Bankers left ‘redundant’ as latest ONGC sale flounders

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Bankers left ‘redundant’ as latest ONGC sale flounders

The Indian government this week resurrected its plan to sell a stake in Oil and Natural Gas Corp, turning to investors with the aim of raising Rs124.05bn ($2.524bn) and sparking hopes that more privatisations would follow. But a dire investor response undermined these hopes after a new one day auction structure left bankers feeling "redundant".

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