Bloomberg quotes R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes regarding news that the Federal Reserve withheld details on individual securities pledged as collateral by recipients of the $885 billion federal bailout. Read the full story by Caroline Salas and Matthew Leising, "Federal Reserve Withholds Collateral Data, Denying...
The fastest way to get the old guard in Hollywood steamed is to utter the phrase: "predictive model." It works like magic as a room full of suits turns into a pack of Popeyes shooting steam out of their ears. Then for real fireworks, just...
Hollywood loves the digital revolution. They love it so much that they can't wait to give it a big old bear hug and squeeze the life out of it. This is pretty much the focus of the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA for...
Business News Network's SqueezePlay interviews R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes on the use of asset-backed commercial paper to finance independent film productions. Watch the full interview, "ABCP for Indie Films?", BNN, November 16, 2010....
That dang glass always seems to be either half-empty or half-full. According to last Monday's edition of The New York Times, now is a marvelous moment for investing into the movie industry. Well, sort of. Actually, the news article is invoking a very precise type...
Oh my, it was busy last week. Just glancing at the news reports it would seem that within a mere seven days we witnessed the end of civility in politics, the death of the star system, and the impending collapse of Hollywood. And that was...
We were so happy in the womb. Maybe that's why so many people are happy to live in a bubble. That certainly appears to be the existential state of Hollywood as the system seems determined to maintain a steady march toward the abyss. In the...
These days, we all have plenty of things out there to scare us (which may explain why election day comes right after Halloween). It may also explain the mysterious vanishing act that the horror genre has seemingly performed at the box office through most of...
Do the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's attempts to recover taxpayer funds used in the financial crisis bailout betray its mission to ensure the stability of the financial system? R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes weighs in. Read the full article by Caroline Salas and...
As I remember it, film school was a unique experience. I got to meet and work with people based upon a shared interest. Got to see lots of movies. Received hands-on experience with an extensive range of extremely expensive equipment. If it hadn't been for...