(Reuters) - Swiss bank UBS is considering moving to the United States in response to proposals from the Swiss government on new capital requirements, the New York Post reported at the weekend.

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group will pay a record A$240m (US$160m) fine set by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to settle four misconduct proceedings, including its activities in the sovereign bond market.

Trading conditions in UK government bond markets have remained orderly in recent weeks, bankers say, despite the country's long-term borrowing costs rising to levels last seen in the late 1990s.

About a third of Elon Musk’s stake in Tesla remains tied up in margin loans, regulatory filings show, underscoring how the world’s richest man continues to lean on his nearly US$250bn worth of shares in the electric carmaker as a source of cash.

Logistics-focused real estate investment trusts were in vogue on Monday as two issuers from the sector tapped the euro primary market.

PSP Capital's debut sterling benchmark has received a massive response from investors. Demand for the bond reached a level otherwise unseen this year for a non-sovereign SSA in sterling, IFR data show.

ABN AMRO and UniCredit set the ball rolling on the week’s senior FIG supply on Monday with trades that conceded zero new issue premiums and were more than twice subscribed.

North Sea oil and gas operator Ithaca Energy is poised to make its debut in the euro market after announcing a deal that is due to price later this week.

Units of Reliance Industries raised a record Rs210bn (US$2.38bn) from a securitisations backed by loans to the Indian conglomerate's telecom business, driven by strong demand from mutual funds, according to sources close to the deal.

Regular issuer Resimac returned to the RMBS market on Thursday with the A$1bn (US$655m) no-grow, non-conforming Resimac Bastille Trust Series 2025-2NC which encountered no indigestion problems in a busy period for the asset class. 

A huge wave of supply hit the US asset-backed primary market in the week of September 8 and was embraced by eager investors that want to get their hands on the latest offerings.

Several European auto ABS issuers returned to the market after months of relatively subdued activity largely caused by chaos around US tariffs. All were able to upsize their deals given the strength of order books.

The Nordic Investment Bank's long-awaited sustainability-linked loan financing bond is drawing closer with the publication of a framework and second-party opinion from S&P that points to a transition-oriented deal. 

Deutsche Bank is holding course on its sustainability pledges and has updated its transition plan even as international banks flee the UN-sponsored Net-Zero Banking Alliance. 

The UK's Local Government Association has defended a 35-year winddown of its disastrous UK Municipal Bond Agency, which closed to new business in February citing “ongoing lack of demand” after only completing two deals in more than a decade.

A Japanese regional securities exchange launched Japan's first ESG bond market on Wednesday, with the aim of promoting investments in ESG bonds from investors at home and abroad.

Orsted set terms on Monday for its DKr60bn (US$9.46bn) rights issue with a substantial discount to the market price that has already adjusted down in response to the substantial cash call and half a dozen additional banks signing up as underwriters.

After a lackadaisical summer, the US IPO market is running at issuance levels not seen since 2021, highlighting a combination of pent-up supply and investor willingness to engage in new issues to close performance gaps.

Chinese ECM sprung back to life after the summer break, with four overnight deals raising a total of US$6.4bn last week.

Companies have begun to dust off their previously shelved plans for London listings, with lawyers reporting an uptick in preparatory work over recent weeks, raising hopes of an end to the worst downturn in decades for the city’s IPO market.

Netherlands-based beverage maker Refresco has led the post-summer repricing wave in the European leveraged market, resurrecting a failed trade from March in transformed markets.

Jumbo bridge loans and corporates adding term loans to their capital structures boosted investment-grade loan volume in July and August after a tepid first half of the year, a spike that signals renewed confidence despite ongoing uncertainty in Washington.

Pharmaceutical services company Cencora has amended a US$1.5bn term loan to cut pricing and shorten its maturity date, marking a rare term loan A repricing in the already tightly priced investment-grade market.

Food services company Sysco signed a US$3bn five-year revolving credit facility that replaces the company’s equally sized RCF from April 2022.