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Switzerland is still Number 1 when it comes to keeping secrets. 
 
As per the Financial Secrecy Index 2015 by Tax Justice Network (TJN), Switzerland retained its top slot, while Hong Kong was ranked second. 
 
The biennial FSI ranking is based on a combination of a country's secrecy score and a scale-weightage based on the country's share in the global market for its offshore financial services. 
 
The US climbed from sixth to third spot. 
 
It is noteworthy that Switzerland, US, Singapore and Germany figure in the top 10 list of FSI-2015 and are also top FDI investors to India. 
 
Mauritius is India's top FDI investor and has a secrecy score of 72, whereas India's second largest FDI investor, Singapore, has a lower secrecy score of 69 points. 
 Other <keyword id="1207559" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="investors-in-India">investors in India</keyword> including UK, Japan and Netherlands have an FSI rank of 15, 12 and 41, respectively. 
 
"Switzerland stays at the top of the index and for good reason: Despite what you may have heard, Swiss banking secrecy is far from dead, though it has curbed its secrecy somewhat,” stated TJN. 
 
It also stated US is more of a cause for concern than any other individual country, because of both the size of its offshore sector and also its rather recalcitrant attitude to international co-operation and reform. Though it has been a pioneer in defending itself from foreign secrecy jurisdictions, aggressively taking on the Swiss banking establishment and setting up its technically quite strong foreign account tax compliance act (FATCA), it provides little information in return to other countries. 
 
The UAE (Dubai), which is India's eleventh largest investor, has been ranked tenth in FSI-2015. 
 
Meanwhile, the average secrecy score fell from 66 to 60 when compared to FSI-2013. 
 
Liz Nelson, director at TJN, adds, "None of the reforms we've seen would have taken place without pressure from civil society and the streets. G7 and G20 leaders will do nothing unless pushed from below. So it's essential to keep up the pressure, especially on matters such as implementing public disclosure of company ownership and, crucially, of trusts." 
 
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You need a country to stash away your black money, head to this country that serves as the world’s no.1 tax haven

New Delhi, Feb 25 () Market regulator Sebi on Tuesday said foreign investors from Mauritius will continue to be eligible for FPI registration with increased monitoring as per international norms. The announcement comes after the tax haven was put on the 'grey list' of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) -- an inter-governmental policy making body that sets anti-money laundering standards. A significant percentage of foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) investing in the Indian market is registered in Mauritius. Following the FATF notice, some fund managers knocked on Sebi's door overnight, raising concerns over validity of FPI registration done through the tax haven. The regulator on Tuesday said, "Foreign investors from Mauritius will continue to be eligible for FPI registration with increased monitoring as per FATF norms". For several years, there have been apprehensions about Mauritius being a money laundering route for FPIs due to its limited regulatory oversight. But, the Indian Ocean island nation has been taking several steps in recent years to address the concerns. ANSANS

Foreign investors from Mauritius to continue being eligible for FPI registration: Sebi

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div><ul><li>Roughly 40% of foreign direct investment is "phantom capital" being used to avoid or pay lower corporate taxes, according to a new <a href="https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2019/09/the-rise-of-phantom-FDI-in-tax-havens-damgaard.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">study</a> by the IMF and University of Copenhagen. </li><li>While foreign direct investment can be beneficial to economies hosting money, using shell companies to pay lower taxes is "financial and tax engineering," according to the study. </li><li>Tax havens like Luxembourg hold the majority of phantom foreign direct investment, the study found. </li><li><a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/">Read more on Markets Insider. </a></li></ul>About 40% of all foreign direct investment is "phantom capital" that's being used by multinational firms to pay lower corporate taxes, according to a <a href="https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2019/09/the-rise-of-phantom-FDI-in-tax-havens-damgaard.htm">new study by the International Monetary Fund</a> and the University of Copenhagen. That's about $15 trillion globally - or roughly the size of annual gross dometic product for China and Germany combined, the study showed. Phantom investment has picked up in the last decade, expanding to 40% of all FDI from 30%. That growth rate is faster than global GDP over the same timeframe. FDI, defined as "cross-border financial investments between firms belonging to the same multinational group," can be hugely beneficial to countries, the study said. Countries even have policies to attract it because of its ability to drive integration, stimulate growth, create jobs, and boost productivity in local economies. But phantom FDI - or investments that pass through empty corporate shells that don't do any real business - is "financial and tax engineering," blurs statistics, and makes it difficult to understand the true economic integration, the study said.<a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BI-Young-Investor-Panel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Markets Insider is looking for a panel of millennial investors. If you're active in the markets, CLICK HERE to sign up.</a>The vast majority of phantom FDI is being held in well-known tax havens. Luxembourg and the Netherlands hold nearly half, the study showed. Add in Hong Kong, British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Singapore, the Cayman Islands, Switzerland, Ireland, and Mauritius and more than 85% of phantom FDI is accounted for. Some countries attract phantom FDI, even luring foreign investment by offering benefits like low or no corporate tax rates. This is because even if shell companies pay little taxes and have few employees, they still boost local economies by buying tax advisory, accounting, and other financial services.They also pay registration and incorporation fees. In the Caribbean, these fees account for most of GDP, along with tourism. But overall, heavy investment in foreign empty shells could indicate that both domestically controlled and foreign multinationals are trying to avoid paying taxes, either to the host economy or the home economy. "Unsurprisingly, an economy's exposure to phantom FDI increases with the corporate tax rate," the study said.

