Arbitrage fund returns to take a 30-50 bps hit from Budget 2026's F&O tax hike, but post-tax advantage over debt funds intact ...

In the Budget 2026, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that STT on futures contracts would be raised to 0.05% from ...

Mohit Gang, CEO & Co-founder of Moneyfront, said that while arbitrage funds continue to offer a return advantage over liquid ...

The STT hike on futures and options is set to marginally reduce returns for arbitrage and hybrid mutual funds, as higher ...

The Budget 2026 hike in Securities Transaction Tax is expected to reduce arbitrage fund returns by about 0.5% next year, ...

While the large HFT firms use algos to make massive trades in F&O, arbitrage funds generally interplay between cash and F&O ...

The government announced the decision in parliament on February 1, saying the tax hike was aimed at curbing high-risk ...

In the Union Budget 2026, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an increase in STT rates for futures to 0.05% from 0.02% earlier and for options to 0.15% from 0.1%/0.125%, aimed at curbing ...

Pairs trading and statistical arbitrage strategies represent a sophisticated suite of quantitative techniques designed to capitalise on pricing inefficiencies in financial markets. At their core, ...