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Union Arbitrage Fund

ArbitrageLowOPEN-ENDED
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NAV as on 24 Sep 2026
₹15.03-0.08%1 day
Return since launch
5.5%
52-week range
₹14.19 — ₹15.05
AUM
₹221 Cr

Union Arbitrage Fund is a Arbitrage hybrid fund from Union Mutual Fund with ₹221 Cr under management, launched in 2019. Over three years it has returned 6.2% a year, against 6.5% for its category. The expense ratio is 2.14% and the SEBI riskometer reading is Low.

Performance

Returns

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

Trailing returns
PeriodFundvs categoryCategoryBenchmark
1Y5.9%+0.1 pts5.9%5.8%
2Y5.9%0.0 pts5.9%6.0%
3Y6.2%−0.3 pts6.5%6.2%
5Y6.3%+0.4 pts5.9%6.3%
7Y5.9%0.0 pts5.9%5.9%

Fund against category

1Y
Fund5.9%
Category5.9%
3Y
Fund6.2%
Category6.5%
5Y
Fund6.3%
Category5.9%

Since launch (30 Jan 2019): 5.5%

Calendar-year returns

Category average
Show as a table
Calendar-year returns
PeriodFundvs categoryCategory
20256.0%−0.9 pts6.9%
20247.5%−0.5 pts8.0%
20237.0%−0.6 pts7.6%
20223.7%−1.0 pts4.6%
20213.7%−0.4 pts4.1%
20204.5%−0.2 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

2.17%

Expense ratio as on 23 Sep 2026

Charged yearly and already deducted from the NAV.

Base expense
0.87%
Brokerage
0.12%
Transaction charges
0.04%
Statutory levies
1.14%
Exit load
Exit load of 0.25% if redeemed within 1 months.
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.
Beta0.680.62How hard the fund moves when the market moves. Under 1 is steadier than the market.
Sharpe1.321.88Return earned for each unit of total risk taken. Higher is better.
Sortino1.772.31Return earned for each unit of downside risk. Higher is better.
Std. deviation0.540.51How widely monthly returns have varied around their own average. Lower is steadier.
Average of 4 category peers

Portfolio

Union Arbitrage Fund portfolio

Portfolio as of 31 Aug 2026

Asset allocation

  • Debt20.3%
  • Other80.1%

Market cap split

  • Large75.8%
  • Mid21.7%
  • Small2.5%
P/E
20.77
P/B
2.95

Top holdings

HoldingSectorWeightValue3M chg6M chg1Y chg
OthersOthers79.79%₹176 Cr+215.19%+10.08%+213.60%
Union Money Market Fund Direct - GrowthUnclassified13.94%₹30.75 Cr+16.33%+4.75%+4.47%
Bank Of BarodaFinancial6.57%₹14.50 Cr-1.17%-2.67%—
Tata Consumer Products Ltd.Consumer Staples1.24%₹2.74 Cr-1.00%-0.71%-0.67%
Tata Steel Ltd.Metals & Mining1.22%₹2.69 Cr-3.16%-3.32%-2.10%
State Bank of IndiaFinancial1.05%₹2.31 Cr-2.70%-0.52%-2.02%
Divi's Laboratories Ltd.Healthcare0.69%₹1.51 Cr-0.45%—-0.58%
Ultratech Cement Ltd.Materials0.44%₹0.97 Cr-0.28%+2.16%-1.88%
Cipla Ltd.Healthcare0.40%₹0.87 Cr-1.26%——
Power Grid Corporation Of India Ltd.Energy0.36%₹0.80 Cr-1.34%-0.70%—

Sectors

  • Others79.8%
  • Unclassified13.9%
  • Financial6.7%
  • Capital Goods0.1%
  • Healthcare0.0%
  • Construction0.0%

Instruments

  • Cash Margin74.4%
  • Mutual Fund13.9%
  • Repo7.8%
  • Certificate of Deposit6.6%
  • Treasury Bills0.1%

