IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities

31st October 2021

IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities.

31st October 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 : ₹ 6,518.95 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 : ₹ 6,320.97 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 0.60
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.

1.49
Portfolio Turnover
Equity2.94
Aggregate^13.94
Total Expense Ratio
Regular1.06%
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, IDCW@ - (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 October 29, 2021
Regular PlanGrowth26.0376
Regular PlanMonthly IDCW@12.9106
Regular PlanAnnual IDCW@10.7422
@Income Distribution and Capital Withdrawal


NameIndustries% of NAV
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Transportation 3.48%
Tata Consultancy Services Software 2.84%
Reliance Industries Petroleum Products 2.39%
Vedanta Non - Ferrous Metals 2.11%
Hindustan Unilever Consumer Non Durables 2.02%
HCL Technologies Software 1.98%
Bajaj Finance Finance 1.96%
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Healthcare Services 1.87%
Adani Enterprises Minerals/Mining 1.82%
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Entertainment 1.78%
The Federal Bank Banks 1.65%
HDFC Asset Management Company Capital Markets 1.54%
Tata Steel Ferrous Metals 1.52%
Cholamandalam Invt and Fin Co Finance 1.41%
State Bank of India Banks 1.31%
Jindal Steel & Power Ferrous Metals 1.29%
United Spirits Consumer Non Durables 1.26%
ITC Consumer Non Durables 1.13%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Pharmaceuticals 1.12%
JSW Steel Ferrous Metals 1.05%
Escorts Auto 1.05%
Bank of Baroda Banks 0.99%
Tata Chemicals Chemicals 0.93%
Shriram Transport Finance Company Finance 0.90%
NMDC Minerals/Mining 0.89%
Bharat Heavy Electricals Industrial Capital Goods 0.88%
UPL Pesticides 0.81%
Exide Industries Auto Ancillaries 0.80%
AU Small Finance Bank Banks 0.75%
Eicher Motors Auto 0.71%
LIC Housing Finance Finance 0.71%
Hero MotoCorp Auto 0.69%
Bajaj Auto Auto 0.66%
Titan Company Consumer Durables 0.66%
Muthoot Finance Finance 0.64%
Godrej Consumer Products Consumer Non Durables 0.59%
Cadila Healthcare Pharmaceuticals 0.58%
Steel Authority of India Ferrous Metals 0.57%
Larsen & Toubro Construction Project 0.57%
Kotak Mahindra Bank Banks 0.57%
HDFC Life Insurance Company Insurance 0.56%
National Aluminium Company Non - Ferrous Metals 0.56%
Ambuja Cements Cement & Cement Products 0.54%
Bharat Forge Industrial Products 0.54%
Siemens Industrial Capital Goods 0.52%
IndusInd Bank Banks 0.51%
SBI Life Insurance Company Insurance 0.51%
Axis Bank Banks 0.48%
PVR Entertainment 0.48%
Biocon Pharmaceuticals 0.45%
Grasim Industries Cement & Cement Products 0.44%
Piramal Enterprises Finance 0.42%
Bharti Airtel Telecom - Services 0.41%
Info Edge (India) Retailing 0.40%
Aarti Industries Chemicals 0.38%
Dabur India Consumer Non Durables 0.37%
Bajaj Finserv Insurance 0.35%
InterGlobe Aviation Transportation 0.34%
Pidilite Industries Chemicals 0.32%
L&T Finance Holdings Finance 0.31%
The Indian Hotels Company Leisure Services 0.30%
UltraTech Cement Cement & Cement Products 0.28%
Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Retailing 0.28%
Indraprastha Gas Gas 0.26%
Tata Power Company Power 0.25%
Jubilant Foodworks Leisure Services 0.25%
Indian Energy Exchange Capital Markets 0.24%
MRF Auto Ancillaries 0.24%
Tata Consumer Products Consumer Non Durables 0.24%
Container Corporation of India Transportation 0.22%
Oracle Financial Services Software Software 0.22%
ACC Cement & Cement Products 0.22%
Tech Mahindra Software 0.20%
Lupin Pharmaceuticals 0.19%
Hindalco Industries Non - Ferrous Metals 0.19%
Manappuram Finance Finance 0.19%
ICICI Bank Banks 0.18%
Wipro Software 0.18%
Balkrishna Industries Auto Ancillaries 0.17%
Multi Commodity Exchange of India Capital Markets 0.17%
DLF Construction 0.16%
Alkem Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.16%
HDFC Finance 0.16%
ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Insurance 0.15%
Strides Pharma Science Pharmaceuticals 0.14%
Page Industries Textile Products 0.13%
Deepak Nitrite Chemicals 0.13%


