Mexico’s Afore pension funds ended the first half of 2026 with 484 billion pesos in gains, recovering from a record 417-billion-peso loss in March.
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Key Facts
—The number. Mexico’s Afore pension funds closed the first half of 2026 with 484.07 billion pesos (roughly US$26 billion) in investment gains, according to the regulator Consar.
—The scare. In March the funds booked a record monthly loss of 417.3 billion pesos, their worst month ever, wiping out the year’s early gains.
—The rebound. Gains of 347.5 billion pesos in April and 239.5 billion in May pulled the system back into positive territory.
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