Mexico continues to inspire admiration. "People want to trust," said a businessman.
Last Sunday, February 22, the armed forces carried out an operation that resulted in the killing of Nemesio Oseguera, El Mencho. This led to a violent response from organized crime, becoming one of the most violent days under the government of Claudia Sheinbaum.
The market showed some optimism, detecting a shift in the government's security strategy that could also help in trade negotiations with the United States. However, it also sowed uncertainty about the consequences of these actions and possible waves of violence, which for now seem to be contained.
Fernando Chico Pardo, the principal shareholder of Banamex, assured that there is confidence in Mexico: he revealed that on the very day the operation was carried out in Jalisco to detain the leader of the CJNG, international investors signed an agreement: "None of them hesitated".
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the bank appeared this Thursday before its board members, as part of the 34th Plenary, from where he sent a message of confidence and assured that the new stage of Banamex will follow a path of development.
He recalled that last Monday, Citi reached agreements with institutional investors such as General Atlantic, Blackstone, Liberty, Chubb, and the Qatar Sovereign Fund, which is investing in Latin America for the first time, among others, to acquire 24% of Banamex's shares, with shareholdings limited to a maximum of 4.9% per investor.
Amador reproaches the banking sector for the challenges in accessing credit for SMEs: "We need greater participation".
"I was just speaking with the secretary a moment ago, the day all these investors had to sign was the Sunday of the Mencho events, and not a single one doubted or had second thoughts. Nothing."
