IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities

30th August 2019

IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities.

30th August 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 : ₹ 8,303.40 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 : ₹ 8,988.03 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.

0.38
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.

0.46%
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.

1.63
Portfolio Turnover
Equity2.95
Aggregate^17.96
Expense Ratio
Regular1.08%
Direct0.40%
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 PlanGrowth23.9859
Regular PlanMonthly Dividend12.7689
Regular PlanAnnual Dividend10.7555


NameIndustries% of NAV
ITC Consumer Non Durables 3.95%
Reliance Industries Petroleum Products 3.76%
Axis Bank Banks 3.35%
HDFC Bank Banks 3.33%
Larsen & Toubro Construction Project 2.90%
State Bank of India Banks 2.75%
HDFC Finance 2.63%
ICICI Bank Banks 2.20%
Tata Consultancy Services Software 2.13%
IndusInd BankBanks 2.03%
Infosys Software 1.87%
Kotak Mahindra Bank Banks 1.45%
Marico Consumer Non Durables 1.39%
Bajaj Finance Finance 1.28%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Pharmaceuticals 1.08%
GAIL (India) Gas 1.07%
Bajaj Finserv Finance 1.03%
Coal India Minerals/Mining 1.02%
UltraTech Cement Cement 0.97%
UPL Pesticides 0.88%
Asian Paints Consumer Non Durables 0.85%
JSW Steel Ferrous Metals 0.77%
Godrej Consumer Products Consumer Non Durables 0.76%
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.75%
Grasim Industries Cement 0.74%
Hindustan Unilever Consumer Non Durables 0.70%
Power Finance Corporation Finance 0.67%
Titan Company Consumer Durables 0.66%
NTPC Power 0.64%
SRF Textile Products 0.63%
Dabur India Consumer Non Durables 0.61%
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Oil 0.60%
ACC Cement 0.59%
Vedanta Non - Ferrous Metals 0.58%
Mahindra & Mahindra Auto 0.56%
Adani Power Power 0.53%
Cadila Healthcare Pharmaceuticals 0.51%
Tech Mahindra Software 0.48%
Shriram Transport Finance Company Finance 0.47%
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.47%
Ashok Leyland Auto 0.44%
Ambuja Cements Cement 0.43%
Aurobindo Pharma Pharmaceuticals 0.42%
Bharti Airtel Telecom - Services 0.42%
Petronet LNG Gas 0.41%
Bank of Baroda Banks 0.40%
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.39%
Jindal Steel & Power Ferrous Metals 0.37%
M&M Financial Services Finance 0.36%
Punjab National Bank Banks 0.35%
DLF Construction 0.35%
Power Grid Corporation of India Power 0.32%
Eicher Motors Auto 0.31%
Hindustan Zinc Non - Ferrous Metals 0.28%
The Federal Bank Banks 0.28%
Manappuram Finance Finance 0.28%
Escorts Auto 0.28%
Tata Global Beverages Consumer Non Durables 0.27%
Bajaj Auto Auto 0.27%
Tata Steel Ferrous Metals 0.26%
HCL Technologies Software 0.26%
NCC Construction Project 0.25%
United Spirits Consumer Non Durables 0.25%
Mahanagar Gas Gas 0.24%
Tata Motors DVR Shares Auto 0.24%
Exide Industries Auto Ancillaries 0.24%
Pidilite Industries Chemicals 0.24%


NameIndustries% of NAV
Indian Oil Corporation Petroleum Products 0.24%
Adani Enterprises Trading 0.21%
NMDC Minerals/Mining 0.21%
RBL Bank Banks 0.21%
Muthoot Finance Finance 0.20%
Castrol India Petroleum Products 0.20%
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Transportation 0.19%
Berger Paints (I) Consumer Non Durables 0.18%
Divi's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.18%
Bharat Heavy Electricals Industrial Capital Goods 0.18%
Bharat Electronics Industrial Capital Goods 0.18%
United Breweries Consumer Non Durables 0.16%
Equitas Holdings Finance 0.16%
Tata Power Company Power 0.16%
Oil India Oil 0.16%
Canara Bank Banks 0.16%
Tata Chemicals Chemicals 0.15%
Motherson Sumi Systems Auto Ancillaries 0.15%
Nestle India Consumer Non Durables 0.15%
LIC Housing Finance Finance 0.14%
Container Corporation of India Transportation 0.13%
Vodafone Idea Telecom - Services 0.13%
GMR Infrastructure Construction Project 0.12%
Max Financial Services Finance 0.12%
Union Bank of India Banks 0.12%
Cipla Pharmaceuticals 0.11%
Lupin Pharmaceuticals 0.11%
Shree Cement Cement 0.11%
Steel Authority of India Ferrous Metals 0.08%
Tata Elxsi Software 0.08%
Dish TV India Media & Entertainment 0.08%
Engineers India Construction Project 0.07%
InterGlobe Aviation Transportation 0.07%
Biocon Pharmaceuticals 0.06%
Bank of India Banks 0.06%
Kajaria Ceramics Construction 0.05%
Hindalco Industries Non - Ferrous Metals 0.05%
L&T Finance Holdings Finance 0.05%
Arvind Textile Products 0.04%
Oracle Financial Services Software Software 0.04%
Bharti Infratel Telecom - Equipment & Accessories 0.04%
NBCC (India) Construction 0.04%
Birlasoft Software 0.03%
Colgate Palmolive (India) Consumer Non Durables 0.03%
Bharat Forge Industrial Products 0.03%
Torrent Power Power 0.02%
CESC Power 0.02%
Tata Motors Auto 0.02%
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.02%
Sun TV Network Media & Entertainment 0.02%
Piramal Enterprises Pharmaceuticals 0.02%
Siemens Industrial Capital Goods 0.02%
Raymond Textile Products 0.01%
REC Finance 0.01%
Century Textiles & Industries Cement 0.01%
Bosch Auto Ancillaries 0.01%
MindTree Software 0.003%
Hero MotoCorp Auto 0.002%
Total Hedged Equity 67.86%
Margin Fixed Deposit 19.78%
Commercial Paper 0.16%
Corporate Bond 12.20%
Certificate of Deposit 1.28%
Zero Coupon Bond 0.82%
Net Cash and Cash Equivalent -2.09%
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 August 2019


Banks 16.69%
Consumer Non Durables 9.32%
Finance 7.40%
Petroleum Products 5.42%
Software 4.89%
Construction Project 3.34%
Pharmaceuticals 2.91%
Cement 2.85%
Auto 2.11%
Gas 1.72%
Power 1.69%
Ferrous Metals 1.48%
Minerals/Mining 1.23%
Non - Ferrous Metals 0.91%


Pesticides 0.88%
Oil 0.76%
Textile Products 0.69%
Consumer Durables 0.66%
Telecom - Services 0.55%
Construction 0.44%
Auto Ancillaries 0.40%
Chemicals 0.39%
Transportation 0.38%
Industrial Capital Goods 0.37%
Trading 0.21%
Media & Entertainment 0.10%
Telecom - Equipment & Accessories 0.04%
Industrial Products 0.03%



Performance based on NAV as on 30/08/2019. 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 5.45% (FBIL OVERNIGHT MIBOR as on 30th August 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.