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Shop Talk: The investment opportunities in cannabis

“The valuations in the cannabis space are simply the best I have ever seen,” says former BlackRock executive Chris Leavy, who came out of an early retirement to take an executive position with MedMen, a marijuana investment house and retailer. With 64 percent of U.S. citizens favoring full legalization, and 94 percent favoring legalization of pot for medical use, the future of marijuana investing is burning brightly. Leavy joins the program to elaborate. (12/2017)

Focus on Alternatives: Kevin Gannon on non-traded REIT update

Kevin Gannon, managing director at Robert A. Stanger & Co., provides an update on the non-traded REIT industry, including new players entering the space, the challenges and opportunities of unsold inventory, long-term projections and more. (12/2017)

Shop Talk: The changing dynamics of global capital flows to U.S. real estate investments

What Middle East country was the number one investor in U.S. real estate for 2017? (The answer will surprise you.) What property type has supplanted office as the most popular among foreign investors? What changes are afoot in Japan that could change the size of its role? What are the chances that FIRPTA regulations could be rewritten or repealed to unleash even more foreign dollars? CBRE Group executive Chris Ludeman is our guest. (12/2017)

Shop Talk: Millennials make their move on the housing market

Zillow reports that millennials — those ages 18-34 — now account for 42 percent of today’s home buyers, which is more than other generations. Why is the housing market suddenly seeing an influx of millennial buyers? How do they differ from generations of previous homebuyers? Gregg Gerken, an executive with TD Bank, joins us to discuss this trends statistical and anecdotal features. (11/2017)

Focus on Alternatives: John Grady and Keith Lampi on alternative investments in the broader market

John Grady, president of ADISA and partner at DLA Piper, and Keith Lampi, president-elect of ADISA and president, director and COO at Inland Private Capital Corp., sit down with John Harrison, executive director and CEO of ADISA, to discuss an overview of alternative investments including where alternatives fit in the broader market, how ADISA continues to stay proactive with the problems that can arise with alternative investing and more. (11/2017)

Shop Talk: Venture investing in startup companies

Venture capital is among the many types of alternatives available to investors, but what does it take to build young companies in the high-risk realm of VC investing? What must venture investors offer startup companies besides money to make them successful? Is it best for a company to be first to market, or is there a “second-mover advantage?” Carter Williams, CEO of iSelect Fund, a venture investor that funds young companies involved in technology, agriculture, health care, pharmaceuticals, genomics and…

Shop Talk: Art and collectible investing among the ultra-wealthy

The 2017 art and finance report produced by Deloitte has estimated that $1.6 trillion in art and collectible wealth is held globally by the ultra-wealthy, and that number is forecast to grow to $2.6 trillion within a decade. To walk us through the findings of the 272-page report, we are joined by Phillip Ashley Klein, the man who spearheads Deloitte’s art and finance practice in the United States. (11/2017)

Shop Talk: The future of investment product development

What is the biggest weakness in the current approach by sponsors to product development? What are the ramifications of those weaknesses? How will new regulations affect product development? With institutional players such as Blackstone, Brookfield and TH Real Estate moving into the private wealth space, how will they change product development for individual investors and family offices? Joining us to discuss those issues is Steve Kantor, CEO of S2K Financial, a New York City-based alternative investment firm. (11/2017)

Shop Talk: Ron Carson on the re-branding of his firm

The following podcast is an edited recording of a recent conversation between Real Assets Adviser editor Mike Consol and Ron Carson, founder and CEO of the Carson Group, regarding Carson Group’s recently completed Excell Conference and the recent re-branding of his firm. (11/2017)
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