The justice secretary said he spoke to the US vice president after he blamed mass immigration for Nowak’s murder The attorney general’s office is considering the jail sentence given to Vickrum Digwa after receiving “multiple requests” to review it under the unduly lenient sentence (ULS) scheme. As we mentioned in the opening post, Vickrum Digwa, 23, was jailed for life with a minimum of 21 years o...
The justice secretary said he spoke to the US vice president after he blamed mass immigration for Nowak’s murder The attorney general’s office is considering the jail sentence given to Vickrum Digwa after receiving “multiple requests” to review it under the unduly lenient sentence (ULS) scheme. As we mentioned in the opening post, Vickrum Digwa, 23, was jailed for life with a minimum of 21 years on Monday for murdering Henry Nowak in Southampton last December. I think it’s important to emphasise he claimed that . There is doubt as to whether this was religious , this 8in blade that was used, one, and two, you cannot carry a blade that is used in any way to harm life, that is illegal in our country, whatever the circumstances . In the end, where exceptions are made of this kind, whether it’s for Scots or whether it’s for Sikhs. It is a privilege to be able to enjoy that with the confidence of the public. Continue reading...
Ashi Sae Yang/iStock via Getty Images By Neil Pabari Urbanization and an expanding middle class with higher levels of disposable income have long been drivers of the growth in retail investment across Southeast Asia. Now, a new investor segment is emerging. Young people in Southeast Asia are rapidly becoming a major investment force, transforming the region's financial landscape through a combinat...
Ashi Sae Yang/iStock via Getty Images By Neil Pabari Urbanization and an expanding middle class with higher levels of disposable income have long been drivers of the growth in retail investment across Southeast Asia. Now, a new investor segment is emerging. Young people in Southeast Asia are rapidly becoming a major investment force, transforming the region's financial landscape through a combination of digital adoption, increased financial literacy and a desire to invest in alternative assets such as cryptocurrencies. Not only are younger investors an important demographic in terms of numbers, but they could soon have a higher level of wealth to invest as they inherit money. An estimated $5.8 trillion is expected to change hands in Southeast Asia by 2030 in the largest inter-generational wealth transfer the region has ever seen. Given the growing interest in investing, a significant portion of this wealth may end up in financial markets. Indonesia exemplifies this market shift, with capital market investors rising to 22.97 million – 99.76% of whom are retail investors. Notably, over 12.5 million of these investors (54.69%) are aged 30 or younger and those under 40 account for 79%. Retail investors of all ages now account for 50% of stock market trading volumes. Malaysia is seeing a similar pattern, with 53% of retail investors under age 45, according to research published by the country’s stock exchange, Bursa Malaysia. Meanwhile, those under 30 accounted for more than 50% of new investment accounts opened in the past five years. Anecdotal evidence suggests Thailand and Vietnam are seeing the same trend. In Thailand, one survey showed that six out of 10 members of Gen Z said they invested money every month, while in Vietnam investors under 30 accounted for 56% of new accounts opened at wealthtech platform Techcom Securities in the first half of 2025. This rapid growth is contributing to a broader regional story. Net wealth in Asia-Pacific (excluding China) grew 6% ...
The arrival of Yuan Gujie, the new deputy director of Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong, has sparked widespread speculation. Her legal background and experience in Guangdong province suggest that her posting carries a clear agenda: to promote deeper integration between Hong Kong and other Greater Bay Area cities. One thing is clear: if the Northern Metropolis is to accelerate, Hong Kong’s exis...
The arrival of Yuan Gujie, the new deputy director of Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong, has sparked widespread speculation. Her legal background and experience in Guangdong province suggest that her posting carries a clear agenda: to promote deeper integration between Hong Kong and other Greater Bay Area cities. One thing is clear: if the Northern Metropolis is to accelerate, Hong Kong’s existing legal framework and development model may prove inadequate. A fundamental overhaul is urgently...
Income investing goes far beyond merely finding stocks with high dividend yields. An attractive yield today could turn into no yield sooner than you might think with some stocks. Instead, smart income investors know that the most important step is to identify companies with businesses built to last and a long-term commitment to paying and growing their dividends. With these kinds of companies, you...
