Hosted by Bob Simpson, today we shift the focus to answering the question "Why Allocate Funds to Music Royalties?".

Learn from our host Bob Simpson and our expert guest, David Vankka, President at ICM Asset Management Inc.

Today's questions of interest:

0:00 - Intro
1:46 - Share your background and how you decided as a firm to get into the music industry? 
3:26 - Tell us about music royalties and how you generate revenue through music?
5:49 - Do you need to buy music directly from the artist?
7:26 - Can you explain songwriting credits and what goes into these catalogues?
8:06 - Could you explain the artist's incentive to monetize their catalogue?
12:45 - Are their sources you use to when navigating the investment exchange? 
14:52 - How do you value and pay for the rights to music in an investment portfolio? 
19:37 - What do you see as the future of streaming and how will music, intellectual property and cash flows evolve over time?
24:55 - With music royalties, is it a equity or fixed income investment? Where do you slot that in? 
27:53 - Could you walk us through potential returns, risks and price volatility? 
30:19 - How many songs in your portfolio? How many pieces of music? 

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