A new study shows 40% of foreign investment is 'phantom capital' being used to avoid taxes

<ul><li>The total amount of <keyword id="6496248" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="deposits">deposits</keyword> by Indians rose 50% to a little over 1 billion Swiss francs (₹70 billion), according to data from the Swiss National Bank. </li><li>Last year marked the first time since 2013 that the funds belonging to Indians in Swiss bank accounts actually increased. </li><li>Indian assets in Swiss banks reached an all-time high of 6.46 billion Swiss francs in 2006, but have steadily declined following the imposition of strict controls on tax avoidance and bank secrecy by Swiss authorities. </li></ul>For the more genteel among us, the country of <keyword id="103" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Switzerland">Switzerland</keyword> is synonymous with chocolate, cheese, political neutrality and Roger Federer. For the more financially astute, it is synonymous with <keyword id="6663163" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Tax-dodging">tax dodging</keyword>. While Swiss banking authorities have made efforts to clean up the sector and make it more compliant, the country is still an attractive location for the world’s wealthy in search of a safe place to park their assets. In fact, 2017 marked the first time since 2013 that the funds belonging to Indians in Swiss bank accounts actually increased. The total amount of deposits by Indians rose 50% to a little over 1 billion Swiss francs (₹70 billion), according to <a href="https://data.snb.ch/en/publishingSet/BIDS">data</a> from the Swiss National Bank, the country’s central bank. The increase signifies the impact of the Reserve Bank of <keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="India">India</keyword>’s Liberalised Remittance Scheme, under which the limits on remittances from overseas have eased, as well as the gains domestic investors made in India’s stock markets last year. In comparison, the total amount of foreign-owned assets in Swiss banks inched 3% higher to 1.46 trillion Swiss francs in 2017. A clampdown on secrecy Indian assets in Swiss banks reached an all-time high of 6.46 billion Swiss francs in 2006, but have steadily declined following the imposition of strict controls on tax avoidance and bank secrecy by Swiss authorities. Hence, wealthy Indians have shifted funds to other tax havens like Mauritius and Singapore as a result. At home, the Modi administration has made the crackdown on <keyword id="6356023" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="black-money">black money</keyword> and repatriation of funds stashed abroad a top priority, which has also resulted in the decline in Indian deposits in Swiss banks in the last few years. Famously, this was the stated aim of the government’s “demonetisation” initiative in November 2016. In 2015, the government also implemented the Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets Act, allowing individuals a one-time offer to disclose the value of their assets held abroad. This resulted in the declaration of ₹41 billion worth of assets. In December 2017, Switzerland and India agreed to start sharing tax-related information with each other. This relates to all accounts held by Indians and financial transactions conducted from January 1st, 2018 onwards. The information will likely be made available to Indian authorities on an automatic basis starting in the middle of 2019.

