IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities

29th May 2020

IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities.

29th May 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 : ₹ 7,284.26 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 : ₹ 7,807.28 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.

0.45
R Square 0.25
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.

0.60%
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.

3.43
Portfolio Turnover
Equity2.73
Aggregate^14.65
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 PlanGrowth24.9825
Regular PlanMonthly Dividend12.8070
Regular PlanAnnual Dividend10.3063


NameIndustries% of NAV
Hindustan Unilever Consumer Non Durables 8.81%
Bharti AirtelTelecom - Services 7.18%
Infosys Software 5.31%
HDFC Finance 4.81%
ICICI Bank Banks 4.33%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Pharmaceuticals 1.92%
Tech Mahindra Software 1.84%
Lupin Pharmaceuticals 1.70%
Larsen & Toubro Construction Project 1.50%
Reliance Industries Petroleum Products 1.46%
Axis Bank Banks 1.46%
Tata Consultancy Services Software 1.34%
State Bank of India Banks 1.08%
Cipla Pharmaceuticals 1.08%
Divi's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.98%
Vedanta Non - Ferrous Metals 0.98%
Marico Consumer Non Durables 0.98%
Grasim Industries Cement 0.95%
Maruti Suzuki India Auto 0.92%
Nestle India Consumer Non Durables 0.81%
Wipro Software 0.78%
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Transportation 0.76%
Tata Motors Auto 0.70%
Kotak Mahindra Bank Banks 0.69%
Coal IndiaMinerals/Mining 0.65%
HDFC Bank Banks 0.65%
Power Grid Corporation of India Power 0.65%
Siemens Industrial Capital Goods 0.64%
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.63%
DLF Construction 0.62%
Indian Oil Corporation Petroleum Products 0.60%
NTPCPower 0.52%
SBI Life Insurance Company Finance 0.51%
Eicher Motors Auto 0.46%
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.45%
Dabur India Consumer Non Durables 0.45%
HCL Technologies Software 0.44%
Bata India Consumer Durables 0.43%
REC Finance 0.43%
Havells India Consumer Durables 0.42%
JSW Steel Ferrous Metals 0.42%
Power Finance Corporation Finance 0.42%
UltraTech Cement Cement 0.39%
Colgate Palmolive (India) Consumer Non Durables 0.38%
Voltas Consumer Durables 0.35%
Godrej Consumer Products Consumer Non Durables 0.33%
NMDC Minerals/Mining 0.32%
Bajaj Auto Auto 0.31%
Container Corporation of India Transportation 0.30%
Petronet LNG Gas 0.29%
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.25%
IndusInd Bank Banks 0.25%
Cadila Healthcare Pharmaceuticals 0.24%
Ambuja Cements Cement 0.24%
Biocon Pharmaceuticals 0.22%
Titan Company Consumer Durables 0.20%
Mahanagar Gas Gas 0.20%
Shree Cement Cement 0.19%
Exide Industries Auto Ancillaries 0.19%
BoschAuto Ancillaries 0.18%
Hindalco Industries Non - Ferrous Metals 0.18%


NameIndustries% of NAV
Bharat Electronics Industrial Capital Goods 0.18%
Amara Raja Batteries Auto Ancillaries 0.17%
ACC Cement 0.16%
Info Edge (India) Software 0.14%
Pidilite Industries Chemicals 0.14%
SRF Industrial Products 0.14%
Adani Power Power 0.14%
HDFC Life Insurance Company Finance 0.13%
Sun TV Network Media & Entertainment 0.13%
GMR Infrastructure Construction Project 0.12%
MRF Auto Ancillaries 0.11%
Bharat Heavy Electricals Industrial Capital Goods 0.11%
Tata Steel Ferrous Metals 0.11%
Apollo Tyres Auto Ancillaries 0.09%
Indraprastha Gas Gas 0.09%
Bajaj Finserv Finance 0.07%
United Spirits Consumer Non Durables 0.07%
The Federal Bank Banks 0.06%
Jindal Steel & Power Ferrous Metals 0.06%
Aurobindo Pharma Pharmaceuticals 0.05%
United Breweries Consumer Non Durables 0.05%
Hero MotoCorp Auto 0.04%
Cummins India Industrial Products 0.04%
Adani Enterprises Trading 0.04%
Century Textiles & Industries Paper 0.04%
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Media & Entertainment 0.03%
Cholamandalam Invt and Fin Co Finance 0.03%
GAIL (India) Gas 0.03%
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.02%
Canara Bank Banks 0.02%
Bharat Forge Industrial Products 0.02%
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Finance 0.02%
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.01%
M&M Financial Services Finance 0.01%
Berger Paints (I) Consumer Non Durables 0.01%
Asian PaintsConsumer Non Durables 0.01%
Motherson Sumi Systems Auto Ancillaries 0.01%
Mahindra & Mahindra Auto 0.01%
Godrej Properties Construction 0.003%
Max Financial Services Finance 0.002%
Manappuram Finance Finance 0.001%
Bank of Baroda Banks 0.001%
National Aluminium Company Non - Ferrous Metals 0.0004%
Total Hedged Equity 69.49%
Margin Fixed Deposit 23.30%
Corporate Bond 5.15%
State Government Bond 2.55%
Certificate of Deposit 0.82%
Commercial Paper 0.30%
PTC^ 0.64%
Zero Coupon Bond 0.02%
Net Cash and Cash Equivalent - -2.27%
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 29th May 2020


Consumer Non Durables 11.88%
Software 9.86%
Banks 8.54%
Pharmaceuticals 7.28%
Telecom - Services 7.18%
Finance 6.43%
Auto 2.44%
Petroleum Products 2.33%
Cement 1.93%
Construction Project 1.62%
Consumer Durables 1.41%
Power 1.30%
Non - Ferrous Metals 1.16%


Transportation 1.06%
Minerals/Mining 0.97%
Industrial Capital Goods 0.92%
Auto Ancillaries 0.75%
Construction 0.62%
Gas 0.61%
Ferrous Metals 0.59%
Industrial Products 0.19%
Media & Entertainment 0.16%
Chemicals 0.14%
Trading 0.04%
Paper 0.04%



Performance based on NAV as on 29/05/2020. 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 4.04% (FBIL OVERNIGHT MIBOR as on 29th May 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).