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Kotak Arbitrage Fund

ArbitrageLowOPEN-ENDED
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NAV as on 9 Nov 2026
₹40.55+0.01%1 day
Return since launch
6.9%
52-week range
₹38.19 — ₹40.55
AUM
₹75,275 Cr

Kotak Arbitrage Fund is a Arbitrage hybrid fund from Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund with ₹75,275 Cr under management, launched in 2005. Over three years it has returned 6.4% a year, against 6.5% for its category. The expense ratio is 2.88% and the SEBI riskometer reading is Low.

Performance

Returns

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

Trailing returns
PeriodFundvs categoryCategoryBenchmark
1Y6.0%+0.1 pts6.0%5.9%
2Y6.1%+0.2 pts5.9%6.0%
3Y6.4%−0.1 pts6.5%6.2%
5Y6.6%+0.7 pts6.0%6.4%
7Y6.3%+0.3 pts6.0%6.0%
10Y6.0%+0.5 pts5.6%5.7%

Fund against category

1Y
Fund6.0%
Category6.0%
3Y
Fund6.4%
Category6.5%
5Y
Fund6.6%
Category6.0%

Since launch (12 Sep 2005): 6.9%

Calendar-year returns

Category average
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Calendar-year returns
PeriodFundvs categoryCategory
20256.4%−0.5 pts6.9%
20247.8%−0.2 pts8.0%
20237.4%−0.3 pts7.6%
20224.5%−0.1 pts4.6%
20214.0%−0.2 pts4.1%
20204.3%−0.4 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

2.86%

Expense ratio as on 3 Nov 2026

Charged yearly and already deducted from the NAV.

Base expense
0.82%
Brokerage
0.14%
Transaction charges
0.09%
Statutory levies
1.81%
Exit load
Exit load of 0.25% if redeemed within 30 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.
Beta0.620.58How hard the fund moves when the market moves. Under 1 is steadier than the market.
Sharpe1.871.92Return earned for each unit of total risk taken. Higher is better.
Sortino2.462.45Return earned for each unit of downside risk. Higher is better.
Std. deviation0.550.50How widely monthly returns have varied around their own average. Lower is steadier.
Average of 3 category peers

Portfolio

Kotak Arbitrage Fund portfolio

Portfolio as of 30 Sep 2026

Asset allocation

  • Debt27.8%
  • Other72.5%

Market cap split

  • Large73.2%
  • Mid23.1%
  • Small3.7%
P/E
15.79
P/B
2.49

Top holdings

HoldingSectorWeightValue3M chg6M chg1Y chg
OthersOthers72.80%₹54,803 Cr+290.70%+251.50%+318.00%
Kotak Money Market Fund Direct-GrowthUnclassified9.78%₹7,364 Cr+10.01%+12.06%+11.42%
Kotak Ultra Short Term Fund Direct-GrowthUnclassified4.98%₹3,751 Cr+4.69%+6.02%+5.07%
ICICI Bank Ltd.Financial4.17%₹3,136 Cr-0.02%-2.36%-7.16%
Kotak Ultra Short to Short Term Fund Direct-GrowthUnclassified3.86%₹2,905 Cr+2.87%+1.93%—
Kotak Liquid - Plan A - Direct Plan-GrowthUnclassified3.13%₹2,353 Cr+2.75%+7.77%—
Reliance Industries Ltd.Energy2.88%₹2,167 Cr-0.01%-0.35%-0.02%
Axis Bank Ltd.Financial2.76%₹2,076 Cr-3.35%-2.09%-4.78%
HDFC Bank Ltd.Financial2.09%₹1,572 Cr-0.01%-0.16%-11.85%
Small Industries Devp. Bank of India Ltd.Financial1.55%₹1,169 Cr+0.40%+2.10%+1.36%

Sectors

  • Others72.8%
  • Unclassified21.8%
  • Financial5.7%
  • Insurance0.0%

Instruments

  • Cash Margin71.5%
  • Mutual Fund21.8%
  • Certificate of Deposit5.6%
  • Repo1.5%
  • Commercial Paper0.2%
  • Net Current Assets0.0%

