By Sam Nussey<\/strong>
TOKYO: SoftBank Group Corp<\/a> reported on Thursday a record loss of $26.2 billion at its Vision Fund<\/a> unit as the value of its tech portfolio slid.
The loss was in stark contrast to a year earlier when SoftBank<\/a> posted record annual profit, surpassing global heavyweights such as Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, after the listing of South Korean e-commerce firm Coupang<\/a>.
Coupang is trading 70% below its listing price and is one of a swathe of portfolio companies, including ridehailers Didi Global<\/a> Inc and Grab Holdings, that tumbled during the January-March quarter.
The slump is casting a shadow on founder and CEO Masayoshi Son's strategy of heavy concentration in high-growth stocks increasingly out of favour with investors as interest rates rise.
SoftBank reported an annual net loss of 1.7 trillion yen ($13.12 billion).
The 64-year-old billionaire has described SoftBank as a goose laying golden eggs but the pace of listings has slowed with one notable recent exception, Indonesia's GoTo, sliding since going public last month.
SoftBank also recorded, in its non-consolidated earnings, a 669.5 billion yen loss due to its SB Northstar trading arm<\/a>, which had placed bets on listed stocks and derivatives.
To raise cash SoftBank is targeting a U.S. listing of chip designer Arm following the collapse of the sale to chipmaker<\/a> Nvidia<\/a>.
($1 = 129.5400 yen) ($1 = 129.6200 yen)
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