IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities

27th November 2020

IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities.

27th November 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 : ₹ 7,111.67 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 : ₹ 7,075.33 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.

0.65
R Square 0.54
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.

0.82%
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.

2.49
Portfolio Turnover
Equity2.60
Aggregate^13.70
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 PlanGrowth25.1901
Regular PlanMonthly Dividend12.7744
Regular PlanAnnual Dividend10.3920


NameIndustries% of NAV
HDFC Finance 5.48%
ICICI Bank Banks 5.42%
Reliance Industries Petroleum Products 4.86%
Bharti Airtel Telecom - Services 3.83%
Maruti Suzuki India Auto 2.76%
Hindustan Unilever Consumer Non Durables 2.59%
Larsen & Toubro Construction Project 2.32%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Pharmaceuticals 2.00%
Tata Steel Ferrous Metals 1.83%
Cipla Pharmaceuticals 1.76%
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Transportation 1.63%
Tata Consultancy Services Software 1.62%
ITC Consumer Non Durables 1.61%
Bajaj Auto Auto 1.59%
Tata Consumer Products Consumer Non Durables 1.53%
Infosys Software 1.53%
Colgate Palmolive (India) Consumer Non Durables 1.37%
Pidilite Industries Chemicals 1.36%
SBI Life Insurance Company Finance 1.20%
Tata Motors Auto 1.14%
Lupin Pharmaceuticals 0.98%
Dabur India Consumer Non Durables 0.96%
Marico Consumer Non Durables 0.95%
Grasim Industries Cement 0.78%
Tech Mahindra Software 0.76%
Power Finance Corporation Finance 0.76%
UltraTech Cement Cement 0.76%
State BankIndia Banks 0.75%
United Spirits Consumer Non Durables 0.73%
Exide Industries Auto Ancillaries 0.70%
Tata Power Company Power 0.60%
JSW Steel Ferrous Metals 0.56%
Divi's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.51%
Ambuja Cements Cement 0.47%
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.47%
The Federal Bank Banks 0.47%
Info Edge (India) Software 0.45%
HDFC Life Insurance Company Finance 0.43%
Hindalco Industries Non - Ferrous Metals 0.38%
Page Industries Textile Products 0.37%
Axis Bank Banks 0.37%
Shree Cement Cement 0.34%
SRF Industrial Products 0.33%
United Breweries Consumer Non Durables 0.31%
NMDC Minerals/Mining 0.31%
Max Financial Services Finance 0.30%
Titan Company Consumer Durables 0.26%
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.24%
Tata Chemicals Chemicals 0.23%
Apollo Tyres Auto Ancillaries 0.23%
UPL Pesticides 0.21%
TVS Motor Company Auto 0.19%
Vedanta Non - Ferrous Metals 0.19%
Adani Enterprises Trading 0.18%
Container CorporationIndia Transportation 0.17%
Torrent Power Power 0.17%
Ashok Leyland Auto 0.16%
Mahindra & Mahindra Auto 0.13%


NameIndustries% of NAV
Godrej Consumer Products Consumer Non Durables 0.13%
NTPC Power 0.13%
Asian Paints Consumer Non Durables 0.11%
DLF Construction 0.11%
Berger Paints (I) Consumer Non Durables 0.10%
Bosch Auto Ancillaries 0.09%
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.09%
Bharat Electronics Industrial Capital Goods 0.09%
Mahanagar Gas Gas 0.09%
REC Finance 0.08%
RBL Bank Banks 0.08%
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Finance 0.08%
Sun TV Network Media & Entertainment 0.08%
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.06%
Voltas Consumer Durables 0.06%
Aurobindo Pharma Pharmaceuticals 0.06%
ACC Cement 0.06%
Eicher Motors Auto 0.05%
HCL Technologies Software 0.05%
ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Finance 0.05%
GMR Infrastructure Construction Project 0.05%
Bata India Consumer Durables 0.04%
Balkrishna Industries Auto Ancillaries 0.04%
Britannia Industries Consumer Non Durables 0.04%
Cadila Healthcare Pharmaceuticals 0.04%
Escorts Auto 0.03%
Havells India Consumer Durables 0.03%
Muthoot Finance Finance 0.03%
Biocon Pharmaceuticals 0.02%
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.02%
Bank Baroda Banks 0.02%
Petronet LNG Gas 0.02%
Indian Oil Corporation Petroleum Products 0.02%
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Media & Entertainment 0.02%
Indraprastha Gas Gas 0.01%
Punjab National Bank Banks 0.01%
Steel AuthorityIndia Ferrous Metals 0.01%
The Ramco Cements Cement 0.01%
Bharat Forge Industrial Products 0.01%
IndusInd Bank Banks 0.01%
Manappuram Finance Finance 0.005%
LIC Housing Finance Finance 0.004%
Coal India Minerals/Mining 0.003%
M&M Financial Services Finance 0.001%
Total Hedged Equity 66.69%
Treasury Bill 18.85%
Margin Fixed Deposit 4.55%
Corporate Bond 1.82%
Commercial Paper 0.88%
PTC^ 0.67%
Certificate of Deposit 0.06%
Zero Coupon Bond 0.02%
Net Cash and Cash Equivalent 6.46%
Grand Total 100.00%
^First Business Receivables Trust- wt. avg. mat: 2.15 years (PTC originated by Reliance Industries Limited)


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 27th November 2020


Consumer Non Durables 10.43%
Finance 8.42%
Banks 7.12%
Auto 6.06%
Pharmaceuticals 5.94%
Petroleum Products 5.18%
Software 4.40%
Telecom - Services 3.83%
Cement 2.41%
Ferrous Metals 2.40%
Construction Project 2.37%
Transportation 1.80%
Chemicals 1.59%


Auto Ancillaries 1.05%
Power 0.89%
Non - Ferrous Metals 0.57%
Consumer Durables 0.40%
Textile Products 0.37%
Industrial Products 0.34%
Minerals/Mining 0.31%
Pesticides 0.21%
Trading 0.18%
Gas 0.12%
Construction 0.11%
Media & Entertainment 0.09%
Industrial Capital Goods 0.09%



Performance based on NAV as on 27/11/2020.. 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 3.40% (FBIL OVERNIGHT MIBOR as on 27th November 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).