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Sammaan Capital (formerly Indiabulls Housing Finance) shares were sharply higher in late morning trade today after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approved Abu Dhabi-linked Avenir Investment RSC’s proposal to acquire a 66.5% controlling stake in the company, one of the largest Middle East-led investments into India’s financial services space.

Currently, the second top gainer on the BSE, the stock was trading around Rs. 154.45, up from a previous close of Rs. 138.40, after opening at Rs. 144.40 and moving to an intraday high of Rs. 155.30 (low Rs. 143.10, VWAP Rs. 151.21). Volumes were strong at about 28.85 lakh shares, with turnover of roughly Rs. 43.63 crore.

At Tuesday’s closing price, the deal implied a value of roughly Rs. 7,700 crore, and the entry of a deep-pocketed sponsor is being read as positive for funding confidence and franchise stability, especially for a housing finance platform where investor sentiment is often sensitive to governance, liquidity and long-duration balance sheet risk.

Importantly, RBI’s approval comes with three conditions that shape the investment’s economic and regulatory contour. First, Sammaan Capital cannot raise deposits from the public, keeping it squarely in the non-deposit-taking NBFC lane. Second, Avenir must complete the share transfer within one year, failing which the approval stands cancelled, effectively forcing execution discipline and limiting deal-drift risk. Third, if Avenir’s ownership falls below 26% after the transaction, any move to increase ownership back to 26% or more will require fresh RBI approval, preserving regulatory oversight on control and sponsor intent.

The key near-term positive is certainty of control + oversight, not just capital. In a market that has recently been punishing financials on governance ambiguity, this is the opposite signal: a large, regulated change-of-control backed by a credible offshore sponsor and ring-fenced by RBI conditions. That typically lowers the risk premium and can reopen doors to better liability access (market borrowings, securitisation, co-lending partnerships), even if the bank deposit route is explicitly closed.

The next leg for the stock will hinge on how quickly the transaction progresses and what the post-control strategy looks like, board composition, risk appetite, asset mix, and liability management. Until that becomes clearer, the rally can remain sentiment-led, but the RBI’s time-bound structure reduces the “headline fade” risk and keeps the stock in play as a control-change and re-rating story rather than a one-day pop.