Kazuma Ogino

Money Moves

As of October 2026: Lead underwriter analyst commenting on deal and market

SoftBank Group priced a ¥1 trillion retail bond on September 4, the largest ever sold in Japan, at a 4.75% coupon. On September 24 it followed with $10 billion of dollar notes and €1 billion of euro notes, a record junk-bond sale, to fund the final $10 billion tranche of its $30 billion follow-on investment in OpenAI.

Updated Oct 6