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India to fall below Bangladesh in terms of per capita GDP in 2020

Going by the latest IMF estimate, India would be the third poorest nation in South Asia, with only Pakistan and Nepal reporting lower per capita GDP, whereas Bhutan, Bangladesh, Maldives, and Sri Lanka would outpace India.
However, India, Asia’s third-largest economy, is likely to bounce back with an impressive 8.8 per cent growth rate in 2021, thus regaining the position of the fastest growing emerging economy, surpassing China’s projected growth rate of 8.2 per cent, the IMF said.

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U.S. pension funds sue Allianz after $4 bln in coronavirus losses

Market panic around the virus that resulted in billions in losses earlier this year scarred many investors, but no other top-tier asset manager is facing such a large number of lawsuits in the United States connected to the turbulence.

In March, Allianz ALVG.DE was forced to shutter two private hedge funds after severe losses, prompting the wave of litigation the company says is “legally and factually flawed”.

Together, the various suits filed in the U.S. Southern District of New York claim investors lost a total of around $4 billion.

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India’s IFSCA gets members from 4 regulators,to regulate financial markets in IFSCs

The centre has notified the names of T.L.Alamelu,member, IRDAI, Indrani Banerjee,executive director,Reserve Bank of India(RBI), Sujit Prasad,executive director,Securities and Exchange Board of India(Sebi),Ananta Gopal Das,executive director,Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority(PFRDA), as members of IFSCA)

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