Jio Financial Services, part of billionaire Mukesh Ambani led-Reliance Group, and BlackRock formed a 50:50 joint venture to launch asset management services in India in July 2023
Jio Financial Services on Thursday said its subsidiary Jio Leasing Services and its nominees have made an initial investment of Rs 2.50 crore in newly-incorporated Reliance International Leasing IFSC Ltd (RILIL). Incorporated on February 1, RILIL is a 50:50 joint venture between Jio Leasing and Reliance Strategic Business Ventures Ltd, an arm of Reliance Industries. "Jio Leasing Services Ltd (JLSL)... along with its nominees invested an amount of Rs 2.50 crore towards the initial subscription of 25 lakh equity shares of Rs 10 each of RILIL, for cash at par," Jio Financial Services said in a BSE filing. JLSL is a subsidiary of Jio Financial. RILIL will be engaged in the business of operating lease of ships, vessels and voyage charters in International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) located at International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Gujarat. Shares of Jio Financial Services were trading Rs 355.70, up 1.50 per cent from previous close on the BSE.
Jio Financial Services on Tuesday said it has invested Rs 40 crore in its wholly-owned subsidiary Jio Leasing Services Ltd (JLSL) which has been formed for undertaking leasing of movable assets activity. The company on Tuesday subscribed to 4,00,00,000 equity shares of Rs 10 each of JLSL for cash at par aggregating Rs 40 crore for its business purposes, Jio Financial Services said in a regulatory filing. "No governmental or regulatory approvals were required for the above transaction," it said. The subsidiary will be engaged in the business of leasing of all types of movable assets, it added.
In the past two months, the stock price of JFS has appreciated by nearly 50 per cent
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Market players expect Jio Financial, which also operates a payments bank and voice box, and other fintech players to benefit as Paytm will struggle to retain its merchants and customers
Shares of Jio Financial hit a record high of Rs 325 in intra-day deals on Friday backed by near two-fold jump in trading volumes on the BSE.
Regulator told Paytm Payments Bank last week to stop accepting new deposits in its accounts and digital wallets from March 1
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Paytm has been in talks with JFSL since November last year and it reached out to HDFC Bank just before the RBI barred its Payments Bank from accepting more deposits from February 29
The promoter shareholding in Jio Financial Services, a unit spun off from Reliance Industries, has edged higher for a second straight quarter
Shares of Jio Financial Services Ltd On the NSE, declined 6.48 % to Rs 249.45 per share.The company's market valuation eroded by Rs 11,372.38 crore to Rs 1,58,133.24 crore.In volume terms
The company reported 56 per cent drop in its consolidated profit after tax at Rs 294 crore for the December quarter (Q3), due to fall in income and rise in expenses.
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On the bourses, shares of Jio Financial Services advanced 3.2 per cent to Rs 242 apiece on the BSE in Thursday's intraday trade
The joint venture between Jio Financial Services and BlackRock has applied for a mutual fund licence with the market regulator, and the application is currently under consideration, according to a SEBI update. An update on mutual fund approval status from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) as of December 31, 2023, lists Jio Financial Services & BlackRock Financial Management among the applicants under consideration for a mutual fund licence. Jio submitted its application on October 19, and Sebi's status report showed that it is "under process". Jio Financial Services Ltd, the newly demerged financial services arm of billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance, and BlackRock announced an agreement in July 2023 to form a 50:50 joint venture with a USD 150 million investment each to enter the asset management business in India. "Jio BlackRock combines Jio Financial Services' knowledge and resources with BlackRock's scale and investment expertise to deliver affordable, ...