Mira Americas, Inc. (New York)

Mira Americas, Inc. is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $1.32 billion of regulatory assets for 7 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2016.

Mira Americas provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Mira Americas: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Mira Americas, Inc. is $1.32 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 922% since the beginning of its operation, and $6.94 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $1.32 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $188.42 million each.

Mira Americas has custody of $1.32 billion in cash and securities for 7 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Mira Americas, Inc. for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. Compensation based on assets under management promotes a long-term relationship between a client and the adviser and helps align mutual interests. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients James Charles Strathy Cowan serves?

The only and largest group of clients of James Charles Strathy Cowan is pooled investment vehicles with 7 clients and $1.32 billion of assets under management. Among the 10 most similar advisory firms, Mira Americas has the 3rd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $1.32 billion for 7 clients. 29% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Mira Americas also advises several private funds. Namely, seven private equity funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $10,000,000 for each fund.

Careers at Mira Americas, Inc.

The company employs 163 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 61 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

James Charles Strathy Cowan has been acting as President since 1 Apr 2016. Zahra Egal joined the executive team most recently as the General Counsel & Assistant Secretary.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Macquarie Infrastructure And Real Assets Inc.	Direct 100% owner	1 Apr 2016	75% - 100%	20-8983572
James Charles Strathy Cowan	Director/chief executive officer/president	1 Apr 2016	Other	5371177
Charles Francis Glorioso	Chief compliance officer	1 Apr 2016	Other	6381707
Andrea Crawford Mody	Director/chief operating officer	1 Apr 2016	Other	5409587
Jonathon Spencer Laurie	Treasurer	1 Apr 2016	Other	6158988
Conway Graeme	Director	1 Apr 2016	Other	6301252
David Handelsmann	General counsel and assistant secretary	1 May 2017	Other	6767671
Zahra Egal	General counsel & assistant secretary	1 Apr 2019	Other	7097395

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 7 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Macquarie Equities (Us) Holdings Pty Limited	Owner	1 Mar 1994	75% - 100%	foreign
Macquarie Corporate Holdings Pty Limited	Owner	1 May 2001	75% - 100%	foreign
Macquarie Group Limited	Owner	1 Oct 2006	75% - 100%	foreign
Macquarie Corporate International Holdings Pty Limited	Owner	1 Dec 2006	75% - 100%	foreign
Macquarie Group (Us) Holdings No.1 Pty Limited	Owner	1 Feb 2007	75% - 100%	foreign
Macquarie Financial Holdings Pty Limited	Owner	1 Feb 2007	75% - 100%	foreign
Macquarie Holdings (U.S.A.) Inc.	Owner	1 Nov 2007	75% - 100%	13-3789912

Based in New York

The principal office where Mira Americas, Inc. performs its advisory services is located at 125 West 55 Th Street, New York, NY 10019, which is also the mailing address of the firm. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 212-231-1000 or by fax 212-231-1828. The normal business hours are 9:00 am-6:00 pm on Monday - Friday.