Category: Regions

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Citigoup is the best investment bank and Cleary, Gottlieb is the best law firm serving Latin America. Mexico is the best sovereign issuer.

Mexico carried out a landmark global-for-global bond exchange in April. Andrés Conesa, head of public credit, says the deal saved money, improved investor relations and will help the sovereign price future bond issues more efficiently.

After seven years of being restricted to investing in Mexican bonds, the country’s pension funds can now put their assets into equities and foreign securities.

Politicians again are demanding that Mexico’s banks lend more. As the pressure mounts, consumer finance companies are steam-rolling into the market.

América Móvil waited years to issue its first international bond. When the Mexican cellphone company finally went to the market, plenty of investors wanted a piece of the action.

Mexico’s off-balance sheet financing scheme got the massive El Cajón dam project underway.

Demand from institutional investors in Mexico’s bond market outstrips supply. There are just not enough high-quality bonds around, but this could be changing.