BGP Advisors is pleased to announce its co-Founder and Partner Ruth Epstein has been invited to serve as a panelist at The Institutional Capital and Cannabis Conference. The event, sponsored by cannabis industry giant MedMen, will be held at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, FL on January 23-24. The panel, entitled "Why Family Offices? A Unique Opportunity" will begin on Wednesday, January 24th at 9:25 am. The conversation is targeted at investment teams who represent h

Andre Bourque, Entrepreneur.com's savvy and deeply experienced Cannabis Contributor and social media maven whose work has appeared in over 150 publications, has quoted BGP Advisors' Partner Ruth Epstein in his timely article, "Why Jeff Sessions' New War on Marijuana Hasn't Frightened Investors or Cannabis Entrepreneurs". The article was posted today on the Entrepreneur website. The subhead for the article lays out Bourque's rationale for stoic optimism in the face of last wee

The recent emergence of the state-legal cannabis industry in the US has been explosive and a cause for optimism on several themes: Health: Patients of all ages from young children to athletes, military veterans and the elderly use cannabis for relief from a variety of debilitating conditions, without the addiction and overdose risks of opioids, and with no recorded overdose deaths. State Economy: Legal states have experienced $Billions in sales, $Billions in annual tax revenu