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Telco/Internet specialist

Kirk Boodry

Redex Research

Equity Bottom-Up

<p>A 3% NASDAQ correction is a challenge for Softbank Group as it prepares to announce FY20 results later this week. The key takeaway for the quarter ended March is a $26bn gain for Vision Fund public companies led by the January IPO of Coupang which contributed $25bn of the upside as of quarter-end. But that same portfolio has given up almost half those gains QTD whilst sustained weakness would also impact the ability to get a Didi Chuxing IPO attractively placed even as the value of c. $22bn invested in public tech shares and derivatives could be at risk. The silver lining is that the chances of a new share buyback program have increased.</p>

A 3% NASDAQ correction is a challenge for Softbank Group as it prepares to announce FY20 results later this week. The key takeaway for the quarter ended March is a $26bn gain for Vision Fund public companies led by the January IPO of Coupang which contributed $25bn of the upside as of quarter-end. But that same portfolio has given up almost half those gains QTD whilst sustained weakness would also impact the ability to get a Didi Chuxing IPO attractively placed even as the value of c. $22bn invested in public tech shares and derivatives could be at risk. The silver lining is that the chances of a new share buyback program have increased.

Softbank Group - Tech Weakness Hits on Multiple Levels but Boosts Chances of New Buybacks