Recent changes

HoldingFromToWeight
Others74.51%71.49%-3.02%
Kotak Liquid - Plan A - Direct Plan-Growth1.19%3.13%+1.94%
Vodafone Idea Ltd.-0.01%-1.30%-1.29%
Coal India Ltd.-0.03%-1.18%-1.15%
Bharti Airtel Ltd. Rights0.00%-1.10%-1.10%
Kotak Ultra Short to Short Term Fund Direct-Growth2.77%3.86%+1.09%
Power Finance Corporation Ltd.-0.00%-0.81%-0.81%
Swiggy Ltd.0.00%-0.76%-0.76%
Indus Towers Ltd.-0.80%-0.08%+0.71%
APL Apollo Tubes Ltd.-0.63%-0.00%+0.63%
PB Fintech Ltd.-0.04%-0.67%-0.63%
BSE Ltd.-0.73%-0.12%+0.61%
Info Edge (India) Ltd.-0.00%-0.59%-0.59%
Adani Green Energy Ltd.-0.01%-0.58%-0.56%
Yes Bank Ltd.-0.00%-0.56%-0.56%
Infosys Ltd.-0.75%-1.26%-0.51%
Kotak Ultra Short Term Fund Direct-Growth4.53%4.98%+0.45%
Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd.-0.01%-0.43%-0.42%
Bajaj Auto Ltd.-0.11%-0.52%-0.42%
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.-0.04%-0.45%-0.40%
NMDC Ltd.-0.01%-0.41%-0.40%
The Indian Hotels Company Ltd.0.35%-0.05%-0.40%
Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.-0.00%-0.39%-0.39%
Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd.-0.39%-0.00%+0.39%
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.-0.06%-0.45%-0.39%
Adani Energy Solutions Ltd.-0.36%-0.73%-0.37%
Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.-0.36%-0.00%+0.36%
Steel Authority Of India Ltd.-0.00%-0.34%-0.34%
Jindal Steel Ltd.-0.35%-0.02%+0.33%
Aditya Birla Capital Ltd.-0.00%-0.30%-0.30%
Container Corporation Of India Ltd.-0.29%-0.00%+0.29%
Coforge Ltd.-0.50%-0.79%-0.29%
UPL Ltd.-0.00%-0.27%-0.27%
One 97 Communications Ltd.-0.32%-0.57%-0.25%
Tech Mahindra Ltd.-0.41%-0.18%+0.23%
Fortis Healthcare Ltd.-0.00%-0.22%-0.21%
Mphasis Ltd.-0.06%-0.27%-0.21%
United Spirits Ltd.-0.20%-0.00%+0.20%
State Bank of India-0.00%-0.20%-0.20%
National Bank For Agriculture & Rural Development0.06%0.26%+0.19%
Hitachi Energy India Ltd.-0.19%-0.00%+0.19%
Axis Bank Ltd.-0.00%-0.19%-0.19%
Nestle India Ltd.-0.24%-0.05%+0.18%
Reliance Industries Ltd.-0.00%-0.18%-0.18%
Astral Ltd.-0.01%-0.19%-0.18%
Laurus Labs Ltd.0.00%-0.18%-0.18%
Punjab National Bank-0.00%-0.17%-0.17%
Sagility Ltd.-0.00%-0.17%-0.17%
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.-0.12%-0.28%-0.16%
HCL Technologies Ltd.-0.16%-0.00%+0.16%
Voltas Ltd.-0.15%-0.00%+0.15%
Zydus Lifesciences Ltd.-0.15%-0.00%+0.15%
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.-0.15%-0.00%+0.15%
Bharti Airtel Ltd.-0.15%-0.00%+0.14%
Kei Industries Ltd.0.00%-0.14%-0.14%
Max Healthcare Institute Ltd.-0.14%-0.00%+0.14%
Central Depository Services (India) Ltd.-0.14%-0.00%+0.13%
Marico Ltd.-0.22%-0.35%-0.13%
Divi's Laboratories Ltd.-0.00%-0.13%-0.12%
SBI Cards And Payment Services Ltd.-0.03%-0.15%-0.12%
Indian Bank-0.01%-0.13%-0.12%
Mankind Pharma Ltd.-0.11%-0.00%+0.11%
Angel One Ltd.-0.02%-0.13%-0.11%
company:14739-0.11%0.00%+0.11%
Kotak Money Market Fund Direct-Growth9.68%9.78%+0.11%
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.-0.00%-0.10%-0.10%
Cipla Ltd.-0.00%-0.09%-0.09%
Bharat Forge Ltd.-0.27%-0.36%-0.09%
Grasim Industries Ltd.-0.00%-0.09%-0.09%
Amber Enterprises India Ltd.-0.12%-0.03%+0.09%
Bosch Ltd.-0.03%-0.12%-0.08%
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.-0.00%-0.08%-0.08%
The Phoenix Mills Ltd.-0.14%-0.07%+0.07%
Larsen & Toubro Ltd.-0.07%-0.00%+0.07%
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.-0.37%-0.30%+0.07%
Ultratech Cement Ltd.-0.01%-0.08%-0.07%
Oberoi Realty Ltd.-0.11%-0.05%+0.07%
Avenue Supermarts Ltd.-0.02%-0.08%-0.07%
GAIL (India) Ltd.-0.07%-0.00%+0.06%
Max Financial Services Ltd.-0.00%-0.07%-0.06%
Shree Cement Ltd.-0.01%-0.07%-0.06%
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd.-0.07%-0.01%+0.06%
JSW Steel Ltd.-0.06%-0.00%+0.06%
company:17623-0.06%0.00%+0.06%
Bank of Maharashtra-0.06%-0.00%+0.06%
Titan Company Ltd.-0.06%-0.00%+0.06%
Adani Power Ltd.-0.05%-0.00%+0.05%
GE Vernova T&D India Ltd-0.05%-0.00%+0.05%
Hero Motocorp Ltd.-0.06%-0.01%+0.05%
L&T Finance Ltd.-0.00%-0.05%-0.05%
Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd.-0.05%-0.00%+0.05%
company:5881-0.05%0.00%+0.05%
Bandhan Bank Ltd.-0.00%-0.05%-0.05%
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.-0.13%-0.08%+0.05%
ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd.-0.05%-0.00%+0.05%
Page Industries Ltd.-0.08%-0.12%-0.04%
Supreme Industries Ltd.-0.09%-0.13%-0.04%
Siemens Energy India Ltd.0.00%-0.04%-0.04%
ICICI Bank Ltd.-0.05%-0.00%+0.04%
FSN E-Commerce Ventures Ltd.-0.00%-0.04%-0.04%
Polycab India Ltd.-0.00%-0.04%-0.04%
Persistent Systems Ltd.-0.01%-0.05%-0.04%
Cummins India Ltd.-0.00%-0.04%-0.04%
Vishal Mega Mart Ltd.-0.05%-0.01%+0.04%
Bajaj Finserv Ltd.-0.00%-0.04%-0.04%
Bajaj Holdings & Investment Ltd.-0.08%-0.05%+0.04%
Radico Khaitan Ltd.-0.21%-0.24%-0.04%
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd.-0.00%-0.04%-0.03%
Godrej Consumer Products Ltd.-0.03%-0.00%+0.03%
KPIT Technologies Ltd.-0.03%-0.00%+0.03%
