Firdaus Dawood

Personal Projects

Interactive tools, experiments, and things built on the side.

A growing set of interactive tools and data experiments for making sense of the music catalog investment market. These include a live tracker of rated music royalty ABS transactions, alongside analysis of fund structures, deal terms, catalog valuation, and the trends drawing institutional capital into music IP. This work also feeds my research and publications.

Catalog Fund Attribution Report
Sep 2026
Catalog Fund Attribution Report

An working model of performance attribution for a music royalty fund, splitting NAV total return into what the market delivered and what the manager added through catalog work, sync, rights administration and contract terms.

Music ABS Tracker
Aug 2026
Music ABS Tracker

An interactive record of rated music ABS between 2021 and 2026, including spreads, ratings, issuers, and surveillance across four dynamic views. Companion to the whitepaper “Music ABS and Institutional Readiness.”