BNP Paribas Arbitrage Regular Growth

About BNP Paribas Arbitrage Fund

BNP Paribas Arbitrage Fund is an open ended hybrid fund aimed at investing in arbitrage opportunities for generating reasonable returns by predominantly investing in equity arbitrage opportunities in the cash and derivatives segments of the equity markets and by investing balance in debt and money market instruments.

Pros & Cons of BNP Paribas Arbitrage Fund

BNP Paribas Arbitrage Fund offers the following benefits: 1. The fund portfolio is well diversified with a high quality mix of equity, equity related instruments along with quality credit debentures, bonds and government securities. The fund is suitable for investors who seek the high accrual offered by long term papers, have a view on interest rates and have a long term investment horizon. 2. The fund is apt for investors who are seeking generation of reasonable returns over short to medium term.

Certain drawbacks of BNP Paribas Arbitrage Fund 1. Returns might not be as good as those provided by equity linked mutual funds.

Fund Information and Statistics of BNP Paribas Arbitrage Fund

i) Inception/ Launch date

BNP Paribas Arbitrage Fund was launched on December 28, 2016 BNP Paribas Mutual Fund AMC.

ii) Risk level

The fund has moderately high risk level since its investment is predominantly in arbitrage opportunities in the cash and derivatives segments of the equity markets; and debt and money market instruments.

iii) Redemption

Redemption of Units will be done by a repurchase/buyback by the fund house. Under normal circumstances, your fund house will dispatch the redemption proceeds within 10 business days from date of receipt of request.

iv) Fund Manager

Mr. Karthikraj Lakshmanan and Mr. Mayank Prakash are the fund managers of the scheme.

v) Entry / Exit load

In respect of each purchase of Units – 0.25% if the Units are redeemed/ switched-out within 30 days of allotment. Beyond that there is no exit load.

Tax benefits of investing in the fund

The short-term capital gains made on sale of units within 1 year from the date of allotment will be taxed at the rate of 15%. The long term capital gains, over and above Rs 1 lakh, made on sale of units after 1 year from the date of allotment will be taxable at the rate of 10% (without indexation).

About BNP Paribas Mutual Fund

BNP Paribas Mutual Fund has an investment history of as old as 19 century. Being a part of a global nexus, it seeks to blend its local market understanding with the global of investment management across numerous market cycles. Its investment philosophy involves using a top-down and bottom-up approach to align with its Growth at Reasonable Price (GARP) philosophy.