IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities

31st August 2021

IDFC Arbitrage Fund

An open ended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities.

31st August 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 : ₹ 6,843.04 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 : ₹ 6,704.41 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 0.61
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.

0.82%
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.

1.92
Portfolio Turnover
Equity2.62
Aggregate^13.30
Total Expense Ratio
Regular1.03%
Direct0.35%
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 August 31, 2021
Regular PlanGrowth25.9371
Regular PlanMonthly IDCW@12.9253
Regular PlanAnnual IDCW@10.7007
@Income Distribution and Capital Withdrawal


NameIndustries% of NAV
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Transportation 3.54%
ITC Consumer Non Durables 3.15%
Vedanta Non - Ferrous Metals 2.76%
HDFC Life Insurance Company Insurance 2.04%
Tata Power Company Power 1.97%
JSW Steel Ferrous Metals 1.92%
Tata Steel Ferrous Metals 1.83%
Bandhan Bank Banks 1.79%
ICICI Bank Banks 1.70%
Hero MotoCorp Auto 1.64%
NMDC Minerals/Mining 1.54%
Kotak Mahindra Bank Banks 1.48%
Larsen & Toubro Construction Project 1.45%
Jindal Steel & Power Ferrous Metals 1.43%
The Federal Bank Banks 1.37%
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Entertainment 1.35%
Tata Chemicals Chemicals 1.35%
LIC Housing Finance Finance 1.23%
Cadila Healthcare Pharmaceuticals 1.23%
Adani Enterprises Minerals/Mining 1.22%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Pharmaceuticals 1.22%
Bajaj Finance Finance 1.14%
State Bank of India Banks 1.13%
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Healthcare Services 1.10%
Cholamandalam Invt and Fin Co Finance 0.97%
National Aluminium Company Non - Ferrous Metals 0.94%
ACC Cement & Cement Products 0.91%
Bank of Baroda Banks 0.90%
Tata Motors Auto 0.90%
RBL Bank Banks 0.85%
Maruti Suzuki India Auto 0.83%
Muthoot Finance Finance 0.75%
Shriram Transport Finance Company Finance 0.72%
Biocon Pharmaceuticals 0.64%
Escorts Auto 0.63%
United Spirits Consumer Non Durables 0.61%
Nestle India Consumer Non Durables 0.58%
Siemens Industrial Capital Goods 0.58%
Exide Industries Auto Ancillaries 0.54%
UPL Pesticides 0.49%
Bajaj Auto Auto 0.47%
Canara Bank Banks 0.44%
Max Financial Services Insurance 0.41%
Steel Authority of India Ferrous Metals 0.40%
Tech Mahindra Software 0.39%
Pidilite Industries Chemicals 0.38%
Power Grid Corporation of India Power 0.35%
Asian Paints Consumer Non Durables 0.33%
Granules India Pharmaceuticals 0.33%
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.32%
Indus Towers Telecom - Services 0.32%
Sun TV Network Entertainment 0.31%
SBI Life Insurance Company Insurance 0.30%
Infosys Software 0.29%
HCL Technologies Software 0.28%
M&M Financial Services Finance 0.27%
Petronet LNG Gas 0.27%
Bharat Heavy Electricals Industrial Capital Goods 0.27%
DLF Construction 0.26%
L&T Finance Holdings Finance 0.26%
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Petroleum Products 0.25%
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Oil 0.25%
Grasim Industries Cement & Cement Products 0.25%
Bata India Consumer Durables 0.25%
Aurobindo Pharma Pharmaceuticals 0.24%
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.23%
Ashok Leyland Auto 0.23%
Marico Consumer Non Durables 0.23%
Voltas Consumer Durables 0.23%
Indraprastha Gas Gas 0.23%
Deepak Nitrite Chemicals 0.22%
Apollo Tyres Auto Ancillaries 0.22%
MindTree Software 0.20%
HDFC Bank Banks 0.20%
Tata Consultancy Services Software 0.20%
Amara Raja Batteries Auto Ancillaries 0.20%
Dabur India Consumer Non Durables 0.18%
Punjab National Bank Banks 0.18%
Colgate Palmolive (India) Consumer Non Durables 0.17%
HDFC Asset Management Company Capital Markets 0.17%
Mahindra & Mahindra Auto 0.16%
Divi's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.16%
GAIL (India) Gas 0.15%
Manappuram Finance Finance 0.14%
ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Insurance 0.14%
Bharat Forge Industrial Products 0.13%
SRF Chemicals 0.13%


