Holding companies index significantly outperformed the benchmark indices over a longer investment horizon. Specifically, it was observed that the outperformance accelerates during the market boom, as was evidenced during the periods of 2017-18 and 2023-24 when the index nearly doubled in a span of a year.
On October 19, 2023, Jio Financial and BlackRock Financial Management Inc. filed papers with markets regulator Sebi for launching a mutual fund business. As of March 2024, the application was under process for Sebi s in-principle approval.