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Vol. I · No. 21Thursday, 15 October 2026 · Evening editionPrinted 5:18 PM IST

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Markets

Reliance Industries shares climb 3% as Jio Platforms sets IPO price band

Jio Platforms plans to issue up to 27 crore equity shares with a face value of ₹10 each…

BusinessLine·Reuters·Fin. Express·Moneycontrol·ET5 papers

Companies & Deals

Supreme Court upholds quashing of Yes Bank's ₹8,415 cr AT-1 bond write-off

The dispute dates back to March 2020, when Yes Bank wrote down AT-1 bonds worth ₹8,415 crore to zero as part of its rescue and reconstruction, wiping out bondholders' investments.

BS·Mint·NDTV Profit·Moneycontrol·ET5 papers

Markets

HDFC Small Cap Fund is the only scheme with negative YTD returns in 2026: What sets it apart from the category leader?

HDFC Small Cap Fund has delivered negative returns in 2026 so far, while Bank of India Small Cap Fund leads the category with 32.71% returns.

Mint·BusinessLine·Fin. Express3 papers

The Week Ahead

Times in IST
  1. Tue20OctMarkets closedNSE & BSE shut for DussehraIN
  2. Wed28OctFed rate decisionFOMC 27–28 Oct · 11:30 PM ISTUS
  3. Fri6NovUS jobs reportOctober payrolls · 7:00 PM ISTUS

The CFA & CA Lens

Today’s news, exam-style

CFA Level I

Equity Investments

IPOs & the grey market

In the newsReliance Industries shares climb 3% as Jio Platforms sets IPO price band

An IPO is a company's first sale of shares to the public. The grey-market premium is an unofficial pre-listing price signal, not a promise of listing gains.

Exam anglePrimary market: the company raises new capital. Secondary market: investors trade existing shares and the company receives nothing.

Fixed Income

Bond prices & yields

In the newsSupreme Court upholds quashing of Yes Bank's ₹8,415 cr AT-1 bond write-off

A bond's price and its yield move in opposite directions. When market yields rise, existing bonds paying lower coupons are worth less, so their prices fall.

Exam angle%ΔPrice ≈ −ModDur × Δyield + ½ × Convexity × (Δyield)². Longer-duration bonds fall more when yields rise.

Financial Statement Analysis

Earnings & margins

In the newsAnthropic's revenue rises 45% to $16.8 billion in Q3 ahead of IPO

Results show whether a company is growing profits, not just sales. Margins show how much of each rupee of revenue survives as profit.

Exam angleGross margin → operating margin (EBIT) → net margin. EBITDA adds back depreciation and amortisation, which are non-cash expenses.

CA · ICAI

CA Final · Financial Reporting

Revenue recognition

In the newsWipro Q2 results: Net profit falls 1.4% to ₹3,200.6 cr, revenue rises 9%

Revenue is recognised when control of goods or services passes to the customer, not simply when cash arrives or a contract is signed.

Exam angleInd AS 115's five steps: identify the contract → performance obligations → transaction price → allocate it → recognise as each obligation is satisfied.

Markets

17 stories

Reliance Jio IPO a win-win for telecom stocks! RIL, Airtel and Vodafone Idea shares rise up to 3.6%- What should you do?

Telecom shares rose on Thursday, led by Bharti Airtel, as Jio Platforms’ IPO filing renewed investor focus on the sector. Jio plans to raise up to ₹30,213 crore in a fresh issue, with proceeds partly earmarked to repay subsidiary borrowings.

Mint·ET

Economy & Policy

17 stories

IMF backs India's updated GDP methodology, calls revision 'welcome development'

Krishna Srinivasan, Director of the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department, said the updated methodology completely matches the advice provided by the IMF's statistics department.

BusinessLine·The Hindu

Companies & Deals

17 stories

Akash Ambani says Jio carries 60% of India's data traffic ahead of IPO, eyes major chunk of $1.4 tn digital economy

Akash Ambani said India's digital economy is expected to reach $1.4 trillion by FY31, adding that Jio Platforms expects to capture a significant share of the market.

Mint·BS·BusinessLine3 papers

World

15 stories

Container ship sinks in Strait of Hormuz as Iran steps up attacks

Iran has escalated its strikes on commercial ships transiting Hormuz in recent weeks, as it tries to choke off a rebound in crude oil exports.

CNBC·Reuters·NYT·WSJ4 papers

Technology

11 stories

Opinion

5 stories

Insights

Long reads from McKinsey, BCG, Bain & HBR

Subscriber Desk

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Financial Times

Bloomberg

The Economist

The New York Times

MarketWatch

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