Debashis Basu
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Debashis Basu
Debashis Basu is a Chartered Accountant by qualification with three decades of experience as a journalist and the author of several business books. He has worked with The Times of India, Business World, Business India, Business Today, Financial Express and has written columns for Business Standard and The Economic Times. He now writes a column for Business Standard every alternate Monday. Along with Sucheta Dalal, he has co-authored two best-selling books, "The Scam: From Harshad Mehta to Ketan Parekh" and "Absolute Power: Inside story of the National Stock Exchange’s amazing success, leading to hubris, regulatory capture and algo scam".
Debashis Basu is a Chartered Accountant by qualification with three decades of experience as a journalist and the author of several business books. He has worked with The Times of India, Business World, Business India, Business Today, Financial Express and has written columns for Business Standard and The Economic Times. He now writes a column for Business Standard every alternate Monday. Along with Sucheta Dalal, he has co-authored two best-selling books, "The Scam: From Harshad Mehta to Ketan Parekh" and "Absolute Power: Inside story of the National Stock Exchange’s amazing success, leading to hubris, regulatory capture and algo scam".
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Will Sebi use its powers in NSE algo scam?
The fundamental job of Sebi is to preserve the integrity of the marketplace by ensuring fair and equitable access
 "Will Sebi use its powers in NSE algo scam?")
Positive, negative and neutral: Three major changes in Budget 2018
The market players were expecting that if long-term gains are taxed, the STT would go. But this has not happened
 "Positive, negative and neutral: Three major changes in Budget 2018")
Budget 2018: Capital gains tax: First principles first
The PM sees zero tax on long-term capital gains and dividend income as unfair since the beneficiaries are not poor, only the well-off dabble in shares
Insolvency: More tinkering to plug loopholes
We should expect many legal skirmishes and endless tinkering of the IBC rules in future
Bank recap: Band aid for cancer surgery
How can this situation be improved by pouring more capital, and that too through the easy option of financial trickery?
Bankruptcy Code being gamed from the start?
The Act allows for the creation of a massive bureaucracy and multiple levels of professionals who will all need certification
Tough luck for financial consumers
The Indian financial sector and its regulation are heavily influenced by the West, especially the US
What do the last three years say about us?
Modi and Amit Shah have a kind of energy and courage that we have never seen before
Five questions about the new move on NPAs
If you are expecting any better outcome from this latest move, you believe in miracles
A paradigm of change
The government is usually the source of the problem and it rarely pays to appeal to it
Want the government to 'act'? Think again
Every serious case of public protests ends with the government agreeing to set up a committee
Demonetisation impact: Did the banks gain or lose?
A wide spectrum of experts believed banks would gain
Debashis Basu: Making remonetisation less painful
According to one calculation, more than Rs 156 crore in new currency notes has been seized so far
Debashis Basu: Black money: The elephant in the room
Demonetisation is really aimed at those who have large stacks of old notes that they can't declare
Debashis Basu: From black money to bullet train
The Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes that are not deposited in banks by 30th December will extinguish RBI's liability, and it can declare a big dividend to the government
Debashis Basu:The real Tata issue: Poor capital allocation
In short, the largest investments by the Tatas over any decade happened under Mr Tata between 2000 and 2010, and overall, they have lost big money
Debashis Basu: Will Sebi's investment advisor norms work?
Sebi has just issued a discussion paper on tightening the role of investment advisors
Debashis Basu: Will the new governor look at customer issues?
The global financial crisis finally drove home the fact that savers and investors cannot make rational choices always, faced with complex decisions or too much information
