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. The adviser charges an additional fee when a set benchmark is outperformed. 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.