Mexico’s Capital Markets — Opportunities in the Calderon EraA Special Report The six-year tenure of Felipe Calderon, Mexico’s centre right president, is a key window of opportunity for emerging market […]
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Changing Landscape
Financial options in Mexico are expanding, putting pressure on large banks to improve customer service and reach out to a wider swath of consumers.
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Eternal Youth
With its mix of young demographics and rapidly developing capital markets, Mexico offers a cocktail of interesting investment opportunities.
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AMLO Protests Bring Gridlock To Capital
Protestors supporting Mexican presidential hopeful Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) have brought gridlock to the center of Mexico City as they demanded a manual recount of the country’s July 2 poll, which AMLO officially lost. The capital’s main thoroughfare, Paseo de la Reforma, was shut to traffic as hundreds of thousands declared they would not accept winning candidate Felipe Calderón as their next president. AMLO has lodged a complaint with the electoral court claiming fraud and vote tampering. The court has until the end of the month to rule on the complaint and must declare a winning candidate by September 6.
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Reaching the Base
Though individual transactions are small, the bottom of Mexico’s income pyramid is looking increasingly attractive to issuers of consumer credit.
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Room to Grow
With Mexican companies on a multi-year profit and revenue expansion, local legislation and the stock exchange are modernizing to keep pace.
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Asian Fever & Chills
Asian individual investors are a rich new financing source for Latin American credits as wealth continues to build in the East.
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Feeding a Dragon
As China’s economic might expands and it throws more weight around in Latin America, some see opportunity while others fear setbacks.
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A Giant Moves In
In one fell swoop, HSBC has become a large Central American bank through its purchase of Panamanian financial powerhouse Banistmo.
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Of Dragons & Elephants
China’s growing influence on Latin America has, to some extent, overshadowed the rise of another emerging market giant in the East: India. By Javier Santiso*