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India ranks 55th on foreign money in Swiss banks

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NEW DELHI: Indians’ money in Swiss banks may have risen for the first time in five years, but they account for a meagre 0.14% of total foreign wealth deposited there — putting India at 55th place globally for such funds, Indian media reported on Sunday.

The countries placed above India in terms of total funds in Swiss banks also include Ireland, Spain, Israel, Canada, Brazil, Greece, China, Egypt, Thailand, Philippines, South Korea and New Zealand. Those ranked below India include Qatar, South Africa, Pakistan, Bahrain, Kenya, Nigeria and Iran. The total overseas funds in Switzerland’s banking system stood at 1.53 trillion Swiss francs (about Rs. 90 trillion) at the end of 2011, which included 2.18 billion Swiss francs (Rs 12,700 crore) belonging to Indian individuals and entities. While India accounted for only 0.14% of total foreign money in Swiss banks, the UK accounted for the largest share of little over 20%, followed closely by the US with about 18%. As per the latest data disclosed by Swiss National Bank (SNB), Switzerland’s central bank, India is now ranked 55th in terms of funds belonging to overseas clients in Swiss banks.

Among the top-ranked jurisdictions, the UK and the US were followed by West Indies, Jersey, Germany, Bahamas, Guernsey, Luxembourg, Panama and France, Hong Kong, Cayman Islands, Japan, Singapore, Australia, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Saudi Arabia and United Arab of Emirates. The SNB data shows that the quantum of money held by Indians in the Swiss banking system rose for the first time in five years during 2011. These official figures, described by SNB as ‘liabilities’ of Swiss banks towards their clients from various countries, do not indicate towards the quantum of the much-debated alleged black money held by Indians or other nationals in the safe havens of Switzerland. Also, SNB’s figures do not include the money that Indians or other nationals might have in Swiss banks in others’ names.

The total funds held by Indian individuals and entities include 2.025 billion Swiss francs held directly by them and 158 million held through ‘fiduciaries’ or wealth managers. Fiduciaries are essentially wealth fund managers who hold the money of Indian private holders and families in the so-called numbered accounts. The Swiss banks’ direct liabilities towards clients from India include funds held in savings and deposit accounts by Indian individuals, financial institutions and corporates. India is ranked 55th in terms of only direct deposits as well, while it is placed much lower at 76th rank for fiduciary funds, where the top-ranked jurisdictions include West Indies, Panama, UK, Saudi Arabia, Bahamas, Liberia, Cayman Islands, UAE, Turkey, Russia, Germany and the US.

Pakistan is ranked higher than India at 52nd place in terms of fiduciary funds (355 million (rpt) million Swiss francs), but lower at 60th for total money (2.12 billion Swiss francs). While the funds belonging to Indians rose by about Rs. 3,500 crore last year, the total foreign money there rose by about Rs. two lakh crore (more than 36 billion Swiss francs). The quantum of funds held by Indians in Swiss banks had last increased in 2006 by about one billion Swiss francs to 6.5 billion Swiss francs (over Rs. 40,000 crore), but fell to less than one-third by the end of 2010. In a White Paper on black money tabled in Parliament last month, the government had also said that Swiss banks’ total liabilities towards Indians have been coming down and fell by more than Rs. 14,000 crore between 2006 and 2010.

Amid allegations of Indians stashing huge amounts of illicit wealth abroad, including in Swiss banks, the government says it is making various efforts to bring back the unaccounted money. As per SNB data, funds held by Indians directly in the Swiss banks increased by about 370 million Swiss francs to 2.025 billion Swiss francs (Rs 11,800 crore) in 2011. On the other hand, the funds held through ‘fiduciaries’ nearly halved to 158 million Swiss francs (about Rs. 900 crore) in 2011 — marking the fifth straight year of decline. The experts have been saying that there has been a “perceptible flight of funds” of Indian holders from Swiss banks to other places in the recent years.

The foreign capital-friendly regulations in places like Mauritius and Dubai were possibly being exploited by those seeking to move their funds away from Swiss banks, which have come under strict scrutiny of late. At the same time, the global pressure has been rising on Switzerland to ask its banks to share information about their clients with foreign governments. It is suspected that Indians having illicit wealth in Swiss banks may be moving their funds in fear of being exposed due to growing scrutiny. At the same time, even those having legitimate funds in Swiss banks may be moving away, due to a growing level of negativity attached to them.-Onlinenews

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