IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities

30th September 2020

IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities.

30th September 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 : ₹ 7,293.40 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 : ₹ 7,164.03 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.

0.80%
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.

2.18
Portfolio Turnover
Equity2.81
Aggregate^14.05
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 PlanGrowth25.0582
Regular PlanMonthly Dividend12.7499
Regular PlanAnnual Dividend10.3375


NameIndustries% of NAV
Reliance Industries Petroleum Products 5.52%
ICICI Bank Banks 5.51%
Hindustan Unilever Consumer Non Durables 5.14%
Bharti Airtel Telecom - Services 4.96%
HDFC Finance 4.92%
ITC Consumer Non Durables 2.60%
Tech Mahindra Software 2.38%
Maruti Suzuki IndiaAuto 1.76%
Cipla Pharmaceuticals 1.70%
Lupin Pharmaceuticals 1.66%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Pharmaceuticals 1.64%
Tata Consumer Products Consumer Non Durables 1.46%
Nestle India Consumer Non Durables 1.43%
Axis Bank Banks 1.41%
Colgate Palmolive (India) Consumer Non Durables 1.37%
Divi's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 1.32%
Larsen & Toubro Construction Project 1.24%
SBI Life Insurance Company Finance 1.20%
Pidilite Industries Chemicals 1.12%
Marico Consumer Non Durables 1.02%
Tata Steel Ferrous Metals 0.98%
Dabur India Consumer Non Durables 0.87%
United Spirits Consumer Non Durables 0.85%
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Transportation 0.80%
Vedanta Non - Ferrous Metals 0.64%
Wipro Software 0.63%
UltraTech Cement Cement 0.62%
State Bank of IndiaBanks 0.60%
Power Finance Corporation Finance 0.60%
Bajaj Auto Auto 0.60%
JSW Steel Ferrous Metals 0.60%
Info Edge (India) Software 0.51%
Britannia Industries Consumer Non Durables 0.49%
Grasim Industries Cement 0.45%
SRF Industrial Products 0.44%
Shree Cement Cement 0.41%
Hindalco Industries Non - Ferrous Metals 0.40%
Asian Paints Consumer Non Durables 0.39%
Power Grid Corporation of India Power 0.37%
ACC Cement 0.36%
Exide Industries Auto Ancillaries 0.34%
HDFC Life Insurance Company Finance 0.34%
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.33%
Tata Chemicals Chemicals 0.31%
Bata India Consumer Durables 0.30%
Tata Power Company Power 0.30%
Page Industries Textile Products 0.27%
Balkrishna Industries Auto Ancillaries 0.27%
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.25%
NTPC Power 0.25%
Container Corporation of India Transportation 0.22%
Tata Motors Auto 0.21%
MRF Auto Ancillaries 0.20%
Bharat Forge Industrial Products 0.19%
NMDC Minerals/Mining 0.16%
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.16%
Cadila Healthcare Pharmaceuticals 0.16%


NameIndustries% of NAV
Apollo Tyres Auto Ancillaries 0.16%
Sun TV Network Media & Entertainment 0.13%
Petronet LNG Gas 0.13%
Mahindra & Mahindra Auto 0.12%
Ashok Leyland Auto 0.12%
United Breweries Consumer Non Durables 0.11%
Ambuja Cements Cement 0.11%
Biocon Pharmaceuticals 0.11%
Berger Paints (I) Consumer Non Durables 0.08%
Mahanagar Gas Gas 0.07%
UPL Pesticides 0.07%
REC Finance 0.07%
Bharat Electronics Industrial Capital Goods 0.06%
National Aluminium Company Non - Ferrous Metals 0.06%
Indraprastha Gas Gas 0.06%
The Federal Bank Banks 0.06%
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.05%
Aurobindo Pharma Pharmaceuticals 0.05%
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Finance 0.05%
DLF Construction 0.04%
Motherson Sumi Systems Auto Ancillaries 0.04%
Indian Oil Corporation Petroleum Products 0.04%
GMR Infrastructure Construction Project 0.04%
Muthoot Finance Finance 0.03%
Adani Enterprises Trading 0.02%
Godrej Consumer Products Consumer Non Durables 0.02%
Eicher Motors Auto 0.02%
Titan Company Consumer Durables 0.02%
Hero MotoCorp Auto 0.02%
Punjab National Bank Banks 0.01%
LIC Housing Finance Finance 0.01%
Bosch Auto Ancillaries 0.01%
Bajaj Finserv Finance 0.01%
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.01%
Siemens Industrial Capital Goods 0.01%
IndusInd Bank Banks 0.01%
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Healthcare Services 0.01%
Coal India Minerals/Mining 0.01%
Voltas Consumer Durables 0.01%
GAIL (India) Gas 0.004%
Manappuram Finance Finance 0.004%
Torrent Power Power 0.004%
Bank of Baroda Banks 0.003%
Max Financial Services Finance 0.002%
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Media & Entertainment 0.001%
Total Hedged Equity 67.34%
Margin Fixed Deposit 12.84%
Corporate Bond 3.12%
Treasury Bill 0.41%
Certificate of Deposit 0.06%
Commercial Paper 0.82%
PTC^ 0.69%
Zero Coupon Bond 0.02%
Net Cash and Cash Equivalent 14.70%
Grand Total 100.00%
^First Business Receivables Trust- wt. avg. mat: 2.16 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 30th September 2020


Consumer Non Durables 15.83%
Banks 7.61%
Pharmaceuticals 7.27%
Finance 7.24%
Petroleum Products 5.73%
Telecom - Services 4.96%
Software 3.52%
Auto 2.86%
Cement 1.94%
Ferrous Metals1.58%
Chemicals 1.42%
Construction Project 1.28%
Non - Ferrous Metals 1.10%
Auto Ancillaries 1.02%


Transportation 1.02%
Power 0.93%
Industrial Products 0.63%
Consumer Durables 0.33%
Textile Products 0.27%
Gas 0.27%
Minerals/Mining 0.17%
Media & Entertainment 0.14%
Industrial Capital Goods 0.07%
Pesticides 0.07%
Construction 0.04%
Trading 0.02%
Healthcare Services 0.01%



Performance based on NAV as on 30/09/2020. 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 3.79% (FBIL OVERNIGHT MIBOR as on 30th September 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).