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RBI asks Axis bank to restructure its plans to acquire stakes in Max Life

Under the revised agreements, Axis Bank will acquire upto 9.002 per cent  of the equity share capital of Max Life, and, Axis Capital Limited and Axis Securities Limited will together acquire upto 3.000 per cent of the share capital of Max Life.

In addition, Axis Entities will have a right to acquire an additional stake of upto seven .per cent  of the equity share capital of Max Life, in one or more tranches..

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LIC IPO may spill over to next fiscal as govt looks at valuation of insurer

Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey said the pre-IPO work of LIC is going on at four stages — appointment of advisors for ensuring compliance, legislative amendment, LIC’s internal software changes to come out with its ’embedded value’ and appointing an actuary for vetting LIC’s actuarial valuation.
Pandey said only after the four stages converge, then a decision would be taken on the quantum of government stake to be diluted in LIC.
“We are trying our best to do this fiscal. But this IPO is a big issue and I think it will take time,” Pandey said when asked if the offering would happen this fiscal.

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No foolproof anonymity: Justice Srikrishna on data protection

“What is thought to be anonymous can be de-anonymised tomorrow. Therefore, there is no foolproof anonymity. All that law can say is take it as anonymous, if you do de-anonymity, identify the person, then you will be answerable to the law,” Justice Srikrishna said at a FICCI event.

The draft of the personal data protection bill, approved by the Cabinet in December 2019, proposes a penalty of up to Rs 15 crore and up to three-year jail term for company executives for violating privacy norms.

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IRDAI issues stringent advertisement norms for insurance industry  

The IRDAI has also asked the insurers to issue a statutory warning, saying “No person shall allow or offer to allow, either directly or indirectly, as an inducement to any person to take out or renew or continue an insurance in respect of any kind of risk relating to lives or property in India, any rebate of the whole or part of the commission payable or any rebate of the premium shown on the policy, nor shall any person taking out or renewing or continuing a policy accept any rebate, except such rebate as may be allowed in accordance with the published prospectus or tables of the insurer.” 

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London must ‘seize the moment’ to maintain global leadership amid COVID-19 pandemic:Report

Britain accounted for nearly a third of financial activity in the European Union, which it left last January, and will no longer have to comply with its rules after Dec. 31.

New Financial said in its study “Beyond Brexit,” supported by Barclays bank, that leaving the EU would be a seismic change and involve significant disruption for the banking and finance industry’s relations with the bloc.

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Life insures have to mandatorily launch standard term life product from Jan 21:IRDAI

The minimum sum assured of the product should be at Rs 5 lakh while maximum sum assured can be Rs 25 lakh. Insurers have the option of offering sum assured beyond Rs 25 lakh under Saral Jeevan Bima with all other terms and conditions remaining the same, said the IRDA.
The following  words shall be prominently displayed in BOLD, on the welcome letter of policy document as well as on the first page of Sales Literature.

“This policy will cover death due to accident only during the waiting period of 45 days from the date of commencement of risk.In case of death of the life assured other than due to accident during the waiting period, an amount equal to 100% of all premiums received excluding taxes, if any, will be paid and the sum assured will not be paid;;

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Ant Group’s $35 bln IPO unlikely to be hurt by possible U.S. curbs

Ant is working towards a dual-listing in Shanghai and Hong Kong possibly as soon as this month in what sources have said could be the world’s largest IPO, surpassing oil giant Saudi Aramco’s 2222.SE $29.4 billion float in December.
U.S. President Donald Trump is considering curbs on Ant, an affiliate of Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba and Tencent over concerns their payment platforms threaten national security, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.

If implemented, the restrictions would illustrate how Trump’s administration is seeking to prevent Chinese companies from embedding themselves in the U.S. financial system before they become a significant competitive threat.

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