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Nippon India Arbitrage Fund

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Fund basics

Launched1 Apr 2014 12.5 years of history
CategoryArbitrageSEBI classification
Plan & optionDirect · MONTHLY IDCW Option code 128821
Benchmark— no equity benchmark for this category
NAV as on25 Sep 2026source AMFI

Computed from 3,063 published NAVs between 1 Apr 2014 and 16 Sep 2026 — 12.5 years of history. Nothing here is an estimate; it is arithmetic on what the fund actually printed.

How it has moved

Return over time (%)

Fund name 1M3M6M1Y3Y5Y7Y10YSince launch
Nippon India Arbitrage Fund Direct 0.581.583.10 6.727.336.76 5.524.243.95
Arbitrage category median · 28 funds ——— 6.567.296.65 —6.37—

Anything over a year is annualised (CAGR); shorter windows are absolute. The benchmark row is the index fund named below, priced daily by AMFI like every other scheme here. The category row is the median Direct plan in Arbitrage — the middle fund, not a ranking, and a median rather than an average so that one mis-stated scheme cannot move it. As on 25 Sep 2026.

Risk measures

Fund name Volatility Sharpe Sortino Beta Alpha Max fall
Nippon India Arbitrage Fund Direct 1.59 0.52 0.65 — — -1.08

Risk-free rate 6.5%. Beta and alpha need an index, so the benchmark's own row leaves them blank.

Risk

VolatilityDownside volatilitySharpeSortino
1.6%1.3%0.520.65

Risk-free rate 6.5%, roughly the 10-year government bond.

The worst it has been

Deepest fallTime to recoverToday, from its peak
-1.1%1 monthsAt a high

A drawdown is the fall from a previous high to the low that followed it. It is the number that decides whether somebody stays invested — a fund can have an excellent ten-year return and still have been unbearable to hold in year four.

Every one-year period it has lived through

Best yearMedian yearWorst yearLosing years
8.5%2.8%0.3%0%
Worst0.3%Median2.8%Best8.5%now
The full spread of one-year outcomes, with the fund's actual last twelve months marked. It answers the question a single number cannot: is right now an ordinary year for this fund, or an unusual one?

Rolling returns ask a fairer question than a single five-year figure: not "what did it do from this one start date", but "what happened across every start date". A fund whose worst year is −45% is a different proposition from one whose worst is −8%, even if the averages match.

Calendar years

4.5%20214.9%20227.8%20238.2%20246.9%20254.6%2026MF Analyser
Each year on its own, January to December. Losing years hang below the line — averages hide them, and the years somebody actually had to sit through are the ones that decide whether they stayed.

If you had run a SIP

₹10,000 every month for five years — ₹600,000 invested in all — would be worth ₹717,948 today, an XIRR of 7.11% a year.

XIRR, not CAGR. A SIP's money arrives over sixty months, so most of it has been invested for far less than five years — which is why this figure normally sits below the five-year CAGR above in a rising market, and above it in a falling one. It is the return the investor got, not the return the fund got.

What it actually holds

The real portfolio the AMC filed with AMFI. Nothing here is estimated — when a fund has no filing in our store the section simply does not appear. A fund is its holdings; the returns above are only what those holdings did.

Asset allocation

69.06%Equity
22.48%Mutual Fund Units
5.50%Debt
2.96%Cash & Equivalents

A fund's risk starts here — how much of it is even in the market — before any question of which stocks or which sectors. Cash is not idleness; it is the manager's choice not to be invested, and it shows up as a drag in a rising market and a cushion in a falling one.

Portfolio aggregates

AMFI has not classified this scheme's holdings into large, mid and small cap in the filing we hold, so there is no split to show. The section is left here rather than hidden so it is clear the data is missing, not that the fund holds nothing.

Concentration

Number of stocks181
Top 5 stocks34.18%
Top 10 stocks42.84%
Top 20 stocks55.24%
Largest single holding15.10%
Largest sectorUnclassified · 22.48%
Number of sectors46
Effective stocks26.3
Cash & equivalents2.96%

Counting positions overstates diversification. The effective-stocks figure is the honest count: a portfolio can hold seventy names and still have most of its money in twenty.