Recent changes

HoldingFromToWeight
company:32140.00%-4.53%-4.53%
Tata Consumer Products Ltd.-1.19%1.24%+2.43%
Delhivery Ltd.-1.33%0.77%+2.10%
Grasim Industries Ltd.-1.51%0.08%+1.59%
company:156090.00%-1.41%-1.41%
Divi's Laboratories Ltd.-0.57%0.69%+1.26%
company:186220.00%-1.22%-1.22%
Tata Consumer Products Ltd. - Right Entitlement-0.08%-1.25%-1.17%
company:60540.00%-1.13%-1.13%
company:68800.00%-1.05%-1.05%
company:36960.00%-1.02%-1.02%
company:164570.00%-1.01%-1.01%
BSE Ltd.-0.49%-1.47%-0.98%
State Bank of India-1.54%-0.57%+0.97%
Bharat Forge Ltd.-0.93%0.00%+0.93%
LTM Limited-0.93%0.00%+0.93%
company:149010.00%-0.93%-0.93%
Max Healthcare Institute Ltd.-0.87%0.00%+0.87%
GAIL (India) Ltd.-0.86%0.00%+0.86%
Hero Motocorp Ltd.-1.00%-0.15%+0.85%
Cipla Ltd.-0.20%-1.04%-0.84%
NTPC Ltd.-1.22%-2.06%-0.84%
Solar Industries India Ltd.-0.04%-0.83%-0.79%
Fortis Healthcare Ltd.-0.78%0.00%+0.78%
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd.-0.36%-1.11%-0.75%
Union Money Market Fund Direct - Growth14.69%13.94%-0.75%
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.-2.09%-1.40%+0.69%
company:57650.00%-0.69%-0.69%
Prestige Estates Projects Ltd.-0.68%0.00%+0.68%
Tata Elxsi Ltd.-0.67%0.00%+0.67%
company:181090.00%-0.67%-0.67%
The Federal Bank Ltd.-0.52%-1.11%-0.59%
CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd.-0.56%0.00%+0.56%
Yes Bank Ltd.-0.03%-0.57%-0.54%
Ashok Leyland Ltd.-0.52%0.00%+0.52%
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.-0.45%0.00%+0.45%
company:186390.00%-0.45%-0.45%
Ultratech Cement Ltd.-0.61%-0.16%+0.45%
Force Motors Ltd.-0.44%0.00%+0.44%
Infosys Ltd.-0.44%0.00%+0.44%
Bajaj Finserv Ltd.-1.08%-0.65%+0.43%
Lupin Ltd.-0.41%0.00%+0.41%
Power Grid Corporation Of India Ltd.-0.69%-0.30%+0.39%
Hindustan Unilever Ltd.-0.81%-0.44%+0.37%
company:39880.00%-0.36%-0.36%
Hindalco Industries Ltd.-0.82%-0.46%+0.36%
The Phoenix Mills Ltd.-0.35%0.00%+0.35%
Vodafone Idea Ltd.-2.33%-2.67%-0.34%
HDFC Life Insurance Co Ltd.-0.70%-0.38%+0.32%
SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.-1.35%-1.67%-0.32%
company:79250.00%-0.31%-0.31%
Bharti Airtel Ltd.-3.20%-2.91%+0.29%
company:180410.00%-0.27%-0.27%
Bajaj Finance Ltd.-1.30%-1.46%-0.16%
Shriram Finance Ltd-0.31%-0.45%-0.14%
KPIT Technologies Ltd.-0.12%0.00%+0.12%
JSW Steel Ltd.-2.02%-1.91%+0.11%
Biocon Ltd.-0.76%-0.65%+0.11%
Others74.54%74.43%-0.11%
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.-2.46%-2.36%+0.10%
HDFC Bank Ltd.-2.74%-2.66%+0.08%
UNO Minda Ltd.-0.72%-0.80%-0.08%
Axis Bank Ltd.-1.33%-1.40%-0.07%
Eicher Motors Ltd.-1.43%-1.49%-0.06%
ICICI Bank Ltd.-1.37%-1.43%-0.06%
JIO Financial Services Ltd.-1.10%-1.05%+0.05%
Max Financial Services Ltd.-2.05%-2.00%+0.05%
Bharat Electronics Ltd.-0.42%-0.46%-0.04%
DLF Ltd.-0.86%-0.90%-0.04%
ITC Ltd.-0.87%-0.83%+0.04%
Jindal Steel Ltd.-0.49%-0.53%-0.04%
Larsen & Toubro Ltd.-0.73%-0.77%-0.04%
Reliance Industries Ltd.-3.38%-3.42%-0.04%
Coforge Ltd.-0.22%-0.26%-0.04%
Adani Energy Solutions Ltd.-0.44%-0.40%+0.04%
UPL Ltd.-0.95%-0.91%+0.04%
TVS Motor Company Ltd.-1.07%-1.10%-0.03%
Eternal Ltd.-0.03%0.00%+0.03%
Ambuja Cements Ltd.-0.78%-0.76%+0.02%
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.-1.04%-1.06%-0.02%
Interglobe Aviation Ltd.-1.03%-1.04%-0.01%
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.-0.60%-0.61%-0.01%
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.-0.81%-0.80%+0.01%
Muthoot Finance Ltd.-0.46%-0.45%+0.01%
NMDC Ltd.-0.25%-0.26%-0.01%
Reserve Bank of India0.13%0.14%+0.01%
Tata Steel Ltd.-0.33%-0.32%+0.01%
Grasim Industries Ltd. - (Partly Paid Equity1)-0.07%-0.08%-0.01%
Bank Of Baroda-0.41%-0.41%0.00%
Indusind Bank Ltd.-0.41%-0.41%0.00%
JSW Energy Ltd.-0.05%-0.05%0.00%
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd Warrant-0.03%-0.03%0.00%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.-1.17%-1.17%0.00%

