Elliott Push at SoftBank Reflects Rise of Shareholder Activism in Japan

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Elliott Push at SoftBank Reflects Rise of Shareholder Activism in Japan
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Japanese companies are carrying out a record level of share buybacks, bidding wars have broken out for undervalued companies and investors are feeling emboldened to speak up

Record buybacks are being carried out, bidding wars have broken out for undervalued companies and investors are feeling emboldened to speak up

SoftBank’s longtime strategy of dumping mountains of cash on promising young companies to create big winners failed dramatically at WeWork and is inviting scrutiny into the fund’s other investments. Here’s a look at Vision Fund’s structure, and how its fast paced investment strategy could make it risky.

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