What is the NAV of Parag Parikh Arbitrage Fund?

₹12.2 per unit as of 6 Oct 2026 (Direct plan, growth). NAV is declared daily on working days.

What is the expense ratio of Parag Parikh Arbitrage Fund?

1% a year for the Direct plan, as of 31 Aug 2026.

How large is Parag Parikh Arbitrage Fund?

₹2,799 crore under management as of 31 Aug 2026, in the Arbitrage Fund category.

How risky is Parag Parikh Arbitrage Fund?

Its SEBI Riskometer reading is "Low Risk". Cash-and-futures spreads. Debt-like behaviour, equity taxation.

What is the worst 3-year return of Parag Parikh Arbitrage Fund?

6.8% a year – the weakest of 1 overlapping 3-year holding periods, beginning 23 Oct 2023. The median was 6.8% and 100% of those windows ended positive. Windows overlap, so this is the range of past start dates, not a probability.

Who manages Parag Parikh Arbitrage Fund?

Rajeev Thakkar, managing this fund for 2.9 years.

Parag Parikh Arbitrage Fund

PPFAS Mutual FundDirectOpen-endedArbitrage FundRiskometer: Low Risk

NAV

₹12.2

as of 6 Oct 2026

Parag Parikh Arbitrage Fund is an open-ended Arbitrage Fund scheme from PPFAS Mutual Fund managing ₹2,799 crore (as of 31 Aug 2026). Its Direct-plan NAV is ₹12.2 as of 6 Oct 2026. The expense ratio is 1% a year. Managed by Rajeev Thakkar. This page is factual data only – it carries no rating and no recommendation.

Key facts

Expense ratio: 1% / yr; as of 31 Aug 2026
Fund size: ₹2,799 crore; as of 31 Aug 2026
Exit load: 0.25%
SIP available: Yes
Launched: 23 Oct 2023
ISIN: INF879O01225

₹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 Arbitrage Index

Oct 2023Oct 2026

Parag Parikh Arbitrage Fund

₹122

+22% on ₹100 over 3.0 yrs

Arbitrage Fund average

₹119

+19% on ₹100 over 3.0 yrs

Returns vs category

Window	Fund	Category avg	Gap
3 months	1.41%	1.56%	-0.15
6 months	3.08%	3.26%	-0.18
1 year	6.49%	6.72%	-0.23
3 years (CAGR)	6.94%	7.27%	-0.33

Category average across 33 funds, as of 5 Oct 2026. Short windows are noise; the 3 and 5-year rows are the record. Past returns do not predict future returns.

Where the money actually is

Equity

-0.2%

Bonds

0.4%

Cash

99.8%

Other

0.0%

Whole-portfolio split, as of 31 Aug 2026. Equity here is the NET position: this fund holds shares and sells futures against them, so the two largely cancel. The holdings below are gross, before that offset.

What it owns

148 positions · top 10 = 79.2%

Market-cap mix (equity sleeve)

Large 31.5%Mid 2.4%Other 69.9%

as of 31 Aug 2026

Holdings by sector

Financial Services(4 in top 10)36.3%
- ICICI Bank Ltd5.97%
- HDFC Bank Ltd5.85%
- Canara Bank5.51%
- Axis Bank Ltd4.70%
Industrials7.8%
Basic Materials7.4%
Energy(1 in top 10)5.0%
- Reliance Industries Ltd4.41%
Communication Services(1 in top 10)4.7%
- Bharti Airtel Ltd4.33%
Consumer Cyclical3.8%
Healthcare2.9%
Real Estate0.9%

Sectors marked ▶ expand to show this fund’s top-10 holdings in that sector. Holdings as of 31 Aug 2026. Portfolio turnover 111.8% vs category 293.4% a year.

Other top holdings

Future on BANK Indexderivative29.03%
Parag Parikh Liquid Dir Gr10.47%
Future on Reliance Chemotex Industries Ltdderivative4.49%
Future on Bharti Airtel Ltdderivative4.48%

Rows marked derivative are futures positions held against the shares listed beside them. A stock and its future largely cancel, so do not add the two together. Exposure figures are gross: funds that use derivatives (arbitrage, hedged books) hold offsetting positions, so concentration and turnover can read above 100%.

The debt it holds (debt sleeve)

Yield to maturity: 6.57% vs category 6.33%
Modified duration: 0.29 yrs vs category 0.45 yrs
Average maturity: 0.31 yrs vs category 0.53 yrs
Government securities: 3.1%

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: +₹815 cr
Net flow, 3 months: +₹236 cr

as of 31 Aug 2026. Flows follow performance more than they predict it.

Quick answers

What is the NAV of Parag Parikh Arbitrage Fund?: ₹12.2 per unit as of 6 Oct 2026 (Direct plan, growth). NAV is declared daily on working days.
What is the expense ratio of Parag Parikh Arbitrage Fund?: 1% a year for the Direct plan, as of 31 Aug 2026.
How large is Parag Parikh Arbitrage Fund?: ₹2,799 crore under management as of 31 Aug 2026, in the Arbitrage Fund category.
How risky is Parag Parikh Arbitrage Fund?: Its SEBI Riskometer reading is "Low Risk". Cash-and-futures spreads. Debt-like behaviour, equity taxation.
What is the worst 3-year return of Parag Parikh Arbitrage Fund?: 6.8% a year – the weakest of 1 overlapping 3-year holding periods, beginning 23 Oct 2023. The median was 6.8% and 100% of those windows ended positive. Windows overlap, so this is the range of past start dates, not a probability.
Who manages Parag Parikh Arbitrage Fund?: Rajeev Thakkar, managing this fund for 2.9 years.

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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 Arbitrage 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.