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Entertainment Solutions Group
Cambridge's Entertainment Solutions Group (ESG) provides industry-specific solutions to entertainment companies
to meet their foreign currency trading, risk management and international payments requirements.
The Cambridge Benefit
The ESG has established an ongoing clientele for which we have developed and implemented high value trading solutions, particularly for production. This includes long term hedging solutions, unsecured credit facilities, expedited payment systems and production cost certainty.
The ESG Team
Oversight
James Thurston &
Brent Clackson
Toronto
Kyubak Lee &
Michael Ip
Vancouver Dealing
Stewart Greenwood &
Guy Gregory
Los Angeles
Colin Mitchell &
Brent Clackson
North American Sales Team
Andrew Blanco
Jay Brahach
Vincent Le
We are comprised of sales leaders and senior dealers who have over 100 years combined experience in trading production requirements.
The Entertainment Solutions Group differentiates from other companies in that we help producers manage positions (for entertainment cash flows, receivables, library deals, royalties etc.) and are film literate.
The ESG works in consultation to provide your productions a managed solution for each individual production. Our goal is to work from budgeted rates, reduce the risk, maximize the return to budget, and average up your annual rate of return on a slate of production.
The ESG Team
We are comprised of sales leaders and senior dealers who have over 100 years combined experience in trading production requirements.
James Thurston
SVP Global Pricing & Service Delivery
Leadership
Brent Clackson
Managing Director
Sales & Solutions
Toronto
Kyubak Lee
Sales & Solutions
Eastern Canada
Michael IP
Risk Management Solutions
Eastern Canada
Stewart Greenwood
Senior Hedging
Solutions
Guy Gregory
Production & Animation Solutions
Vancouver
Los Angeles
Colin Mitchell
Senior Risk Management Solutions
North American Sales Team
Andrew Blanco
Jay Brahach
Vincent Le
The Entertainment Solutions Group differentiates from other companies in that we help producers manage positions (for entertainment cash flows, receivables, library deals, royalties etc.) and are film literate.
The ESG works in consultation to provide your productions a managed solution for each individual production.
Our goal is to work from budgeted rates, reduce the risk, maximize the return to budget, and average up your annual rate of return on a slate of production.
The ESG Team
We are comprised of sales leaders and senior dealers who have over 100 years combined experience in trading production requirements.
The Entertainment Solutions Group
differentiates from other providers in that we help producers manage positions (for entertainment cash flows, receivables, library deals, royalties etc.) and are film literate.
Consulting from development to green light, our aim is to provide your company with a managed solution for each individual production. The goal is to work from budgeted rates, reduce the risk, maximize the return to budget, and average up your annual rate of return on a slate of production.
Consultative Approach
■ Review the production budget and cash flow
■ Forecast costs & model a return to budget
■ Propose and present a managed solution of products and services
■ Minimize risk and maximize the return to budget while providing 100% cost certainty
■ Production risk management
■ Long term hedging solutions for Animation & Tax Credits
■ Payment and exotic currency capabilities for Commercial Production, VFX and Post Production
Scalable Solutions
LONDON
71 Fenchurch Street
TORONTO
212 King Street West
VANCOUVER
1055 West Hastings St
LOS ANGELES
21800 Oxnard Street
NEW YORK
1350 Broadway
Production & Animation
Commercial Production, VFX & Post Production Services
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■ Established at Cambridge Global Payments in 2015
■ 17-year history of servicing entertainment client requirements
■ Managed a total FX volume of $3.5B
Industry Experience
■ Assess upcoming production exposure and model a solution for review
■ Determine a budgeted rate and model a strategy to manage exposure and risk
■ Deliver a managed solution to provide cost
certainty up to 3 years
■ Dedicated support from a film literate trading team
■ Assess upcoming production exposure and model a solution for review
■ Determine a budgeted rate and model a strategy to manage exposure and risk
■ Deliver a managed solution to provide cost
certainty up to 3 years
■ Dedicated support from a film literate trading team
■ We work with companies to help manage their contractual payables and receivables
■ Clients & financiers can send funds to you securely through our network
■ They can make a domestic currency transfer to your Cambridge Account in over 80 countries
■ Bill & Receive payments in domestic currencies; both for you (receiving) and for your clients (remitting payments)
■ The ESG team works with companies to help manage their contractual payables and receivables
■ Clients & financiers can send funds to you securely through our network
■ They can make a domestic currency transfer to your Cambridge Account in over 80 countries
■ Bill & Receive payments in domestic currencies; both for you (receiving) and for your clients (remitting payments)