Jaime Merino
Former Director, Asset Owners Channel, S&P Dow Jones Indices
Pension Fund Industry in Mexico: Analyzing the S&P/BMV Mexico Target Risk Index Series across Different Economic Crises
It is unnecessary to give an update on today’s economic situation since most already have a wealth of information over the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic. I will instead focus on another major concern: how have pension funds performed, and furthermore, are there similarities in how they have performed during other crises? After the S&P/BMV…
- Categories Equities, Thematics
- Tags equities, Mexican equities, pension funds, pensions, S&P/BMV Mexico Target Risk Aggressive Index, S&P/BMV Mexico Target Risk Conservative Index, S&P/BMV Mexico Target Risk Growth Index, S&P/BMV Mexico Target Risk Index Series, S&P/BMV Mexico Target Risk Moderate Index
No New Airport for Mexico Brings Big Hits to Its Markets
On Monday, Oct. 29, 2018, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, president-elect of Mexico, announced that he would cancel the construction of the new airport in Mexico City, which had reached 30% completion. After a four-day unofficial referendum, in which less than 2% of the voters participated, the upcoming president (who will assume office on Dec. 1,…
Other Strategies for Fixed Income in Brazil
Over the past 10 years, the highest overnight reference rate from the Brazilian Central Bank has been 14.25% from July 2015 through September 2016. In an attempt to hold back the depreciation of the Brazilian real and to keep inflation within the target range, the reference rate dropped 775 bps to 6.50% at the end…
A Quick Look at Chilean Sovereign Bonds and Indices
This blog is an update of a post from Dec. 7, 2017. The transition of the BCS indices to S&P/CLX was completed on Aug. 6, 2018, and you can now find the S&P/CLX Fixed Income Indices on the BCS website. Now take another look at the fixed income offerings of the S&P/CLX Index Series with…
Mexican Currency and Elections
General elections (president, senate, and chamber of deputies) are around the corner. The eyes of every Mexican and many people around the globe are on the Mexico-Brazil match of the World Cup—wait, that is another story. Nobody knows what the outcome of the elections will be. We have seen different events where the polls were…
Mexican International Sovereign Debt Structure
To continue my last post about the Mexican sovereign debt structure, I will talk about the international debt issued by Mexico. The issuance of government securities in international markets is critical to achieve the Mexican federal government’s funding objectives. The process of the federal government’s securities allocation in international markets is as follows. The federal…
Mexican Sovereign Debt Structure
A couple of months ago, we took a look at the Chilean sovereign bond market and indices. This time, we will analyze the case of Mexico, starting with the local bond market, followed by its structure, and ending with its index performance. Mexican domestic sovereign debt is issued by the Ministry of Finance (Secretaría de…
The S&P 500 Bond Index and… Mexico!
When we talk about investments in the U. S., the first thing that comes to mind is the S&P 500®, since it is used to analyze and track large-cap stocks in the U.S. market. Following this iconic index, in July 2015 S&P DJI introduced the S&P 500 Bond Index, which is designed to be a…
- Categories Fixed Income
- Tags diversification, fixed income, Mexico, Mexico fixed income, S&P 500 Bond, S&P/BMV
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- Fixed Income
Feliz Año Nuevo From Latin America
After Donald Trump became the 45th president of the U.S., the Dow® hit the 20,000 mark for the first time in history, there was a total solar eclipse, along with massive hurricanes, floods in Colombia, earthquakes in Mexico, a referendum in Catalonia, and the New England Patriots made an historic comeback in Super Bowl LI,…
A Quick Look at Chilean Sovereign Bonds and Indices
The Public Debt Office is the cornerstone of debt strategies for the Ministry of Finance in Chile. It supports liquidity and ensures stability in the local financial market through issuance and placement of treasury bonds. In this context, the Public Debt Office establishes referential interest rates in order to facilitate access to capital markets for…