Tube Investments Of India Ltd.-0.03%-0.00%+0.03%
Eternal Ltd.0.00%-0.03%-0.03%
Bajaj Finance Ltd.-0.04%-0.07%-0.03%
Alkem Laboratories Ltd.-0.03%-0.00%+0.03%
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Ltd.0.00%-0.03%-0.03%
Oil India Ltd.-0.03%-0.05%-0.03%
Vedanta Ltd.-0.02%-0.00%+0.02%
Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd.-0.02%-0.00%+0.02%
Ashok Leyland Ltd.-0.00%-0.03%-0.02%
Suzlon Energy Ltd.-0.09%-0.07%+0.02%
ITC Ltd.-0.00%-0.02%-0.02%
Ambuja Cements Ltd.-0.03%-0.01%+0.02%
Lodha Developers Ltd.0.00%-0.02%-0.02%
360 One Wam Ltd.-0.04%-0.02%+0.02%
Solar Industries India Ltd.-0.00%-0.02%-0.02%
Trent Ltd.-0.05%-0.07%-0.02%
Wipro Ltd.0.00%-0.01%-0.01%
Prestige Estates Projects Ltd.-0.03%-0.04%-0.01%
Hindustan Unilever Ltd.-0.01%-0.02%-0.01%
Patanjali Foods Ltd.-0.20%-0.21%-0.01%
Tata Steel Ltd.-0.01%-0.00%+0.01%
NTPC Ltd.-0.00%-0.01%-0.01%
Bank Of Baroda-0.01%-0.00%+0.01%
Godfrey Phillips India Ltd.-0.01%-0.00%+0.01%
Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.-0.01%-0.00%+0.01%
Petronet LNG Ltd.-0.00%-0.01%-0.01%
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.-0.01%-0.00%+0.01%
JIO Financial Services Ltd.-0.00%-0.01%-0.01%
Canara Bank-0.01%-0.00%+0.01%
SRF Ltd.-0.22%-0.23%-0.01%
Interglobe Aviation Ltd.-0.00%-0.01%-0.01%
ABB India Ltd.-0.05%-0.04%+0.01%
Adani Enterprises Ltd.-0.01%-0.00%+0.01%
Godrej Properties Ltd.-0.00%-0.01%-0.01%
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.-0.01%-0.02%-0.01%
Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd.-0.01%-0.00%+0.01%
Tata Consumer Products Ltd.-0.00%-0.01%-0.01%
Bharat Dynamics Ltd.0.00%-0.01%-0.01%
Dabur India Ltd.-0.00%-0.01%0.00%
Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Ltd.-0.00%-0.01%0.00%
Tata Power Company Ltd.-0.01%-0.00%0.00%
Asian Paints Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
IDFC First Bank Ltd.-0.01%-0.00%0.00%
Ather Energy Ltd.-0.01%-0.00%0.00%
Bank of India-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
HDFC Life Insurance Co Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Inox Wind Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Hindustan Zinc Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Britannia Industries Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
NHPC Ltd.0.00%-0.00%0.00%
company:3901-0.00%0.00%0.00%
HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Life Insurance Corporation of India-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
HDFC Bank Ltd.-0.01%-0.01%0.00%
Small Industries Devp. Bank of India Ltd.0.19%0.19%0.00%
Union Bank of India-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
LIC Housing Finance Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Biocon Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Bharat Electronics Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Premier Energies Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Manappuram Finance Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd.0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Indian Energy Exchange Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
UNO Minda Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Havells India Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Muthoot Finance Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Lupin Ltd.-0.01%-0.00%0.00%
PI Industries Ltd.0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Indusind Bank Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Anand Rathi Wealth Ltd.0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Computer Age Management Services Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
PG Electroplast Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Eicher Motors Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Delhivery Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Pidilite Industries Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
National Aluminium Company Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Hindalco Industries Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Varun Beverages Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
PNB Housing Finance Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
GMR Airports Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Shriram Finance Ltd-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Power Grid Corporation Of India Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd.-0.01%-0.01%0.00%
NBCC (India) Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Kaynes Technology India Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
TVS Motor Company Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
ICICI Life Insurance Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
JSW Energy Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Force Motors Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%
DLF Ltd.-0.00%-0.00%0.00%

