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  • Friday, 5 March, 2021
    SoftBank’s strategy chief leaves after three years

    Katsunori Sago was once seen as successor to Masayoshi Son

  • Thursday, 4 March, 2021
    SoftBank-backed Z Holdings seeks mega-deal to shake up online world

    Newly merged $43bn group wants to create alternative to US and Chinese social media giants

  • Wednesday, 3 March, 2021
    Due Diligence
    The unravelling of Greensill Capital, explained Premium

    DD breaks down the travails of Greensill Capital, whose controversial supply chain finance methods have landed it in hot water

  • Tuesday, 2 March, 2021
    FT CollectionsGreensill Capital
    German regulator steps in as Greensill warns of threat to 50,000 jobs

    Finance group cautions on risk to clients as it seeks insolvency protection in Australia and rescue with Apollo

  • Tuesday, 2 March, 2021
    FT CollectionsGreensill Capital
    Greensill and supply-chain finance: how a contentious funding tool works

    Technique has troubled regulators, rating agencies and accountants

  • Saturday, 27 February, 2021
    WeWork
    Neumann agrees to 50% reduction in SoftBank settlement over WeWork

    End to legal battle with co-founder of shared office provider opens path to market listing

  • Tuesday, 23 February, 2021
    WeWork
    Dumped WeWork co-founder could reap $500m ahead of Spac deal

    SoftBank in talks with Adam Neumann to settle legal row over failed IPO and clear way for listing

  • Thursday, 18 February, 2021
    Greensill Capital
    BaFin pushes Greensill Bank to reduce its exposure to Sanjeev Gupta

    German regulator concerned about SoftBank-backed lender’s level of risk linked to industrialist

  • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
    FT News Briefing podcast8 min listen
    EU wants Big Tech to pay for news, SoftBank Vision Fund gains

    EU lawmakers want to force Big Tech companies to pay for news, similar to a move in Australia

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  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
    Lex
    SoftBank: eggs in baskets Premium

    Masayoshi Son is not averse to counting his goslings before they hatch

  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
    SoftBank’s eggcellent quarterly results

    Don’t crack up too much.

  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
    SoftBank’s Vision Fund posts best quarter since launch in 2017

    Value of investments rises $13bn driven largely by stakes in Uber and DoorDash

  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    #techFT
    Social’s splintering apps

    SoftBank Vision improves, Krebs on crime, BT’s Hybrid Connect

  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    News in-depth
    How SoftBank’s $100bn Vision Fund bounced back

    After posting a record loss last year, fortunes have changed for the Saudi-backed tech investment fund

  • Monday, 1 February, 2021
    News in-depth16 min
    SoftBank: piecing the puzzle together | FT Film

    Masayoshi Son's company has been called a telecoms group, an investment group - what exactly is it?

  • Friday, 29 January, 2021
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Revealed: SoftBank’s lucrative executive lending scheme Premium

    The Japanese tech investment group’s top four executives are poised to make up to a combined $1.2bn

  • Thursday, 28 January, 2021
    SoftBank incentive plan leaves executives with potential $1.2bn collective gain

    Rajeev Misra and Marcelo Claure were loaned $250m each by SoftBank to buy shares that have since rallied

  • Sunday, 24 January, 2021
    Ex-Deutsche Bank executive Colin Fan to leave SoftBank Vision Fund

    Departure of managing partner continues shake-up at fund’s tumultuous US operations

  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
    Oneweb Global Ltd
    SoftBank takes new $350m stake in OneWeb

    Investment comes after Japanese company forced satellite group into bankruptcy last year

  • Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
    Japanese business & finance
    SoftBank accuses ex-employee of leaking 5G trade secrets to rival

    Competitor Rakuten confirms arrest but says it did not tap worker for information

  • Thursday, 31 December, 2020
    News in-depthMarkets
    Central bankers to retail punters: who shaped markets in 2020

    Our pick of the people who captured the key moments and trends of the year

  • Friday, 25 December, 2020
    Due Diligence
    The best of DD’s corporate finance coverage in 2020 Premium

    We’re counting down our top-10 topics of the year

  • Monday, 21 December, 2020
    Special purpose acquisition companies
    SoftBank launches Spac and may buy one of its own investments

    Masayoshi Son’s conglomerate to raise up to $604m for blank-cheque vehicle

  • Monday, 21 December, 2020
    LexTechnology sector
    Tech stocks/SoftBank: prince of whales Premium

    The real legacy of the pandemic is the industry’s ability to consolidate power in a crisis

  • Friday, 11 December, 2020
    SoftBank sells robot-maker Boston Dynamics in $1.1bn deal with Hyundai

    Acquisition by South Korean carmaker part of its transition into broader range of mobility services

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