Should I invest in Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Quarterly IDCW?

We don't give personal investment advice. Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW is suitable for an investor whose:understands what asset class this scheme actually invests in (check the factsheet)matches that asset class's volatility profile to their goal horizonCross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 2.4%. 5-year CAGR: 0.54%.

Bandhan

Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW

Latest NAV

₹12.9367

As of

17 Jul 2026

3,008 NAV records on file

NAV history & peer comparison

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Returns matrix

Fund return alongside the category average and peer rank for every standard window. Returns under one year are absolute; one year and longer are compound annualised (CAGR).

Window	Fund	Category avg	+/− vs avg	Rank	Quartile
1D	+0.04%	-0.15%	+0.20	50 / 125	Q2
1W	+0.01%	-4.47%	+4.47	34 / 130	Q2
2W	-0.02%	-5.11%	+5.09	50 / 130	Q2
1M	-1.06%	-5.39%	+4.33	84 / 130	Q3
3M	-0.02%	-4.67%	+4.64	81 / 130	Q3
6M	+0.69%	-5.19%	+5.87	59 / 122	Q2
YTD	+0.67%	-2.99%	+3.66	71 / 120	Q3
1Y	+0.76%	+12.27%	-11.50	80 / 111	Q3
2Y	+0.82%	+6.29%	-5.47	58 / 84	Q3
3Y	+0.79%	+6.43%	-5.64	64 / 73	Q4
4Y	+0.77%	+5.33%	-4.56	63 / 68	Q4
5Y	+0.54%	-0.23%	+0.77	50 / 55	Q4
7Y	+0.15%	-3.52%	+3.66	33 / 38	Q4
10Y	+0.34%	-6.57%	+6.92	29 / 34	Q4
Inception	+0.58%	+8.45%	-7.87	116 / 130	Q4

Quartile legend: Q1 top 25% Q2 25-50% Q3 50-75% Q4 bottom 25%

Calendar-year returns

Full-year performance vs category average. Current year is partial (year-to-date).

Year	Fund	Category avg	+/− vs avg	Rank
2026 YTD	+0.67%	+1.22%	-0.55	70 / 114
2025	+1.09%	+30.86%	-29.77	68 / 83
2024	+0.70%	+13.06%	-12.36	68 / 69
2023	+0.59%	+14.87%	-14.28	67 / 68
2022	+0.17%	-5.59%	+5.75	41 / 59
2021	-0.25%	+10.93%	-11.18	42 / 51
2020	-0.94%	+10.64%	-11.58	33 / 39
2019	+0.44%	+9.45%	-9.00	27 / 34
2018	+1.36%	+1.74%	-0.38	19 / 35
2017	-0.13%	+9.33%	-9.46	31 / 32
2016	+0.81%	+7.23%	-6.42	25 / 31

Rolling returns

Removes start-date bias by averaging CAGR over every overlapping N-year window in the fund's history. Higher average plus tight min/max plus high "% positive" = consistent.

1-Year rolling

+0.48%

140 windows

min -3.3% · max 3.9%

74% positive

3-Year rolling

+0.39%

116 windows

min -1.0% · max 1.6%

75% positive

5-Year rolling

+0.30%

91 windows

min -0.4% · max 1.4%

71% positive

7-Year rolling

+0.27%

67 windows

min 0.0% · max 0.6%

100% positive

SIP returns — historical "what if"

If you had invested every month in this fund over the chosen period, this is what your investment would be worth today.

Period

Total invested

₹ —

Today's value

₹ —

XIRR

Annualised

Wealth multiplier

Period	Total invested	Today's value	XIRR	Wealth multiplier

XIRR is the annualised internal rate of return on the SIP cash flow — invariant to the monthly amount. "Today's value" and "Total invested" scale linearly with the slider. Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Excludes exit load and taxes.

Risk profile

Risk-adjusted return and volatility, computed from monthly NAV returns over the trailing 3-year and 5-year windows.

Std deviation

2.81%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-2.01

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-2.61

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-2.35%

Jun 2025 → Jun 2025

% positive months

66.7%

Share of monthly returns > 0 over the 3-year window

Sharpe / Sortino use a risk-free rate of 6.5% (1-year T-bill proxy). Higher Sharpe = more return per unit of total risk; higher Sortino = more return per unit of downside risk.

