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Inline warrants are growing in popularity as a means of generating returns when volatility is low.

A pair of rare euro bonds from sovereign emerging markets borrowers hit the market this week, much to the approval of investors who said the deals provided “good value”.

European markets rose on Wednesday morning, a day after the US mid-term elections in which the Democratic Party regained control of the US House of Representatives, curtailing the amount of power concentrated in the Republicans and with president Donald Trump. There are hopes it could lead to a final few deals before the year ends.

Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) offered Swiss investors a rare chance to buy its debt with a seven year covered bond from a rare name on Tuesday.

Despite volatile market conditions that usually make local currency issuance a tough sell, some bond investors say they have their eyes peeled for a Peruvian nuevo sol trade after the sovereign completed the buy-back of dollar debt on Tuesday.

Pulp and paper producer Suzano Papel e Celulose raised $500m of 30 year debt on Tuesday two months after first mooting the idea, putting it closer to completing the financing of its takeover of fellow Brazilian company Fibria.

Export Development Bank brought another big deal to a super strong year for the sterling SSA market, as it took £500m with a floating rate note. More issuers might follow its lead over the coming weeks, said bankers.

The Province of Alberta pipped the European Investment Bank to the top score of the week in BondMarker, with both issuers printing five year dollar globals.

The trading platform provider Liquidnet announced today that it has added emerging market bonds to its institutional fixed income trading platform. To support the additional breadth of its offering, the company has hired two former bankers to its fixed income teams.

Equity investors are keeping their powder dry as US voters go to the polls in congressional elections with little stock trading taking place globally.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) on Tuesday said it had moved to the testing phase of a new credit derivatives “warehouse” that processes credit derivatives trades with distributed ledger technology (DLT).

The state bank of Chile is bookbuilding a return to the Swiss franc bond market.