Film Finance: Inside Hollywood’s Balance Sheet
When most people think about investing in films, they imagine backing the next blockbuster. However, the smartest money in Hollywood isn’t betting on hits, but providing secured…
The LX Film Finance Fund targets an under-penetrated and largely misunderstood niche of specialty finance that offers the potential to achieve 15-20% annualized gross returns – through primarily asset-backed or collateralized short-term lending.
Similar to working capital finance,
film financing targets short term lending across various stages of a film’s production process that are typically backed or collateralized by specific production assets – generating investment outcomes that are uncorrelated to the box office success of the film.
Our approach distinguishes itself by integrating credit analysts within a team of film industry veterans embedded in the production process to preemptively identify and manage lending risks.
The fund seeks to actively manage outcomes to capture higher returns as compensation for changes in risk and intends to offer a base of yield oriented income.
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