“• Mexican HNWIs held 22.2% of their wealth outside their home country in 2013, equal to US$178 billion, which is level with the global average of 20–30%.
• WealthInsight expects foreign asset holdings to value US$226 billion by 2018, accounting for 21.7% of the total HNWI assets.
• North America accounted for 44.7% of these foreign assets in 2013.
• This was followed by Europe with 23.7%, the Asia-Pacific with 18.1%, Latin America with 8.9%, Africa with 2.4%, and the Middle East with 2.2%.
• During the review period, Mexican HNWI allocations to North America decreased compared with other regions, going from 52.9% in 2009 to 44.7% in 2013. Asia-Pacific and Latin America were the emerging regions in terms of global investments.
• WealthInsight expects HNWIs to continue reducing their level of investments in North America over the forecast period, reaching 39.5% in 2018, with both the Asia-Pacific and Latin America being the key drivers for growth.”
