SoftBank’s record $6.4bn bond sale tests limits of Japan’s debt market

Company's share of corporate retail bonds nears 50% with new issuance SoftBank Group Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son speaks in Tokyo in June. The company is offering retail bonds with a coupon rate higher than other recent issuances. (Photo by Kazuho Fujiwara) TOKYO — SoftBank Group's record 1 trillion yen ($6.45 billion) retail bond offering Thursday will push the investment group's share of Japan's outstanding corporate retail bonds to nearly 50%.

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