SoftBank's Saudi ties in focus, Son faces questions after Khashoggi murder

Saudi Arabia is the largest investor in SoftBank's $93 billion Vision Fund, giving Masayoshi Son firepower to make big bets in late-stage startups.

 Japan's SoftBank Group Corp CEO Masayoshi Son will face questions shortly on Monday about his company's dependence on Saudi Arabia, in his first public appearance since the murder of a journalist by Saudi security forces sparked global outrage.

Presenting SoftBank's June-September earnings results, Son will also want to assuage concerns over the firm's domestic telecoms business ahead of its mammoth IPO - potentially the world's biggest - as the industry faces government pressure to cut prices.

While the results showed second-quarter profit grew from a year earlier and the Tokyo Stock Exchange is reportedly set to approve the telecoms listing next week,