SoftBank Pays Steep Price to Become Goliath of Junk-Bond Markets

Billionaire Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Group Corp. pushed through one of the largest junk-bond offerings on record, dangling yields above anything it’s paid before in an effort to fund its massive AI ambitions.

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2026-09-23 02:42 · Bloomberg AI
SoftBank Pays Steep Price to Become Goliath of Junk-Bond Markets

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