Mahindra Manulife Arbitrage Fund
Fund basics
Everything the NAV says
Computed from 1,483 published NAVs between 25 Aug 2020 and 28 Aug 2026 — 6.0 years of history. Nothing here is an estimate; it is arithmetic on what the fund actually printed.
How it has moved
Return over time (%)
| Fund name | 1M | 3M | 6M | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | 7Y | 10Y | Since launch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahindra Manulife Arbitrage Fund Direct | 0.41 | 1.87 | 2.93 | 6.17 | 6.45 | 5.77 | — | — | 5.44 |
| Arbitrage category median · 28 funds | — | — | — | 6.59 | 7.40 | 6.62 | — | 6.39 | — |
Anything over a year is annualised (CAGR); shorter windows are absolute. The benchmark row is the index fund named below, priced daily by AMFI like every other scheme here. The category row is the median Direct plan in Arbitrage — the middle fund, not a ranking, and a median rather than an average so that one mis-stated scheme cannot move it. As on 27 Aug 2026.
Risk measures
| Fund name | Volatility | Sharpe | Sortino | Beta | Alpha | Max fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahindra Manulife Arbitrage Fund Direct | 1.00 | -0.05 | -0.09 | — | — | -0.51 |
Risk-free rate 6.5%. Beta and alpha need an index, so the benchmark's own row leaves them blank.
Risk
| Volatility | Downside volatility | Sharpe | Sortino |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0% | 0.5% | -0.05 | -0.09 |
Risk-free rate 6.5%, roughly the 10-year government bond.
The worst it has been
| Deepest fall | Time to recover | Today, from its peak |
|---|---|---|
| -0.5% | — | At a high |
A drawdown is the fall from a previous high to the low that followed it. It is the number that decides whether somebody stays invested — a fund can have an excellent ten-year return and still have been unbearable to hold in year four.
Every one-year period it has lived through
| Best year | Median year | Worst year | Losing years |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3% | 6.2% | 3.2% | 0% |
Rolling returns ask a fairer question than a single five-year figure: not "what did it do from this one start date", but "what happened across every start date". A fund whose worst year is −45% is a different proposition from one whose worst is −8%, even if the averages match.
Calendar years
If you had run a SIP
₹10,000 every month for five years — ₹600,000 invested in all — would be worth ₹702,360 today, an XIRR of 6.24% a year.
XIRR, not CAGR. A SIP's money arrives over sixty months, so most of it has been invested for far less than five years — which is why this figure normally sits below the five-year CAGR above in a rising market, and above it in a falling one. It is the return the investor got, not the return the fund got.
How it compares in its category
Against the Arbitrage Direct schemes with the highest three-year return. Same category, same plan — the only comparison that means anything. The list re-sorts itself as returns move; it is an ordering by one number, not a view on which fund anyone should hold.
| Scheme | Return | Alpha | Beta | Volatility | Sharpe | Max fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahindra Manulife Arbitrage Fund Mahindra Manulife Mutual Fund · this scheme | 6.5% | — | — | 1.0% | -0.05 | -0.5% |
| Kotak Arbitrage Fund Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund | 7.5% | — | — | 1.0% | 1.04 | -0.6% |
| Tata Arbitrage Fund Tata Mutual Fund | 7.6% | — | — | 1.0% | 1.04 | -0.6% |
| Invesco India Arbitrage Fund Invesco Mutual Fund | 7.5% | — | — | 1.0% | 1.00 | -0.5% |
| ADITYA BIRLA SUN LIFE ARBITRAGE FUND Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund | 7.5% | — | — | 1.1% | 0.90 | -0.5% |
| Edelweiss Arbitrage Fund Edelweiss Mutual Fund | 7.5% | — | — | 1.0% | 1.02 | -0.5% |
| Mirae Asset Arbitrage Fund Mirae Asset Mutual Fund | 7.4% | — | — | 1.0% | 0.96 | -0.4% |
| Axis Arbitrage Fund Axis Mutual Fund | 7.4% | — | — | 1.0% | 0.93 | -0.6% |
| UTI - Arbitrage Fund UTI Mutual Fund | 7.4% | — | — | 1.0% | 0.92 | -0.7% |
Alpha and beta are against the category index. Max fall is the deepest peak-to-trough drop in each fund's own history, so a longer-running fund has had more chances to record a bad one. Click a column to sort. This is a sort, not a ranking, and nothing here is a recommendation.
What a Arbitrage scheme is
Buying in the cash market and selling in futures, capturing the spread.
Returns look like a short-term debt fund but are taxed as equity, which is the reason these exist. Returns depend on market activity — in quiet markets the spread thins and so does the return.
Who it suits. Parking money for a few months to a year in a taxable account.
How long money should stay. 6 months to 1 year.
Questions people ask
What is the NAV of Mahindra Manulife Arbitrage Fund — Direct Plan — Growth?
₹13.7400 as on 27 Aug 2026, from AMFI's daily NAV file. NAV is declared once each business day after markets close, so the figure here is the most recent one published.
What is the difference between the Direct and Regular plan of Mahindra Manulife Arbitrage Fund?
They hold the identical portfolio, run by the same manager. A Regular plan pays a distributor commission out of the fund, inside its expense ratio — commonly 0.5% to 1.2% a year more than Direct. That difference is charged on the whole balance, every year, so it compounds: on ₹1,00,000 held ten years a gap of 1.5 percentage points is roughly ₹1.4 lakh of ending value. Direct is the same fund without the commission.
What does the Growth option mean?
Growth reinvests everything the fund earns back into the NAV. Nothing is paid out, so the NAV rises with returns and you are taxed only when you sell. For anybody who does not need income from the investment, Growth is the simpler and usually the more tax-efficient option.
What kind of scheme is this?
Buying in the cash market and selling in futures, capturing the spread. Returns look like a short-term debt fund but are taxed as equity, which is the reason these exist. Returns depend on market activity — in quiet markets the spread thins and so does the return.
How long should money stay in it?
Typically 6 months to 1 year. Parking money for a few months to a year in a taxable account.