Indians deposited 50% more funds in Swiss banks last year

US short-seller <keyword id="20016892" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Hindenburg-Research" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Hindenburg Research" meta.hostid="153" meta.entityid="Hindenburg Research">Hindenburg Research</keyword> has alleged that it suspects <keyword id="19901201" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sebi" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Sebi" meta.hostid="153" meta.entityid="Sebi">SEBI</keyword>'s unwillingness to act against <keyword id="19955648" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Adani-Group" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Adani Group" meta.hostid="153" meta.entityid="Adani Group">Adani Group</keyword> may be because of its head Madhabi Puri Buch had stakes in <keyword id="20311680" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="offshore-funds" source="keywords">offshore funds</keyword> linked to the conglomerate - an allegation that the SEBI head called "baseless" and an attempt of "character assassination". Hindenburg alleged that Buch and her husband had undisclosed investments in <keyword id="22746661" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="obscure-offshore" source="keywords">obscure offshore</keyword> funds in Bermuda and Mauritius, the same entities allegedly used by <keyword id="20283220" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Vinod-Adani" source="keywords">Vinod Adani</keyword> - the elder brother of group chairman Gautam Adani - to round-trip funds and inflate stock prices. SEBI in October 2020 began a probe into the shareholding structure of Adani Group companies after red flags were raised over high concentration of foreign holdings in the conglomerate's listed companies. Investigation was launched to determine if the foreign investors are genuine public shareholders or acting as fronts for the promoters. SEBI last year had told a Supreme Court-appointed panel that it was investigating 13 opaque offshore entities that held between 14 per cent and 20 per cent across five publicly traded stocks of the conglomerate. It hasn't stated if the two incomplete probes have since been completed, something which Hindenburg used to attack the market regulator. Madhabi and her husband Dhaval Buch in a joint statement strongly denied the "baseless allegations and insinuations made in the report". The same, they said, "are devoid of any truth". "Our life and finances are an open book," they said. "It is unfortunate that Hindenburg Research against whom SEBI has taken an enforcement action and issued a show cause notice has chosen to attempt character assassination in response to the same." While the statement did not talk on the questions Hindenburg raised over SEBI probe, the duo promised to come out with a detailed response. Hindenburg on Saturday stated that the Madhabi and her husband invested in offshore entities that were allegedly part of a fund structure managed by India Infoline and in which Vinod Adani also had investments. These investments reportedly date back to 2015, well before her appointment as a whole-time member of SEBI in 2017 and the subsequent elevation as chairperson in March 2022. It said Bermuda-based Global Opportunities Fund, which allegedly was used by entities connected to Adani Group to trade in shares of group companies, had sub-funds. Buch and her husband were investors in one of these sub-funds in 2015. Citing "whistleblower documents", Hindenburg said, "<keyword id="22743118" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Madhabi-Buch" source="keywords">Madhabi