SoftBank plans a $6.3B retail bond sale, a record for any Japanese issuer and its third this year, as the conglomerate raises funds for its OpenAI commitments (Bloomberg)

<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-24/softbank-plans-record-1-trillion-retail-bond-offering-in-japan"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260823/i15.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260823/p15#a260823p15" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-24/softbank-plans-record-1-trillion-retail-bond-offering-in-japan">SoftBank plans a $6.3B retail bond sale, a record for any Japanese issuer and its third this year, as the conglomerate raises funds for its OpenAI commitments</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; SoftBank Group Corp. plans a record &yen;1 trillion ($6.3 billion) retail bond sale, the biggest by any issuer in Japan &hellip; </p>