Blackstone emerges as frontrunner for L&T Mutual Fund

Blackstone emerges as frontrunner for L&T Mutual Fund

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Blackstone Group Inc. is emerging as the frontrunner to take over Larsen & Toubro Ltd.’s mutual fund arm, in what could be the first entry by a major foreign private equity firm into India’s $350 billion asset management industry, people familiar with the matter said.