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23 January 2021
Background
The following information is provided in response to the Circular to Creditors (“Report”) issued by Dye
& Co (the “Liquidators”) dated 16 December 2020 (Annexure A) relating to the IPO Wealth Holdings
group of companies.
Note: the table excludes fees incurred by Vasco Trustees Limited (“Vasco” or “Trustee”) and their lawyers which are paid
from the Fund. Mayfair 101 estimates this to be an additional $300,000-$500,000.
Fees Incurred
1. $731,783 plus Vasco’s and their lawyers’ fees (i.e. over a million dollars) have been incurred
to date to have the IPO Wealth Holdings group and the IPO Wealth Fund wound up, with NIL
returns to creditors. This cost is ultimately borne by IPO Wealth’s unitholders.
2. Dye & Co submitted to Court that the IPO Wealth Holdings group had been mismanaged and
therefore it was just & equitable for it to be wound up. This won Dye & Co the appointment
to a position that would earn them significant fees over time.
3. Vasco supported the Liquidator’s appointment in Court and therefore was accepting (on
behalf of unitholders) of the fees the liquidation was likely to incur. The Trustee became
conflicted when they appointed receivers and managers given their business reputation relied
on following through with Dye & Co’s appointment rather than critiquing their appointment
and the information they were providing the Court and ASIC.
4. Vasco supported Dye & Co’s allegations in Court of the IPO Wealth Holdings group being a
Ponzi scheme, insolvent and mismanaged, yet Vasco was hired by Mayfair 101 as the IPO
Wealth Fund’s trustee/overseer, Fund administrator, and they provided the financial services
license for the operation of the IPO Wealth Fund.
5. Dye & Co’s submissions to Court about Mr Mawhinney’s mismanagement of investor money
has earned them a million dollar plus client.
Failure to realise assets
6. The Liquidators failed to realise any assets since being appointed receivers & managers on 22
May 2020.
7. The only asset that has been realised to date is a $800,000 investment in ThinkMarkets.
8. The sale of the ThinkMarkets investment was arranged and the sale agreement executed by
Mr Mawhinney prior to Dye & Co’s appointment. It is therefore not attributable to their
efforts.
9. $531,771 in interest income has been collected from the investment in Australian Business
Credit’s loan book since 22 May 2020. This investment was chosen by Mr Mawhinney in
January 2018 to boost the yield of the IPO Wealth Holdings group by rebalancing the portfolio
toward income-producing assets whilst its unlisted investments were maturing.
10. Over $5 million of additional funding was invested in Australian Business Credit between June
2019 and December 2019. This was funded from the sale of 21,250,000 Accloud PLC shares to
101 Investments Ltd.
11. The Report does not provide a timeframe on further asset realisations.
12. The Report fails to account for $19,460,672.96 cash received for 21,250,000 Accloud PLC
shares.
13. In mid-2019 Vasco requested that the assets of the IPO Wealth Holdings group be re-allocated
in favour of more liquid assets. Mr Mawhinney agreed and expedited this request having
already initiated an investment in a high-yield business credit opportunity to boost the income
of the Group (as described at paragraph 9).
14. On 11 September 2019 Mr Mawhinney met with Mr Craig Dunstan and Mr Lee Monik of Vasco
Trustees Limited to discuss the Operations Manual that had been prepared by Mayfair 101
staff and provided to Vasco on 30 August 2019.
15. Page 18 of the Operations Manual detailed the Group’s liquidity management strategy and
stated:
“it is our intention to use monies raised via IPO Wealth more readily as a means of
financing the purchase of more assets, with the view to transition these assets
elsewhere in the group as they mature in exchange for liquidity. The strategy will
provide the following benefits to the Fund’s unit holders and Trustee:
• regular controlled liquidity events without the need to rely on buoyant and or
receptive capital markets;
• underlying asset liquidity events allows the borrower to replenish or turnover
credit (shorter duration) further enhancing the credit strength of the Borrower;
• enables certain Non-Current Assets to be re-classified as Current Assets when they
become the subject of a Share Purchase Agreement or Call Option Agreement,
better aligning the borrower’s balance sheet with the tenure of the Loan
drawdowns; and
• provides the Borrower with an additional source of funding which is managed by
a related-party, enabling liquidity to be created as and when is needed to maintain
the integrity of the Loan.”
16. On 4 October 2019 the Accloud shares owned by IPO Wealth Holdings No 3 Pty Ltd were
acquired by 101 Investments Ltd under a Share Purchase Agreement for A$19,460,672.96 in
line with the Group’s liquidity management strategy and Operations Manual.
17. Mr Mawhinney contributed 8,404,255 shares from his non-IPO Wealth Holdings group entities
to the transaction, representing 40% of the shareholding.
18. The transaction was settled in cash. IPO Wealth Holdings No 3 Pty Ltd received full, valuable
consideration for the shares.
19. This transaction was undertaken based on formal written advice received from the Group’s
then tax accountants, Pinnacle Advisory Group, in accordance with subdivision 768-G of the
ITAA97. It provided a significant capital gain to the IPO Wealth Holdings group of more than
$8 million.
