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Bandhan Income Plus Arbitrage Active FOF
- NAV
- 49.4206
- 28 Oct 2026
- 1Y
- +5.4%
- Trailing CAGR
- AUM
- ₹1,865.47 Cr
- 30 Sept 2026
- Volatility
- Low
- 1.4% annualized
Buying brief
Should you add this fund?
Evidence on this desk, framed as a purchase checklist - not SEBI-registered advice.
As of 28 Oct 2026
Stance
Watch before adding
Recent evidence is mixed. Compare peers before increasing exposure.
In three lines
Fits if · Risk-adjusted return sits above the documented risk-free proxy.
Fits if · Peak-to-trough drawdown has stayed shallower than 15%.
Prefer peers if · Prefer Bandhan Aggressive Hybrid Passive FOF if you want a same-category peer with stronger evidence.
Buy checklist
History depth
Pass
13.7 years of path to read.
Engine status
Watch
Recent evidence is mixed. Compare peers before increasing exposure.
Expense ratio
Pass
0.04% TER (Direct). Lower cost compounds on long SIPs.
Drawdown vs peers
Pass
Peak-to-trough -3.0%. Ask whether you can hold through a similar fall.
Vs category
Fail
14% of rolling 3Y windows beat the category median, same plan and option.
Manager tenure
n/a
Manager not listed.
Exit load
n/a
No exit-load summary on file.
Tax / wrapper
Pass
Direct Growth, no ELSS lock flagged. Equity LTCG rules still apply after one year - not tax advice.
Portfolio concentration
Watch
Top 10 holdings ≈ 100.0% of the portfolio.
Browse category
Same-category peers are preloaded into compare when available.
Before you buy or SIP
Behaviour and wrappers - the usual India MF failure modes - not a buy instruction.
SIP discipline
Monitor is recent mixed evidence - keep the SIP unless the buying brief says prefer peers, then swap with intent.
NAV
Path not in current snapshots
n/a
Returns
Trailing CAGR and simulated monthly SIP XIRR from daily NAV. Category comparison uses the median of comparable share classes in the peer set.
Trailing CAGR
Point-to-point, calendar-day annualized
- 1Y+5.4%
- 3Y+7.3%
- 5Y+6.3%
- 10Y+7.0%
- SI+7.7%
SIP XIRR
Equal monthly instalments to latest NAV
- 1Y+5.3%
- 3Y+6.5%
- 5Y+6.7%
- 10Y+6.8%
- Since inception
- +7.7%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Excess 1Y
- +1.7%
- Category median, same plan and option
- 3Y win rate
- +14%
- Windows beating the median
- 3Y percentile
- 16
- Vs comparable share classes
- SIP 3Y XIRR
- +6.5%
- Simulated monthly SIP
- Worst rolling 3Y
- +4.5%
- 2593 daily-ending windows
- Median rolling 3Y
- +7.7%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Positive rolling 5Y
- +100%
- 2110 daily-ending windows
Drawdown
Peak to trough from a running NAV high, with the path and recovery episodes.
- Max drawdown
- -3.0%
- Worst peak-to-trough
- Current
- -0.1%
- Below last peak
- Current spell
- 7 days
- Days below latest peak
- Time below peak
- +39%
- NAV observations
Drawdown
Path not in current snapshots
n/a
- Average recovery
- 4 days
- 319 recovered episodes
- Longest recovery
- 69 days
- Trough to prior peak
6 Mar 2020 – 27 Mar 2020
Trough 23 Mar 2020 · recovered in 4 days
-3.0%
7 Apr 2022 – 13 Jul 2022
Trough 9 May 2022 · recovered in 65 days
-1.1%
8 Jan 2021 – 31 Mar 2021
Trough 10 Feb 2021 · recovered in 49 days
-0.9%
6 Dec 2016 – 10 Jan 2017
Trough 8 Dec 2016 · recovered in 33 days
-0.8%
Dimensions
0–100 reads of named metrics. The mean is unweighted and only uses dimensions with data.
Returns
16
Vs category
61
Consistency
22
Risk-adjusted
91
Drawdown
93
Mean
56
Decision
Quantitative engine reasons behind the buying stance. An explanation can only restate what is already here.
Monitor
Buying stance
Watch before adding
Recent evidence is mixed. Compare peers before increasing exposure.
Why this status
- Three-year return sits below the 25th percentile of comparable share classes.
Supporting reads
- Risk-adjusted return sits above the documented risk-free proxy.
- Peak-to-trough drawdown has stayed shallower than 15%.
Portfolio
30 Sept 2026 · 3 holdings · top 10 are 100.0%.
- Top 5
- 100.0%
- Top 10
- 100.0%
- Largest holding
- 57.9%
- Effective holdings
- 2.0
Bandhan Corporate Bond Fund Direct-Growth
Unspecified
57.9%
Bandhan Arbitrage Fund Direct-Growth
Unspecified
41.5%
Reverse Repo
Unspecified
0.6%
Worth investigating
Same-category peers with enough history to inspect beside this fund - including tradeoffs.
Bandhan Aggressive Hybrid Passive FOF
Bandhan Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- -1.0%
- 3Y
- +11.2%
- Vol
- 10.3%
- Max DD
- -29.0%
- Sharpe
- 0.46
- 3Y win
- +56%
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Deeper drawdown · Higher TER
DSP Gold ETF Fund of Fund
DSP Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +21.2%
- 3Y
- n/a
- Vol
- 22.1%
- Max DD
- -25.2%
- Sharpe
- 1.11
- 3Y win
- n/a
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Deeper drawdown · Higher TER
Franklin India Income Plus Arbitrage Active Fund of Funds
Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +5.7%
- 3Y
- +13.0%
- Vol
- 8.8%
- Max DD
- -27.6%
- Sharpe
- 0.30
- 3Y win
- +16%
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Deeper drawdown · Higher TER
HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund
HDFC Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +21.1%
- 3Y
- +31.2%
- Vol
- 15.3%
- Max DD
- -24.8%
- Sharpe
- 0.36
- 3Y win
- +52%
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Deeper drawdown · Higher TER
HDFC Silver ETF Fund of Fund
HDFC Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +37.1%
- 3Y
- +37.3%
- Vol
- 37.4%
- Max DD
- -49.0%
- Sharpe
- 0.83
- 3Y win
- +100%
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Deeper drawdown · Higher TER