IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities

31st December 2020

IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities.

31st December 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 : ₹ 6,903.34 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 : ₹ 6,670.06 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.

0.66
R Square 0.54
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.

2.28
Portfolio Turnover
Equity2.63
Aggregate^13.66
Total Expense Ratio
Regular1.09%
Direct0.33%
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 PlanGrowth25.2723
Regular PlanMonthly Dividend12.7948
Regular PlanAnnual Dividend10.4259


NameIndustries% of NAV
HDFC Finance 4.64%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Pharmaceuticals 4.33%
Reliance Industries Petroleum Products 4.08%
Bharti Airtel Telecom - Services 3.98%
ICICI Bank Banks 3.81%
Cipla Pharmaceuticals 2.43%
Maruti Suzuki India Auto 2.36%
ITC Consumer Non Durables 2.29%
Larsen & Toubro Construction Project 1.77%
Pidilite Industries Chemicals 1.74%
Colgate Palmolive (India) Consumer Non Durables 1.58%
Tata Consumer Products Consumer Non Durables 1.56%
Bajaj Auto Auto 1.32%
Tata Motors Auto 1.29%
SBI Life Insurance Company Finance 1.25%
Tata Steel Ferrous Metals 1.20%
Lupin Pharmaceuticals 1.19%
Axis Bank Banks 1.18%
Dabur India Consumer Non Durables 1.15%
Bajaj Finserv Finance 1.08%
Eicher Motors Auto 1.03%
Tata Consultancy Services Software 0.93%
Marico Consumer Non Durables 0.91%
Grasim Industries Cement 0.88%
United Spirits Consumer Non Durables 0.85%
HDFC Life Insurance Company Finance 0.85%
Divi's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.82%
Exide Industries Auto Ancillaries 0.76%
Tata Power Company Power 0.72%
Vedanta Non - Ferrous Metals 0.71%
Hindustan Unilever Consumer Non Durables 0.70%
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Transportation 0.67%
Max Financial Services Finance 0.62%
JSW Steel Ferrous Metals 0.60%
Tech Mahindra Software 0.57%
Info Edge (India) Software 0.52%
Infosys Software 0.51%
The Federal Bank Banks 0.50%
Ambuja Cements Cement 0.47%
NMDC Minerals/Mining 0.46%
Godrej Consumer Products Consumer Non Durables 0.45%
Ashok Leyland Auto 0.44%
Page Industries Textile Products 0.43%
Hindalco Industries Non - Ferrous Metals 0.40%
SRF Industrial Products 0.39%
GMR Infrastructure Construction Project 0.35%
Britannia Industries Consumer Non Durables 0.34%
ACC Cement 0.34%
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.34%
Adani Enterprises Trading 0.34%
Container Corporation of India Transportation 0.33%
State Bank of India Banks 0.30%
Tata Chemicals Chemicals 0.27%
Havells India Consumer Durables 0.27%
Petronet LNG Gas 0.27%
Power Finance Corporation Finance 0.21%
Biocon Pharmaceuticals 0.20%
Wipro Software 0.20%
Shree Cement Cement 0.20%
Power Grid Corporation of India Power 0.20%
Apollo Tyres Auto Ancillaries 0.20%
TVS Motor Company Auto 0.19%
Titan Company Consumer Durables 0.17%
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.17%


NameIndustries% of NAV
Bharat Electronics Industrial Capital Goods 0.16%
HCL Technologies Software 0.15%
Berger Paints (I) Consumer Non Durables 0.15%
Escorts Auto 0.14%
Torrent Power Power 0.14%
Sun TV Network Media & Entertainment 0.14%
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.13%
Cadila Healthcare Pharmaceuticals 0.13%
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.11%
ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Finance 0.10%
HDFC Bank Banks 0.10%
Canara Bank Banks 0.09%
National Aluminium Company Non - Ferrous Metals 0.09%
IndusInd Bank Banks 0.09%
Mahanagar Gas Gas 0.08%
Coal India Minerals/Mining 0.07%
Aurobindo Pharma Pharmaceuticals 0.07%
Bosch Auto Ancillaries 0.07%
DLF Construction 0.06%
NTPC Power 0.06%
Balkrishna Industries Auto Ancillaries 0.06%
UPL Pesticides 0.05%
Nestle India Consumer Non Durables 0.05%
Mahindra & Mahindra Auto 0.04%
REC Finance 0.04%
Bata India Consumer Durables 0.03%
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Finance 0.03%
MRF Auto Ancillaries 0.03%
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.02%
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Media & Entertainment 0.02%
Indraprastha Gas Gas 0.02%
Muthoot Finance Finance 0.02%
Coforge Software 0.02%
Indian Oil Corporation Petroleum Products 0.02%
UltraTech Cement Cement 0.01%
Asian Paints Consumer Non Durables 0.01%
Jindal Steel & Power Ferrous Metals 0.01%
Steel Authority of India Ferrous Metals 0.01%
The Ramco Cements Cement 0.01%
Bharat Forge Industrial Products 0.01%
LIC Housing Finance Finance 0.01%
Manappuram Finance Finance 0.01%
Voltas Consumer Durables 0.01%
Cummins India Industrial Products 0.01%
MindTree Software 0.01%
Shriram Transport Finance Company Finance 0.004%
Motherson Sumi Systems Auto Ancillaries 0.002%
Cholamandalam Invt and Fin Co Finance 0.002%
M&M Financial Services Finance 0.001%
Total Hedged Equity 67.96%
Treasury Bill 21.42%
Margin Fixed Deposit 4.00%
Corporate Bond 1.85%
Commercial Paper 0.94%
PTC^ 0.71%
Certificate of Deposit 0.07%
Zero Coupon Bond 0.02%
Net Cash and Cash Equivalent 3.03%
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 31st December 2020


Consumer Non Durables 10.03%
Pharmaceuticals 9.45%
Finance 8.85%
Auto 6.81%
Banks 6.06%
Petroleum Products 4.60%
Telecom - Services 3.98%
Software 2.90%
Construction Project 2.12%
Chemicals 2.01%
Cement 1.91%
Ferrous Metals 1.83%
Non - Ferrous Metals 1.20%


Auto Ancillaries 1.11%
Power 1.11%
Transportation 1.00%
Minerals/Mining 0.53%
Consumer Durables 0.48%
Textile Products 0.43%
Industrial Products 0.40%
Gas 0.36%
Trading 0.34%
Industrial Capital Goods 0.16%
Media & Entertainment 0.16%
Construction 0.06%
Pesticides 0.05%



Performance based on NAV as on 31/12/2020. 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 3.51% (FBIL OVERNIGHT MIBOR as on 31st December 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).