Buch</keyword>, the current chairperson of SEBI, and her husband had stakes in both obscure offshore funds used in the Adani <keyword id="22743230" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="money-siphoning" source="keywords">money siphoning</keyword> scandal." SEBI, it claimed, has "shown a surprising lack of interest in Adani's alleged undisclosed web of Mauritius and offshore shell entities." The Buchs may have first opened their account with IPE Plus Fund 1 on June 5, 2015 in Singapore. IPE fund is a small offshore Mauritius fund set up by Vinod Adani through India Infoline (IIFL), a wealth management firm with ties to the Wirecard embezzlement scandal. "Vinod...used this structure to invest in Indian markets with funds allegedly siphoned from over invoicing of power equipment to Adani Group," claimed Hindenburg. Latching on to the Hindenburg allegations, Congress said the revelations only reinforced its demand for setting up a "joint parliamentary committee to investigate the full scope of the Adani mega scam" while the Trinamool Congress said the SEBI chairperson must resign. In January last year, Hindenburg accused Adani Group of pulling "the largest con in corporate history" by using a web of companies in tax havens to inflate its revenue and manipulate stock prices, even as debt piled up. After the Hindenburg report, the SC asked SEBI to complete its investigation and set up a separate expert panel to look into regulatory lapses. The panel did not give any adverse report on Adani and the apex court too stated that no other probe other than one being done by SEBI was required. On June 26 this year, SEBI in a show cause notice charged Hindenburg of "deliberately sensationalising and distorting certain facts" as well as working with a New York hedge fund to make its bet. Hindenburg had responded to that saying it made just USD 4.1 million from its declared positions on Adani stocks and criticised the regulator for not focusing its investigation into the January 2023 report "providing evidence" of the group creating "a vast network of offshore shell entities" and moving billions of dollars "surreptitiously" into and out of Adani public and private entities. Gautam Adani, who was the world's third-richest man before Hindenburg, in an epic comeback strategy raised USD 15 billion in equity and debt, sold some assets, repaid loans that was raised pledging shares, reined in expenses and refocused energies on core business. Adani is now ranked 12th richest in the world. The group has also made some acquisitions, buying cement company Sanghi Industries and the news agency IANS. Hindenburg on Saturday alleged that just weeks before Buch's appointment to SEBI, her husband requested the transfer of their investments into his sole control, potentially to avoid any scrutiny related to her new regulatory role. The couple's investments were reportedly funnelled through a complex, multi-layered offshore structure, raising questions about their legitimacy and purpose. On March 22, 2017, just weeks ahead of Buch's appointment as SEBI whole-time member, Dhaval wrote to Mauritius fund administrator Trident Trust. That communication was regarding his and his wife's investment in the Global Dynamic Opportunities Fund (GDOF), the US firm alleged. "In the letter, Dhaval requested to "be the sole person authorised to operate the Accounts", seemingly moving the assets out of his wife's name ahead of the politically sensitive appointment," Hindenburg alleged. Dhaval is a senior advisor at Blackstone and at Alvarez &amp; Marsal. He also serves as a non-executive director on the Board of Gildan.

