Kotak Arbitrage Fund - Direct Plan - Growth

Regular

Regular and Direct options of the funds are exactly same except commission to your mutual fund broker/distributor. As an investor you do not need to pay any additional fees to purchase any of these options. However both have different expense ratios. Regular funds have higher expense ratio and direct funds have lower expense ratio. This difference is because of commission paid to broker/distributor. Lower expense ratio leads to higher returns for investors.
Direct

Regular and Direct options of the funds are exactly same except commission to your mutual fund broker/distributor. As an investor you do not need to pay any additional fees to purchase any of these options. However both have different expense ratios. Regular funds have higher expense ratio and direct funds have lower expense ratio. This difference is because of commission paid to broker/distributor. Lower expense ratio leads to higher returns for investors.

Category : Arbitrage Fund

Scheme Objective

To generate capital appreciation and income by predominantly investing in arbitrage opportunities in the cash and derivatives segment of the equity market, and by investing the balance in debt and money market instruments.

Scheme Details

Fund manager(s) – Hiten Shah
Launch date – 07-Jan-2013
Expense ratio – 0.44% as declared on 31-Jul-2025 (category average is 0.33%)
Benchmark - Nifty 50 Arbitrage Index

Min SIP amount - ₹
Min investment amount (one time- first time) - ₹
Min investment amount (addtional purchase) - ₹
Type : Open Ended Fund. You can invest any time in this fund.

Exit Load

Kotak Arbitrage Fund - Direct Plan - Growth charges 0.25% of sell value; if fund sold before 30 days. There are no other charges.

Asset Monitor

Total AUM for this Scheme (Cr)

Category Total AUM (Cr)

% of Assets in Category

2025

71608.20

0.00

0.00%

Jul - 2025	71608.20	0.00%
Jun - 2025	69923.77	0.00%
May - 2025	67362.14	0.00%
Apr - 2025	63309.51	0.00%
Mar - 2025	60373.17	0.00%
Feb - 2025	58922.98	0.00%
Jan - 2025	57567.02	0.00%

2024

54913.13

0.00

0.00%

Dec - 2024	54913.13	0.00	0.00%
Nov - 2024	54915.38	0.00	0.00%
Oct - 2024	54941.17	0.00	0.00%
Sep - 2024	53682.68	0.00	0.00%
Aug - 2024	53423.15	0.00	0.00%
Jul - 2024	51569.90	0.00	0.00%
Jun - 2024	47999.69	0.00	0.00%
May - 2024	46307.74	220143.46	21.04%
Apr - 2024	43514.53	206233.24	21.10%
Mar - 2024	40050.89	190550.14	21.02%
Feb - 2024	39099.34	188811.55	20.71%
Jan - 2024	35997.88	175828.77	20.47%

2023

34593.40

163046.59

21.22%

Dec - 2023	34593.40	163046.59	21.22%
Nov - 2023	31452.45	150349.95	20.92%
Oct - 2023	28957.71	140084.48	20.67%
Sep - 2023	27412.05	132772.96	20.65%
Aug - 2023	25859.82	121136.93	21.35%
Jul - 2023	23737.45	110310.26	21.52%
Jun - 2023	22512.65	99632.98	22.60%
May - 2023	21660.14	95152.62	22.76%
Apr - 2023	20587.12	88676.30	23.22%
Mar - 2023	19522.21	84006.20	23.24%
Feb - 2023	21917.66	96885.59	22.62%
Jan - 2023	21821.93	95812.23	22.78%

2022

21565.89

93423.08

23.08%

Dec - 2022	21565.89	93423.08	23.08%
Nov - 2022	21438.98	91792.70	23.36%
Oct - 2022	22081.95	96161.56	22.96%
Sep - 2022	22408.41	97757.48	22.92%
Aug - 2022	23309.82	101556.52	22.95%
Jul - 2022	24542.53	110174.57	22.28%
Jun - 2022	25788.79	116731.93	22.09%
May - 2022	26009.81	121729.35	21.37%
Apr - 2022	24648.02	120489.62	20.46%
Mar - 2022	23825.89	115483.87	20.63%
Feb - 2022	25207.62	123168.86	20.47%
Jan - 2022	25013.48	122435.02	20.43%

2021

24641.86

120868.32

20.39%

Dec - 2021	24641.86	120868.32	20.39%
Nov - 2021	25441.82	125983.91	20.19%
Oct - 2021	24429.84	124661.09	19.60%
Sep - 2021	24999.78	126595.56	19.75%
Aug - 2021	25745.58	129873.44	19.82%
Jul - 2021	24641.72	126757.93	19.44%
Jun - 2021	21836.39	110228.41	19.81%
May - 2021	20290.97	100905.65	20.11%
Apr - 2021	18952.44	94576.87	20.04%
Mar - 2021	17835.16	87461.35	20.39%
Feb - 2021	16361.81	84324.86	19.40%
Jan - 2021	15527.66	78411.33	19.80%

2020

14908.39

72070.33

20.69%

Dec - 2020	14908.39	72070.33	20.69%
Nov - 2020	15302.09	73486.89	20.82%
Oct - 2020	15289.36	73935.58	20.68%
Sep - 2020	15110.70	71924.70	21.01%
Aug - 2020	14999.72	73769.99	20.33%
Jul - 2020	15363.74	76211.81	20.16%
Jun - 2020	15853.46	80281.41	19.75%
May - 2020	14663.37	76458.68	19.18%
Apr - 2020	12043.28	63300.85	19.03%
Mar - 2020	10579.72	56906.07	18.59%
Feb - 2020	17661.90	93583.09	18.87%
Jan - 2020	17856.02	93291.46	19.14%

Tax Rate

If sold after 1 year from purchase date, long term capital gain tax will be applicable. Current tax rate is 12.5%, if your total long term capital gain exceeds 1.25 lakh. Any cess/surcharge is not included. If sold before 1 year from purchase date, short term capital gain tax will be applicable. Current tax rate is 20%. Any cess/surcharge is not included in the 20%.

Contact Details

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co. Ltd.

27 BKC, C-27, G Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E) Mumbai 400051
Tel no.: 022-61152100
Fax no.: 022-67082213
Website.: www.kotakmf.com

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