How music ABS is reshaping the catalog market w/ Paul Sipio | Music Moneyball

Music ABS is changing how serious capital moves through the music rights market. In this episode, Paul Sipio, Managing Director at Apollo, explains how music went from a niche alternative asset to something institutional investors can underwrite, structure and finance at scale. We discuss the catalysts behind that shift, from streaming growth and public market validation to the rise of scaled, diversified catalogs. Paul also takes us inside Apollo’s work with Concord, and how creative ABS structures can give music companies more than a lower cost of capital. The conversation gets into why repeatable financing platforms matter, how they can support faster acquisition execution, and what funds need to have in place before they can access institutional capital. This episode follows the release of Standard Innovation’s new whitepaper, Music ABS and Institutional Readiness, which is available here:⁠ https://standard-innovation.com/guide... Brought to you by Standard Innovation. ► Stay up to date Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://standard-innovation.com/subsc... LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  / standard-innovation-ltd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   ► About Standard Innovation Standard Innovation is the data consultancy that helps music investment funds unlock higher valuations and exit multiples through better infrastructure. ► Episode Links Apollo: ⁠⁠https://www.apollo.com Standard Innovation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://standard-innovation.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ► Credits Guest: Paul Sipio, Managing Director, Apollo Hosts: Tom Mullen and Emma Griffiths, Standard Innovation Theme: “Meet Me” — Outlines (Written by Sam Cox) — Courtesy of Bespoke Records ► Keywords music ABS, music securitization, music asset-backed securitization, music investing, music funds, music catalog investing, music rights investing, music royalties, music royalty financing, catalog finance, catalog M&A, music catalog deals, institutional capital, investment-grade capital, structured finance, asset-backed securities, music capital markets, master trust, repeat issuance, Concord ABS, Apollo global management, Paul Sipio, Bowie Bonds, music as an asset class, music catalog valuation, royalty data, music asset management