Historical Events

Historical Events

Year
Month
Event
1999
May
The Institute for the Protection of Banking Savings started operations
1999
June
Start of the program to reduce coverage of guaranteed obligations
1999
July
Start of the process of financial strengthening of Banca Serfin
1999
November
Start of the financial strengthening program in Bancrecer and take over of the bank’s management through a provisional management
     
2000
February
First auction of 3-year Savings Protection Bonds (Spanish acronym BPAs)
2000
May
Sale of Serfin Group to Santander Mexicano Financial Group
2000
August
End of financial strengthening of Banca Promex
2000
November
End of financial strengthening of Banco Inverlat
2000
December
Standard & Poor's links the credit quality of BPAs with debt issued directly by the federal government
     
2001
July
Dresdner Pension Fund buys Administradora de Fondos Bancrecer
2001
September
Sale of Bancrecer to Banorte Financial Group
2001
October
Delivery-receipt and start of liquidation processes in the banks intervened by the National Banking and Securities Commission (Cremi, Oriente, Union, Obrero, Capital, Interestatal, and Pronorte)
2001
December
Signing of framework agreement for conclusion of the financial strengthening of Atlantico
     
2002
March
Start of process of liquidation and payment of guaranteed obligations of Banca Quadrum
2002
June
End of payment of guaranteed obligations of Banca Quadrum
2002
June
First issue of 5-year Quarterly Savings Protection Bonds (Spanish acronym BPATs)
2002
August
Start of liquidation and payment of guaranteed obligations of Banco Industrial and Banco Anahuac
2002
October
End of financial strengthening process in Banco del Atlantico
2002
November
End of payment of guaranteed obligations of Banco Industrial and Banco Anahuac
2002
December
Start of process of liquidation and payment of guaranteed obligations of Banco del Sureste
     
2003
February
Amortization of the first issue of BPAs
2003
February
End of sale of the federal government’s stock package in BBVA Bancomer Financial Group
2003
February
End of payment of guaranteed obligations of Banco del Sureste
2003
April
Sale of 36% of the shares of Scotiabank Inverlat Financial Group to Bank of Nova Scotia
2003
June
End of sale of most of the loan portfolio of the banks in liquidation
2003
September
Standard & Poor's grants IPAB investment grade rating
     
2004
April
Announcement of the issue of a new Savings Protection Bond with semiannual interest payments and protection against inflation (7-year BPA182)
2004
June
The investment firm operator Actinver purchases Casa de Bolsa Bursamex
2004
June
Start of the liquidation process in Banco del Atlantico
2004
June
Publication of amendments to the Law of Credit Institutions that authorize the National Banking and Securities Commission to classify full service banks in capitalization categories and order compliance with minimum corrective measures and special additional corrective measures (early corrective measures) applicable to each category
2004
July
Formalization of the New Program provided for in Transitory Article FIVE of the Law of Banking Savings Protection with Banamex, BBVA Bancomer, Banorte, and HSBC
2004
October
Fitch Ratings links IPAB’s credit risk to Mexico’s sovereign risk
2004
November
Banco B x + shareholders win the bidding for Casa de Bolsa ARKA
2004
December
Standard & Poor's ratifies IPAB’s credit rating
2004
December
End of the transition to the permanent savings protection regime for up to 400 thousand UDIs per natural or legal person and per bank
     
2005
January
Explicit and limited savings protection regime, for up to an amount equal to 400 thousand investment units (UDIs) per natural or legal person, regardless of the number and class of such obligations payable by the same bank
2005
June
End of audits of management, identity of purpose, existence and legitimacy and legality
2005
December
Fitch Ratings increases IPAB’s international rating
2005
December
Standard & Poor's ratifies IPAB’s credit rating, assigning it the same rating as Mexico’s sovereign debt
2005
December
Moody's grants IPAB the same credit rating assigned to the Mexican government
2005
December
Start of the process of liquidation of BNP (Mexico)
2006
March
Publication of the "Comprehensive Report on Oversight of the Bank Rescue 1995 - 2004" by the Superior Auditing Office of the Federation
2006
May
Banca Cremi files for bankruptcy
2006
July
Publication of amendments to sundry provisions relating to bank resolutions in the Law of Credit Institutions, the Law to Regulate Financial Groups, and the Law of Banking Savings Protection
2006
August
Publication of the Final Report issued by the Congressional Commission to Investigate IPAB
2006
November
Banco de Oriente files for bankruptcy
2006
December
Banco Interestatal files for bankruptcy
2006
December
IPAB’s net debt as a percentage of Mexico’s GDP falls to 7.6%, having reached a high of 13.7% in December 1999
 
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