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When entering into the emerging field of cultivating and selling cannabis, how do companies navigate the environmental issues surrounding it? This webinar covers how existing laws and regulations impact the industry, explain regulatory trends, and offers compliance tips for entrepreneurs.

Global equity markets have rebounded despite a global pandemic, economic depression, and social unrest. A second wave of the virus remains a significant concern and is expected to result in continued stock price volatility.

There is a renewed sense of urgency around racial equity investing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the widespread protests after the deaths of George Floyd and others. By taking on three achievable actions and staying committed to them, investors can help address racial inequities in their investment practices and portfolios. If adopted widely, they have the great potential to reduce some of the imbalances that permeate throughout the asset management industry and society at large.

There has been an expectation that value stocks should provide greater protection in a market downturn as the market should theoretically place a greater emphasis on quality and stability, attributes typically found in value stocks. However, growth stocks have continued to outperform value stocks. Is the foundation of value investing broken? Or are there reasons to expect a reversal in performance in the next market cycle?

The relationship between stock market performance and the economy has always been tenuous, but why does the gap seem to be getting larger?

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended almost every facet of American life—including the cannabis industry. In this roundtable, the Sheppard Mullin team covers current market conditions, the impact of COVID-related legislative mandates, financial implications of the recently enacted economic stimulus bills, labor and employment concerns, supply chain impacts, and more.

The coronavirus pandemic plunged the global economy into a deep recession by the end of the first quarter 2020, triggering concern over a surge in corporate defaults. Since that time many credit markets have recovered, boosted by monetary and fiscal stimulus packages. This webinar, along with an accompanying paper, provides an overview of where attractive investment opportunities remain in public and private credit markets. The Cambridge Associates team also discusses strategies on how to take advantage of the unfolding distress cycle.

As the world turns the COVID-19 tide, the initial economic recovery from the pandemic will only be partial, with global output not returning to pre-crisis levels before 2022. Nonetheless, a number of factors will help drive equity markets higher and investment opportunities elsewhere too. In the long term, dangers around market timing mean that Strategic Asset Allocation (SAA) remains the way to deliver sustainable portfolio returns.

Companies in the cannabis industry and individuals working in cannabis-related businesses have sought to turn to the federal bankruptcy courts for relief when they became insolvent. While federal bankruptcy courts have taken jurisdiction for bankruptcies of companies focused on federally legal, industrial hemp, the United States Trustee Program has repeatedly challenged the ability of companies focused on medical or adult use cannabis.

The Denver City Council has approved a new local license to regulate and implement medical cannabis research and development facilities, marking the beginning of the city’s efforts to update its cannabis rules. For the first time, the city’s licensing process will include social equity requirements.