Reverse book building needs a quick fix

A few years ago, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) set up a committee which recommended the ‘reverse book building’ (RBB) procedure to give minority shareholders a voice in deciding the price at which a company could delist its shares from the stock exchange. RBB ensured a transparent process of ‘price discovery’ – one at which the...

Regulators are either silent or are being insidiously challenged while the government watches benignly

Since 2006, I have received several letters, complaints and inquiries about GoldQuest (also known as QuestNet), a chain-marketing scheme (they call it network marketing) that sells limited edition gold coins, figurines or watches for Rs30,000–Rs35,000. The big draw, however, is the trailing...

GoldQuest has been hounded by the Chennai police but all other agencies seem to be hell- bent on passing the buck

Since 2006, I have received several letters, complaints and inquiries about GoldQuest (also known as QuestNet), a chain-marketing scheme (they call it network marketing) that sells limited edition gold coins, figurines or watches for Rs30,000–Rs35,000. The big draw, however, is...