Well consider the recent spate of music artists who've sold their back catalogues. They're selling that future income for a lump sum [while they can enjoy it].

Well consider the recent spate of music artists who've sold their back catalogues. They're selling that future income for a lump sum [while they can enjoy it]. Hasbro is doing the same. Swap fifty years of slow income for instant liquidity. A company with as many steels in the fire as Hasbro should be able to use that to generate a lot more money than through legacy property.