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Old Bridge Arbitrage Fund

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Fund basics

Launched14 Nov 2025 0.9 years of history
CategoryArbitrageSEBI classification
Plan & optionDirect · Direct Growth code 153979
Benchmark— no equity benchmark for this category
NAV as on25 Sep 2026source AMFI

Computed from 210 published NAVs between 14 Nov 2025 and 18 Sep 2026 — 0.8 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
Old Bridge Arbitrage Fund Direct 0.461.673.08 ——— ———
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
Old Bridge Arbitrage Fund Direct 1.58 — — — — -0.70

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

Risk

VolatilityDownside volatility
1.6%0.9%

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

The worst it has been

Deepest fallTime to recoverToday, from its peak
-0.7%0 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.

Calendar years

20264.6%

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

85.17%Equity
13.10%Debt
1.73%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 stocks88
Top 5 stocks28.64%
Top 10 stocks43.01%
Top 20 stocks62.12%
Largest single holding6.65%
Largest sectorBanks · 25.31%
Number of sectors35
Effective stocks35.6
Cash & equivalents1.73%

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

Cash & Equivalents — 87.3%SOVEREIGN — 13.1%Other — 0.2%Cash & Equivalents87.3%SOVEREIGN13.1%Other0.2%
Where the equity money sits, by industry.

Largest holdings

Top 10 are 127.6% of the fund. A high number means a concentrated portfolio — fewer names doing more of the work, for better and for worse.

Net Receivables / (Payables) 86.95%
Reliance Industries Limited 6.65%
364 Days Tbill (MD 13/05/2027) 6.48%
ICICI Bank Limited 5.67%
HDFC Bank Limited 5.42%
Indus Towers Limited 4.42%
Bharti Airtel Limited 4.37%
Axis Bank Limited 2.85%
HDFC Asset Management Company Limited 2.47%
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited 2.35%
IDFC First Bank Limited 2.33%
182 Days Tbill (MD 19/11/2026) 2.22%

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.

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
Old Bridge Arbitrage Fund Old Bridge Mutual Fund · this scheme — — — 1.6% — -0.7%
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 Old Bridge Arbitrage Fund — Direct Plan — Direct Growth?

₹10.5596 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 Old Bridge 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 Growth option mean?

Growth reinvests everything the fund earns back into the NAV. Nothing is paid out, so the NAV rises with returns and you are taxed only when you sell. For anybody who does not need income from the investment, Growth is the simpler and usually the more tax-efficient option.

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.