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 ...

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

While the increase is small in absolute terms, it has material implications for arbitrage funds, which depend on cash-futures spreads to generate returns.

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 ...

Volatility arbitrage is a trading strategy that aims to profit by exploiting differences between forecasted and implied volatilities of an asset. Learn how this strategy works.

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

Wall Street trading desks are quietly reducing exposure to one of the most dependable strategies in the digital-asset universe, signalling a shift in how large financial players view risk and reward ...

Risk arbitrage is an investment strategy used to profit from pricing gaps in stock takeover deals. Learn how it works, its mechanisms, and criticisms.