Compare

Similar funds

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

FundAUMExpense1Y3Y5Y
Category average₹41,186 Cr2.40%6.0%6.4%6.6%
Kotak Arbitrage Fund₹75,712 Cr2.92%6.0%6.4%6.6%
SBI Arbitrage Fund₹47,283 Cr1.98%5.8%6.3%6.5%
Invesco India Arbitrage Fund₹30,618 Cr2.91%6.0%6.4%6.6%
UTI Arbitrage Fund₹11,132 Cr1.80%5.9%6.4%6.5%

About

About this fund

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

Investment objective

The scheme seeks to generate capital appreciation and income by predominantly investing in arbitrage opportunities in the cash and derivatives segment of the equity market, and by investing the balance in debt and money market instruments.

Fund managers

  • Devesh ThackerMr. Thacker is a B.Com (H) and Post graduate from University of Pune.Prior to joining Union AMC in 2011 he has worked with Sahara AMC.
  • Vishal ThakkerMr.Thakker has done B.Com & M.B.APrior joining to Union Mutual Fund he has worked with Elara Capital and Emkay Shares & Stock Broking.
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 months2.86% absolute₹60,000₹61,7162.86%
1 year5.95% annualised₹1,20,000₹1,23,9393.28%
3 years6.60% annualised₹3,60,000₹3,99,09410.86%
5 years5.90% annualised₹6,00,000₹6,99,33216.56%

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 Union Arbitrage Fund?
The NAV of Union Arbitrage Fund is ₹15.03 as on 24 Sep 2026.
What is the expense ratio of Union Arbitrage Fund?
The expense ratio of Union Arbitrage Fund is 2.14% per year.
What is the minimum SIP amount for Union Arbitrage Fund?
You can start a SIP in Union Arbitrage Fund with ₹3,000 a month.
What returns has Union Arbitrage Fund given?
Union Arbitrage Fund has returned 5.9% over 1 year, 6.2% over 3 years and 6.3% over 5 years (annualised).
Is there a lock-in or exit load on Union Arbitrage Fund?
Lock-in: None. Exit load: Exit load of 0.25% if redeemed within 1 months..
How risky is Union Arbitrage Fund?
Union Arbitrage Fund is rated Low on the SEBI riskometer and belongs to the Arbitrage category.
Which fund house manages Union Arbitrage Fund?
Union Arbitrage Fund is managed by Union Mutual Fund, which runs 30 schemes with ₹28,513 Cr under management.