After Adani, Hindenburg targets SEBI chief, she calls allegations baseless, character assassination

US short-seller <keyword id="20016892" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Hindenburg-Research" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Hindenburg Research" meta.hostid="153" meta.entityid="Hindenburg Research">Hindenburg Research</keyword> alleged that it suspects <keyword id="19901201" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sebi" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Sebi" meta.hostid="153" meta.entityid="Sebi">SEBI</keyword>'s unwillingness to act against <keyword id="19955648" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Adani-Group" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Adani Group" meta.hostid="153" meta.entityid="Adani Group">Adani group</keyword> may be because its head Madhabi Puri Buch had stakes in <keyword id="20311680" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="offshore-funds" source="keywords">offshore funds</keyword> linked to the conglomerate - an allegation slammed by the SEBI head as "baseless" while Adani group said it never had any commercial relations with Buch. Hindenburg alleged that Buch and her husband had undisclosed investments in obscure offshore funds in Bermuda and Mauritius, the same entities allegedly used by <keyword id="20283220" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Vinod-Adani" source="keywords">Vinod Adani</keyword> - the elder brother of group chairman Gautam Adani - to round-trip funds and inflate stock prices. SEBI, in October 2020, began a probe into the shareholding structure of Adani group companies after red flags were raised over the high concentration of foreign holdings in the conglomerate's listed companies. An investigation was launched to determine if the foreign investors were genuine public shareholders or acting as fronts for the promoters. SEBI, last year had told a Supreme Court-appointed panel that it was investigating 13 opaque offshore entities that held between 14-20% across five publicly traded stocks of the conglomerate. It hasn't stated if the two probes have since been completed, something which Hindenburg used to attack the market regulator. Madhabi Puri Buch and her husband Dhaval Buch in a joint statement strongly denied the "baseless allegations and insinuations made in the report". The same, they said, "are devoid of any truth". "Our life and finances are an open book," they said. "It is unfortunate that Hindenburg Research against whom SEBI has taken an enforcement action and issued a show cause notice, has chosen to attempt character assassination in response to the same." Buchs further said they have no hesitation in disclosing any financial documents, including those that relate to the period when we were strictly private citizens, to any and every authority that may seek them. While the statement did not talk about the questions Hindenburg raised over SEBI probe, the duo promised to come out with a detailed response. Separately, Adani group in a regulatory filing called the allegations by Hindenburg as "malicious, mischievous and manipulative selections of publicly available information to arrive at predetermined conclusions for personal profiteering with wanton disregard for facts and the law." "The Adani Group has absolutely no commercial relationship with the individuals or matters mentioned in this calculated deliberate effort to malign our standing," it said. "We remain steadfastly committed to transparency and compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements". Rejecting the allegations, it said they were nothing but a "recycling of discredited claims that have been thoroughly investigated, proven to be baseless, and already dismissed by the Supreme Court in March 2023." "It is reiterated that our overseas holding structure is fully transparent, with all relevant details disclosed regularly in numerous public documents," Adani group said, adding Anil Ahuja was a nominee director of 3i investment fund in Adani Power (2007-2008) and, later, a director of Adani Enterprises until 2017. "For a discredited short-seller under the scanner for several violations of Indian securities laws, Hindenburg's allegations are no more than red herrings thrown by a desperate entity with total contempt for Indian laws," it added. Hindenburg on Saturday stated that the SEBI chairperson and her husband invested in offshore entities that were allegedly part of a fund structure managed by India Infoline, and in which Vinod Adani also had investments. These investments reportedly date back to 2015, well before her appointment as a full-time member of SEBI in 2017 and the subsequent elevation as chairperson in March 2022. It said the Bermuda-based Global Opportunities Fund, which allegedly was used by entities connected to Adani Group to trade in shares of group companies, had sub-funds. Buch and her husband were investors in one of these sub-funds in 2015. Citing "whistleblower documents", Hindenburg said, "<keyword id="22743118" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Madhabi-Buch" source="keywords">Madhabi Buch</keyword>, the current chairperson of SEBI, and her husband had stakes in both obscure offshore funds used in the Adani <keyword id="22743230" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="money-siphoning" source="keywords">money siphoning</keyword> scandal." SEBI, it claimed, has "shown a surprising lack of interest in Adani's alleged undisclosed web of Mauritius and offshore shell entities." Buch and her husband may have first opened their account with IPE Plus Fund 1 on June 5, 2015, in Singapore. IPE fund is a small offshore Mauritius fund set up by Vinod Adani director through India Infoline (IIFL), a wealth management firm with ties to the Wirecard embezzlement scandal. "Vinod Adani, brother of Gautam Adani, used this structure to invest in Indian markets with funds allegedly siphoned from over-invoicing of power