Mayfair Platinum Insights: How Mayfair Platinum creates an alignment of interests with its investors
Mayfair 101 Group launched its investor-facing brand Mayfair Platinum in June 2019 to cater to yield-hungry investors seeking better rates of return on idle money.
Since the family-owned investment conglomerate launched the brand, it has grown considerably both in terms of funds under management and public awareness, raising in excess of $100 million from wholesale investors within its first six months of operation.
With customer security in mind, Mayfair Platinum took an innovative approach to the development of its financial products M+ Fixed Income and M Core Fixed Income and believes that these products allow for a far greater alignment of interests with its investors than traditional alternatives.
Mayfair 101 Groups managing director James Mawhinney.
Many traditional financial product structures have inbuilt fee structures meaning the broker, financial adviser or growth fund manager often collects a fixed percentage regardless of the performance of the investment.
This is a common criticism in the financial services industry and was a hot topic at the Banking Royal Commission, which Mayfair Platinum sought to address.
Traditional model “broken”
Mayfair 101 Groups managing director James Mawhinney said: “The traditional model in our eyes is broken as it simply protects those who derive an income from the industry via pre-determined fee structures, rather than putting the onus on the Investment Manager to perform to earn their keep.”
One of the fundamental outcomes Mayfair Platinum wanted to achieve when structuring its products was to ensure that the Mayfair 101 Group balance sheet absorbs any losses first rather than its investors.
In most cases, Mayfair 101 Group assets are used to co-invest in opportunities together with investor assets. In the unlikely event that an investment wasnt to perform as expected, regardless of whether it is co-investing or not, any loss associated with this would impact Mayfairs bottom line and balance sheet first.
Like any other company that issues a fixed income product, the Mayfair 101 Group is obligated to pay its investors their principle and interest regardless of investment performance. This is an obligation that the Group has successfully met since inception.
A potential criticism of this structure is that Mayfair 101 benefits from all the upside once its investors have been paid. However, this is no different to other Australian companies that issue notes of which there are many including Commbank, Virgin Australia, Fortescue and many others.
The Groups balance sheet has grown significantly over recent years, through the careful construction of a diversified investment portfolio that now spans 10 countries and includes real estate, financial services, businRead More – Source
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