Jio BlackRock prepares ETF debut by August after building $2 billion India fund base
Jio BlackRock Asset Management plans to launch its first exchange-traded funds in India by August, seeking to replicate BlackRock's global success in passive investing in a market where ETFs are still nascent. The joint venture between Mukesh Ambani's Jio Financial Services and the world's largest asset manager has amassed about 180 billion rupees ($1.9 billion) in assets under management in roughly a year since its launch by building a base in cash, debt-index and active equity funds. It pl…