JM Arbitrage Fund Direct Growth

JM Arbitrage Fund Direct Growth is a hybrid fund. This fund was started on 1 January, 2013. The fund is managed by Asit Bhandarkar. This fund gives you the benefit of diversification.

1. JM Arbitrage Fund Direct Growth has ₹194 Cr worth of assets under management (AUM) as on Mar 2025 and is less than category average.
2. The fund has an expense ratio 0.4.
   

JM Arbitrage Fund Direct Growth has given a CAGR return of 6.42% since inception. Over the last 1, 3 and 5 years the fund has given a CAGR return of 7.25%, 6.97% and 5.38% respectively.

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

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).

The investment objective of the Scheme is to generate income through arbitrage opportunities emerging out of mispricing between the cash market and the derivatives market and through deployment of surplus cash in fixed income instruments. There can be no assurance that the investment objective of the scheme will be realized. The scheme does not guarantee/ indicate any returns. Investors are required to read all the scheme related information set out in this document carefully

Minimum investment for lump sum payment is INR 1000.00 and for SIP is INR 100.00. JM Arbitrage Fund Direct Growth has no lock in period.