Should I invest in IDFC Arbitrage Plus Fund -B?

We don't give personal investment advice. IDFC Arbitrage Plus Fund -B-DIVIDEND is suitable for an investor whose:time horizon is **5+ years** — equity funds can drop 30-50% in bad years; horizons under 5 years materially raise the risk of selling at a lossrisk tolerance accepts seeing the portfolio fall sharply without panic-sellinggoal isn't capital preservation in the short termCross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 2.2%. 5-year CAGR: 1.45%.

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IDFC Arbitrage Plus Fund -B-DIVIDEND

Latest NAV

₹12.3608

As of

17 Feb 2017

2,136 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	+0.12%	+21.01%	-20.89	3 / 12	Q1
1W	+0.20%	+20.68%	-20.48	4 / 12	Q2
2W	-0.09%	+20.87%	-20.96	4 / 12	Q2
1M	+0.04%	+20.72%	-20.69	4 / 12	Q2
3M	-0.62%	+20.41%	-21.03	6 / 12	Q2
6M	+0.44%	+20.47%	-20.02	4 / 12	Q2
YTD	+0.18%	+19.95%	-19.77	4 / 12	Q2
1Y	+1.47%	+22.72%	-21.26	10 / 12	Q4
2Y	+0.83%	+10.54%	-9.71	11 / 12	Q4
3Y	+0.24%	+9.33%	-9.09	11 / 12	Q4
4Y	+0.56%	+8.25%	-7.68	11 / 12	Q4
5Y	+1.45%	+7.15%	-5.70	10 / 11	Q4
7Y	+2.29%	+4.26%	-1.97	7 / 8	Q4
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+2.46%	+7.21%	-4.76	11 / 12	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
2017 YTD	+0.18%	+8.80%	-8.62	7 / 7
2016	+1.64%	+4.88%	-3.24	5 / 6
2015	+0.42%	+0.34%	+0.09	1 / 2
2014	-1.14%	+3.42%	-4.56	2 / 2
2013	+2.22%	+5.65%	-3.43	2 / 2
2012	+4.71%	+7.01%	-2.31	2 / 2
2011	+4.54%	+5.67%	-1.13	2 / 2
2010	+3.65%	+4.73%	-1.08	2 / 2
2009	+0.71%	+2.17%	-1.47	2 / 2
2008	—	—	—	—

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

+2.34%

94 windows

min -1.7% · max 8.5%

84% positive

3-Year rolling

+2.51%

70 windows

min 0.1% · max 4.7%

100% positive

5-Year rolling

+2.64%

46 windows

min 1.4% · max 3.9%

100% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 5Y windows happen to be available.

7-Year rolling

+2.35%

21 windows

min 2.2% · max 2.7%

100% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 7Y windows happen to be available.

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

1.03%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-6.07

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-8.42

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-1.97%

Feb 2014 → Mar 2015

% positive months

58.3%

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 Equity Savings Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
Nippon India Equity Savings Fund - Segregated Portfolio 2 - Growth Plan - Bonus Option	Nippon India	₹0.0000	3 Jun 2026
ICICI Prudential Equity Savings Fund - Cumulative option	ICICI Prudential	₹22.8500	3 Jun 2026
Franklin India Equity Savings Fund- Growth	Franklin India	₹16.6598	3 Jun 2026
PGIM India Equity Savings Fund - Growth Option	PGIM India	₹49.7891	3 Jun 2026
IDFC Arbitrage Plus Fund -A-DIVIDEND	IDFC	₹10.7610	3 Jun 2026
Sundaram Equity Savings Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Equity Savings Fund) - Growth Option	Sundaram	₹69.4921	3 Jun 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
17 Feb 2017	₹12.3608
16 Feb 2017	₹12.3461
15 Feb 2017	₹12.3475
14 Feb 2017	₹12.3386
13 Feb 2017	₹12.3423
10 Feb 2017	₹12.3356
9 Feb 2017	₹12.3275
8 Feb 2017	₹12.3372
7 Feb 2017	₹12.3742
6 Feb 2017	₹12.3733

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 Feb 2017, the NAV of IDFC Arbitrage Plus Fund -B-DIVIDEND is ₹12.3608. It's a Equity Savings Fund from IDFC, run as a Unknown plan Growth option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

IDFC Arbitrage Plus Fund -B-DIVIDEND has NAV history starting from 10 Jun 2008, a track record of about 17 years 11 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.

IDFC Arbitrage Plus Fund -B-DIVIDEND is managed by IDFC. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Equity Savings Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, IDFC Arbitrage Plus Fund -B-DIVIDEND has delivered a absolute return of 1.47% — -21.26 pp behind the Equity Savings Fund category average of 22.72%. The fund ranks #10 of 12 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, IDFC Arbitrage Plus Fund -B-DIVIDEND has delivered a CAGR of 0.24% — -9.09 pp behind the Equity Savings Fund category average of 9.33%. The fund ranks #11 of 12 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, IDFC Arbitrage Plus Fund -B-DIVIDEND has delivered a CAGR of 1.45% — -5.7 pp behind the Equity Savings Fund category average of 7.15%. The fund ranks #10 of 11 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in IDFC Arbitrage Plus Fund -B-DIVIDEND exactly 5 years ago would be worth approximately ₹107,454 today — a multiplier of 1.07×, based on the 5-year CAGR of 1.45%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹141,240.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in IDFC Arbitrage Plus Fund -B-DIVIDEND over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹611,865 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 0.77%.

IDFC Arbitrage Plus Fund -B-DIVIDEND doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (7-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹882,692 — XIRR 1.40%.

On a 5-year basis, IDFC Arbitrage Plus Fund -B-DIVIDEND ranks #10 out of 11 funds in the Equity Savings Fund category — that places it in the bottom quartile (Q4) — material underperformance. The category average return over the same window is 7.15%; this fund delivered 1.45%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline IDFC Arbitrage Plus Fund -B-DIVIDEND has experienced over the last 5-year window is 2.21% — its NAV fell from a high on 29 Jan 2014 to a low on 26 Mar 2015. 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, IDFC Arbitrage Plus Fund -B-DIVIDEND averaged 2.64% (best 3.91%, worst 1.45%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is -4.53 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2016, IDFC Arbitrage Plus Fund -B-DIVIDEND returned 1.64% — lagging the Equity Savings Fund category average of 4.88% by 3.24 pp. It ranked #5 of 6 in its category that year.

IDFC Arbitrage Plus Fund -B-DIVIDEND is classified as an Equity fund (at least 65% equity exposure). Tax rules (post Budget 2024): if you hold 12 months or more, gains are Long-Term and taxed at 12.5% on the amount exceeding ₹1.25 lakh per financial year. Held for under 12 months, gains are Short-Term and taxed at 20%. The ₹1.25 L exemption is per PAN per FY across all equity LTCG.

We don't give personal investment advice. IDFC Arbitrage Plus Fund -B-DIVIDEND is suitable for an investor whose:

time horizon is **5+ years** — equity funds can drop 30-50% in bad years; horizons under 5 years materially raise the risk of selling at a loss
risk tolerance accepts seeing the portfolio fall sharply without panic-selling
goal isn't capital preservation in the short term

Cross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 2.2%. 5-year CAGR: 1.45%.

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

IDFC Arbitrage Plus Fund -B-DIVIDEND

NAV history & peer comparison

Returns matrix

Calendar-year returns

Rolling returns

SIP returns — historical "what if"

Risk profile

Peers in Equity Savings Fund

Recent NAVs

Frequently asked questions

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