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Mexico | Foreign investment review: strategic oportunity in the USMCA

10 December 2024

Tensions surrounding the growing Chinese investment in Mexico present an opportunity to strengthen its regulatory framework for foreign investment review, and for the country to influence decision-making on the issue within the North American region.

Mexico | Monthly Report on Banking and the Financial System. December 2018

21 December 2018

An update of the National Survey of Financial Inclusion (ENIF 2018) is published. Reduction in the amount of subsidies for the acquisition of new housing in 2019 will be reflected with less building. The decisions of the new administration influenced the negative differentiation of domestic assets.

Mexico | Monthly Report on Banking and the Financial System. November 2018

20 November 2018

Among the various types of risk that the financial system is currently facing is that of cyber-attacks. The national producer price index for the construction sector increased by 8.1% in the third quarter of 2018, but we expect that at year-end 2019 the increase will have slowed to below 5% on an annual basis.

Mexico | Monthly Report on Banking and the Financial System. October 2018

16 October 2018

Update of the risk assessment by the Financial System Stability Council (CESF). The International Monetary Fund updates its Financial Access Survey. The CNBV, Mexico’s Banking and Securities Commission, publishes its Financial Access Report. Mortgage interest rates remain attractive so far in 2018.

Mexico | Monthly Report on Banking and the Financial System. September 2018

20 September 2018

Reduced absorption of financial resources by the public sector has contributed to relieving pressure on markets for funds available for lending in Mexico. The mortgage lending market in the next few years. Limited contagion from the Turkish crisis. CNBV publishes secondary regulations for the FinTech Law.

How prepared are European banks to comply with MREL?

30 August 2018

The estimated MREL deficit for European banks based on three subordination scenarios would be 195 billion euros under the recommendation of the EBA, 301 billion euros according to the compromise text of the Council and 526 billion under a full subordination scenario. Therefore, the subordination requirement will be crucial in the future MREL requirement of European banks.

Mexico | Monthly Report on Banking and the Financial System. August 2018

21 August 2018

New stock exchange begins trading. Results of the performance evaluation of commercial banks. Housing construction projects increased by 3% in July. The easing of global trade tensions paves the way for gains for domestic assets given the temporary reduction in idiosyncratic risks.

Mexico | Monthly Report on Banking and the Financial System. July 2018

16 July 2018

Balance of risks of the Financial System Stability Council (CESF). Value of cars bought on credit shifted towards higher prices. The value of production of construction companies fell by 2.6% in the first four months of 2018. Reduced concerns about global trade tensions give respite to domestic assets in the second half of June.

Mexico | Monthly Report on Banking and the Financial System. June 2018

18 June 2018

Domestic sources of financing supported the non-financial private sector. Housing prices rose by 8.7% in the first quarter of 2018. The prospect of a long drawn-out renegotiation of NAFTA leads to negative differentiation of domestic assets. Incorporation of new rating agencies. Banco de México: consultation on subordinated bonds.

Mexico | Monthly Report on Banking and the Financial System. May 2018

15 May 2018

The World Bank updated the “Global Financial Inclusion” (Global Findex) database. Housing construction projects could recover in the first half of 2018. Domestic assets in step with NAFTA negotiations. Adjustments regarding external auditing.

Mexico | Monthly Report on Banking and the Financial System. April 2018

17 April 2018

Annual report of the Financial System Stability Council (CESF). The value of construction company activity fell by 3.5% in 2017. The markets steadied after the temporary upturn in volatility. Adjustments to the methodology for determining the degree of systemic importance of multiple purpose banking institutions.

Mexico | Monthly Report on Banking and the Financial System. March 2018

16 March 2018

Banco de México publishes a new survey on bank credit conditions. Banco de México highlights the decrease in the use of financial resources by the public sector and a shift in intermediation towards the private sector. Housing prices rise 7.35% per annum in the fourth quarter of 2017. The markets steadied after the temporary upturn in volatility.

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