Sector allocation

Unclassified — 22.5%Banks — 18.3%Finance — 5.0%Petroleum Products — 4.7%CRISIL A1+ — 4.6%Ferrous Metals — 4.4%Automobiles — 3.9%Telecom - Services — 3.0%Other — 33.6%Unclassified22.5%Banks18.3%Finance5.0%Petroleum Products4.7%CRISIL A1+4.6%Ferrous Metals4.4%Automobiles3.9%Telecom - Services3.0%Other33.6%
Where the equity money sits, by industry.

Largest holdings

Top 10 are 45.0% of the fund. A high number means a concentrated portfolio — fewer names doing more of the work, for better and for worse.

Nippon India Money Market Fund Dir Pl-Growth-Gr Op 15.10%
Nippon India Ultra Short Term Fund- Dr Gr Op 7.38%
HDFC Bank Limited 4.46%
Reliance Industries Limited 4.21%
Triparty Repo 3.65%
Axis Bank Limited 3.03%
State Bank of India 2.14%
JSW Steel Limited 1.85%
Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited 1.72%
ICICI Bank Limited 1.50%
Vodafone Idea Limited 1.45%
Adani Enterprises Limited 1.39%

Disclosed holdings from the AMC's AMFI filing, largest first. A portfolio is filed monthly and shifts between filings — this is the most recent one loaded, not a live book.

What the manager did last month

Between the filing of 30 Jun 2026 and 31 Jul 2026. A position grows for two reasons — the manager bought more, or the price went up — and only the first is a decision. The share count is what separates them, because it moves only when somebody trades.

Bought₹1,493 cr shares added, valued at this filing
Sold₹1,539 cr shares reduced or exited
New positions18 stocks not held a month ago
Sold out of13 stocks fully exited
Price move of what it held +1.49% the market's doing, not the manager's

Swipe the table sideways for share counts, price change and values.

Stock Shares traded Change in shares Change in price Value of the trade₹ crore Position now₹ crore
New positiondid not hold this a month ago 8
Tata Consultancy Services Limited 231,075 entered — 54.7 54.7
Kaynes Technology India Limited 63,300 entered — 24.1 24.1
Bajaj Auto Limited 15,450 entered — 17.8 17.8
Infosys Limited 152,400 entered — 17.2 17.2
Polycab India Limited 11,875 entered — 10.8 10.8
Coforge Limited 62,225 entered — 10.7 10.7
Colgate Palmolive (India) Limited 43,725 entered — 9.1 9.1
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited 51,875 entered — 6.0 6.0
Added tobought more shares than last month 8
Nippon India Money Market Fund Dir Pl-Growth-Gr Op 333,924 +6.1% +0.5% 151 2,632
Axis Bank Limited 708,125 +21.8% -8.6% 87.1 486
Canara Bank 6,777,000 +60.6% -0.4% 84.7 224
Indus Towers Limited 1,759,500 +450.0% -0.2% 68.8 84.1
Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited 1,612,000 +30.2% -0.5% 62.9 271
Muthoot Finance Limited 199,375 +7,250.0% +4.1% 62.2 63.1
State Bank of India 528,750 +19.1% +0.1% 54.3 339
The Indian Hotels Company Limited 699,000 +665.7% +3.5% 51.6 59.4
Trimmedcut the share count, without selling out 8
ICICI Bank Limited 1,578,500 -51.0% +4.4% 227 217
Eternal Limited 7,391,400 -51.9% +14.3% 224 208
Bajaj Finance Limited 1,531,500 -49.2% +13.6% 175 181
HDFC Bank Limited 1,696,500 -14.7% -6.2% 127 739
Maruti Suzuki India Limited 63,750 -27.9% +0.8% 90.7 235
AU Small Finance Bank Limited 762,000 -28.3% +1.0% 79.8 203
Bharat Electronics Limited 1,718,550 -56.1% -5.8% 66.7 52.2
Titan Company Limited 128,450 -73.1% +10.7% 62.6 23.0
Sold out ofheld last month, gone this month 8
Nippon India Liquid Fund-Direct Growth Plan 145,834 exited — 100 —
IndusInd Bank Limited 553,000 exited — 51.1 —
Sona BLW Precision Forgings Limited 384,650 exited — 23.8 —
Exide Industries Limited 545,400 exited — 21.1 —
Lodha Developers Limited 106,250 exited — 10.2 —
REC Limited 240,975 exited — 8.8 —
ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited 31,200 exited — 5.4 —
Swiggy Limited 136,875 exited — 3.3 —

