& #39;Brokers Will Respond Once They Smell Money & #39;

Once a staunch supporter of badla, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) board member J R Varma has in the recent past been a strong proponent of replacing the product with derivatives. Two days after the capital market watchdog rang the death knell for badla and ushered in derivatives trading in a big way, a relaxed Varma justified his stand to Janaki Krishnan and Tamal Bandopadhyay.
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First Published: May 18 2001 | 12:00 AM IST