NameIndustries% of NAV
REC Finance 0.11%
Info Edge (India) Retailing 0.11%
Nippon Life India Asset Management Capital Markets 0.11%
Torrent Power Power 0.10%
Axis Bank Banks 0.10%
Cummins India Industrial Products 0.09%
Berger Paints (I) Consumer Non Durables 0.09%
Coal India Minerals/Mining 0.08%
Alembic Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.08%
Mahanagar Gas Gas 0.08%
Piramal Enterprises Finance 0.08%
Reliance Industries Petroleum Products 0.08%
Coromandel International Fertilisers 0.08%
IndusInd Bank Banks 0.07%
HDFC Finance 0.07%
Strides Pharma Science Pharmaceuticals 0.07%
Bosch Auto Ancillaries 0.07%
PI Industries Pesticides 0.06%
United Breweries Consumer Non Durables 0.06%
NTPC Power 0.06%
L&T Technology Services Software 0.05%
Titan Company Consumer Durables 0.05%
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Insurance 0.05%
MRF Auto Ancillaries 0.05%
Astral Industrial Products 0.05%
TVS Motor Company Auto 0.05%
Larsen & Toubro Infotech Software 0.05%
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.04%
UltraTech Cement Cement & Cement Products 0.04%
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals 0.04%
City Union Bank Banks 0.04%
Coforge Software 0.04%
Bharti Airtel Telecom - Services 0.04%
Power Finance Corporation Finance 0.04%
Balkrishna Industries Auto Ancillaries 0.04%
The Indian Hotels Company Leisure Services 0.04%
Oracle Financial Services Software Software 0.03%
Hindalco Industries Non - Ferrous Metals 0.03%
Page Industries Textile Products 0.03%
Lupin Pharmaceuticals 0.03%
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals 0.03%
Jubilant Foodworks Leisure Services 0.03%
Indian Oil Corporation Petroleum Products 0.03%
Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Retailing 0.03%
Tata Consumer Products Consumer Non Durables 0.02%
Metropolis Healthcare Healthcare Services 0.02%
Gujarat Gas Gas 0.02%
Godrej Consumer Products Consumer Non Durables 0.02%
Alkem Laboratories Pharmaceuticals 0.02%
Indian Railway Catering And Tourism Corporation Transportation 0.01%
Havells India Consumer Durables 0.01%
Bajaj Finserv Insurance 0.01%
Indian Energy Exchange Capital Markets 0.01%
Wipro Software 0.01%
The Ramco Cements Cement & Cement Products 0.01%
PVR Entertainment 0.01%
Shree Cement Cement & Cement Products 0.01%
Hindustan Unilever Consumer Non Durables 0.01%
Bharat Electronics Aerospace & Defense 0.01%
Britannia Industries Consumer Non Durables 0.01%
Godrej Properties Construction 0.01%
Trent Retailing 0.01%
Cipla Pharmaceuticals 0.01%
Navin Fluorine International Chemicals 0.01%
AU Small Finance Bank Banks 0.01%
Multi Commodity Exchange of India Capital Markets 0.004%
Ambuja Cements Cement & Cement Products 0.002%
Container Corporation of India Transportation 0.002%
Total Hedged Equity 67.24%
Treasury Bill 17.74%
Government Bond 1.20%
Corporate Bond 0.73%
PTC^ 0.62%
Zero Coupon Bond 0.02%
Mutual Fund Units
IDFC Cash Fund 5.83%
Net Cash and Cash Equivalent 6.63%
Grand Total 100.00%
^First Business Receivables Trust- wt. avg. mat: 1.75 years (PTC originated by Reliance Industries Limited)


Past performance may or may not be sustained in future.IDCW@ 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 August 2021


Banks 10.25%
Finance 5.78%
Ferrous Metals 5.58%
Consumer Non Durables 5.46%
Auto 4.92%
Pharmaceuticals 4.38%
Non - Ferrous Metals 3.73%
Transportation 3.56%
Insurance 2.95%
Minerals/Mining 2.84%
Power 2.48%
Chemicals 2.08%
Entertainment 1.67%
Software 1.54%
Construction Project 1.45%
Cement & Cement Products 1.22%
Healthcare Services 1.12%


Auto Ancillaries 1.11%
Industrial Capital Goods 0.85%
Gas 0.75%
Petroleum Products 0.68%
Pesticides 0.56%
Consumer Durables 0.54%
Telecom - Services 0.36%
Capital Markets 0.29%
Industrial Products 0.27%
Construction 0.27%
Oil 0.25%
Retailing 0.14%
Fertilisers 0.08%
Leisure Services 0.06%
Textile Products 0.03%
Aerospace & Defense 0.01%



Performance based on NAV as on 31/08/2021. 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 3.38% (FBIL OVERNIGHT MIBOR as on 31st August 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).