July 7 (Reuters) - Jio BlackRock Asset Management said
on Monday it has raised more than $2.1 billion across three cash
or debt mutual fund schemes, its first offering since getting
the licence in May.
Jio BlackRock is a joint venture between Jio Financial
Services, part of Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani's
Reliance Industries Ltd, and U.S.-based BlackRock ( BLK )
.
The three-day maiden offer attracted investments from over
90 institutional investors and from more than 67,000 retail
investors, Jio BlackRock said in a statement.
($1 = 85.7140 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Hritam Mukherjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane
Venkatraman and Mrigank Dhaniwala)