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Axis Arbitrage Fund

ArbitrageLowOPEN-ENDED
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NAV as on 9 Nov 2026
₹20.190.00%1 day
Return since launch
5.9%
52-week range
₹19.05 — ₹20.19
AUM
₹10,577 Cr

Axis Arbitrage Fund is a Arbitrage hybrid fund from Axis Mutual Fund with ₹10,577 Cr under management, launched in 2014. Over three years it has returned 6.2% a year, against 6.5% for its category. The expense ratio is 2.09% and the SEBI riskometer reading is Low.

Performance

Returns

How the fund has done against its category and its benchmark.

Trailing returns
PeriodFundvs categoryCategoryBenchmark
1Y5.8%−0.1 pts6.0%5.9%
2Y6.0%0.0 pts5.9%6.0%
3Y6.2%−0.3 pts6.5%6.2%
5Y6.4%+0.4 pts6.0%6.4%
7Y6.0%+0.1 pts6.0%6.0%
10Y5.8%+0.2 pts5.6%5.7%

Fund against category

1Y
Fund5.8%
Category6.0%
3Y
Fund6.2%
Category6.5%
5Y
Fund6.4%
Category6.0%

Since launch (25 Jul 2014): 5.9%

Calendar-year returns

Category average
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Calendar-year returns
PeriodFundvs categoryCategory
20256.3%−0.6 pts6.9%
20247.5%−0.5 pts8.0%
20236.9%−0.7 pts7.6%
20224.2%−0.5 pts4.6%
20213.8%−0.3 pts4.1%
20204.1%−0.5 pts4.7%

Returns over one year are annualised. Shorter periods are absolute.

Costs & terms

Costs and terms

What the fund charges each year, and the rules around putting money in and taking it out.

Costs

2.09%

Expense ratio as on 5 Nov 2026

Charged yearly and already deducted from the NAV.

Base expense
0.86%
Brokerage
0.25%
Transaction charges
0.00%
Statutory levies
0.98%
Exit load
Exit load of 0.25% if redeemed within 15 days.
Lock-in
None

Terms

Min SIP
₹3,000
Min lumpsum
₹5,000
Plan
GROWTH
Fund type
OPEN-ENDED
Benchmark
NIFTY 50 Arbitrage TRI
Short-term capital gains
Returns taxed at 20% if you redeem before 1 year
Long-term capital gains
After 1 year, returns above ₹1.25 lakh in a financial year are taxed at 12.5%

Risk

Risk

What the riskometer means for this fund, and how its ratios sit against the category.

Low

Your principal is treated as being at low risk — typically overnight and very short duration debt schemes.

Risk ratios
RatioFundCategory avgRead as
Alpha——Return earned above what the benchmark alone would have given. Higher is better.
Beta0.600.59How hard the fund moves when the market moves. Under 1 is steadier than the market.
Sharpe1.591.91Return earned for each unit of total risk taken. Higher is better.
Sortino2.062.46Return earned for each unit of downside risk. Higher is better.
Std. deviation0.520.51How widely monthly returns have varied around their own average. Lower is steadier.
Average of 4 category peers

Portfolio

Axis Arbitrage Fund portfolio

Portfolio as of 30 Sep 2026

Asset allocation

  • Debt32.0%
  • Other68.3%

Market cap split

  • Large78.1%
  • Mid17.3%
  • Small4.6%
P/E
16.10
P/B
2.33

Top holdings

HoldingSectorWeightValue3M chg6M chg1Y chg
OthersOthers70.05%₹7,122 Cr+3.41%+123.22%+149.04%
Axis Money Market Fund Direct-GrowthUnclassified13.06%₹1,328 Cr+15.60%+10.57%+10.09%
HDFC Bank Ltd.Financial4.48%₹456 Cr-11.68%-14.85%-8.95%
Reliance Industries Ltd.Energy3.73%₹379 Cr-6.29%-4.34%-5.74%
ICICI Bank Ltd.Financial3.55%₹361 Cr-2.13%-1.89%-5.15%
State Bank of IndiaFinancial2.63%₹267 Cr-2.53%-3.88%-7.04%
Bharti Airtel Ltd.Communication2.22%₹225 Cr-2.50%-4.08%-2.02%
National Bank For Agriculture & Rural DevelopmentFinancial1.91%₹194 Cr+0.14%+0.17%+0.33%
Bank Of BarodaFinancial1.67%₹170 Cr-0.63%-0.59%-5.08%
Canara BankFinancial1.42%₹145 Cr-2.81%-1.51%-2.85%

Sectors

  • Others70.0%
  • Financial17.1%
  • Unclassified13.1%

Instruments

  • Net Receivables68.5%
  • Certificate of Deposit17.2%
  • Mutual Fund13.1%
  • CBLO1.5%

