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The challenges and opportunities for utilising AI in equity investing

Mar 26, 2025 | professionalplanner.com.au | Ram Rasaratnam |Peter Labrie |Benjamin Leung |Blair Hannon

Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to disrupt the investment industry. The latest AI innovations have been instrumental in improving potential investor outcomes – and we believe will continue to do so. In finance, optimisation refers to the process of finding the best solution for a particular problem subject to a set of constraints.
Woman sentenced in fentanyl death of 2-year-old boy

Nov 28, 2024 | auburn-reporter.com | Benjamin Leung

The King County Superior Court sentenced an Auburn woman on Nov. 22 for manslaughter in the 2022 death of her 2-year-old son, resulting from “acute drug intoxication including fentanyl.”King County prosecutors charged both 33-year-old Angel Melia Vancleave and 32-year-old Daniel Raymond Kruger of Auburn — mother and father of a 2-year-old boy who died on Jan. 3, 2022 — in February 2023. Both Vancleave and Kruger sustained a charge of domestic violence manslaughter in the first degree.
Burglary, unlawful burning and robbery | Auburn police blotter

Nov 20, 2024 | auburn-reporter.com | Benjamin Leung

Burglary in the first degree: Auburn police were dispatched on Nov. 17 after receiving a report at approximately 11:27 a.m. regarding a residential burglary at a unit at a condominium complex in the 1400 block of 8th Street Northeast. According to the department’s public information log, Auburn police arrested an individual in the incident on a charge of burglary in the first degree. According to the log, the incident involved one victim. A door was damaged in the incident.
Renton man arrested in Skagit County sex crime sting

Nov 20, 2024 | kentreporter.com | Benjamin Leung

A multiagency operation in Skagit County arrested 14 individuals in November, including a 50-year-old Renton man, for investigation of sexual abuse and exploitation crimes against children. The Washington State Patrol’s Missing and Exploited Children Task Force led the investigative effort for crimes including attempted child rape, the sexual exploitation of minors, and communication with minors for immoral purposes, according to a Nov. 12 news release from the Washington State Patrol.
Renton man arrested in Skagit County sex crime sting

Nov 19, 2024 | rentonreporter.com | Benjamin Leung

A multi-agency operation in Skagit County arrested 14 individuals in November, including a 50-year-old Renton man, for sexual abuse and exploitation crimes against children. The Washington State Patrol’s Missing and Exploited Children Task Force led the investigative effort for crimes including attempted child rape, the sexual exploitation of minors, and communication with minors for immoral purposes, according to a Nov. 12 news release from the Washington State Patrol.
Violent Crime Unit targets violent crime in Renton

Nov 19, 2024 | rentonreporter.com | Benjamin Leung

The Renton Police Department has announced the creation of a five-person unit focused on violent crime. According to an email from Meeghan Black, a spokesperson for the Renton Police Department, the Violent Crime Unit — which conducts long-term investigation and tracks suspects in regards to violent crime — has been operational for approximately six months. The Violent Crime Unit, as of its creation this year, has arrested 88 suspects, according to a Nov. 12 release from the department.
Slapped n’ pepper sprayed | Renton police blotter

Nov 15, 2024 | rentonreporter.com | Benjamin Leung

Pepper spray: Renton police responded on Nov. 2 just after 3:30 a.m. to an assault in the 600 block of Mill Avenue South. According to the department, a man stated an acquaintance, a woman, had pepper sprayed him. The woman left the scene prior to the arrival of officers. According to the department, first responders provided the man with medical attention at the scene. Renton detectives continue investigation into the case. Slapped: Renton police responded on Nov.
Kundert pleads not guilty in 1980 Kent cold case murder

Nov 14, 2024 | federalwaymirror.com | Benjamin Leung

Following a governor’s warrant and his extradition from Arkansas to King County, 65-year-old Kenneth Kundert, charged with first-degree murder, pleaded not guilty in the 44-year-old cold case killing of a woman in Kent. Kundert entered his plea Nov. 7 in King County Superior Court at his arraignment on the murder charge for the February 1980 strangulation death of 30-year-old Dorothy “Dottie” Silzel. Silzel worked as a Boeing employee full time as an instructor and part-time at a pizzeria in Kent.
Auburn carjacking leaves elderly man in hospital with gunshot wound

Nov 14, 2024 | kentreporter.com | Benjamin Leung

A shooting in Auburn on Nov. 6 left an elderly man hospitalized in serious condition after two suspects attempted to carjack him. According to a news release from the department, Auburn police discovered the elderly man “with at least” one gunshot wound after responding just before 9 p.m. to reports of a shooting in the 600 block of M Street Northeast. According to an email from Kolby Crossley, a spokesperson for the Auburn Police Department, the shooting occurred in a church parking lot.
Kundert pleads not guilty in 1980 Kent cold case murder

Nov 13, 2024 | auburn-reporter.com | Benjamin Leung

Following a governor’s warrant and his extradition from Arkansas to King County, 65-year-old Kenneth Kundert, charged with first-degree murder, pleaded not guilty in the 44-year-old cold case killing of a woman in Kent. Kundert entered his plea Nov. 7 in King County Superior Court at his arraignment on the murder charge for the February 1980 strangulation death of 30-year-old Dorothy “Dottie” Silzel. Silzel worked as a Boeing employee full time as an instructor and part-time at a pizzeria in Kent.