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• Softbank’s Vision Funds post a loss of $5.5 billion (€5.1bn) for the fourth quarter, while the founder Masayoshi Son disappeared from the spotlight. The technology conglomerate posted large investment losses for the fourth straight quarter with a decline in value of 73%. It cut back its two Vision Funds by investing just $300 million, compared to $9.6 billion during the same quarter in 2021.

08 Şub 2023

• British PM Rishi Sunak revived talks with Japan's SoftBank Group regarding a London listing for chip designer Arm, the Financial Times reported on Monday. Sunak met Arm's Chief Executive Rene Haas last month in Downing Street and Masayoshi Son, the billionaire founder of SoftBank, joined via video, according to the report.

10 Oca 2023

• SoftBank is laying off around 150 staff globally at its Vision Fund unit and SoftBank Group International, Reuters reported, as CEO Masayoshi Son retrenches following huge losses on his tech bets. Notices are going out to employees on Thursday and will affect around 30% of employees across the two businesses, sources said.

30 Eyl 2022

• Japanese group SoftBank is considering a “strategic alliance” between its UK-based chip designer Arm and Samsung. SoftBank’s chief executive Masayoshi Son will travel to Seoul next month to open talks with the South Korean technology conglomerate. SoftBank bought Arm in 2016 for $32 billion and later considered an initial public offering after the plans to sell the chip designer failed.

23 Eyl 2022

• Hedge fund Elliott Management has dumped almost all of its position in Japan’s SoftBank , reported Financial Times, after losing conviction in the group’s billionaire founder Masayoshi Son and his ability to close the huge gap between the value of SoftBank’s various holdings and its market capitalization. SoftBank is looking to manage growing investor unease amid a tech market slump and the group's $23 billion loss in Q2.

17 Ağu 2022

• SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son vowed to make widespread cost cuts, including scrutinizing senior and junior employees in both front and back offices after the Japanese conglomerate reported a record $23.4 billion loss. SoftBank lost $17.3 billion in its Vision Fund, as it marked down the value of holdings such as Coupang, SenseTime, and DoorDash; while also reporting a $6.1 billion foreign exchange loss because of the weaker yen. via Bloomberg The quote: “The ...Devamını Oku

09 Ağu 2022

• SoftBank reportedly paused plans for Arm’s London listing due to the political upheaval in the UK government. Boris Johnson, ministers, and executives from the London Stock Exchange attempted to persuade the Japanese owner of SoftBank in an 11th-hour bid to at least consider a partial listing of the Cambridge-based chip designer in the UK after SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son snubbed the UK, saying the Nasdaq would be best suited for the listing.

20 Tem 2022

• SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son said the Nasdaq remained his “favorite” venue for the planned listing of Arm despite the UK’s intensive lobbying for a London share offering of the British chip designer. He added that most of the chip designer’s customers were in Silicon Valley and that “stock markets in the US would also love to have Arm.” via Reuters The background: The UK government has debated the use of national security legislation to compel SoftBank ...Devamını Oku

27 Haz 2022