The size and depth of the Mexican stock market are low compared to other countries. Mexico has not experienced the same development dynamics as similar markets and is lower in capitalization than Chile, Colombia and Brazil.
According to the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness (IMCO), Mexico requires a greater number of companies of various sizes to list and more Mexicans as investors. But the gaps in access to the stock market and the lack of financial education make it difficult for a greater part of the Mexican population to participate in financial markets.
Thus, investing in the Stock Market seems an activity intended for large investors with large sums of money. However, a healthy stock market should generate investment and financing opportunities for large sectors of the population and not just for a few, notes the IMCO.
Grupo Bursátil Mexicano (GBM), a leading investment platform in the Mexican stock market and with more than 35 years of experience, agrees with this statement: in Mexico it is urgent to democratize investments and promote financial education so that more Mexicans use this instrument .
With a participation of more than 16% in the operation of the capital market and more than $ 800 billion pesos in assets in custody, GBM is committed to scaling what it considers a scarce offer of quality financial services in the country, which is dominated today by large banks.
As digital transformation has accelerated, GBM has expanded its user base. According to the National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV), in Mexico there were only 298 thousand brokerage accounts at the end of 2019, while, at the end of 2020, the number had already risen to 940 thousand accounts. In the same period, GBM went from having 38 thousand investment accounts to more than 650 thousand, which increased its participation in the total investment accounts of the country from 8 to 70%. As of March 2021, GBM managed to cross the goal of one million brokerage accounts.
In this context, GBM wants to increase the financial potential of Mexico. For more than 10 years, driven by technology, it has developed several platforms with different objectives until reaching GBM +, an application that offers great products to invest with an initial amount from $ 100 pesos.
To offer the best service, he also structured his organization into four service verticals:
- Individuals. It caters to all investors who want to achieve their life goals through investments: buying a house, achieving an early retirement or generating and growing their wealth.
- Advisors. Financial people looking to become independent and entrepreneurial can do so by offering GBM products and services with the most attractive compensation plan in the industry.
- Enterprise. It is made up of three services: Prime Broker, for brokerage houses that need connection services with exchanges in Mexico; Cash Management, treasury, collection and investment services for companies looking for a complete solution; and Account Management, development of APIs for digital platforms that need access to investment instruments from account opening to settlement.
- Institutional, the business vertical with which GBM was born. It provides investment services to the vast majority of the most important corporations and institutions in Mexico and the world. It manages the investment portfolios of these institutions and provides execution services in capital markets. It has the best fundamental analysis team, and advises clients to fund their growth through investment banking.
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