equipment to Adani Group," claimed Hindenburg. Latching on to the Hindenburg allegations, Congress said the revelations only reinforced its demand for setting up a "joint parliamentary committee to investigate the full scope of the Adani mega scam" while the Trinamool Congress said the SEBI chairperson must resign. "This raises fresh questions about Gautam Adani's two 2022 meetings in quick succession with Ms Buch shortly after she became SEBI chairperson. Recall that SEBI was supposedly investigating Adani transactions at the time," Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said. In January last year, Hindenburg Research, which in the past has shorted - or bet against - companies like electric truck maker Nikola Corp and Twitter, accused Adani Group of pulling "the largest con in corporate history" by using a web of companies in tax havens to inflate its revenue and manipulate stock prices, even as debt piled up. Though the conglomerate vehemently denied all allegations, the damning report sent the group's shares into a free fall, wiping out over USD 150 billion in market value of the 10 listed entities at their lowest point. Most of the 10 listed companies have since recouped the losses. After the Hindenburg report, the Supreme Court asked market regulator SEBI to complete its investigation and set up a separate expert panel to look into regulatory lapses. The panel did not give any adverse report on Adani and the apex court too stated that no other probe other than one being done by SEBI was required. On June 26 this year, SEBI in a show cause notice charged Hindenburg of "deliberately sensationalizing and distorting certain facts" as well as working with a New York hedge fund to make its bet. Hindenburg had responded to that saying it made just USD 4.1 million from its declared positions on Adani stocks and criticized the regulator for not focusing its investigation into the January 2023 report "providing evidence" of the conglomerate creating "a vast network of offshore shell entities" and moving billions of dollars "surreptitiously" into and out of Adani public and private entities. The group led by billionaire Gautam Adani, who was the world's third-richest man before Hindenburg, in an epic comeback strategy raised USD 15 billion in equity and debt, sold some assets, repaid loans that were raised pledging shares, reined in expenses, repaid some debt and refocused energies on core business. Adani is now ranked 12th richest in the world, one notch and USD 6 billion shy of rival billionaire Mukesh Ambani. The group has also made some acquisitions, buying cement company Sanghi Industries and the news agency IANS. Adani has insisted the Hindenburg report has not changed operations at his companies, which include ports, airports, renewable parks generating electricity from sunlight and wind energy, gas distribution, cement processors, data centers, and even apple farms. 360 One Wam Ltd, formerly known as IIFL Wealth Management Ltd, separately said IPE-Plus Fund 1, a fully compliant and regulated fund, was launched in October 2013 and operated until October 2019. "Throughout the fund's tenure, IPE-Plus Fund 1 made zero investments in any shares of the Adani Group either directly or indirectly through any fund," it said. "At its peak, the fund's Assets Under Management (AUM) reached approximately USD 48 million, with over 90% of the fund consistently invested in bonds." The fund, it said, was managed as a discretionary fund by the Investment Manager. "No investor had any involvement in the fund's operations or investment decisions. Mrs. Madhabi Buch &amp; Mr. Dhaval Buch's holdings in the fund were less than 1.5% of the total inflow into the fund." Hindenburg on Saturday alleged that just weeks before Buch's appointment to SEBI, her husband requested the transfer of their investments into his sole control, potentially to avoid any scrutiny related to her new regulatory role. The couple's investments were reportedly funneled through a complex, multi-layered offshore structure, raising questions about their legitimacy and purpose. On March 22, 2017, just weeks ahead of Buch's appointment as SEBI Wholetime Member, her husband, Dhaval Buch, wrote to Mauritius fund administrator Trident Trust. That communication was regarding his and his wife's investment in the Global Dynamic Opportunities Fund (GDOF), the US firm alleged. "In the letter, Dhaval Buch requested to"be the sole person authorized to operate the accounts", seemingly moving the assets out of his wife's name ahead of the politically sensitive appointment," Hindenburg alleged. Dhaval Buch is currently a senior advisor at Blackstone and at Alvarez &amp; Marsal. He also serves as a non-executive director on the Board of Gildan. "In a later account statement dated February 26, 2018, addressed to Madhabi Buch's private email, the full details of the structure are revealed: "GDOF Cell 90 (IPEplus Fund 1)". Again, this is the same Mauritius-registered "cell" of the fund, found several layers deep in a convoluted structure, reportedly used by Vinod Adani," Hindenburg alleged. From April 2017 to March 2022, while Buch was a Wholetime member and Chairperson at SEBI, she had a 100 % interest in an offshore Singaporean consulting firm, called Agora Partners, it alleged adding On March 16, 2022, two weeks after she was appointed SEBI Chairperson, she quietly transferred the shares to her husband. To date, SEBI has taken no action against these funds, it claimed. "If SEBI wanted to find the offshore fund holders, perhaps the SEBI Chairperson could have started by looking in the mirror," Hindenburg said. In response to requests from the Supreme Court to investigate the Adani matter, SEBI is said to have hit a wall unveiling the holders of the offshore funds. The Supreme Court said that while SEBI seemingly agreed with its concerns over who funded Adani's offshore shareholders, "it is evident that SEBI has drawn a blank in this investigation", the firm alleged.