Compare

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The rest of the category, so this fund’s numbers have something to sit against.

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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 arbitrage opportunities emerging out of pricing anomaly between the spot & futures market; and also through deployment of surplus cash in fixed income instruments.

Fund managers

  • Hiten ShahMr. Shah is a Masters in Management Studies (Finance) from Mumbai University.Prior to joining Kotak Mahindra Mutual fund, he was associated with Edelweiss Asset Management for more than 8 years as a CoFund manager and Chief dealer in equities segment. He was also associated with Edelweiss securities Ltd. as low risk arbitrage trader for more than 3 years.
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 months2.99% absolute₹60,000₹61,7942.99%
1 year6.18% annualised₹1,20,000₹1,24,0943.41%
3 years6.77% annualised₹3,60,000₹4,00,17011.16%
5 years6.36% annualised₹6,00,000₹7,07,92617.99%

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 Kotak Arbitrage Fund?
The NAV of Kotak Arbitrage Fund is ₹40.55 as on 9 Nov 2026.
What is the expense ratio of Kotak Arbitrage Fund?
The expense ratio of Kotak Arbitrage Fund is 2.88% per year.
What is the minimum SIP amount for Kotak Arbitrage Fund?
You can start a SIP in Kotak Arbitrage Fund with ₹3,000 a month.
What returns has Kotak Arbitrage Fund given?
Kotak Arbitrage Fund has returned 6.0% over 1 year, 6.4% over 3 years and 6.6% over 5 years (annualised).
Is there a lock-in or exit load on Kotak Arbitrage Fund?
Lock-in: None. Exit load: Exit load of 0.25% if redeemed within 30 days.
How risky is Kotak Arbitrage Fund?
Kotak Arbitrage Fund is rated Low on the SEBI riskometer and belongs to the Arbitrage category.
Which fund house manages Kotak Arbitrage Fund?
Kotak Arbitrage Fund is managed by Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund, which runs 97 schemes with ₹6,34,000 Cr under management.