Recent changes

HoldingFromToWeight
Reliance Industries Ltd.-3.31%-0.04%+3.27%
National Bank For Agriculture & Rural Development0.14%1.91%+1.77%
Canara Bank1.21%-0.24%-1.45%
Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Ltd.-1.38%-0.15%+1.23%
Axis Bank Ltd.-1.36%-0.20%+1.15%
Adani Power Ltd.-1.06%-0.00%+1.06%
Bajaj Finance Ltd.-1.32%-0.36%+0.96%
ITC Ltd.-0.94%-0.00%+0.94%
Hindalco Industries Ltd.-1.14%-0.21%+0.94%
Infosys Ltd.-0.23%-1.16%-0.92%
Others2.43%1.54%-0.89%
Divi's Laboratories Ltd.-0.83%-0.04%+0.79%
DLF Ltd.-0.75%-0.00%+0.75%
State Bank of India-0.75%-0.01%+0.74%
Bharat Electronics Ltd.-1.99%-1.30%+0.69%
Punjab National Bank-0.12%-0.79%-0.67%
Axis Money Market Fund Direct-Growth12.47%13.06%+0.59%
Cummins India Ltd.-0.87%-1.41%-0.54%
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.-0.51%-0.00%+0.51%
Hitachi Energy India Ltd.-0.65%-0.16%+0.49%
Indian Bank0.46%-0.00%-0.46%
GE Vernova T&D India Ltd-0.47%-0.01%+0.46%
HDFC Life Insurance Co Ltd.-0.74%-0.30%+0.44%
LIC Housing Finance Ltd.-0.28%-0.71%-0.43%
Adani Energy Solutions Ltd.-0.41%-0.00%+0.41%
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.-0.41%-0.00%+0.41%
NBCC (India) Ltd.-0.38%-0.00%+0.38%
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.-0.70%-0.33%+0.37%
Eicher Motors Ltd.-0.37%-0.01%+0.36%
Adani Green Energy Ltd.-0.36%-0.00%+0.36%
Astral Ltd.0.00%-0.35%-0.35%
Bank of India-0.34%-0.00%+0.34%
Ambuja Cements Ltd.-0.39%-0.05%+0.33%
Indian Energy Exchange Ltd.-0.33%-0.00%+0.32%
Tata Steel Ltd.-1.53%-1.85%-0.32%
The Indian Hotels Company Ltd.0.31%-0.00%-0.31%
Bank Of Baroda-0.30%-0.00%+0.29%
Tata Power Company Ltd.-0.39%-0.09%+0.29%
One 97 Communications Ltd.-0.31%-0.04%+0.28%
Bandhan Bank Ltd.-0.28%-0.00%+0.28%
company:7040-0.27%0.00%+0.27%
HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd.-0.27%-0.00%+0.27%
Solar Industries India Ltd.-0.26%-0.00%+0.26%
Godrej Consumer Products Ltd.-0.27%-0.01%+0.26%
APL Apollo Tubes Ltd.-0.26%-0.00%+0.26%
Life Insurance Corporation of India-0.44%-0.70%-0.26%
SBI Cards And Payment Services Ltd.0.00%-0.26%-0.26%
Power Finance Corporation Ltd.-0.03%-0.28%-0.25%
Lupin Ltd.-0.24%-0.00%+0.24%
Coforge Ltd.-0.00%-0.24%-0.24%
Tata Consumer Products Ltd.-0.23%-0.00%+0.22%
Small Industries Devp. Bank of India Ltd.0.46%0.24%-0.22%
Muthoot Finance Ltd.-0.22%-0.00%+0.21%
Bharat Forge Ltd.-0.22%-0.01%+0.21%
Yes Bank Ltd.-0.12%-0.32%-0.21%
Bajaj Auto Ltd.0.07%-0.14%-0.21%
Bharti Airtel Ltd.-0.21%-0.01%+0.20%
Varun Beverages Ltd.-0.52%-0.72%-0.20%
AU Small Finance Bank Ltd.-0.19%-0.00%+0.19%
Jindal Steel Ltd.-0.18%-0.00%+0.18%
Swiggy Ltd.0.00%-0.18%-0.18%
Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd.-0.19%-0.01%+0.18%
company:7925-0.18%0.00%+0.18%
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd.-0.17%-0.00%+0.17%
Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd.-0.21%-0.04%+0.17%
Indusind Bank Ltd.-0.00%-0.16%-0.16%
Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.-0.16%-0.00%+0.16%
Fortis Healthcare Ltd.-0.19%-0.03%+0.16%
Vedanta Ltd.-0.16%-0.01%+0.16%
TVS Motor Company Ltd.-0.21%-0.06%+0.16%
SRF Ltd.-0.15%-0.00%+0.15%
Max Financial Services Ltd.-0.23%-0.08%+0.14%
Coal India Ltd.-1.05%-1.19%-0.14%
Godrej Properties Ltd.-0.14%-0.00%+0.13%
company:2440-0.13%0.00%+0.13%
Dabur India Ltd.-0.14%-0.02%+0.13%
Vodafone Idea Ltd.-1.26%-1.14%+0.12%
Indus Towers Ltd.-1.24%-1.12%+0.12%
ICICI Bank Ltd.-0.16%-0.28%-0.12%
company:14386-0.12%0.00%+0.12%
Info Edge (India) Ltd.-0.00%-0.12%-0.12%
Larsen & Toubro Ltd.-0.18%-0.06%+0.11%
The Indian Hotels Company Ltd Rights-0.30%-0.41%-0.11%
The Federal Bank Ltd.-0.67%-0.79%-0.11%
Inox Wind Ltd.-0.11%-0.00%+0.10%
Laurus Labs Ltd.0.00%-0.10%-0.10%
company:14677-0.10%0.00%+0.10%
company:1471-0.10%0.00%+0.10%
PB Fintech Ltd.-0.00%-0.10%-0.09%
Mphasis Ltd.0.00%-0.09%-0.09%
Power Grid Corporation Of India Ltd.-0.09%-0.00%+0.08%
