*Financial News* 
Source: Leading newspapers
 *Compiled by RUDRA SHARES* 
Vande Mataram
Tuesday, 17 February 2026

*Capital Markets & IPO*
• Motilal Oswal Alternates announces final close of Rs 8,500 crore for 5th private equity fund
• Sundaram AMC launches USD-denominated India midcap fund in GIFT City
• Fractal Analytics shares fall 6% on market debut as AI jitters keep investors cautious
• Kwality Wall's shares settle at 27% discount on debut day after demerger from Hindustan Unilever
• Aye Finance shares make muted market debut, list flat at IPO price
• FIIs net sell Rs 972 crores, DIIs net buy Rs 1667 crore on February 16
• Gaudium IVF & Women’s Health sets Rs 75-79/share band for Rs 165 crore IPO
• Brookfield-backed Clean Max Enviro Energy IPO to open February 23; issue size trimmed to Rs 3,100 crore
• 'Promoters are shy of debt’: Reva Diamond CEO explains early IPO push will fund expansion
• Carlsberg brews IPO for India as sales keep rising
• Unrated debt on the rise as investors seek higher yields
• Brokerages turn to bonds, CPs as bank funding tightens

*Power & Energy*
• Torrent Power to acquire Nabha Power from L&T arm at Rs 6,889 crore enterprise value
• Jindal Power, Vedanta and Havells among 22 bidders for Gupta Power
• Govt extends bid deadline for small oil blocks
• ‘Coal India doubles solar capex to ₹961 crore, surpassing FY26 targets
• L&T arm to sell 1,400 Mw Nabha power plant to Torrent for ₹3.7K cr

*Banking & Financial Regulation*
• RBI draft norms on mis-selling may hit pvt banks harder

*Government & Politics*
• Tarique Rahman set to be sworn in as Bangladesh PM in Dhaka today; Om Birla to represent India
• 'ECI suspends 7 officials in Bengal over 'misconduct'
• EC tells West Bengal authorities to quickly clear objections, claims filed under Form 7 of SIR exercise
• Centre, BJP-ruled states turning blind eye to injustice to gig workers: Rahul
• 'Govt sacrificed interests of farmers: Congress
• Congress moves to placate Assam's Borah as he quits
• FM Nirmala Sitharaman to push biopharma, semiconductor missions in Norway

*Economy & Trade*
• 'India’s trade deficit widens to $34.68 billion in January as gold imports rise
• Digital trade chapter not in India-US interim trade pact; to be taken up in BTA, says official
• 'Gap between capital value growth and rental gains widens in housing market'

*Technology & AI*
• Indian pharma may take AI pill to cut time and costs in drug R&D
• 'At Global AI Summit, India stakes claim as tech’s safe harbour
• 'Major VCs line up top dollars for coordinated AI capital push in India
• TCS, AMD expand AI partnership with Helios data centre push in India

*Infrastructure & Real Estate*
• NCLT sets up panel to assess progress of projects under Jaypee Infratech
• WeWork India opens new centre in Gurugram with over 1,200 seating capacity
• Denta Water and Infra Solutions order book crosses ₹841 crore in December

*Consumer & Retail*
• Trent sharpens focus on tier-3, tier-4 cities for store expansion
• Britannia Industries adopts 'startup mentality' to counter regional rivals
• EaseMyTrip plans to raise up to ₹500 cr to support expansion in hotels

*Automobile*
• JSW MG to launch four models in 2026, to invest between ₹3k cr-₹4k cr: MD

Jai Hind
Rudra Hai to Mudra Hai
For more details:

https://www.rudrashares.com/cef