IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities

31st January 2020

IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities.

31st January 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 : ₹ 12,170.99 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 : ₹ 12,224.38 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.

0.44
R Square 0.32
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.

0.50%
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.

2.01
Portfolio Turnover
Equity2.51
Aggregate^15.54
Expense Ratio
Regular1.07%
Direct0.27%
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 PlanGrowth24.4800
Regular PlanMonthly Dividend12.7603
Regular PlanAnnual Dividend10.9770


NameIndustries% of NAV
Bharti Airtel Telecom - Services 3.96%
Larsen & Toubro Construction Project 3.58%
State Bank of India Banks 2.66%
Axis Bank Banks 2.49%
ITC Consumer Non Durables 2.47%
Bajaj FinanceFinance 2.39%
HDFC Bank Banks 2.37%
HDFC Finance 2.32%
IndusInd Bank Banks 2.32%
Reliance Industries Petroleum Products 2.31%
ICICI Bank Banks 2.04%
Maruti Suzuki India Auto 1.92%
Asian Paints Consumer Non Durables 1.83%
Grasim Industries Cement 1.74%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Pharmaceuticals 1.58%
Tata Consultancy Services Software 1.49%
Bajaj Finserv Finance 1.38%
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Transportation 1.25%
Vedanta Non - Ferrous Metals 1.09%
Dabur India Consumer Non Durables 1.02%
ACC Cement 0.82%
Tech Mahindra Software 0.81%
UPL Pesticides 0.78%
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.77%
Infosys Software 0.76%
Titan Company Consumer Durables 0.71%
Hindalco Industries Non - Ferrous Metals 0.67%
Max Financial Services Finance 0.67%
Petronet LNG Gas 0.64%
Marico Consumer Non Durables 0.64%
Colgate Palmolive (India) Consumer Non Durables 0.60%
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.60%
United Breweries Consumer Non Durables 0.55%
Container Corporation of IndiaTransportation 0.53%
JSW Steel Ferrous Metals 0.51%
M&M Financial Services Finance 0.51%
Bajaj Auto Auto 0.50%
The Federal Bank Banks 0.49%
Muthoot Finance Finance 0.48%
Havells India Consumer Durables 0.46%
Nestle India Consumer Non Durables 0.45%
Punjab National BankBanks 0.44%
Mahindra & Mahindra Auto 0.43%
Manappuram Finance Finance 0.43%
Adani Enterprises Trading 0.39%
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Healthcare Services 0.38%
Bank of Baroda Banks 0.38%
Tata Power Company Power 0.37%
UltraTech Cement Cement 0.35%
Tata Chemicals Chemicals 0.33%
Tata Global Beverages Consumer Non Durables 0.32%
Tata Steel Ferrous Metals 0.32%
Piramal Enterprises Pharmaceuticals 0.30%
United Spirits Consumer Non Durables 0.30%
Voltas Consumer Durables 0.28%
Bata India Consumer Durables 0.28%
Adani Power Power 0.27%
Exide Industries Auto Ancillaries 0.26%
Kotak Mahindra Bank Banks 0.25%
InterGlobe Aviation Transportation 0.25%
Jindal Steel & Power Ferrous Metals 0.25%
Equitas Holdings Finance 0.25%


NameIndustries% of NAV
Lupin Pharmaceuticals 0.23%
Shree Cement Cement 0.23%
Aurobindo Pharma Pharmaceuticals 0.22%
Canara Bank Banks 0.21%
DLF Construction 0.20%
Britannia Industries Consumer Non Durables 0.17%
NCC Construction Project 0.17%
Amara Raja BatteriesAuto Ancillaries 0.16%
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Finance 0.16%
HCL Technologies Software 0.16%
Century Textiles & Industries Paper 0.15%
Ujjivan Financial Services Finance 0.15%
Cholamandalam Invt and Fin Co Finance 0.15%
Shriram Transport Finance Company Finance 0.14%
Godrej Consumer Products Consumer Non Durables 0.14%
Tata Motors Auto 0.13%
Steel Authority of India Ferrous Metals 0.13%
Sun TV Network Media & Entertainment 0.13%
Cipla Pharmaceuticals 0.12%
Ambuja Cements Cement 0.11%
The Ramco Cements Cement 0.11%
GMR Infrastructure Construction Project 0.10%
PVR Media & Entertainment 0.09%
Cummins India Industrial Products 0.09%
Escorts Auto 0.09%
Mahanagar Gas Gas 0.08%
Ashok Leyland Auto 0.08%
Siemens Industrial Capital Goods 0.08%
Torrent Power Power 0.08%
LIC Housing Finance Finance 0.07%
Cadila Healthcare Pharmaceuticals 0.06%
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.06%
Hindustan Unilever Consumer Non Durables 0.06%
REC Finance 0.05%
SRF Textile Products 0.05%
Motherson Sumi Systems Auto Ancillaries 0.04%
Pidilite Industries Chemicals 0.04%
Divi's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.04%
Bharat Electronics Industrial Capital Goods 0.03%
MRF Auto Ancillaries 0.03%
Wipro Software 0.02%
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Media & Entertainment 0.02%
Bharat Heavy Electricals Industrial Capital Goods 0.02%
GAIL (India) Gas 0.02%
Apollo Tyres Auto Ancillaries 0.02%
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.01%
Bosch Auto Ancillaries 0.01%
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.003%
CESC Power 0.001%
Eicher Motors Auto 0.001%
Total Hedged Equity 66.68%
Margin Fixed Deposit 18.95%
Corporate Bond 5.95%
Commercial Paper 1.57%
Certificate of Deposit 1.31%
PTC^ 0.42%
Zero Coupon Bond 0.16%
Net Cash and Cash Equivalent 4.96%
Grand Total 100.00%
^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 31st January 2020


Banks 13.65%
Finance 9.14%
Consumer Non Durables 8.54%
Telecom - Services 3.96%
Construction Project 3.86%
Cement 3.35%
Software 3.25%
Pharmaceuticals 3.23%
Auto 3.14%
Petroleum Products 3.08%
Transportation 2.04%
Non - Ferrous Metals 1.76%
Consumer Durables 1.73%
Ferrous Metals 1.21%


Pesticides 0.78%
Gas 0.75%
Power 0.72%
Auto Ancillaries 0.50%
Trading 0.39%
Healthcare Services 0.38%
Chemicals 0.37%
Media & Entertainment 0.24%
Construction 0.20%
Paper 0.15%
Industrial Capital Goods 0.12%
Industrial Products 0.09%
Textile Products 0.05%



Performance based on NAV as on 31/01/2020. 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 5.05% (FBIL OVERNIGHT MIBOR as on 31st January 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).
$The benchmark has been changed from CRISIL Liquid Fund Index to Nifty 50 Arbitrage Index w.e.f. April 01, 2018.