NameIndustries% of NAV
Can Fin Homes Finance 0.13%
Larsen & Toubro Infotech Software 0.13%
Mahanagar Gas Gas 0.11%
Astral Industrial Products 0.10%
Tata Motors Auto 0.10%
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.09%
Bata India Consumer Durables 0.09%
Bharat Electronics Aerospace & Defense 0.08%
Apollo Tyres Auto Ancillaries 0.08%
PI Industries Pesticides 0.08%
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals 0.08%
MindTree Software 0.08%
Coromandel International Fertilisers 0.07%
SRF Chemicals 0.07%
City Union Bank Banks 0.07%
The Ramco Cements Cement & Cement Products 0.07%
Infosys Software 0.06%
Canara Bank Banks 0.06%
Sun TV Network Entertainment 0.06%
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.06%
RBL Bank Banks 0.06%
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.06%
Indus Towers Telecom - Services 0.06%
Ashok Leyland Auto 0.05%
Havells India Consumer Durables 0.05%
Navin Fluorine International Chemicals 0.05%
TVS Motor Company Auto 0.05%
Asian Paints Consumer Non Durables 0.05%
Voltas Consumer Durables 0.04%
Trent Retailing 0.04%
Hindustan Aeronautics Aerospace & Defense 0.04%
Aurobindo Pharma Pharmaceuticals 0.04%
Mahindra & Mahindra Auto 0.04%
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.04%
GAIL (India) Gas 0.04%
Punjab National Bank Banks 0.04%
Maruti Suzuki India Auto 0.04%
Dixon Technologies (India) Consumer Durables 0.03%
Motherson Sumi Systems Auto Ancillaries 0.03%
Bosch Auto Ancillaries 0.03%
Divi's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.03%
Cummins India Industrial Products 0.03%
Shree Cement Cement & Cement Products 0.03%
MphasiS Software 0.03%
Max Financial Services Insurance 0.03%
Granules India Pharmaceuticals 0.02%
Cipla Pharmaceuticals 0.02%
Nippon Life India Asset Management Capital Markets 0.02%
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Oil 0.02%
Syngene International Healthcare Services 0.02%
Britannia Industries Consumer Non Durables 0.02%
Persistent Systems Software 0.01%
M&M Financial Services Finance 0.01%
The India Cements Cement & Cement Products 0.01%
Polycab India Industrial Products 0.01%
Indian Railway Catering And Tourism Corporation Transportation 0.01%
Indiamart Intermesh Retailing 0.01%
Berger Paints (I) Consumer Non Durables 0.01%
Gujarat Gas Gas 0.01%
Coforge Software 0.01%
GMR Infrastructure Construction Project 0.01%
Dalmia Bharat Cement & Cement Products 0.01%
United Breweries Consumer Non Durables 0.01%
Marico Consumer Non Durables 0.01%
Nestle India Consumer Non Durables 0.01%
Torrent Power Power 0.005%
Alembic Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.003%
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Insurance 0.002%
Total Hedged Equity 67.79%
Treasury Bill 16.79%
Government Bond 1.25%
Corporate Bond 2.15%
PTC^ 0.62%
Zero Coupon Bond 0.02%
Mutual Fund Units
IDFC Cash Fund 7.40%
Net Cash and Cash Equivalent 3.98%
Grand Total 100.00%
^First Business Receivables Trust- wt. avg. mat: 1.71 years (PTC originated by Reliance Industries Limited)


Finance 6.83%
Banks 6.67%
Software 5.73%
Consumer Non Durables 5.67%
Ferrous Metals 4.43%
Transportation 4.05%
Auto 3.38%
Pharmaceuticals 3.03%
Non - Ferrous Metals 2.85%
Minerals/Mining 2.71%
Petroleum Products 2.45%
Entertainment 2.32%
Capital Markets 1.97%
Healthcare Services 1.89%
Chemicals 1.89%
Insurance 1.60%
Cement & Cement Products 1.60%


Industrial Capital Goods 1.40%
Auto Ancillaries 1.35%
Pesticides 0.89%
Consumer Durables 0.88%
Retailing 0.73%
Industrial Products 0.68%
Construction Project 0.57%
Leisure Services 0.55%
Telecom - Services 0.47%
Gas 0.42%
Power 0.26%
Construction 0.16%
Textile Products 0.13%
Aerospace & Defense 0.13%
Fertilisers 0.07%
Oil 0.02%



Performance based on NAV as on 29/10/2021. 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.



Scheme risk-o-meter

Investors understand that their principal will be at Low risk

This product is suitable for investors who are seeking*

  • 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.

Benchmark risk-o-meter

Nifty 50 Arbitrage Index




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 3.42% (FBIL OVERNIGHT MIBOR as on 29th October 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).