HDFC Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF
NAV
₹45.84
as of 6 Oct 2026
HDFC Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF is an open-ended FoF Domestic scheme from HDFC Mutual Fund managing ₹2,618 crore (as of 31 Aug 2026). Its Direct-plan NAV is ₹45.84 as of 6 Oct 2026. The expense ratio is 0.02% a year. Managed by Anil Bamboli. This page is factual data only – it carries no rating and no recommendation.
Key facts
- Expense ratio
- 0.02% / yr
- as of 31 Aug 2026
- Fund size
- ₹2,618 crore
- as of 31 Aug 2026
- Exit load
- None
- SIP available
- Yes
- Launched
- 6 Feb 2012
- ISIN
- INF179KA1SC5
₹100 invested, fund vs category
The category line is the average of the funds in this category, built from nyvo’s own NAV data.
Rebased to 100data to 5 Oct 2026Benchmark: NIFTY 50 Hybrid Composite Debt 65:35 Index
HDFC Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF
₹161
+61% on ₹100 over 5.0 yrs
FoF Domestic average
₹133
+33% on ₹100 over 5.0 yrs
Returns vs category
| Window | Fund | Category avg | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 months | 0.70% | – | – |
| 6 months | 2.90% | – | – |
| 1 year | 5.30% | – | – |
| 3 years (CAGR) | 8.74% | – | – |
| 5 years (CAGR) | 10.07% | – | – |
No category average is available for this fund. Short windows are noise; the 3 and 5-year rows are the record. Past returns do not predict future returns.
A single return number depends on its start date. These are ALL the overlapping holding periods, so the worst case is visible – read that number first.
1-year holding periods
- Worst
- -1.3%
- Median
- 8.7%
- Best
- 27.9%
49 windows over the last 60 months, stepped monthly; 96% ended positive. Worst window began 1 Oct 2024. Windows overlap – this is the range of past start dates, not a probability of anything.
3-year holding periods (per year)
- Worst
- 8.6%
- Median
- 13.3%
- Best
- 16.3%
25 windows over the last 60 months, stepped monthly; 100% ended positive. Worst window began 3 Oct 2023. Windows overlap – this is the range of past start dates, not a probability of anything.
Risk, measured
- Sharpe ratio (3Y)
- 0.50
- Sharpe ratio (5Y)
- 0.76
- Sortino ratio (3Y)
- 0.79
- Standard deviation (3Y)
- 5.27%
- Deepest fall (5Y)
- -6.89%
Distance below its own peak
Every dip below 0 is the fund trading under a previous high – how deep and for how long is what a drawdown feels like.
Deepest fall
-6.9%
Right now
At a peak
Where the money actually is
Equity
-0.1%
Bonds
51.7%
Cash
48.1%
Other
0.2%
Whole-portfolio split, as of 31 Aug 2026. The size split below covers only the equity slice of this.
What it owns
5 positions · top 10 = 98.9%
Market-cap mix (equity sleeve)
Large 23.7%Mid 3.5%Small 0.6%Other 72.2%
as of 31 Aug 2025
Top holdings
- HDFC Corporate Bond Dir Gr45.07%
- HDFC Arbitrage Direct Growth36.86%
- HDFC Money Market Dir Gr16.99%
- Treps - Tri-Party Repo1.13%
- Net Current Assets0.04%
Holdings as of 31 Aug 2026. Portfolio turnover 39.7% a year.
The debt it holds (debt sleeve)
- Yield to maturity
- 7.35% vs category 7.15%
- Modified duration
- 3.52 yrs vs category 3.11 yrs
- Average maturity
- 6.14 yrs vs category 6.14 yrs
- Average coupon
- 7.57%
- Government securities
- 20.4%
Credit quality
- AAA
- 100.0%
Government securities are counted inside AAA by the data provider’s ladder; the sovereign share is listed separately above. Credit quality as of 31 Jul 2026.
Portfolio characteristics as of 31 Aug 2026. Yield to maturity is what the portfolio would return if every holding were held to maturity and paid in full. It is not a forecast of the fund’s return, and it is quoted before expenses.
Money in, money out
- Net flow, 12 months
- +₹879 cr
- Net flow, 3 months
- +₹204 cr
as of 31 Aug 2026. Flows follow performance more than they predict it.
Quick answers
- What is the NAV of HDFC Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF?
- ₹45.84 per unit as of 6 Oct 2026 (Direct plan, growth). NAV is declared daily on working days.
- What is the expense ratio of HDFC Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF?
- 0.02% a year for the Direct plan, as of 31 Aug 2026.
- How large is HDFC Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF?
- ₹2,618 crore under management as of 31 Aug 2026, in the FoF Domestic category.
- How risky is HDFC Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF?
- Its SEBI Riskometer reading is "Moderate Risk". Own the whole market, pay almost nothing. A great deal of the ETF money is EPFO's.
- What are the 5-year returns of HDFC Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF?
- 10.07% a year over the last 5 years (Direct plan, CAGR). Past returns do not predict future returns.
- What is the worst 3-year return of HDFC Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF?
- 8.6% a year – the weakest of 25 overlapping 3-year holding periods, beginning 3 Oct 2023. The median was 13.3% and 100% of those windows ended positive. Windows overlap, so this is the range of past start dates, not a probability.
- Who manages HDFC Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF?
- Anil Bamboli, managing this fund for 12.2 years.
Where this fund sits
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Data: nyvo research systems; each block above states its own as-of date, and blocks with no data for this fund are omitted rather than estimated. NAV updates daily on working days. The benchmark (NIFTY 50 Hybrid Composite Debt 65:35 Index) is named for reference only; its values are licensed and never shown. This page is factual information about one scheme. It is not investment advice, not a recommendation, and it carries no rating of any kind. Past performance does not predict future returns. Mutual fund investments are subject to market risks; read all scheme related documents carefully.