Rakuten

SALES of corporate bonds to Japan’s mom and pop investors are booming, on track to surpass last year’s record as bigger returns draw buyers looking to protect their savings from inflation.

The mobile business has stretched the company’s balance sheet

RAKUTEN Group started marketing its third US dollar bond of the year, seeking to take advantage of strong investor appetite for junk rated debt that drove US spreads to their lowest since 2007.

RAKUTEN Group’s shares slid as much as 6.7 per cent in their biggest intraday drop since May on delays to the Tokyo-based online shopping mall operator’s plans to combine its fintech operations.

JAPAN’S Rakuten Group is partnering with eBay to test US demand for used Japanese fashion goods, made all the cheaper with the yen trading near a 34-year low.

RAKUTEN Group boosted a junk bond sale to US$2 billion as the debt-laden Japanese company attracted investors with a yield that is significantly higher than similarly rated debt.

JAPANESE technology firm Rakuten Group is returning to the high-yield bond market with a US$1.25 billion offering after a strong rally in debt it sold earlier this year.

RAKUTEN Group plans to integrate its fintech businesses into one group, it said on Monday, aiming to strengthen collaboration and customer acquisition across areas from online banking and credit cards...

RAKUTEN Bank shares jumped the most in more than four months after the Japanese online lender raised its annual profit forecast, providing a rare boost for its beleaguered parent company.