HSBC Arbitrage Fund Direct Growth

HSBC Arbitrage Fund Direct Growth

Hybrid

Direct

Arbitrage Fund

NAV as on 25-02-2025

₹ 19.82

-0.1%

1D

Inception Returns

6.6%

/yr

About HSBC Arbitrage Fund Direct Growth

HSBC Arbitrage Fund Direct Growth is a hybrid fund. This fund was started on 30 June, 2014. The fund is managed by Praveen Ayathan. This fund gives you the benefit of diversification.

Key Parameters

  1. HSBC Arbitrage Fund Direct Growth has ₹2225 Cr worth of assets under management (AUM) as on Jan 2025 and is less than category average.
  2. The fund has an expense ratio 0.3.

Returns

HSBC Arbitrage Fund Direct Growth has given a CAGR return of 6.63% since inception. Over the last 1, 3 and 5 years the fund has given a CAGR return of 7.58%, 6.87% and 6.01% respectively.

Holdings

HSBC Arbitrage Fund Direct Growth has allocated its funds majorly in Cash Equivalent, Financial Services, Corporate, Basic Materials, Consumer Cyclical, Energy, Government, Health, Utilities, Communication, Industrial, Consumer Defensive, Tech, Real Estate.

Taxation

As it is a arbitrage fund mutual fund the taxation is as follows:
If the fund is equity oriented i.e. asset allocation of more than 65% in equity instruments:
For short term (less than a year) capital gains will be taxed at 20%
For long term (more than 1 year) capital gains will be taxed at 12.5% without indexation benefit
Long term gains up to Rs 1 lakh are exempt from taxation (more than 12 months).

Investment objective of HSBC Arbitrage Fund Direct Growth

To seek to generate reasonable returns by predominantly investing in arbitrage opportunities in the cash and derivatives segments of the equity markets and by investing balance in debt and money market instruments.There is no assurance that the investment objective of the scheme will be realized.

Minimum Investment and lockin period

Minimum investment for lump sum payment is INR 5000.00 and for SIP is INR 500.00. HSBC Arbitrage Fund Direct Growth has no lock in period.

Historical NAV & Returns

Absolute

zero opening, trading, fund transfer fee
41 people have invested ₹ 7.3L in HSBC Arbitrage Fund Direct Growth in the last three months

HSBC Arbitrage Fund Direct Growth Overview

Expense ratio0.25%
Benchmark
NIFTY 50 Arbitrage TR INR
AUM₹2225 Cr
Inception Date30 June, 2014
Min Lumpsum/SIP₹5000/₹500
Exit Load
0.2%
Lock InNo Lock-in
TurnOver
332.52%
STCGSelling mutual fund before 1 year, returns taxed at 20%.
LTCGAfter 1 year, 12.5% tax on returns over ₹1.25 lakh/year.
Risk
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Trailing Returns

as on (25-Feb-25)

Period
HSBC Arbitrage Fund Direct Growth
Arbitrage Fund Index
1M
0.5%
0.2%
3M
1.7%
1.3%
6M
3.5%
2.9%
1Y
7.6%
6.7%
3Y
6.9%
6.2%
5Y
6%
5.2%

Fund Distribution

as on (31-Jan-25)

  • Equity 76.1%

  • Debt & Cash 23.8%

Large cap
49.5%

Mid cap
16.5%

Small cap
10.1%

Sector Allocation

Jan'25

Dec'24

Nov'24

Financial Services
52.1%
Basic Materials
10.6%
Consumer Cyclical
9.7%
Energy
7.2%
Health
6%
Utilities
4.9%
Communication
2.9%
Industrial
2.4%
Consumer Defensive
1.6%
Tech
1.3%
Real Estate
1.2%
All changes are between Oct'69 and Dec'69
Parameters
Jan'25
Dec'24
Nov'24
AUM
₹ 2.4K Cr
₹ 2.4K Cr
₹ 2.4K Cr
  • AUM of the fund stands at 2.4K Cr as of Jan'25
  • AUM decreased by 24.4 Cr between Jan'25 and Dec'24
Top Stocks bought last month
State Bank of India's allocation increased from 0.71% to 1.72%
State Bank of India's allocation increased from 0.71% to 1.72%
Punjab National Bank's allocation increased from 1.01% to 2.01%
Punjab National Bank's allocation increased from 1.01% to 2.01%
Tata Motors Ltd's allocation increased from 0.58% to 1.42%
Tata Motors Ltd's allocation increased from 0.58% to 1.42%
Top Stocks sold last month
Bank of Baroda's allocation decreased from 7.34 % to 7.13 %
Bank of Baroda's allocation decreased from 7.34 % to 7.13 %
Reliance Industries Ltd's allocation decreased from 5.9 % to 5.71 %
Reliance Industries Ltd's allocation decreased from 5.9 % to 5.71 %
HDFC Bank Ltd's allocation decreased from 4.6 % to 3.39 %
HDFC Bank Ltd's allocation decreased from 4.6 % to 3.39 %

