Mexico may let pension funds invest in commodities

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MEXICO - Mexico may allow pension funds, the nation's biggest institutional investors, to tap global commodities that are trading at near two-year highs.

The industry's regulator is holding discussions on allowing Afores, as the government-regulated funds are known, to invest in raw materials, Pedro Ordorica, president of the agency, said at the Blo...

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