Alstom, the French-British power contractor, and Sithe Energies won a $300 million contract to build a power plant in Mexico for Industrias Peñoles, the world’s biggest silver producer. Alstom and […]
Category: Mexico
Going Local for Longer-Term Loans
With inflation in check and a modest debt repayment schedule, Mexico wants to develop its internal debt market with fixed-rate bonds. Is the market ready to assume the risk?
Imsa Buys Steel Venture
Mexico’s steelmaker Imsa is buying the steel division of Australia’s Broken Hill Propietary for about $230 million. Imsa already makes auto batteries and construction equipment in the US. Imsa recently […]
Laws to Enforce a Payment Culture
Mexico has Latin America’s strongest economy but one of the region’s weakest banking systems. New legislation is meant to encourage lending, but politics and capricious courts remain an obstacle.
New Leadership at Grupo Tribasa
Grupo Tribasa, the financially troubled Mexican construction company, has made Salvador Linares, a board member, its new chief executive. He replaces David Peñaloza, the company’s chairman. Tribasa also named José […]
Glorified, but not Glorious
Rogelio Ramírez de la O, a Mexican economist, believes the international press and finanical community have exaggerated the accomplishments of President Ernesto Zedillo. De la O argues that in spite of his economic achievements, Zedillo has failed to create a new economic framework for Mexico and has left masses of workers outside the rising tide of global capital flows.
Mexican Money Supply
Mexico’s central bank has won an outstanding reputation for executing sound monetary policy. Rarely has the central bank’s monetary expansion deviated from the path it has laid out each year. […]
Mexico Approves Bancruptcy Code
Mexico’s Congress has approved two important new financial industry reforms, which the government hopes will make it easier for banks to recover loans and so resume lending. The previous legislation, […]
Mexico Garners Japanese Buyers
In early May, Mexico successfully issued a 50 billion yen bond, pointing up the degree to which Japanese investors are becoming more comfortable – and interested in – emerging market […]
Mutual Funds Gain Ground in Mexico
Legal changes and growing prosperity have assured Mexico’s mutual fund industry a significant role. The beneficiaries are savers and financial institutions, including foreign and independent players.