Top 3 Sectors in January were Financial Services, Basic Materials & Energy

Jan'25
Financial Services
52%
Corporate
32%
Basic Materials
11%
Dec'24
Financial Services
43%
Basic Materials
12%
Energy
9%
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Praveen Ayathan
Praveen Ayathan
Fund Manager of HSBC Arbitrage Fund Direct Growth, since 30 June 2014
Fund House
HSBC Asset Management (India) Private Ltd
Total Schemes
Total AUM
₹1.34L Cr
as on 31-Jan-2025
Address
HSBC Asset Management (India) Private Ltd.,16, V N Road,,Fort
Phone
+912266145000
Website
hsbcmf@hsbc.co.in

Mutual Fund Insights

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This fund has one of the lowest expense ratio in the category (arbitrage fund). Its expense ratio is 0.25% which is lower than the category average expense ratio of 0.7%.
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In the last 5 years, Invesco India Arbitrage Fund Direct Plan Growth Option has given 6.28% return, outperforming this fund by 0.27% per annum.
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In the last 1 year, Kotak Equity Arbitrage Fund Direct Growth has given 7.99% return, outperforming this fund by 0.41%.
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Over the last 1 month, this fund has decreased expense ratio by 7.4% moving from 0.27 to 0.25.
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In the last 3 years, Invesco India Arbitrage Fund Direct Plan Growth Option has given 7.43% return, outperforming this fund by 0.56% per annum.
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Over the last 6 months, this fund has experienced a 9.6% drop in AUM moving from 2.46K Cr to 2.22K Cr.

HSBC Arbitrage Fund Direct Growth Highlights

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Low Risk

Investors understand that their principal will be at Low Risk
About the fund

About the fund

This fund has delivered an average annual returns of 6.63% since inception which is more than its category average return of 5.46%
Fund Allocations

Fund Allocations

This fund has an allocation of 76.15% in Equity, 4.62% in Debt and 19.18% in Cash related instruments
AUM size ₹2225 Cr

AUM size ₹2225 Cr

This fund has AUM of ₹2225 Cr which is less than its category average of ₹ 8744 Cr
Expense Ratio 0.25%

Expense Ratio 0.25%

This fund has an expense ratio of 0.25% which is less than its category average expense ratio of 0.69%

Frequently Asked Questions for HSBC Arbitrage Fund Direct Growth

The current NAV of HSBC Arbitrage Fund Direct Growth is ₹19.82 as on 25-Feb-2025.
Existing (Absolute + CAGR) as on 25-Feb-2025.
HSBC Arbitrage Fund Direct Growth
Absolute Returns
CAGR Returns
1 Month Returns
0.47%
0.47%
6 Month Returns
3.5%
3.5%
1 Year Returns
7.58%
7.58%
3 Years Returns
22.04%
6.87%
5 Years Returns
33.91%
6.01%
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0.25% as on January 2025
₹2225 Cr as on January 2025
HSBC Liquid Dir Gr(11.16%), Bank of Baroda(6%), Reliance Industries Ltd(5.04%), IndusInd Bank Ltd(4.65%), HSBC Ultra Short Duration Gr Dir(3.99%) as on January 2025
Financial Services(39.68%), Cash Equivalent(14.64%), Basic Materials(8.07%) as on January 2025
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Praveen Ayathan is the fund manager of HSBC Arbitrage Fund Direct Growth
The Exit load of HSBC Arbitrage Fund Direct Growth is 0.25%