Hindenburg target SEBI chief, she calls charges baseless, Adani says no commercial relationship with SEBI head

<ul><li>The 27 year old Hinduja Bank is one of the three major financial institutions, owned by the conglomerate, aside from <keyword id="46717" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="IndusInd-Bank">IndusInd Bank</keyword> and Hinduja Leyland Finance. </li><li>The <keyword id="57519" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Cayman-Islands">Cayman Islands</keyword> order, from May 2020, said that the bank even failed to maintain the minimum <keyword id="6360278" type="DEFINITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Net-Worth">net worth</keyword> of 400,000 Cayman dollars and hasn’t submitted its audited financial statements since 2018. </li><li>The Cayman Islands is popular as a tax haven for the world’s super rich and many multinational corporations.</li></ul>The stock of IndusInd Bank took a beating after a report that the group had lost its banking licence in Cayman Islands for not taking steps to stop money laundering. However, the report was based on an order from May 2020. The shares of IndusInd Bank fell as much as 6%, on June 3, 2021, as investors got spooked but recovered a part of those losses soon after. The Cayman Islands, popular as a tax haven for the world’s super rich, had stripped the <keyword id="120582" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Hinduja-Group">Hinduja Group</keyword> of its banking licence for the conglomerate’s Geneva-based bank. The Hinduja Bank is one of the three major financial institutions owned by the conglomerate ⁠— the other two being IndusInd Bank and Hinduja Leyland Finance. In an order dated May 27, 2020, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, also said that the company “failed to prepare adequate” anti-money laundering policies. The director, Gilbert Pfaeffli, has been held ‘not fit and proper’ for the position. Hinduja Bank was established in 1994 as a Swiss Banking Institution. The group website says it offers, among other services, “innovative solutions in wealth management and private banking, trade finance, corporate advisory services and global investment solutions.” The bank has presence in Dubai, London, Paris, New York, Chennai, Mumbai, Mauritius and Cayman Islands. The Cayman Islands order said that the bank even failed to maintain the minimum net worth of 400,000 Cayman dollars and hasn’t submitted its audited financial statements since 2018. A Cayman dollar is approximately ₹88, at current prices. The more than a century old Hinduja Group led by Chairman Srichand Hinduja ⁠— with a net worth of over $15 billion shared with his brothers, Gopichand, Prakash and Ashok Hinduja ⁠— has international interests in a variety of industries from technology to finance, from media to oil and chemicals, and from real estate to healthcare. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/news/the-indian-government-is-doling-out-1500-crore-to-reserve-300-million-of-biological-es-covid-19-vaccine-doses/articleshow/83196362.cms">The Indian government is doling out ₹1500 crore to reserve 300 million of Biological-E’s COVID-19 vaccine doses</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/indians-must-brace-for-a-further-rise-in-petrol-and-diesel-prices-as-crude-oil-scales-a-2-year-high/articleshow/83195870.cms">Indians must brace for a further rise in petrol and diesel prices as crude oil scales a 2-year high</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/top-five-fintech-ideas-that-are-drawing-the-most-amount-of-money/slidelist/83194276.cms">Five fintech ideas that are raking in the most amount of money</a>

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As per the latest annual update on Swiss banks, released by Switzerland's central bank SNB (<keyword id="173321" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Swiss-National-Bank">Swiss National Bank</keyword>), India has slipped to 75th place in terms of money held by its citizens with banks in Switzerland, while the UK remains on top. 

	India was placed at 61st place last year, while it used to be among top-50 countries in terms of holdings in Swiss banks till 2007. The country was ranked highest at 37th place in the year 2004. 
 

	The total money held there by foreign clients from across the world fell by nearly 4 per cent to Swiss franc (CHF) 1.42 trillion (about Rs 98 lakh crore) at the end of 2015. 
 

	In terms of individual countries, the UK accounted for the largest chunk at about CHF 350 billion or almost 25 per cent of the total foreign money with Swiss banks. 
 

	The US came second with nearly CHF 196 billion or about 14 per cent. No other country accounted for a double-digit percentage share, while others in the top-ten included West Indies, Germany, Bahamas, France, Guernsey, Luxembourg, Hong Kong and Panama. 
 

	India was ranked 75th with CHF 1.2 billion (about Rs 8,392 crore), which is not even 0.1 per cent of the total foreign money in Swiss banks and is the lowest for the country in at least two decades or since 1996 - the first year for which full comparable data is available. 
 

	Pakistan was placed higher at 69th place with CHF 1.5 billion - a shade better than 0.1 per cent of total foreign money parked with Swiss banks. 
 

	India was also lowest ranked among the BRICS nations - Russia was ranked 17th (CHF 17.6 billion), China 28th (CHF 7.4 billion), Brazil 37th (CHF 4.8 billion) and South Africa 60th (CHF 2.2 billion). 
 Others ranked higher than India included Mauritius, Kazakhstan, <keyword id="41896" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Iran">Iran</keyword>, Chile, Angola, Philippines, Indonesia and Mexico, while a number of so-called tax havens were also placed above, including Jersey, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Marshall Islands, Bermuda, Belize, Gibraltar, Isle of Man, Seychelles and St Vincent and the Grenadines. 

	All offshore financial centres together held CHF 378 billion in Swiss banks. The total for developing countries stood at CHF 207 billion, while the same for the developed countries was much higher at CHF 833 million. 
 

	India was ranked in top-50 continuously between 1996 and 2007, but started declining after that - 55th in 2008, 59th in 2009 and 2010 each, 55th again in 2011, 71st in 2012 and then 58th in 2013.

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