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 - Regular 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: 0.61%.

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

Latest NAV

₹12.8357

As of

24 Jul 2026

4,382 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	+0.01%	-2.38%	+2.39	27 / 88	Q2
1W	+0.01%	-12.89%	+12.91	25 / 98	Q2
2W	+0.02%	-13.49%	+13.50	26 / 94	Q2
1M	-1.25%	-13.35%	+12.10	68 / 94	Q3
3M	+0.08%	-11.85%	+11.94	62 / 94	Q3
6M	+0.59%	-10.22%	+10.80	56 / 94	Q3
YTD	+0.65%	-8.72%	+9.37	43 / 94	Q2
1Y	+0.61%	-3.83%	+4.43	57 / 92	Q3
2Y	+0.70%	-3.89%	+4.59	60 / 89	Q3
3Y	+0.75%	-3.52%	+4.27	67 / 89	Q4
4Y	+0.87%	-6.15%	+7.03	54 / 65	Q4
5Y	+0.61%	-8.71%	+9.32	51 / 62	Q4
7Y	+0.23%	-10.24%	+10.47	45 / 55	Q4
10Y	+0.35%	-15.70%	+16.06	34 / 44	Q4
Inception	+1.16%	-6.03%	+7.20	72 / 98	Q3

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	+0.65%	-0.50%	+1.15	15 / 40
2025	+1.05%	+15.89%	-14.85	33 / 39
2024	+0.64%	+12.44%	-11.80	37 / 39
2023	+0.55%	+16.47%	-15.92	38 / 39
2022	+0.77%	-18.99%	+19.76	23 / 47
2021	-0.27%	+18.34%	-18.61	39 / 42
2020	-0.98%	+7.19%	-8.17	29 / 40
2019	+0.40%	+6.26%	-5.86	31 / 38
2018	+1.32%	+1.39%	-0.07	24 / 38
2017	-0.13%	+11.93%	-12.06	36 / 38
2016	+0.80%	+4.96%	-4.16	30 / 44

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

+0.98%

209 windows

min -9.6% · max 8.8%

72% positive

3-Year rolling

+0.92%

185 windows

min -1.8% · max 5.4%

81% positive

5-Year rolling

+0.71%

161 windows

min -1.1% · max 3.5%

83% positive

7-Year rolling

+0.68%

136 windows

min -0.4% · max 2.4%

96% 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

2.75%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-2.08

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-2.70

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-2.30%

Jun 2025 → Jun 2025

% positive months

69.4%

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 Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - IDCW Option	HDFC	₹36.0556	24 Jul 2026
Nippon India Diversified Equity Flexicap Passive FoF - IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹20.5390	24 Jul 2026
ICICI Prudential Aggressive Hybrid Active FOF - Growth	ICICI Prudential	₹222.7348	24 Jul 2026
Quantum Diversified Equity All Cap Active FOF - Direct Plan Growth Option	Quantum	₹84.9200	24 Jul 2026
Franklin India Dynamic Asset Allocation Active Fund of funds - IDCW	Franklin Templeton	₹40.6564	24 Jul 2026
Franklin India Income Plus Arbitrage Active Fund of Funds- IDCW	Franklin India	₹20.5854	24 Jul 2026
Kotak Gold Fund Payout of Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option	Kotak	₹54.3313	24 Jul 2026
Kotak Multi Asset Omni FOF - Growth- Regular	Kotak Mahindra	₹252.4640	24 Jul 2026
HSBC Aggressive Hybrid Active FOF - Dividend	HSBC	₹29.3936	24 Jul 2026
Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Regular Plan - Annual IDCW	IDFC	₹14.7460	24 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
24 Jul 2026	₹12.8357
23 Jul 2026	₹12.8350
22 Jul 2026	₹12.8362
21 Jul 2026	₹12.8386
20 Jul 2026	₹12.8287
17 Jul 2026	₹12.8339
16 Jul 2026	₹12.8282
15 Jul 2026	₹12.8221
14 Jul 2026	₹12.8213
13 Jul 2026	₹12.8344

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 24 Jul 2026, the NAV of Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Regular Plan - Quarterly IDCW is ₹12.8357. It's a Fund of Funds - Domestic from IDFC, run as a Unknown plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Regular Plan - Quarterly IDCW has NAV history starting from 02 Jun 2008, a track record of about 18 years 1 months. Long-tenured funds like this have weathered multiple market cycles — the 2008 crash, 2013 taper tantrum, 2020 COVID drawdown — which makes their returns more credible than a 3-year track record alone.

Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Regular Plan - Quarterly IDCW is managed by IDFC. 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 - Regular Plan - Quarterly IDCW has delivered a absolute return of 0.61% — +4.43 pp ahead of the Fund of Funds - Domestic category average of -3.83%. The fund ranks #57 of 92 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Regular Plan - Quarterly IDCW has delivered a CAGR of 0.75% — +4.27 pp ahead of the Fund of Funds - Domestic category average of -3.52%. The fund ranks #67 of 89 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Regular Plan - Quarterly IDCW has delivered a CAGR of 0.61% — +9.32 pp ahead of the Fund of Funds - Domestic category average of -8.71%. The fund ranks #51 of 62 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Regular Plan - Quarterly IDCW exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹103,579 today — a multiplier of 1.04×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 0.35%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹18,115.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Regular Plan - Quarterly IDCW over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹609,062 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 - Regular Plan - Quarterly IDCW = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹1,223,901 (multiplier 1.02×). XIRR: 0.39%. 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 - Regular Plan - Quarterly IDCW ranks #51 out of 62 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 -8.71%; this fund delivered 0.61%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Regular Plan - Quarterly IDCW has experienced over the last 5-year window is 2.36% — 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 - Regular Plan - Quarterly IDCW averaged 0.71% (best 3.45%, worst -1.06%). 83% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is -2.33 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Regular Plan - Quarterly IDCW returned 1.05% — lagging the Fund of Funds - Domestic category average of 15.89% by 14.85 pp. It ranked #33 of 39 in its category that year.

Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF - Regular 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 - Regular 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: 0.61%.

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