Introduction to the Cannabis Investment Opportunity
CFA Society Virginia presents Vivien Azer, Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst at Cowen and Company
Topic: Introduction to the Cannabis Investment Opportunity
Wednesday, March 6th, 12 Noon
Lunch Meeting
Omni Hotel, Richmond
Magnolia Room - first floor
Vivien Azer is a managing director and senior research analyst specializing in beverages, tobacco, and cannabis sectors. Ms. Azer is the first senior Wall Street analyst to cover the emerging cannabis sector, resulting in notable global press coverage across media outlets such as CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Barron’s and Forbes.
Ms. Azer’s coverage of the tobacco and cannabis sectors earned her industry accolades including a spot on Institutional Investor’s All-America ResearchTeam on several occasions. She was also named to MJBiz Daily’s list of “20 Women to Watch in 2019” and selected by Business Insider as a “Rising Star of Marijuana Investing.” Vivien has consistently been ranked by Thomson Reuters Analyst Awards (StarMine), and in 2017, she was ranked #1 and #2 for stock picking in beverages and tobacco, respectively, and #2 for earnings estimation in tobacco. Prior to joining Cowen and Company in 2014, she spent over nine years at Citi covering consumer staples. Ms. Azer holds a BA from the College of William and Mary and an MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business.
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