On the Mark Howard M. Rubin

Irene Branche, Chief Development & Evaluation Officer for the Hope Program and Paul Neuman, Hope Program board member and Founder and Chief Inspirational Officer of Neuman’s Kitchen talk about new ways of raising funds for charity during the pandemic as well as how the pandemic introduced new challenges for their non-profit’s primary objective: training New Yorkers so they can secure sustainable employment.

In this segment, digital marketing pioneer Robert Davidman joins Bill Squadron, sports media technology expert, advisor, and educator to discuss the impact of COVID on online casinos and sports betting. With the cessation of many sports in the U.S., the industry and consumers were incredibly creative in finding some sort of action. Unexpected sports like Russian table tennis and Russian short hockey became American favorites for online betting and patterns transcended their seasonal norms.

Craig Tagen, Head of Asset Management at real estate investment firm Clarion Partners, and Howard Meitiner, Managing Director at Carl Marks Advisors, share their expert insights into how the pandemic has shifted retail buying to eCommerce and whether those changes will be permanent.

With mall son the defense and even more challenges ahead, how can brick and mortar retailers reinvent themselves and what changes must they make to survive?

Alan Wildes, Executive Director at commercial real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield, and Andrew Levin, Senior Vice President of Leasing at Boston Properties, weigh in on how the COVID pandemic has changed the demand for office space in New York City. With vacancy rates up, asking rents down, and unemployment still a problem across the City, will demand return and, if so, when?

Danny Mizrahi, founder and CEO of Contango IT and Sonya Williams, Cybersecurity specialist for New York-based law firm Rivkin Radler and Flight Chief in the Cybersecurity Unit of the Air Force National Guard, discuss cybersecurity in law firms. They address how phishing scams and hacking pose a serious threat to sensitive data housed in law firms’ systems and precautions that should be taken to protect the network.

Jonathan Hochberg, Senior Partner of Regent Atlantic Capital, discusses the considerations wealthy investors are taking into account in light of the pandemic and what trends is the market seeing as a result. Jonathan has more than 25 years’ experience advising high-net-worth individuals and families in the areas of multi-generational planning and philanthropy. He also has extensive experience in both traditional and alternative investment strategies. In this episode, Howard and Jonathan discuss the changes in the wealth management industry, both from the perspective of clients and the investment firms that serve them.