Shriram Finance Ltd-0.00%-0.09%-0.08%
Kei Industries Ltd.0.00%-0.08%-0.08%
Union Bank of India-0.08%-0.00%+0.08%
PNB Housing Finance Ltd.-0.04%-0.11%-0.07%
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.-2.70%-2.64%+0.07%
NMDC Ltd.-0.54%-0.60%-0.07%
Hindustan Unilever Ltd.-1.24%-1.18%+0.06%
Ultratech Cement Ltd.-0.88%-0.81%+0.06%
Container Corporation Of India Ltd.-0.64%-0.58%+0.06%
Steel Authority Of India Ltd.-0.84%-0.78%+0.06%
Adani Enterprises Ltd.-1.37%-1.31%+0.06%
Pidilite Industries Ltd.-0.15%-0.09%+0.06%
Ashok Leyland Ltd.-0.28%-0.33%-0.05%
National Aluminium Company Ltd.-0.09%-0.04%+0.05%
Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.-0.07%-0.02%+0.05%
Asian Paints Ltd.-0.14%-0.09%+0.05%
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.-0.99%-0.94%+0.05%
GMR Airports Ltd.-0.05%-0.00%+0.05%
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.-0.01%0.04%+0.05%
Hindustan Zinc Ltd.-0.09%-0.05%+0.04%
SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.-0.04%-0.00%+0.04%
UPL Ltd.-0.27%-0.24%+0.04%
Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd.-0.04%-0.00%+0.04%
Tube Investments Of India Ltd.-0.01%-0.05%-0.04%
Marico Ltd.-0.14%-0.18%-0.04%
company:1308-0.04%0.00%+0.04%
company:14739-0.03%0.00%+0.03%
Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.-0.17%-0.14%+0.03%
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.-0.04%-0.01%+0.03%
JIO Financial Services Ltd.-1.10%-1.07%+0.03%
Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd.-0.64%-0.62%+0.03%
Supreme Industries Ltd.-0.03%-0.05%-0.03%
Radico Khaitan Ltd.-0.01%-0.03%-0.02%
HDFC Bank Ltd.-0.04%-0.06%-0.02%
Eternal Ltd.0.00%-0.02%-0.02%
JSW Energy Ltd.-0.09%-0.11%-0.02%
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.-0.12%-0.14%-0.02%
Bajaj Finserv Ltd.-0.00%-0.02%-0.02%
company:7037-0.02%0.00%+0.02%
RBL Bank Ltd.-0.09%-0.11%-0.02%
Page Industries Ltd.-0.00%-0.02%-0.02%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.-0.04%-0.02%+0.02%
Titan Company Ltd.0.00%-0.02%-0.02%
company:5626-0.02%0.00%+0.02%
company:18041-0.02%0.00%+0.02%
JSW Steel Ltd.-1.03%-1.05%-0.02%
GAIL (India) Ltd.-0.03%-0.04%-0.02%
company:5590-0.02%0.00%+0.02%
United Spirits Ltd.-0.14%-0.16%-0.02%
Biocon Ltd.-0.80%-0.79%+0.02%
Interglobe Aviation Ltd.-0.02%-0.04%-0.02%
The Phoenix Mills Ltd.-0.02%-0.00%+0.01%
company:15039-0.01%0.00%+0.01%
Sagility Ltd.-0.02%-0.03%-0.01%
Delhivery Ltd.-0.01%-0.02%-0.01%
Cipla Ltd.-0.03%-0.02%+0.01%
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.-0.11%-0.13%-0.01%
Computer Age Management Services Ltd.-0.04%-0.02%+0.01%
PG Electroplast Ltd.-0.01%-0.02%-0.01%
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.-1.60%-1.58%+0.01%
Manappuram Finance Ltd.-0.89%-0.88%+0.01%
Voltas Ltd.-0.01%-0.00%+0.01%
Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.-0.01%-0.00%+0.01%
Max Healthcare Institute Ltd.-0.01%-0.00%+0.01%
Avenue Supermarts Ltd.0.00%-0.01%-0.01%
company:3471-0.01%0.00%+0.01%
NTPC Ltd.-0.47%-0.46%0.00%
Patanjali Foods Ltd.-0.04%-0.05%0.00%
Suzlon Energy Ltd.-0.06%-0.05%0.00%
Oil India Ltd.0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Bank of Maharashtra-0.02%-0.02%0.00%
company:15609-0.00%0.00%0.00%
Persistent Systems Ltd.0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.-0.35%-0.35%0.00%
Nestle India Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
company:809-0.00%0.00%0.00%
company:16288-0.00%0.00%0.00%
Aditya Birla Capital Ltd.-0.01%-0.01%0.00%
company:17084-0.00%0.00%0.00%
Trent Ltd.-0.00%-0.01%0.00%
company:5533-0.00%0.00%0.00%
KPIT Technologies Ltd.0.00%0.00%0.00%
company:12712-0.00%0.00%0.00%
Prestige Estates Projects Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
company:19816-0.00%0.00%0.00%
company:19482-0.00%0.00%0.00%
company:1458-0.00%0.00%0.00%
company:13401-0.00%0.00%0.00%
company:6959-0.00%0.00%0.00%
IDFC First Bank Ltd.-0.06%-0.06%0.00%

