The company lodged a steep quarterly increase on Vision Fund gains after swinging back to black in the three months to June.
The SoftBank Corp. logo displayed on a glass door of the company's store in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. SoftBank Group Corp. is scheduled to announce its earnings figures on May 13. Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg via Getty Imageslogged a 608.5 billion yen gain on its Vision Fund tech investment arm in its fiscal second quarter ended Sept.
The company attributed the lion's share of the increase to valuation gains recorded at the SoftBank Vision Fund 1, noting higher share prices for e-commerce firm Coupang and Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Global, as well as the value increase of its investments in Chinese tech company Bytedance.Masayoshi Son's tech conglomerate, has seen its share of controversial high-value investments in recent years in companies that have either collapsed or sharply marked down their valuations.
Japanese companies contended with high fluctuations over the summer quarter, amid a rapid strengthening of the yen and a dramatic sell-off of risk assets in August. Domestic markets have calmed relative to the summer turmoil, as Japan navigates its transition away from its ultra-low-rate policy — but analysts at Barclays note that the country's economic horizon is not yet stable.
"Crucially, this volatility is likely to continue. Wage growth, particularly in the service sector, is progressing in line with the BOJ's expectations, leading many to anticipate another interest rate hike in December 2024 or January 2025,"
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