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[SoftBank Vision Fund turned from profit to loss in the first half of the fiscal year, and investment income fell 90.4% year-on-year] On November 10, the financial report released by SoftBank Group showed that in the six months ending on September 30, 2026, the investment income of SoftBank Vision Fund business was 341.2 billion yen, a 90.4% decrease from 3.54 trillion yen in the same period last year. Among them, the investment income of Vision Fund Phase 1 (SVF1) was 380.4 billion yen, a year-on-year decrease of 72.2%; the investment income of Vision Fund Phase 2 (SVF2) was 9.2 billion yen, a year-on-year decrease of 99.5%; Latin American funds recorded investment losses of 45.8 billion yen. Affected by factors such as a significant decrease in investment income and rising financing costs, the Vision Fund business suffered a pre-tax loss of 76.154 billion yen in the first half of the fiscal year, compared with a pre-tax profit of 2.83 trillion yen in the same period last year. During the reporting period, the financing cost of this business was 225.5 billion yen, an increase of 169.2% over the same period last year.
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