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About

About this fund

The scheme’s own words, its benchmark and the people running it.

Investment objective

The scheme aims to generate income through low volatility absolute return strategies that take advantage of opportunities in the cash and the derivative segments of the equity markets including the arbitrage opportunities available within the derivative segment, by using other derivative based strategies and by investing the balance in debt and money market instruments.

Fund managers

  • Devang ShahMr. Shah is B.Com and ACA.Prior to joining Axis AMC he has worked with ICICI Prudential AMC, Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt. Ltd. and Pricewaterhouse Coopers.
  • Pratik TibrewalMr. Tibrewal is a B.Com, LLB (Gen) and MBA (Finance).Prior to joining Axis Mutual Fund, he has worked with Inditrade Capital Ltd., Edelweiss Mutual Fund and Edelweiss Commodities trading Ltd..
  • Sachin JainMr. Jain is a B.Tech, AGMP (Management)Prior to joining Axis Asset Management Company Ltd., he has worked with Sundaram Mutual Fund, I- Cap, Sunidhi securities and Finance Ltd.
Scheme information document

Tools

Return calculator

What ₹10,000 a month in this fund would have grown to over each period, based on its past returns.

₹
Over the pastTotal investmentWould’ve becomeGrowthReturns
6 months2.88% absolute₹60,000₹61,7282.88%
1 year6.01% annualised₹1,20,000₹1,23,9793.32%
3 years6.58% annualised₹3,60,000₹3,98,96810.82%
5 years6.13% annualised₹6,00,000₹7,03,61217.27%

Returns for 1 year and longer are annualised (CAGR); 6-month figures are absolute. Past returns are not a forecast.

How this is calculated

Each monthly instalment grows at the fund’s annualised return ÷ 12 per month until the end of the period, the same formula as our SIP calculator.

The amount compounds once a year at the fund’s CAGR for that period, the same formula as our lumpsum calculator.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

The things people ask about this scheme.

What is the NAV of Axis Arbitrage Fund?
The NAV of Axis Arbitrage Fund is ₹20.19 as on 9 Nov 2026.
What is the expense ratio of Axis Arbitrage Fund?
The expense ratio of Axis Arbitrage Fund is 2.09% per year.
What is the minimum SIP amount for Axis Arbitrage Fund?
You can start a SIP in Axis Arbitrage Fund with ₹3,000 a month.
What returns has Axis Arbitrage Fund given?
Axis Arbitrage Fund has returned 5.8% over 1 year, 6.2% over 3 years and 6.4% over 5 years (annualised).
Is there a lock-in or exit load on Axis Arbitrage Fund?
Lock-in: None. Exit load: Exit load of 0.25% if redeemed within 15 days..
How risky is Axis Arbitrage Fund?
Axis Arbitrage Fund is rated Low on the SEBI riskometer and belongs to the Arbitrage category.
Which fund house manages Axis Arbitrage Fund?
Axis Arbitrage Fund is managed by Axis Mutual Fund, which runs 74 schemes with ₹3,91,554 Cr under management.