软银AI布局再砸重金 42亿美元美欧债券发行获超额认购

Group 1 - SoftBank Group is raising $4.2 billion through global debt markets to accelerate its investments in artificial intelligence [1] - The company issued $2.2 billion in junk-rated dollar bonds and €1.7 billion (approximately $2 billion) in euro bonds, attracting over $17.3 billion in investor subscriptions [1] - Founder Masayoshi Son has committed up to $500 billion for the "Interstellar Gateway" project and announced plans to invest $30 billion in OpenAI [1] Group 2 - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is conducting an antitrust investigation into SoftBank's $6.5 billion acquisition of semiconductor design company Ampere Computing, highlighting regulatory pressures on the company's global expansion [1] - At the annual shareholder meeting in June, Son pledged to transform SoftBank into a leading global super AI platform within ten years [1] - SoftBank has raised over ¥600 billion (approximately $4.2 billion) through yen bonds this year, making it the largest issuer in Japan's corporate bond market [1] Group 3 - Tsuchiya Asset Management's CEO noted that Japanese investors' risk exposure to SoftBank has significantly increased, making overseas financing channels logical in the current environment [2] - Benefiting from improved investor sentiment and lower financing costs, dollar bond issuance has surged this year [2] - SoftBank's listed mobile subsidiary recently completed a $1 billion dollar bond issuance, marking its first entry into the U.S. investment-grade bond market [2]