The fund house claims that this approach enhances the ability to identify alpha opportunities and provides a bench-aware, risk-controlled mechanism to navigate dynamic market conditions
JioBlackRock Mutual Fund has launched its first-ever actively managed Flexi Cap Fund with the lowest total expense ratio of 0.50 per cent.
The fund will be the country’s first active equity fund powered by artificial intelligence (AI) designed to invest across large-cap, mid-cap and small-cap companies.
The fund will use BlackRock’s proprietary Systematic Active Equity strategy that integrates both traditional and alternative data sources to produce signal research scores.
The SAE strategy involves continuous signal generation using machine learning and advanced analytics applied to vast sets of structured and unstructured data. The fund house claims that this approach enhances the ability to identify alpha opportunities and provides a bench-aware, risk-controlled mechanism to navigate dynamic market conditions.
The investment decisions are taken based on the scores generated and in conjunction with the fund managers own judgment to build high-conviction, data-driven portfolios of 120-130 stocks.
Rishi Kohli, Chief Investment Officer, JioBlackRock Asset Management said the fund will source alternate data on the different sectors available with BlackRock to further strengthen portfolio performance and complement it with a unique blend of AI and human expertise.
The portfolio will be reviewed and churned every week to deliver better returns to investors, he said.
Sid Swaminathan, MD & CEO, Jio BlackRock AMC said mutual fund industry investors should not be much worried about geo-political develops as the long-term growth in India will not be much affected by recent developments.
The fund house’s investment philosophy revolves around tapping the domestic growth prospects with differentiated product offerings, he added.
Signal-based investing, combining AI and human insights to evaluate over 1,000 companies at a cost-efficient structure will be unique feature of flexi-cap fund launched, he said.
Published on September 23, 2025
