Grupo Carso Sets Up Investment Fund

Mexico conglomerate Grupo Carso has set up a MXP3.5bn investment fund known as Enersa, run by Telmex board member Jaime Chico Pardo, according to a statement from Chico Pardo’s office. The fund will invest in health and energy companies and is already considering providing growth capital to Mexican companies such as Selmec, Hubard & Bourlon, Optima Energia, Laboratorios Medicos Polanco, and Laboratorios Clinicos Puebla. Grupo Carso holds a 60% stake in Enersa and Chico Pardo the remaining 40%.