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Fairfax’s Watsa bets on IDBI payoff as India booms, report says

Financial Post · October 19, 2026 at 11:32 a.m.

Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa is betting that his Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. ’s acquisition of IDBI Bank Ltd. will pay off given India’s growth prospects, the Economic Times reported.

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