SoftBank to route big investments via giant tech fund to control debt

SoftBank to route big investments via giant tech fund to control debt

A man looks at his phone as he walks past an advertising poster of the SoftBank telecommunications company in Tokyo October 16, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

SoftBank Group Corp plans to make future large-scale investments via an upcoming $100 billion tech fund it is establishing rather than on its own to avoid growing already bloated debt at the Japanese telecoms and technology company.

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