IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities

31st January 2021

IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities.

31st January 2021

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 : ₹ 6,827.10 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 : ₹ 6,877.38 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.

0.70
R Square 0.62
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.

0.83%
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.

2.10
Portfolio Turnover
Equity2.59
Aggregate^13.30
Total Expense Ratio
Regular0.97%
Direct0.37%
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 (₹) as on January 29, 2021
Regular PlanGrowth25.3045
Regular PlanMonthly Dividend12.7898
Regular PlanAnnual Dividend10.4392


NameIndustries% of NAV
Bharti Airtel Telecom - Services 4.24%
ICICI Bank Banks 3.93%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Pharmaceuticals 3.53%
Cipla Pharmaceuticals 2.73%
HDFC Finance 2.55%
ITC Consumer Non Durables 2.43%
Larsen & Toubro Construction Project 2.33%
Maruti Suzuki India Auto 2.20%
Reliance Industries Petroleum Products 1.84%
Axis Bank Banks 1.83%
Tata Motors Auto 1.61%
Colgate Palmolive (India) Consumer Non Durables 1.58%
Pidilite Industries Chemicals 1.57%
Tata Consumer Products Consumer Non Durables 1.53%
Asian Paints Consumer Non Durables 1.37%
Tata Steel Ferrous Metals 1.33%
Bajaj Auto Auto 1.31%
Eicher Motors Auto 1.17%
Divi's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 1.17%
Grasim Industries Cement 1.15%
Dabur India Consumer Non Durables 1.08%
SBI Life Insurance Company Finance 1.07%
Tech Mahindra Software 0.99%
Kotak Mahindra Bank Banks 0.97%
Marico Consumer Non Durables 0.95%
Lupin Pharmaceuticals 0.95%
HDFC Bank Banks 0.84%
Bajaj Finserv Finance 0.81%
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Transportation 0.78%
Vedanta Non - Ferrous Metals 0.77%
Hindustan Unilever Consumer Non Durables 0.76%
Tata Power Company Power 0.75%
Exide Industries Auto Ancillaries 0.74%
United Spirits Consumer Non Durables 0.67%
Havells India Consumer Durables 0.67%
Info Edge (India) Software 0.66%
JSW Steel Ferrous Metals 0.66%
Max Financial Services Finance 0.65%
The Federal Bank Banks 0.60%
Ambuja Cements Cement 0.54%
NMDC Minerals/Mining 0.50%
Ashok Leyland Auto 0.48%
ACC Cement 0.48%
Titan Company Consumer Durables 0.46%
SRF Industrial Products 0.44%
State Bank of India Banks 0.40%
Adani Enterprises Trading 0.33%
HCL Technologies Software 0.32%
Apollo Tyres Auto Ancillaries 0.32%
Britannia Industries Consumer Non Durables 0.31%
Page Industries Textile Products 0.31%
Container Corporation of India Transportation 0.31%
GMR Infrastructure Construction Project 0.30%
Punjab National Bank Banks 0.30%
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.30%
Power Finance Corporation Finance 0.27%
Tata Chemicals Chemicals 0.27%
Tata Consultancy Services Software 0.26%
Biocon Pharmaceuticals 0.25%
NTPC Power 0.23%
Petronet LNG Gas 0.21%
Shree Cement Cement 0.20%
Berger Paints (I) Consumer Non Durables 0.20%


NameIndustries% of NAV
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.18%
ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Finance 0.18%
UltraTech Cement Cement 0.18%
TVS Motor Company Auto 0.16%
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.16%
Sun TV Network Media & Entertainment 0.16%
Bharat Electronics Industrial Capital Goods 0.14%
Mahindra & Mahindra Auto 0.13%
Escorts Auto 0.13%
Hindalco Industries Non - Ferrous Metals 0.12%
Cadila Healthcare Pharmaceuticals 0.12%
Mahanagar Gas Gas 0.12%
Canara Bank Banks 0.11%
UPL Pesticides 0.11%
MRF Auto Ancillaries 0.07%
Motherson Sumi Systems Auto Ancillaries 0.07%
Jindal Steel & Power Ferrous Metals 0.05%
Bajaj Finance Finance 0.05%
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.05%
DLF Construction 0.05%
Nestle India Consumer Non Durables 0.05%
Bata India Consumer Durables 0.04%
Balkrishna Industries Auto Ancillaries 0.04%
HDFC Life Insurance Company Finance 0.04%
The Ramco Cements Cement 0.04%
Voltas Consumer Durables 0.03%
Bharat Forge Industrial Products 0.03%
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Finance 0.03%
Bosch Auto Ancillaries 0.02%
Jubilant Foodworks Consumer Non Durables 0.02%
Muthoot Finance Finance 0.02%
Indraprastha Gas Gas 0.02%
Coforge Software 0.02%
Indian Oil Corporation Petroleum Products 0.02%
Aurobindo Pharma Pharmaceuticals 0.02%
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Healthcare Services 0.01%
Infosys Software 0.01%
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.01%
IndusInd Bank Banks 0.01%
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Media & Entertainment 0.01%
GAIL (India) Gas 0.01%
LIC Housing Finance Finance 0.01%
MindTree Software 0.01%
Shriram Transport Finance Company Finance 0.005%
Cholamandalam Invt and Fin Co Finance 0.001%
Godrej Properties Construction 0.001%
M&M Financial Services Finance 0.001%
Dr. Lal Path Labs Healthcare Services 0.001%
Total Hedged Equity 67.63%
Treasury Bill 21.35%
Corporate Bond 3.95%
Margin Fixed Deposit 2.12%
Commercial Paper 0.91%
PTC^ 0.66%
Certificate of Deposit 0.07%
Zero Coupon Bond 0.02%
Net Cash and Cash Equivalent 3.30%
Grand Total 100.00%
^First Business Receivables Trust- wt. avg. mat: 2.06 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 29th January 2021


Consumer Non Durables 10.95%
Pharmaceuticals 9.11%
Banks 9.00%
Auto 7.19%
Finance 5.68%
Telecom - Services 4.24%
Construction Project 2.63%
Cement 2.59%
Software 2.27%
Petroleum Products 2.21%
Ferrous Metals 2.04%
Chemicals 1.84%
Auto Ancillaries 1.26%
Consumer Durables 1.20%


Transportation 1.09%
Power 0.98%
Non - Ferrous Metals 0.90%
Minerals/Mining 0.50%
Industrial Products 0.47%
Gas 0.35%
Trading 0.33%
Textile Products 0.31%
Media & Entertainment 0.17%
Industrial Capital Goods 0.14%
Pesticides 0.11%
Construction 0.05%
Healthcare Services 0.02%



Performance based on NAV as on 29/01/2021. 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 3.47% (FBIL OVERNIGHT MIBOR as on 29th January 2021). 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).