Issuers are not supposed to talk of their plans before the IPOs. Will it make a difference?
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) wants to gag companies planning to raise money through public issues. They will not be allowed to discuss information that is likely to hint about the future prospects. What does this mean? It means that companies will not able to issue a series of...
If you have an eye for detail, analytical bent of mind and an inquisitive nose, the career of a detective is for you, says Gaver Chatterjee
When Chief Superintendent Donald Hackett, ace detective in Jefferey Archer’s well-loved short-story “Trial and Error” said, while keeping a watch on a house waiting for a suspect to emerge, “We’ll sit here all night if necessary … forty nine hours is my...
It could well be, if you go by the widespread pessimism among institutional investors. The Merrill Lynch survey of 213 global institutional investors is excessively gloomy. Some 60% of them see the global economy weakening. It happens to be the most negative reading in the survey’s history. As happens in financial markets, the mood change has been sudden and sharp. In April, only 5% of...
