IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities

30th June 2020

IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities.

30th June 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 : ₹ 8,078.20 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 : ₹ 8,236.76 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.

0.58
R Square 0.42
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.

0.72%
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.

2.76
Portfolio Turnover
Equity2.82
Aggregate^14.64
Expense Ratio
Regular1.08%
Direct0.30%
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 PlanGrowth24.9398
Regular PlanMonthly Dividend12.7532
Regular PlanAnnual Dividend10.2887


NameIndustries% of NAV
Hindustan Unilever Consumer Non Durables 8.31%
Reliance Industries Petroleum Products 6.48%
Bharti Airtel Telecom - Services 6.17%
HDFC Finance 5.82%
ICICI Bank Banks 4.84%
Nestle India Consumer Non Durables 2.05%
Infosys Software 1.76%
Lupin Pharmaceuticals 1.73%
Tech Mahindra Software 1.66%
Axis Bank Banks 1.59%
Divi's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 1.39%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Pharmaceuticals 1.28%
ITC Consumer Non Durables 1.11%
Hero MotoCorp Auto 0.97%
Vedanta Non - Ferrous Metals 0.95%
Cipla Pharmaceuticals 0.92%
Marico Consumer Non Durables 0.83%
Grasim Industries Cement 0.81%
Dabur India Consumer Non Durables 0.78%
SBI Life Insurance Company Finance 0.75%
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.73%
HDFC Life Insurance Company Finance 0.70%
Power Grid Corporation of India Power 0.69%
Colgate Palmolive (India) Consumer Non Durables 0.69%
Siemens Industrial Capital Goods 0.64%
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Transportation 0.61%
State Bank of India Banks 0.56%
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.56%
Power Finance Corporation Finance 0.55%
Indian Oil Corporation Petroleum Products 0.54%
Godrej Consumer Products Consumer Non Durables 0.53%
Wipro Software 0.52%
NTPC Power 0.48%
DLF Construction 0.42%
JSW Steel Ferrous Metals 0.41%
Coal India Minerals/Mining 0.41%
United Spirits Consumer Non Durables 0.39%
Tata Motors Auto 0.39%
Britannia Industries Consumer Non Durables 0.38%
Bajaj Auto Auto 0.37%
Pidilite Industries Chemicals 0.36%
ACC Cement 0.32%
UltraTech Cement Cement 0.31%
Bata India Consumer Durables 0.30%
Maruti Suzuki India Auto 0.29%
Kotak Mahindra Bank Banks 0.29%
Mahindra & Mahindra Auto 0.29%
Container Corporation of India Transportation 0.28%
Ambuja Cements Cement 0.26%
Info Edge (India) Software 0.26%
IndusInd Bank Banks 0.25%
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.24%
Petronet LNG Gas 0.24%
NMDC Minerals/Mining 0.22%
Eicher Motors Auto 0.20%
Apollo Tyres Auto Ancillaries 0.19%
Biocon Pharmaceuticals 0.18%


NameIndustries% of NAV
Bosch Auto Ancillaries 0.18%
Tata Consumer Products Consumer Non Durables 0.18%
Titan Company Consumer Durables 0.17%
Amara Raja Batteries Auto Ancillaries 0.17%
SRF Industrial Products 0.16%
Indraprastha Gas Gas 0.16%
HCL Technologies Software 0.14%
Cadila Healthcare Pharmaceuticals 0.13%
Asian Paints Consumer Non Durables 0.12%
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Healthcare Services 0.12%
Havells India Consumer Durables 0.11%
Voltas Consumer Durables 0.11%
Hindalco Industries Non - Ferrous Metals 0.10%
REC Finance 0.10%
Exide Industries Auto Ancillaries 0.08%
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.08%
GMR Infrastructure Construction Project 0.07%
Sun TV Network Media & Entertainment 0.07%
MRF Auto Ancillaries 0.06%
The Federal Bank Banks 0.05%
Shree Cement Cement 0.05%
Mahanagar GasGas 0.04%
Adani Enterprises Trading 0.04%
Aurobindo Pharma Pharmaceuticals 0.03%
Berger Paints (I) Consumer Non Durables 0.03%
Tata Chemicals Chemicals 0.03%
Bharat Heavy Electricals Industrial Capital Goods 0.02%
Century Textiles & Industries Paper 0.02%
Larsen & Toubro Construction Project 0.02%
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Media & Entertainment 0.02%
Jindal Steel & Power Ferrous Metals 0.01%
Bajaj Finserv Finance 0.01%
Cummins India Industrial Products 0.01%
Bharat Electronics Industrial Capital Goods 0.01%
GAIL (India) Gas 0.005%
Motherson Sumi Systems Auto Ancillaries 0.004%
Muthoot Finance Finance 0.004%
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Finance 0.003%
National Aluminium CompanyNon - Ferrous Metals 0.003%
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.003%
Canara Bank Banks 0.002%
Bharat Forge Industrial Products 0.002%
M&M Financial Services Finance 0.002%
Max Financial Services Finance 0.002%
Godrej Properties Construction 0.001%
Manappuram Finance Finance 0.001%
Total Hedged Equity 67.96%
Margin Fixed Deposit 20.87%
Corporate Bond 0.84%
Certificate of Deposit 1.80%
Commercial Paper 3.30%
PTC^ 0.62%
Zero Coupon Bond 0.02%
Net Cash and Cash Equivalent 4.60%
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 30th June 2020


Consumer Non Durables 15.41%
Finance 7.94%
Banks 7.58%
Petroleum Products 7.34%
Pharmaceuticals 6.95%
Telecom - Services 6.17%
Software 4.34%
Auto 2.52%
Cement 1.75%
Power 1.17%
Non - Ferrous Metals 1.05%
Transportation 0.89%
Consumer Durables 0.69%


Auto Ancillaries 0.68%
Industrial Capital Goods 0.67%
Minerals/Mining 0.63%
Gas 0.44%
Ferrous Metals 0.43%
Construction 0.42%
Chemicals 0.39%
Industrial Products 0.17%
Healthcare Services 0.12%
Construction Project 0.09%
Media & Entertainment 0.08%
Trading 0.04%
Paper 0.02%



Performance based on NAV as on 30/06/2020. 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 3.89% (FBIL OVERNIGHT MIBOR as on 30th June 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).