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Hipgnosis Songs is an Investment Trust

To provide shareholders with an attractive and growing level of income, together with the potential for capital growth, from investment in songs and associated musical intellectual property rights.

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Kepler Trust Intelligence: New Research

20 Sep 2019 07:10

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Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited
20 September 2019
 

Hipgnosis Songs: New research

20/09/2019

SONG owns and manages songwriter royalties, aiming to deliver a high income and capital growth...

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Hipgnosis Songs Fund (SONG) is a £409m market cap listed fund, aiming to achieve income and capital growth by owning songwriters' music royalties. The managers (The Family (Music) Ltd) believe that, aside from being able to buy these royalties from songwriters on a gross yield of c. 8%, investors should benefit from trends and active management, which will increase the level of income (and capital value) over time.

The manages are aiming for total returns of greater than 10%, and have demonstrated their ability to invest the fund's capital relatively quickly - no mean feat in a market where there are no formal brokers or "exchange" for royalties. Merck Mercuriadis leads the management team, and he is clearly a music industry "insider"; we understand his relationships have been key to accessing the quality of the portfolio that SONG has built up so far.

Having spoken to the team, they tell us that royalties from the copyright of songs tend to be relatively predictable - certainly after the first three years when the "buzz" has largely subsided. We discuss the intricacies of music royalties in more depth in the portfolio section, but it is worth noting that these are long life assets, with copyrights in some cases lasting for 70 years past the death of the writer. The catalogues acquired by 31st August have seen revenue growth (excluding post 2016 releases) of 49% from streaming sources, and 19% overall.

Streaming is increasingly being recognised as a huge growth area for the music industry, not only opening up the potential market (by reducing distribution barriers to zero), but also significantly increasing and extending the length of a song's earning potential. JPMorgan predicts that global music industry revenues will surpass the peak of the late 1990s, with 10% p.a. compound growth expected through to 2030. The number of people paying for a streaming music service is rapidly increasing with 255m paying subscribers for streaming services currently (according to the IFPI Global Music Report 2019), and which JPMorgan predicts will grow to north of a billion. Notwithstanding this, the managers intend to apply significant resource towards the management of the fund's songs, and to boost revenues and the capital value of the portfolio using more intensive, active management.

In its first year, SONG has delivered what it promised at launch. Recognised net revenues from the portfolio from incorporation on 8 June 2018 to the financial period end on 31 March 2019 were £7.2m, equivalent to a 6.1% gross yield on the £120m invested component of the portfolio over the period - in line with projections at launch. The company has paid its target dividend of 3.5p over the first year (in four instalments). As we examine in the dividend section, the company has a stated aim to pay dividends of 5p in the current financial year.

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