Only stocks and fund units are listed. Treasury bills, repo and money-market lines roll over every month by design — they are larger in rupees than most equity trades and are not decisions, so they are summarised as cash above rather than listed as activity. Share counts and values are the fund house's own filing. What a position cost when it was first bought is in no monthly disclosure, so a value here is what the shares were worth at the later filing, not what was paid.

How it compares in its category

Against the Arbitrage Direct schemes with the highest three-year return. Same category, same plan — the only comparison that means anything. The list re-sorts itself as returns move; it is an ordering by one number, not a view on which fund anyone should hold.

Return window
Scheme Return Alpha Beta Volatility Sharpe Max fall
Nippon India Arbitrage Fund Nippon India Mutual Fund · this scheme 7.3% — — 1.6% 0.52 -1.1%
Tata Arbitrage Fund Tata Mutual Fund 7.5% — — 1.0% 0.98 -0.6%
Invesco India Arbitrage Fund Invesco Mutual Fund 7.5% — — 1.0% 0.97 -0.5%
Kotak Arbitrage Fund Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund 7.5% — — 1.0% 0.98 -0.6%
ADITYA BIRLA SUN LIFE ARBITRAGE FUND Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund 7.4% — — 1.1% 0.86 -0.5%
Edelweiss Arbitrage Fund Edelweiss Mutual Fund 7.4% — — 1.0% 0.94 -0.5%
Mirae Asset Arbitrage Fund Mirae Asset Mutual Fund 7.4% — — 1.0% 0.91 -0.4%
Axis Arbitrage Fund Axis Mutual Fund 7.4% — — 1.0% 0.87 -0.6%
UTI - Arbitrage Fund UTI Mutual Fund 7.4% — — 1.0% 0.88 -0.7%

Alpha and beta are against the category index. Max fall is the deepest peak-to-trough drop in each fund's own history, so a longer-running fund has had more chances to record a bad one. Click a column to sort. This is a sort, not a ranking, and nothing here is a recommendation.

What a Arbitrage scheme is

Buying in the cash market and selling in futures, capturing the spread.

Returns look like a short-term debt fund but are taxed as equity, which is the reason these exist. Returns depend on market activity — in quiet markets the spread thins and so does the return.

Who it suits. Parking money for a few months to a year in a taxable account.

How long money should stay. 6 months to 1 year.

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Questions people ask

What is the NAV of Nippon India Arbitrage Fund — Direct Plan — MONTHLY IDCW Option?

₹16.2433 as on 25 Sep 2026, from AMFI's daily NAV file. NAV is declared once each business day after markets close, so the figure here is the most recent one published.

What is the difference between the Direct and Regular plan of Nippon India Arbitrage Fund?

They hold the identical portfolio, run by the same manager. A Regular plan pays a distributor commission out of the fund, inside its expense ratio — commonly 0.5% to 1.2% a year more than Direct. That difference is charged on the whole balance, every year, so it compounds: on ₹1,00,000 held ten years a gap of 1.5 percentage points is roughly ₹1.4 lakh of ending value. Direct is the same fund without the commission.

What does the MONTHLY IDCW Option option mean?

An IDCW option pays part of the fund's gains out to you, and the NAV falls by exactly what it pays. It is not extra return — it is your own money returned, taxed at your slab rate. That also means a return computed from NAV alone understates an IDCW scheme, which is why no CAGR is shown here for it.

What kind of scheme is this?

Buying in the cash market and selling in futures, capturing the spread. Returns look like a short-term debt fund but are taxed as equity, which is the reason these exist. Returns depend on market activity — in quiet markets the spread thins and so does the return.

How long should money stay in it?

Typically 6 months to 1 year. Parking money for a few months to a year in a taxable account.