
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.49%
ACC Cement 0.48%
SRF Textile Products 0.45%
Power Grid Corporation of India Power 0.42%
Manappuram Finance Finance 0.37%
REC Finance 0.35%
Tata Motors Auto 0.35%
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Oil 0.34%
Maruti Suzuki India Auto 0.33%
Wipro Software 0.33%
Jindal Steel & Power Ferrous Metals 0.33%
The Federal Bank Banks 0.33%
LIC Housing Finance Finance 0.32%
Bajaj Auto Auto 0.30%
Cadila Healthcare Pharmaceuticals 0.29%
Aurobindo Pharma Pharmaceuticals 0.29%
Oil India Oil 0.29%
Container Corporation of India Transportation 0.28%
United Spirits Consumer Non Durables 0.27%
Escorts Auto 0.26%
Shriram Transport Finance Company Finance 0.26%
Mahanagar Gas Gas 0.26%
Bank of Baroda Banks 0.25%
Exide Industries Auto Ancillaries 0.25%
Max Financial Services Finance 0.25%
Britannia Industries Consumer Non Durables 0.25%
M&M Financial Services Finance 0.24%
Bharat Heavy Electricals Industrial Capital Goods 0.24%


NameIndustries% of NAV
Hero MotoCorp Auto 0.24%
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Healthcare Services 0.23%
GMR Infrastructure Construction Project 0.23%
Tata Motors DVR Shares Auto 0.23%
Cipla Pharmaceuticals 0.23%
HCL Technologies Software 0.22%
NCC Construction Project 0.22%
NMDC Minerals/Mining 0.21%
Adani Enterprises Trading 0.20%
Ashok Leyland Auto 0.19%
Havells India Consumer Durables 0.19%
Tata Power Company Power 0.17%
Muthoot Finance Finance 0.17%
United Breweries Consumer Non Durables 0.17%
Eicher Motors Auto 0.17%
Lupin Pharmaceuticals 0.17%
Tata Chemicals Chemicals 0.17%
Hindalco Industries Non - Ferrous Metals 0.17%
Divi's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.16%
Bharat Electronics Industrial Capital Goods 0.16%
Bata India Consumer Durables 0.16%
L&T Finance Holdings Finance 0.16%
Coal India Minerals/Mining 0.13%
CESC Power 0.13%
Tata Elxsi Software 0.12%
Union Bank of India Banks 0.11%
Steel Authority of India Ferrous Metals 0.11%
Castrol India Petroleum Products 0.11%
Equitas Holdings Finance 0.11%
Biocon Pharmaceuticals 0.10%
Nestle India Consumer Non Durables 0.08%
Tata Steel Ferrous Metals 0.08%
Vodafone Idea Telecom - Services 0.07%
Canara Bank Banks 0.06%
Dish TV India Media & Entertainment 0.06%
Bharat Forge Industrial Products 0.05%
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Transportation 0.05%
Berger Paints (I) Consumer Non Durables 0.04%
Motherson Sumi Systems Auto Ancillaries 0.04%
InterGlobe Aviation Transportation 0.04%
Sun TV Network Media & Entertainment 0.04%
Indraprastha Gas Gas 0.03%
Cummins India Industrial Products 0.03%
Torrent Power Power 0.02%
Cholamandalam Invt and Fin Co Finance 0.02%
Hexaware Technologies Software 0.02%
Century Textiles & Industries Cement 0.02%
Piramal Enterprises Pharmaceuticals 0.01%
Bosch Auto Ancillaries 0.01%
Hindustan Unilever Consumer Non Durables 0.01%
Vedanta Non - Ferrous Metals 0.01%
Bharti Infratel Telecom - Equipment & Accessories 0.01%
Strides Pharma Science Pharmaceuticals 0.01%
Shree Cement Cement 0.005%
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.005%
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Media & Entertainment 0.003%
Colgate Palmolive (India) Consumer Non Durables 0.003%
Total Hedged Equity 66.58%
Margin Fixed Deposit 18.82%
Commercial Paper 0.24%
Corporate Bond 11.95%
Certificate of Deposit 1.65%
Zero Coupon Bond 0.07%
Net Cash and Cash Equivalent 0.69%
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 30th September 2019


Banks 12.14%
Consumer Non Durables 10.12%
Finance 9.43%
Petroleum Products 6.18%
Software 5.32%
Pharmaceuticals 2.92%
Auto 2.78%
Cement 2.64%
Construction Project 2.34%
Gas 2.15%
Power 1.92%
Ferrous Metals 1.26%
Consumer Durables 0.93%
Telecom - Services 0.90%
Pesticides 0.83%


Chemicals 0.78%
Construction 0.66%
Oil 0.63%
Textile Products 0.45%
Industrial Capital Goods 0.41%
Transportation 0.37%
Minerals/Mining 0.34%
Auto Ancillaries 0.30%
Healthcare Services 0.23%
Trading 0.20%
Non - Ferrous Metals 0.17%
Media & Entertainment 0.10%
Industrial Products 0.08%
Telecom - Equipment & Accessories 0.01%



Performance based on NAV as on 30/09/2019. 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 5.52% (FBIL OVERNIGHT MIBOR as on 30th September 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.