AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness said in a filing to Japan’s Ministry of Finance that on Aug. 3 it reduced its holding in Taiyo Yuden via OTC trades. It sold about 4.62 mln shares, equal to a 3.42% stake, to Citadel’s multi-strategy equity flagship at JPY 9,397 per share, and also sold shares that same day at JPY 10,225 per share to Jane Street, JP Morgan Securities and Barclays. The filing disclosed the fund nearly collapsed last month.

HKEX will revise the Technology 100 Index methodology to broaden coverage of the AI industry chain. The revised methodology and constituent adjustments will take effect after the close of trading on 11 September 2026.

SoftBank Group plans to sell about ¥1 trillion (≈$6.3 bln) in corporate bonds to Japanese retail investors, which would be the largest retail bond offering by a Japanese company. The seven-year issue would be SoftBank's third retail bond sale this year after April and June. Terms, including the coupon, are to be set in early September; analysts expect a coupon above 4%. SoftBank says proceeds will be used for bond redemptions and investments in physical AI (including corporate acquisitions); the company has previously announced a $5.4 bln bid for ABB’s robotics unit.