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Nippon India Income Plus Arbitrage Active Fund of Fund
Nippon India Mutual FundOther Scheme - FoF Domestic1.4 years
The scheme seeks to achieve stable returns while navigating market volatilities for its investors. This objective will be pursued by strategically investing in a diversified portfolio of open-ended debt oriented schemes, and units of Arbitrage funds of Nippon India Mutual Fund or any other Mutual Fund(s). There is no assurance that the investment objective of the scheme will be achieved.
- NAV
- 10.7245
- 29 Oct 2026
- 1Y
- +5.0%
- Trailing CAGR
- AUM
- ₹628.45 Cr
- 30 Sept 2026
- Volatility
- Low
- 0.9% annualized
Buying brief
Should you add this fund?
Evidence on this desk, framed as a purchase checklist - not SEBI-registered advice.
As of 29 Oct 2026
Stance
Watch before adding
Recent evidence is mixed. Compare peers before increasing exposure.
In three lines
Fits if · Peak-to-trough drawdown has stayed shallower than 15%.
Prefer peers if · Prefer Bandhan Conservative Hybrid Passive FOF if you want a same-category peer with stronger evidence.
Buy checklist
History depth
Fail
1.4 years - thin for judging consistency.
Engine status
Watch
Recent evidence is mixed. Compare peers before increasing exposure.
Expense ratio
Pass
0.07% TER (Direct). Lower cost compounds on long SIPs.
Drawdown vs peers
Pass
Peak-to-trough -0.3%. Ask whether you can hold through a similar fall.
Vs category
n/a
Category relative read still thin.
Manager tenure
Watch
Vikash Agarwal · 1.3 years on the scheme.
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+5.0%
- 3Yn/a
- 5Yn/a
- 10Yn/a
- SI+5.2%
SIP XIRR
Equal monthly instalments to latest NAV
- 1Y+4.7%
- 3Yn/a
- 5Yn/a
- 10Yn/a
- Since inception
- +5.2%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Excess 1Y
- +1.4%
- Category median, same plan and option
- 3Y win rate
- n/a
- Windows beating the median
- 3Y percentile
- n/a
- Vs comparable share classes
- SIP 3Y XIRR
- n/a
- Simulated monthly SIP
- Worst rolling 3Y
- n/a
- 0 daily-ending windows
- Median rolling 3Y
- n/a
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Positive rolling 5Y
- n/a
- 0 daily-ending windows
Drawdown
Peak to trough from a running NAV high, with the path and recovery episodes.
- Max drawdown
- -0.3%
- Worst peak-to-trough
- Current
- -0.1%
- Below last peak
- Current spell
- 23 days
- Days below latest peak
- Time below peak
- +51%
- NAV observations
Drawdown
Path not in current snapshots
n/a
- Average recovery
- 4 days
- 40 recovered episodes
- Longest recovery
- 22 days
- Trough to prior peak
8 May 2026 – 1 Jun 2026
Trough 21 May 2026 · recovered in 11 days
-0.3%
5 Aug 2025 – 4 Sept 2025
Trough 13 Aug 2025 · recovered in 22 days
-0.2%
23 Sept 2026 – 5 Oct 2026
Trough 29 Sept 2026 · recovered in 6 days
-0.2%
10 Sept 2026 – 23 Sept 2026
Trough 15 Sept 2026 · recovered in 8 days
-0.2%
Dimensions
0–100 reads of named metrics. The mean is unweighted and only uses dimensions with data.
Returns
33
Vs category
59
Consistency
22
Risk-adjusted
0
Drawdown
99
Mean
43
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
- Risk-adjusted return (Sharpe) is negative over the available daily history.
Supporting reads
- Peak-to-trough drawdown has stayed shallower than 15%.
Portfolio
30 Sept 2026 · 5 holdings · top 10 are 100.0%.
- Top 5
- 100.0%
- Top 10
- 100.0%
- Largest holding
- 49.4%
- Effective holdings
- 2.4
Reliance Medium Term Fund Direct-Growth
Unspecified
49.4%
Reliance Arbitrage Advantage Fund Direct-Growth
Unspecified
40.6%
Nippon India Floating Interest Rates Fund Direct-Growth
Unspecified
8.2%
Repo
Unspecified
1.8%
Others Mrgn Money
Unspecified
0.0%
What changed
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
16 Oct 2026
Worth investigating
Same-category peers with enough history to inspect beside this fund - including tradeoffs.
Bandhan Conservative Hybrid Passive FOF
Bandhan Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- -0.5%
- 3Y
- +7.0%
- Vol
- 3.5%
- Max DD
- -9.8%
- Sharpe
- 0.66
- 3Y win
- +26%
- Higher win rate vs category
- Lower TER
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Deeper drawdown
Bandhan Aggressive Hybrid Passive FOF
Bandhan Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- -0.7%
- 3Y
- +11.4%
- 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
DSP Gold ETF Fund of Fund
DSP Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +16.4%
- 3Y
- n/a
- Vol
- 22.1%
- Max DD
- -25.2%
- Sharpe
- 1.10
- 3Y win
- n/a
- 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
- +16.6%
- 3Y
- +30.9%
- 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
- +26.5%
- 3Y
- +36.3%
- Vol
- 37.4%
- Max DD
- -49.5%
- Sharpe
- 0.81
- 3Y win
- +100%
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Deeper drawdown · Higher TER