On January 28, 2025 a resolution amending the General provisions applicable to issuers and other participants in the securities market (the "Resolution") was published in the Federal Official Gazette, to include obligations...more
2/17/2025
/ Carbon Emissions ,
Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
IFRS ,
Investors ,
Mexico ,
Risk Management ,
Sustainability
On Monday, January 21, 2025, the Regulations Applicable to Simplified Issuers and Securities Subject to Simplified Registration (the "Regulations") were published following the amendment to the Securities Market Law ("LMV")...more
On July 11, 2024, the Resolution amending the Regulations applicable to credit institutions (the "Resolution") regarding Digital Agents was published in the Federal Official Gazette.
The purpose of the Resolution is to...more
On December 28, 2023, a decree was published to reform and add several provisions to the Mexican Securities Market Law (Ley del Mercado de Valores) and the Investment Funds Law (Ley de Fondos de Inversión) (the "Reform...more
On April 29, the Mexican Senate approved a Bill to Amend, Repeal and Supplement Certain Provisions of the Securities Market Law and the Investment Funds Law (the "Bill").
If approved in its terms by the Mexican House of...more
On January 20, 2023, the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit issued resolutions that amend the Anti-Money Laundering ("AML") General Provisions (the "Amendments") applicable to Investment Advisors, and Credit Unions,...more
On August 16, 2022, the Resolution that amends the General Provisions applicable to mutual funds and their service companies (the "CUFI", and the resolution that amends it, the "Amendment") was published in the Federal...more
On March 11, 2022, a reform to the Mexican Banking Law (Ley de Instituciones de Crédito) was published in the Federal Official Gazette (Diario Oficial de la Federación) in order to provide a new procedure for the defense of...more
3/15/2022
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Anti-Terrorism Financing ,
Banking Sector ,
Blocked Person ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Insurance Industry ,
Mexico ,
Money Laundering ,
New Regulations ,
Terrorist Financing
In order to encourage the promotion and specialized attention of corporate restructurings and insolvency proceedings, by agreement of the Plenary of the Federal Judiciary Council of Mexico, two district courts specialized in...more
On Thursday, September 9, the resolutions that reform, add and repeal the general rules on the prevention and identification of operations with resources of illicit origin applicable to financial cooperative associations...more
10/12/2021
/ Brokers ,
Client Identification Rule ,
Enforcement ,
FATF ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment Adviser ,
Lenders ,
Mexico ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Threshold Requirements
On Thursday, September 9, the resolutions that reform, add and repeal the general rules on the prevention and identification of operations with resources of illicit origin applicable to financial cooperative associations...more
10/6/2021
/ Brokers ,
Client Identification Rule ,
Credit Applicants ,
Enforcement ,
FATF ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment Adviser ,
Lenders ,
Mexico ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Threshold Requirements
On Monday, August 23, the General Guidelines on Liquidity Requirements for Banking Institutions issued jointly by the National Banking and Securities Commission (the “Commission”) and Mexico’s Central Bank, Banco de México,...more
On January 28, 2021, the Mexican Central Bank and the National Banking and Securities Commission ("CNBV"), published in the Federal Official Gazette the "General regulations applicable to e-money Institutions pursuant to...more
On October 12, 2020, the Resolution that reformed the General Rules applicable to Credit Institutions (the “Resolution”), issued by the Mexican Banking and Securities Commission (the “CNBV”), was enacted in the Federal...more
On September 30, 2020, the Mexican Central Bank (Banxico) published in the Federal Official Gazette Regulation 36/2020 addressed to securities issuers and Securities Depository Institutions, governing the electronic issuance...more
On September 25, 2020, the Federal Executive submitted to the House of Representatives an amendment bill regarding an "INITIATIVE WITH DECREE PROJECT THROUGH WHICH CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY LAW (LEY DEL SEGURO...more
Under Article 76 of the Law regulating the Financial Technology Institutions ("Fintech Law") financial institutions, money transmitters, credit reporting companies, clearing houses, financial technology institutions and...more
Additional measures to promote an orderly behavior in the financial markets strengthen credit granting channels and provide liquidity for the sound development of the financial system in Mexico....more
5/29/2020
/ Banks ,
Collateral ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Credit ,
Exchange Rates ,
Federal Loans ,
Financial Markets ,
Foreign Exchanges ,
Hedging ,
Liquidity ,
Mexico ,
Mexico Central Bank ,
Micro Entity Status ,
Relief Measures ,
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) ,
Small Business Loans ,
Stock Repurchases ,
Swaps
On March 30, 2020, the Public Health Council (Consejo de Salubridad Pública) declared a health emergency due to force majeure, caused by the epidemic generated by COVID-19, by virtue of the Resolution declaring the epidemic...more
Extension for compliance with the Resolution that amends the General Provisions applicable to credit institutions published in the Official Gazette of the Federation on August 29, 2017 (“Identity Verification Provisions”) in...more
Taking into account the health contingency enacted due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico and in the world, as well as the prevailing uncertainty regarding the determination of the depth, duration and economic effects of such...more
On March 27, 2020, the Financial Intelligence Unit (Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera or “UIF”) and the Tax Administration Service (Servicio de Administración Tributaria or “SAT”) jointly issued a statement through which they...more
In response to the requests made by representatives of different financial entities regulated and supervised by the National Banking and Securities Commission (Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores or “CNBV”), the authority...more
The present alert offers an analysis of the possible legal implications of coronavirus ("COVID-19") in civil and commercial commitments, under Mexican Law. The coronavirus was first notified on December 31, 2019, in Wuhan,...more
As reported in our Client Alert from January 10, 2019, a Presidential decree was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation on January 8, 2019, granting two tax incentives in the fixed income and equities securities...more
5/3/2019
/ Corporate Bonds ,
Corporate Issuers ,
FICAP ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Mexico ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Securities ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
Stock Exchange ,
Tax Incentives