IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities

31st July 2020

IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities.

31st July 2020

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 : ₹ 7,918.32 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 : ₹ 7,596.43 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.

0.63
R Square 0.52
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.

0.79%
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.

2.33
Portfolio Turnover
Equity2.92
Aggregate^14.38
Expense Ratio
Regular1.08%
Direct0.32%
Benchmark: Nifty 50 Arbitrage Index (w.e.f. April 01, 2018)
SIP (Minimum Amount): ₹ 100/-
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 PlanGrowth24.9145
Regular PlanMonthly Dividend12.7191
Regular PlanAnnual Dividend10.2783


NameIndustries% of NAV
Hindustan Unilever Consumer Non Durables 8.38%
Bharti Airtel Telecom - Services 7.04%
ICICI Bank Banks 5.81%
HDFC Finance 5.55%
Reliance Industries Petroleum Products 4.71%
Divi's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 1.89%
Lupin Pharmaceuticals 1.80%
Colgate Palmolive (India) Consumer Non Durables 1.59%
Nestle India Consumer Non Durables 1.50%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Pharmaceuticals 1.41%
Cipla Pharmaceuticals 1.35%
SBI Life Insurance Company Finance 1.17%
Tata Consultancy Services Software 1.08%
Tech Mahindra Software 1.07%
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 1.05%
Marico Consumer Non Durables 1.03%
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 1.01%
United Spirits Consumer Non Durables 1.01%
Vedanta Non - Ferrous Metals 0.86%
Britannia Industries Consumer Non Durables 0.83%
Larsen & Toubro Construction Project 0.82%
Dabur India Consumer Non Durables 0.81%
Tata Consumer Products Consumer Non Durables 0.74%
Axis Bank Banks 0.71%
State Bank of India Banks 0.71%
Grasim Industries Cement 0.66%
Infosys Software 0.66%
Pidilite Industries Chemicals 0.65%
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Transportation 0.58%
Bata India Consumer Durables 0.56%
Power Finance Corporation Finance 0.55%
Cadila Healthcare Pharmaceuticals 0.53%
Siemens Industrial Capital Goods 0.53%
UltraTech Cement Cement 0.50%
Balkrishna Industries Auto Ancillaries 0.47%
JSW Steel Ferrous Metals 0.47%
Tata Motors Auto 0.42%
Titan Company Consumer Durables 0.42%
Hero MotoCorp Auto 0.40%
ITC Consumer Non Durables 0.35%
Info Edge (India) Software 0.35%
Indraprastha Gas Gas 0.34%
NMDC Minerals/Mining 0.31%
Asian Paints Consumer Non Durables 0.31%
Ambuja Cements Cement 0.28%
Petronet LNG Gas 0.28%
SRF Industrial Products 0.27%
ACC Cement 0.26%
Coal India Minerals/Mining 0.24%
Indian Oil Corporation Petroleum Products 0.24%


NameIndustries% of NAV
Maruti Suzuki India Auto 0.24%
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.23%
Wipro Software 0.21%
REC Finance 0.21%
Mahindra & Mahindra Auto 0.19%
Apollo Tyres Auto Ancillaries 0.18%
Godrej Consumer Products Consumer Non Durables 0.17%
Shree Cement Cement 0.17%
Biocon Pharmaceuticals 0.17%
Tata Chemicals Chemicals 0.17%
Exide Industries Auto Ancillaries 0.15%
Voltas Consumer Durables 0.11%
Sun TV Network Media & Entertainment 0.11%
Tata Steel Ferrous Metals 0.10%
United Breweries Consumer Non Durables 0.10%
GMR Infrastructure Construction Project 0.09%
IndusInd Bank Banks 0.08%
MRF Auto Ancillaries 0.07%
Amara Raja Batteries Auto Ancillaries 0.06%
InterGlobe Aviation Transportation 0.06%
Tata Power Company Power 0.06%
Berger Paints (I) Consumer Non Durables 0.06%
Aurobindo Pharma Pharmaceuticals 0.05%
The Federal Bank Banks 0.03%
Bajaj Auto Auto 0.03%
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.02%
Havells India Consumer Durables 0.02%
National Aluminium Company Non - Ferrous Metals 0.01%
Adani Enterprises Trading 0.01%
Bajaj Finserv Finance 0.01%
Muthoot Finance Finance 0.01%
Bharat Heavy Electricals Industrial Capital Goods 0.01%
Bharat Forge Industrial Products 0.01%
Bosch Auto Ancillaries 0.01%
Century Textiles & Industries Paper 0.01%
Jindal Steel & Power Ferrous Metals 0.005%
GAIL (India) Gas 0.005%
Motherson Sumi Systems Auto Ancillaries 0.004%
Torrent Power Power 0.004%
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.003%
Max Financial Services Finance 0.002%
Manappuram Finance Finance 0.001%
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Finance 0.001%
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Media & Entertainment 0.001%
Total Hedged Equity 67.82%
Margin Fixed Deposit 23.11%
Corporate Bond 2.57%
Treasury Bill 2.03%
Certificate of Deposit 1.24%
Commercial Paper 0.31%
PTC^ 0.65%
Zero Coupon Bond 0.02%
Net Cash and Cash Equivalent 2.27%
Grand Total 100.00%
^First Business Receivables Trust- wt. avg. mat: 2.33years


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 July 2020


Consumer Non Durables 16.88%
Pharmaceuticals 9.26%
Finance 7.50%
Banks 7.33%
Telecom - Services 7.04%
Petroleum Products 5.19%
Software 3.38%
Cement 1.88%
Auto 1.27%
Consumer Durables 1.12%
Auto Ancillaries 0.95%
Construction Project 0.92%


Non - Ferrous Metals 0.88%
Chemicals 0.82%
Transportation 0.64%
Gas 0.63%
Ferrous Metals 0.58%
Minerals/Mining 0.55%
Industrial Capital Goods 0.54%
Industrial Products 0.27%
Media & Entertainment0.11%
Power 0.06%
Trading 0.01%
Paper 0.01%



Performance based on NAV as on 31/07/2020. 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 3.86% (FBIL OVERNIGHT MIBOR as on 31st July 2020). 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).