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...
There is growing interest across Mexico in innovation and entrepreneurship, and in how they can contribute to raising the country’s levels of productivity, employment and economic growth. However, a review of what is happening in the country in this important space must be undertaken in two parts. The first involves the acknowledgment that as...
What can be done to improve Mexico’s global ranking in terms of the ease of doing business?
Depending on the measurement used, Mexico is either the 13th- or 14th-largest economy in the world, and it also among the most liberalised economies in Latin America. Over the 2000-10 period, the country has seen a rapid expansion of the middle class, with 17% of the population, or 20m people, achieving this status. By size of population and...
Stay updated on how some of the world’s most promising markets are being affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, and what actions governments and private businesses are taking to mitigate challenges and ensure their long-term growth story continues.
Register now and also receive a complimentary 2-month licence to the OBG Research Terminal.
Register Here×