Crying out for corporate funding

Mexican corporates are raring to go but the borrowing outlook is grim. International markets are expensive, the local banking sector weak. The big names can raise funds but may be hit because their customers are cash-strapped. By Matthew Doman.

Exception to the rule

For Mexican corporate treasurers it is, one might say, the best of times and the worst of times. Good times because the core businesses of most leading Mexican firms are doing remarkably well. The financial crisis of 1994-95 when the currency fell over 60% and GDP contracted by over 5% is being left behind by most businesses. The economy grew 5.4% in the first half of 1998, and with a few notable exceptions, leading corporates have reported healthy first- and second-quarter results.

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