20. Annexure B to this response contains the bank statements and accounting records that
confirm A$19,510,000 cash was paid for the Accloud shares over 43 transactions between 28
June 2019 and 20 November 2019 settling the transaction in full.
21. Mayfair 101’s (formerly Mayfair Platinum’s) noteholders funded this transaction and
therefore have an equitable interest in the shares.
22. The transaction enabled the IPO Wealth Holdings group to continue to meet its obligations to
the IPO Wealth Fund. It also allowed the asset composition to be changed in favour of a higher
yielding, income-generating asset to support interest payments given certain unlisted assets
had not yet matured.
23. Vasco’s ex parte application was centred on allegations made by Mr Craig Dunstan that there
was a “sudden drop in value” of the IPO Wealth Fund due to Accloud shares being transferred
to a company in the British Virgin Islands (paragraph 33 Craig Matthew Dunstan’s First
Affidavit dated 22 May 2020).
25. Mr Dunstan’s affidavit was relied on in Court to suggest Mr Mawhinney had mismanaged the
IPO Wealth Holdings group and needed to have receivers & managers (Dye & Co) appointed
to it urgently.
26. Accordingly, the statements made by the Trustee in the ex parte application to Court are false
and misleading. There was no “sudden drop in the value of the Fund’s assets” as was alleged
under oath by Mr Dunstan.
27. Dye & Co and Vasco ASIC acted in concert to mislead ASIC and the Court to have the
companies wound up, despite the key transaction being legitimate and advantageous to IPO
Wealth’s unitholders.
28. On 24 December 2020 101 Investments Ltd’s Singapore-based lawyers, Carey Olsen, wrote to
Dye & Co requesting they execute the share transfer forms given shares are currently held by
IPO Wealth Holdings Pty Ltd, IPO Wealth Holdings No 3 Pty Ltd and IPO Wealth Holdings No 6
Pty Ltd. They refused to do so.
29. Mayfair 101’s noteholders are currently significantly disadvantaged as a result of Dye & Co’s
actions, and IPO Wealth’s unitholders are having their returns eroded by legal fees. Dye & Co
thinks the IPO Wealth Holdings group is entitled to the shares and the cash, which they are
not. The Report is therefore misleading with respect to IPO Wealth Holdings No 3 Pty Ltd.
30. The Liquidators have been provided with direct control of the largest underlying asset of the
IPO Wealth Fund – the Group’s real estate investment in Venice, Italy.
32. The real estate investment in Venice was purchased for EURO13.6m. Works had been
undertaken to obtain the necessary approvals to increase the developable parcel of land to
accommodate 100 luxury apartment and a 130 room five star hotel.
33. A teleconference was held on 16 October 2020 with Dye & Co’s lawyers. On this call Mr
Mawhinney re-confirmed his preparedness to perfect the security position under the Facility
Agreement, however in addition he voluntarily offered to transfer outright clear title to the
shares of Okto Holdings Ltd to the Liquidators.
34. On 14 December 2020 the Liquidators were provided direct control of the Venice asset, which
is worth some A$20 million. The asset represents approximately 25% of unitholder monies.
35. Mr Mawhinney’s offer went beyond him consenting to perfect the security arrangement
under a Loan Facility Agreement, which would otherwise have allowed for up to 10 years to
repay the loan to IPO Wealth Holdings No 10 Pty Ltd.
36. The liquidator’s efforts are not attributable to the transfer of this asset for the benefit of
unitholders.
38. The Report continues to misrepresent the solvency position of the SPVs, as has been done by
Dye & Co in previous reports and in Court proceedings.
39. The Report advises creditors there is $72,754,038 of debt to recover by IPO Wealth Holdings
Pty Ltd (the ‘Borrower’). This is misleading.
40. The SPVs were investment holding companies only with no material creditors. The balance
sheets of the SPVs and the Borrower provided to the Liquidators confirm this.
41. The reference to “Share Capital” in the table on Page 4 of the Report confirms the equity
interest the Borrower holds in each of the SPVs. Share capital was issued by the SPVs to the
Borrower at $1 per share in exchange for monies advanced from it.
42. Any subsequent monies invested in the SPVs was done so on an equity basis. On receipt
monies were recognised in the balance sheet as “unissued share capital”. Once the shares
are issued it is converted to issued capital. These funds have no characteristics of debt nor
have they ever been debt.
43. It is clearly apparent from the table prepared by Dye & Co that the balance that they have
purported to record as debt is actually “unissued share capital” (as was clearly labelled on the
balance sheets).
44. This equity relationship is normal commercial practice for investment holding companies or
SPVs. It increases the cost base of the investment in the SPV such that if the SPV has a capital
gain, tax is only paid on the net proceeds of the investment.
46. Further, the voluntary administrator appointed by Mr Mawhinney (Cor Cordis) advised they
could not become voluntary administrators of the SPVs due to the companies having no
creditors and therefore not capable of being insolvent.
47. Dye & Co have mischaracterised the solvency position for the purposes of defining certain
transactions as insolvent transactions under s588FC Corporations Act (Cth). This enables them
to unwind transactions on the basis they were undertaken whilst the company(s) were
insolvent.
