IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities

28th February 2021

IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities.

28th February 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 : ₹ 6,928.56 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 : ₹ 6,965.45 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.

0.67
R Square 0.58
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.

0.84%
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.

2.03
Portfolio Turnover
Equity2.53
Aggregate^13.15
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 February 26, 2021
Regular PlanGrowth25.3782
Regular PlanMonthly Dividend12.8270
Regular PlanAnnual Dividend10.4696


NameIndustries% of NAV
ICICI Bank Banks 5.98%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Pharmaceuticals 3.48%
HDFC Finance 2.86%
Larsen & Toubro Construction Project 2.73%
Bharti Airtel Telecom - Services 2.71%
ITC Consumer Non Durables 2.64%
Asian Paints Consumer Non Durables 2.27%
Axis Bank Banks 2.25%
Maruti Suzuki India Auto 2.19%
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Transportation 1.96%
Reliance Industries Petroleum Products 1.86%
Tata Steel Ferrous Metals 1.71%
Vedanta Non - Ferrous Metals 1.46%
Colgate Palmolive (India) Consumer Non Durables 1.45%
Tata Consumer Products Consumer Non Durables 1.21%
Hindustan Unilever Consumer Non Durables 1.18%
Grasim Industries Cement 1.15%
Bajaj Auto Auto 1.10%
Tata Motors Auto 1.07%
Pidilite Industries Chemicals 1.05%
SBI Life Insurance Company Finance 1.04%
Tata Power Company Power 1.04%
Tech Mahindra Software 1.01%
Divi's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.94%
Eicher Motors Auto 0.87%
State Bank of India Banks 0.84%
NTPC Power 0.84%
Bajaj Finserv Finance 0.81%
Info Edge (India) Software 0.79%
JSW Steel Ferrous Metals 0.74%
United Spirits Consumer Non Durables 0.72%
Exide Industries Auto Ancillaries 0.69%
Lupin Pharmaceuticals 0.69%
Dabur India Consumer Non Durables 0.65%
Tata Chemicals Chemicals 0.65%
Mahindra & Mahindra Auto 0.63%
Titan Company Consumer Durables 0.63%
ACC Cement 0.60%
The Federal Bank Banks 0.60%
Cipla Pharmaceuticals 0.59%
Indian Oil Corporation Petroleum Products 0.56%
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.50%
Ambuja Cements Cement 0.45%
Tata Consultancy Services Software 0.44%
Adani Enterprises Trading 0.42%
Apollo Tyres Auto Ancillaries 0.40%
Steel Authority of India Ferrous Metals 0.39%
SRF Industrial Products 0.36%
UPL Pesticides 0.36%
Ashok Leyland Auto 0.35%
Havells India Consumer Durables 0.35%
Max Financial Services Finance 0.34%
Nestle India Consumer Non Durables 0.33%
GMR Infrastructure Construction Project 0.33%
Page Industries Textile Products 0.32%
Bharat Electronics Industrial Capital Goods 0.28%
Power Finance Corporation Finance 0.27%
Bharat Heavy Electricals Industrial Capital Goods 0.22%
Britannia Industries Consumer Non Durables 0.20%
Infosys Software 0.19%
Voltas Consumer Durables 0.18%
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.18%
HCL Technologies Software 0.18%
Berger Paints (I) Consumer Non Durables 0.17%


NameIndustries% of NAV
UltraTech Cement Cement 0.16%
Canara Bank Banks 0.16%
Manappuram Finance Finance 0.16%
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Finance 0.15%
Marico Consumer Non Durables 0.15%
Sun TV Network Media & Entertainment 0.14%
Cadila Healthcare Pharmaceuticals 0.12%
Escorts Auto 0.12%
Container Corporation of India Transportation 0.12%
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.11%
ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Finance 0.10%
Petronet LNG Gas 0.10%
Indraprastha Gas Gas 0.09%
Motherson Sumi Systems Auto Ancillaries 0.09%
Biocon Pharmaceuticals 0.09%
GAIL (India) Gas 0.08%
Godrej Consumer Products Consumer Non Durables 0.08%
TVS Motor Company Auto 0.08%
DLF Construction 0.08%
Bata India Consumer Durables 0.08%
IndusInd Bank Banks 0.08%
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.07%
Torrent Power Power 0.07%
Aurobindo Pharma Pharmaceuticals 0.07%
MRF Auto Ancillaries 0.06%
Shree Cement Cement 0.06%
HDFC Life Insurance Company Finance 0.05%
Bharat Forge Industrial Products 0.04%
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Media & Entertainment 0.04%
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.03%
Hindalco Industries Non - Ferrous Metals 0.03%
Cummins India Industrial Products 0.03%
The Ramco Cements Cement 0.03%
Jindal Steel & Power Ferrous Metals 0.02%
Jubilant Foodworks Consumer Non Durables 0.02%
Balkrishna Industries Auto Ancillaries 0.02%
Bosch Auto Ancillaries 0.02%
Shriram Transport Finance Company Finance 0.02%
Bajaj Finance Finance 0.02%
Mahanagar Gas Gas 0.02%
LIC Housing Finance Finance 0.01%
HDFC Bank Banks 0.01%
MindTree Software 0.01%
Kotak Mahindra Bank Banks 0.01%
Siemens Industrial Capital Goods 0.004%
InterGlobe Aviation Transportation 0.004%
HDFC Asset Management Company Finance 0.003%
Aarti Industries Chemicals 0.002%
Punjab National Bank Banks 0.001%
Dr. Lal Path Labs Healthcare Services 0.001%
Total Hedged Equity 68.54%
Treasury Bill 21.09%
Corporate Bond 3.08%
Commercial Paper 1.39%
Margin Fixed Deposit 0.98%
PTC^ 0.66%
Zero Coupon Bond 0.02%
Net Cash and Cash Equivalent 4.24%
Grand Total 100.00%
^First Business Receivables Trust- wt. avg. mat: 1.98 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 26th February 2021


Consumer Non Durables 11.08%
Banks 9.92%
Auto 6.39%
Pharmaceuticals 6.30%
Finance 5.84%
Construction Project 3.06%
Petroleum Products 3.00%
Ferrous Metals 2.86%
Telecom - Services 2.71%
Software 2.62%
Cement 2.43%
Transportation 2.08%
Power 1.95%


Chemicals 1.70%
Non - Ferrous Metals 1.49%
Auto Ancillaries 1.28%
Consumer Durables 1.24%
Industrial Capital Goods 0.50%
Industrial Products 0.43%
Trading 0.42%
Pesticides 0.36%
Textile Products 0.32%
Gas 0.29%
Media & Entertainment 0.18%
Construction 0.08%
Healthcare Services0.001%



Performance based on NAV as on 26/02/2021. 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 26th February 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).