Mexico

At first glance, the story of Mexican shale oil and gas sounds frustrating. Like its northern neighbours Canada and the US, Mexico has some of the world’s largest shale deposits. The government’s deep energy reforms of 2013-14 created an environment attractive to international oil companies (IOCs) willing to invest the tens of billions of...

In the 20 years since the Tequila Crisis, Mexico has undergone an impressive transformation. The implementation of sound macroeconomic policies has been welcomed by global investors, resulting in greater confidence in the country’s credit risk profile, while recent structural reforms are expected to boost growth, investment and competition....

The sharp decline in international oil prices has forced the government to cut its fiscal spending plans for 2015 and 2016. In part this is because the administration has already committed itself to introducing no further tax increases in 2015, following the hikes that took place at the beginning of 2014 as part of the structural reform...

As announced during President Enrique Peña Nieto’s state-of-the-union speech in September 2015, Mexico is launching a new energy and infrastructure investment vehicle known as the Fibra E. The new instrument aims to meet one of the country’s current financing challenges. Despite being ready to move on a wide range of major, long-term and...

In late 2014 the Mexican Stock Exchange (Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, BMV) joined the Integrated Latin American Market (Mercado Integrado Latinoamericano, MILA). The market was first set up in December 2011 by the stock exchanges of Chile, Colombia and Peru. MILA’s aim is described as “generating more and better exposure of the stock markets...

Mobile and internet banking is at a relatively early stage of development in Mexico, but most players are convinced that it is the shape of things to come, and that banks that do not invest in developing their online and mobile presence are at risk of losing market share.