Income investing goes far beyond merely finding stocks with high dividend yields. An attractive yield today could turn into no yield sooner than you might think with some stocks. Instead, smart income investors know that the most important step is to identify companies with businesses built to last and a long-term commitment to paying and growing their dividends. With these kinds of companies, you don't have to fret about what will happen to the dividends when inflation surges, recession fears rise, and geopolitical uncertainty increases. They keep the income flowing (and usually growing) through it all. Do you want income for life? Here are three stocks to buy and never sell. Continue reading
Partners Group Holding AG co-founder Alfred Gantner said the firm’s recent share-price decline was a “massive overreaction” and blamed unfounded attacks by short-seller Grizzly Research. In an interview with Swiss newspaper SonntagsZeitung, he said Grizzly has made “demonstrably unfounded accusations” against Partners Group. Gantner was defending the firm after Bloomberg reported that it’s capping...
Partners Group Holding AG co-founder Alfred Gantner said the firm’s recent share-price decline was a “massive overreaction” and blamed unfounded attacks by short-seller Grizzly Research. In an interview with Swiss newspaper SonntagsZeitung, he said Grizzly has made “demonstrably unfounded accusations” against Partners Group. Gantner was defending the firm after Bloomberg reported that it’s capping withdrawals at one of its evergreen private equity funds. The Swiss alternative asset manager said there’s been a pick-up in redemption requests from private wealth clients and that it’s ready to gate other evergreen funds. The shares fell 16% on Wednesday, and have halved in value since early 2025. Asked about the drop in the stock, Gantner said Grizzly clients will profit from their short positions, while losses will “remain with understandably frightened retail investors.” “This is currently an industry problem and, in my view, a massive overreaction,” Gantner said when asked why the market doesn’t trust Partners Group. “The geopolitical situation isn’t helping either. This doesn’t just affect us, but we definitely need to communicate better and more proactively. This is a painful lesson we have to learn.” Partners Group oversees about $185 billion across areas including private equity, credit, real estate and infrastructure. “Following a record year, we also saw strong inflows of client funds in the first quarter,” Gantner said. “The trend is very positive despite redemptions in our retail business.” Partners Group Likely to Cap Flagship US Evergreen Fund Partners Group Says Short-Seller Report Defamatory, Misleading
A Hong Kong couple whose baby was born at home and placed in court-ordered care has said they can visit their son for up to one hour a week while they work to prove their parenting capability, as they outlined three potential outcomes listed by social welfare authorities. The unmarried couple, Tsang Wai-bong and Kwan Pui-sin, told the South China Morning Post on Sunday that they were scheduled to ...
A Hong Kong couple whose baby was born at home and placed in court-ordered care has said they can visit their son for up to one hour a week while they work to prove their parenting capability, as they outlined three potential outcomes listed by social welfare authorities. The unmarried couple, Tsang Wai-bong and Kwan Pui-sin, told the South China Morning Post on Sunday that they were scheduled to meet government social workers and be granted supervised visits in the coming week. During the...
PhonlamaiPhoto/iStock via Getty Images By Ryan J. Puplava, CMT, CTS, CES AI Ups and Downs For much of the past two years, artificial intelligence has largely been a semiconductor story. This week marked another important shift as investors broadened their focus from chipmakers to the companies supplying the infrastructure necessary to support the next phase of AI deployment. The catalyst came earl...
PhonlamaiPhoto/iStock via Getty Images By Ryan J. Puplava, CMT, CTS, CES AI Ups and Downs For much of the past two years, artificial intelligence has largely been a semiconductor story. This week marked another important shift as investors broadened their focus from chipmakers to the companies supplying the infrastructure necessary to support the next phase of AI deployment. The catalyst came early in the week at Computex, where NVIDIA ( NVDA ) unveiled its first-ever PC processor built on Arm architecture and announced a partnership with Microsoft focused on AI-enabled personal computing. The move represents NVIDIA's most direct challenge yet to Intel and AMD in the PC market while reinforcing the growing importance of Arm-based computing architectures. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang continued to reinforce a theme that has become central to the AI investment case: compute equals revenue. Rather than focusing solely on chip costs, Huang argued that the ability to generate profitable AI tokens per watt of power consumed is becoming the primary metric for data center economics. That message helped ignite buying across multiple AI-related industries. Some of the week's biggest winners reflected this broader infrastructure story. Marvell surged more than 30% Tuesday after Huang called the company the potential "next trillion-dollar company." Optical networking firms Coherent ( COHR ) and Lumentum ( LITE ) rallied sharply as investors embraced the growing need for faster data movement inside AI data centers. Corning also posted double-digit gains as demand expectations increased for fiber and optical connectivity. Enterprise infrastructure spending provided another major boost. Hewlett Packard Enterprise ( HPE ) delivered a blowout quarter, with shares jumping nearly 20% after management highlighted robust demand for AI servers and enterprise modernization projects. Dell continued its rally after analysts raised price targets following its own strong earnings report and improvi...