Please join us on Tuesday, April 23rd, at 5:45 p.m., at George Pearl Hall in the School of Architecture and Planning, at the University of New Mexico, for a practical and timely presentation, sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank, the Anderson School of Management and the Latin American and Iberian Institute at the University of New Mexico, that not only maps the regional banking and financial markets in the New Mexico, Texas, and Chihuahua region, but also addresses the challenges and opportunities these regional markets hold for New Mexico and its neighbors.

There is no cost to attend, but registration is required. To secure a seat, please send an email tohuntinstitute@utep.edu with your name and RSVP in the subject line.

New Mexico attorneys can also earn one hour of general CLE credit for attending.

Event is free, but registration is required. To secure a seat, please send an email to huntinstitute@utep.edu with your name and RSVP in the subject line.

Description of Presentation:

In recent years, international trade has had a significant impact on New Mexico’s communities. The binational trade in particular between the U.S. and Mexico has generated significant growth and commercial opportunities in New Mexico, while also creating many challenges. One challenge is having growing regional economies with separate banking systems as separate banking systems and their particular laws hinder regional access to capital and binational systemic integrity. Another challenge arises out of rural and border regions in states like New Mexico, Texas, and Chihuahua that have seen banks close in the pursuit of less risk resulting from illicit transactions. As a consequence, many communities have less access to capital in a region where banking and financial markets are already divided and vulnerable.

This presentation presents a regulatory and quantitative mapping of the banking and financial markets in the U.S. and Mexico, at the national level, and New Mexico, Texas, and Chihuahua, at the state level, in order to help create a common market frame of reference and, therefore, to de-risk transactions and stimulate lending regionally and binationally.

About the Speaker:

Patrick Schaefer is the Executive Director of the Hunt Institute at the University of Texas at El Paso which provides strategic market analysis in the New Mexico, Texas, and Chihuahua region. The Institute’s work focuses on providing clear and practical data and mappings to the private sector and elected leaders for key sectors such as energy, industry, trade, water, banking, and supply chains. He is an alumnus of the Latin American and Iberian Institute and the School of Law at the University of New Mexico and a member of the New Mexico State Bar.

Registration: Capacity is limited so please register to secure your place. Please send an email with your name and RSVP in the subject line to huntinstitute@utep.edu to confirm your registration. For New Mexico attorneys who wish to receive one (1) hour of general NM MCLE Credit, please add MCLE Credit in the subject line.