Peers in Fund of Funds - Domestic

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Diversified Equity All Cap Active FOF - IDCW - Direct Plan	HDFC	₹10.2128	17 Jul 2026
Nippon India Diversified Equity Flexicap Passive FoF- DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹21.4179	17 Jul 2026
SBI Dynamic Asset Allocation Active FoF- Direct Plan- Income Cum Distribution Capital Withdrawal Option	SBI	₹10.3233	17 Jul 2026
ICICI Prudential BSE 500 ETF FOF - Direct Plan - IDCW	ICICI Prudential	₹15.9520	17 Jul 2026
Invesco India Gold ETF Fund of Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW (Payout / Reinvestment)	Invesco	₹40.6301	17 Jul 2026
Bandhan Aggressive Hybrid Passive FOF - Direct Plan - IDCW	Bandhan	₹36.8685	17 Jul 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Aggressive Hybrid Omni FOF- Direct - IDCW	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹42.7073	17 Jul 2026
Motilal Oswal Gold and Silver Passive Fund of Funds(Direct Plan)	Motilal Oswal	₹28.6857	17 Jul 2026
Franklin India Dynamic Asset Allocation Active Fund of funds - Direct - IDCW	Franklin India	₹49.0060	17 Jul 2026
Mirae Asset BSE 200 Equal Weight ETF Fund of Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW	Mirae Asset	₹11.7230	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
17 Jul 2026	₹12.9367
16 Jul 2026	₹12.9309
15 Jul 2026	₹12.9246
14 Jul 2026	₹12.9237
13 Jul 2026	₹12.9368
10 Jul 2026	₹12.9359
9 Jul 2026	₹12.9260
8 Jul 2026	₹12.9251
7 Jul 2026	₹12.9447
6 Jul 2026	₹12.9452

Frequently asked questions

These answers are generated from this fund's live metrics — NAV, returns, peer rank, drawdown, SIP backtest. Numbers refresh nightly after AMFI's NAV feed lands.

As of 17 Jul 2026, the NAV of Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW is ₹12.9367. It's a Fund of Funds - Domestic from Bandhan, run as a Direct plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW has NAV history starting from 05 Feb 2014, a track record of about 12 years 5 months. That's enough history to evaluate the fund across one or two market cycles. Look at rolling returns rather than point-to-point to judge consistency.

Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW is managed by Bandhan. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Fund of Funds - Domestic' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW has delivered a absolute return of 0.76% — -11.5 pp behind the Fund of Funds - Domestic category average of 12.27%. The fund ranks #80 of 111 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW has delivered a CAGR of 0.79% — -5.64 pp behind the Fund of Funds - Domestic category average of 6.43%. The fund ranks #64 of 73 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW has delivered a CAGR of 0.54% — +0.77 pp ahead of the Fund of Funds - Domestic category average of -0.23%. The fund ranks #50 of 55 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹103,501 today — a multiplier of 1.04×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 0.34%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹50,679.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹609,058 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 0.59%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹1,221,241 (multiplier 1.02×). XIRR: 0.35%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW ranks #50 out of 55 funds in the Fund of Funds - Domestic category — that places it in the bottom quartile (Q4) — material underperformance. The category average return over the same window is -0.23%; this fund delivered 0.54%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW has experienced over the last 5-year window is 2.37% — its NAV fell from a high on 20 Sep 2021 to a low on 09 May 2022. Drawdown is a useful gauge of how much short-term pain you'd have endured to capture the long-term return.

Across all 5-year rolling windows, Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW averaged 0.30% (best 1.36%, worst -0.39%). 71% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is -2.24 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW returned 1.09% — lagging the Fund of Funds - Domestic category average of 30.86% by 29.77 pp. It ranked #68 of 83 in its category that year.

Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW doesn't fit cleanly into the standard Equity/Debt buckets in our taxonomy. Tax treatment depends on actual asset allocation as disclosed by the AMC — check the factsheet or AMFI's classification table.

We don't give personal investment advice. Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW is suitable for an investor whose:

understands what asset class this scheme actually invests in (check the factsheet)
matches that asset class's volatility profile to their goal horizon

Cross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 2.4%. 5-year CAGR: 0.54%.

Educational content only — not investment advice. Tax rules summarised above reflect Budget 2024; consult a qualified adviser before transacting.