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Samco Arbitrage Fund
Samco Mutual FundHybrid Schemes - Arbitrage Fund1.9 years
The Scheme seeks to generate capital appreciation and income by predominantly investing in arbitrage opportunities in the cash and the derivative segments of the equity markets and the arbitrage opportunities available within the derivative segment and by investing the balance in debt and money market instruments.
- NAV
- 11.01
- 29 Oct 2026
- 1Y
- +5.1%
- Trailing CAGR
- AUM
- ₹25.98 Cr
- 30 Sept 2026
- Volatility
- Low
- 1.6% 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 HSBC Arbitrage Fund if you want a same-category peer with stronger evidence.
Buy checklist
History depth
Fail
1.9 years - thin for judging consistency.
Engine status
Watch
Recent evidence is mixed. Compare peers before increasing exposure.
Expense ratio
Pass
1.09% TER (Direct). Lower cost compounds on long SIPs.
Drawdown vs peers
Pass
Peak-to-trough -0.6%. Ask whether you can hold through a similar fall.
Vs category
n/a
Category relative read still thin.
Manager tenure
Watch
Manish Naiya · 0.3 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 ≈ 149.1% 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.
Drawdown rehearsal
This scheme’s worst fall on file is about 1%. Before you SIP, ask whether you would keep contributing through a similar drop - pausing on fear is the usual India MF failure mode.
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+5.1%
- 3Yn/a
- 5Yn/a
- 10Yn/a
- SI+5.2%
SIP XIRR
Equal monthly instalments to latest NAV
- 1Y+4.8%
- 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
- -0.6%
- Worst peak-to-trough
- Current
- -0.4%
- Below last peak
- Current spell
- 6 days
- Days below latest peak
- Time below peak
- +32%
- NAV observations
Drawdown
Path not in current snapshots
n/a
- Average recovery
- 3 days
- 66 recovered episodes
- Longest recovery
- 26 days
- Trough to prior peak
3 Aug 2026 – 1 Sept 2026
Trough 6 Aug 2026 · recovered in 26 days
-0.6%
1 Sept 2026 – 10 Sept 2026
Trough 4 Sept 2026 · recovered in 6 days
-0.5%
10 Sept 2026 – 18 Sept 2026
Trough 11 Sept 2026 · recovered in 7 days
-0.4%
23 Oct 2026 – open
Trough 29 Oct 2026 · not recovered
-0.4%
Dimensions
0–100 reads of named metrics. The mean is unweighted and only uses dimensions with data.
Returns
34
Vs category
41
Consistency
0
Risk-adjusted
0
Drawdown
98
Mean
35
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.
- AUM fell by 30% or more versus the prior observation.
Supporting reads
- Peak-to-trough drawdown has stayed shallower than 15%.
Portfolio
30 Sept 2026 · 19 holdings · top 10 are 149.1%.
- Top 5
- 124.5%
- Top 10
- 149.1%
- Largest holding
- 89.4%
- Effective holdings
- 1.2
Net Receivables
Unspecified
89.4%
Others CBLO
Unspecified
11.0%
Bharti Airtel Ltd
Technology
9.3%
HDFC Bank Ltd
Financial
7.8%
Reliance Industries Ltd
Energy & Utilities
7.1%
Worth investigating
Same-category peers with enough history to inspect beside this fund - including tradeoffs.
HSBC Arbitrage Fund
HSBC Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +6.4%
- 3Y
- +7.1%
- Vol
- 1.1%
- Max DD
- -0.3%
- Sharpe
- 1.23
- 3Y win
- +6%
- Lower volatility
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher TER
ICICI Prudential Arbitrage Fund
ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +6.5%
- 3Y
- +7.2%
- Vol
- 1.1%
- Max DD
- -0.6%
- Sharpe
- 0.96
- 3Y win
- +73%
- Lower volatility
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher TER
Invesco India Arbitrage Fund
Invesco Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +6.8%
- 3Y
- +7.4%
- Vol
- 1.0%
- Max DD
- -0.5%
- Sharpe
- 0.92
- 3Y win
- +63%
- Lower volatility
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher TER
JM Arbitrage Fund
JM Financial Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +6.3%
- 3Y
- +6.9%
- Vol
- 1.1%
- Max DD
- -0.5%
- Sharpe
- 0.41
- 3Y win
- +12%
- Lower volatility
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher TER
Mirae Asset Arbitrage Fund
Mirae Asset Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +6.6%
- 3Y
- +7.3%
- Vol
- 1.0%
- Max DD
- -0.4%
- Sharpe
- 0.22
- 3Y win
- +82%
- Lower volatility
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher TER