Good points and thanks for replying.
Fairfax India hasn't been issuing shares for a while now so they are not growing 3P equity inorganically. Current/Early shareholders haven't had good returns either based on issue price of $10 (2015) vs $14.3 now. Whatever fees they lose I think will be mitigated by not sharing the portfolio returns with the other 60% FIH holders over the long term.
If $FFH announces tomorrow they will take $FIH private at book value, I would be more happy than if they didn't. I roughly own 16X more $FFH than $FIH. Also, I think $FIH would earn better returns than Sleep Country, which makes me think it might be something to do with regulations in India that they haven't acquired FIH yet.