Let’s all become song share-holders! …Or shall we? What investing in royalties really means

What are the consequences of the recent trend of investing in royalties? Who will be investing in the development of tomorrow’s talent, and how?

I want to pick up from where Billboard’s Cherie Hu left off in her excellent piece some time ago about the new trend of investing in royalties, in which she brilliantly analyses the landscape and the different, at times, contradictory logics that have motivated the various players to start their fund and attract investors. Hu concluded her article with a question (which I am summarising here): what is the value of music, and what are the real motivations one can have when one decides to invest in such assets?

Read this article in full on the Midem Blog.