48. This is a serious mischaracterisation which was used for the purposes of supporting their
winding up application and subsequent recoveries.
49. The information contained on Page 4 ought to be re-stated to accurately reflect the equity
relationship. It is otherwise misleading for creditors and suggests Dye & Co can continue
incurring fees for their appointment until some $72.7 million has been collected.
50. The Report makes no mention of any potential claims against Vasco Trustees Limited.
51. If Dye & Co were acting independently they would have already sued Vasco for not fulfilling
their duties as Trustee, leading to a destruction of value for unitholders and the Investment
Manager.
52. The current Slater & Gordon class action against Vasco, if successful, will only yield a result for
those unitholders that have joined, whereas Dye & Co could be getting a return for all
unitholders by suing Vasco and obtaining a payout from their insurance policy.
53. The inaction by Dye & Co highlights the collusion that has occurred throughout the Court
proceedings. Both parties are required to be independent however have failed to do so to
protect their own interests ahead of investors.
54. Mayfair 101 has since become informed that one of the Liquidators appointed to the IPO
Wealth Holdings group, Mr Hamish Mackinnon, has previously been investigated by ASIC for
non-compliance with statutory obligations.
55. Mr Mackinnon was required to stand down from taking new appointments for a period and
an independent expert was engaged to review external administrations undertaken by him
for potential compliance breaches.
56. Vasco failed to appoint an appropriate, independent and effective insolvency practitioner.
This is demonstrated in their hostile approach taken to the Group and its portfolio companies,
and the lack of returns generated for unitholders to date.
Specific Responses
Page 2, paragraph 1 “the Subsidiaries do not have…material creditors other than the
Borrower”
The Borrower (IPO Wealth Holdings Pty Ltd) was not a creditor of its
wholly owned subsidiaries. The Liquidators have made this statement
solely for the purpose of paragraph 36 (see above). It mispresents the
solvency position of the company.
Page 2, paragraph 3 “Request for Assistance Lodged with ASIC [25 June 2020]”
The ROCAP forms were provided on 12 June 2020. On 15 June 2020 the
Liquidators advised some items remained outstanding. The Liquidators
had since terminated access to Xero, meaning information was unable
to be obtained from the accounting records for the purposes of
completing the ROCAP forms.
Page 2, paragraph 3 “Request for Assistance Lodged with ASIC [28 October 2020]”
Page 2, paragraph 5 The Report quotes part (e) of a statement made on the ROCAP for each
company. The Liquidators have chosen not include the full content
provided by Mr Mawhinney, which contains material statements as
follows –
The accounts were un-finalised and in draft format. The Group does not,
and was not obligated to, maintain a real-time set of accounts. No
opportunity has since been provided to finalise the accounts, yet Dye &
Co have relied on the accounts.
Page 2, paragraph 8 “we are yet to realise any investment held by the Companies…”
This is unsurprising. The assets are a specialised asset class which was
foreshadowed with unitholders prior to the winding up, however Dye &
Co, Vasco Trustees Limited and ASIC considered liquidation to be a
better option.
Page 2, paragraph 8, “preparing certain of the investments for a market realisation process”
bullet point 3
Under normal circumstances it would be reasonable to expect the
investment manager would be best placed to assist with this process to
maximise returns to unitholders. No requests for assistance with the
sale process have been received.
Page 4, paragraph 1 & “each of the Subsidiaries may have a liability to the Borrower”
table
This statement and the table mischaracterises the relationship between
IPO Wealth Holdings Pty Ltd and the SPVs. The SPVs did not borrow from
IPO Wealth Holdings Pty Ltd, rather, monies were advanced for share
capital.
The headings “Borrower Entity” and “Debt Component” are false and
misleading.
The report fails to reflect the $19,460,672.96 cash received for the
purchase of 21,250,000 Accloud PLC shares by 101 Investments Ltd. This
transaction was undertaken in the normal course of business, at market
price, and provided valuable consideration to IPO Wealth Holdings No 3
Pty Ltd. The transaction provided liquidity that enabled IPO Wealth
Holdings Pty Ltd to meet loan repayment, interest payment obligations
and re-balance the portfolio toward more liquid, income-producing
assets.
The Liquidators have been informed of the payment dates and amounts
totalling $19,460,672.96 that were advanced to IPO Wealth Holdings Pty
Ltd across 43 bank transfers. Despite this Dye & Co have sought to
terminate the transaction by alleging the IPO Wealth Holdings group
received no consideration for the shares, it being an insolvent
transaction and being an uncommercial transaction.
Page 4, bullet point 2 “ANZ bank is a creditor…in IPOW#2 for $21.31 and in IPOW#16 for
$73.08”
This statement confirms the only creditor of the SPVs was ANZ for two
amounts both less than one hundred dollars. It is therefore not possible
that the SPVs were insolvent as they had no material external creditors.
Page 5, paragraph 4 The report omits to mention that the Liquidators requested access to
232,868 documents from Mayfair 101 group’s file servers. These files
were not the books and records of the IPO Wealth Holdings group, and
where they were, they were duplicates already provided.
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