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.

1. HSBC Arbitrage Fund Direct Growth has ₹2272 Cr worth of assets under management (AUM) as on Jun 2025 and is more than category average.
2. The fund has an expense ratio 0.2.
   

HSBC Arbitrage Fund Direct Growth has given a CAGR return of 6.66% since inception. Over the last 1, 3 and 5 years the fund has given a CAGR return of 7.39%, 7.39% and 6.09% respectively.

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

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).

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 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.