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Andy Mukherjee

How a $4.2 trillion fund was taken for a ride

The scandal shows how brokers and advisers exploit inside knowledge of big trades by multinationals in India’s notoriously leaky equities market.

India’s market regulator has unearthed a plot to allegedly generate millions of dollars in illegal gains through the legitimate trades of a large overseas investor.

The “Big Client”, which is how the Securities and Exchange Board of India identified the victim of the scheme in its interim order last week, is none other than Capital Group. The Los Angeles-based fund manager with $US2.6 trillion ($4.2 trillion) worth of equity stakes in companies worldwide confirmed on Tuesday that it has indeed been taken for a ride.

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Andy Mukherjee is Bloomberg columnist on Asia.

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