INHERITANCE

Financial planning

High-net-worth clients with between $5-10 million are found to have the greatest unmet advice needs, according to LGT Crestone, with inheritance planning viewed as the mo...

Financial planning

Financial advice has an important role to play in navigating family discussions around inheritance, according to CFS, with younger generations expecting a windfall of mor...

Expert Analysis

With the end of financial year fast approaching, this may be an optimal time to start a discussion with families about future succession planning, writes Peter Leggett. ...

Financial planning

There is a gap in the market for Australian advisers to help individuals with succession planning as the country has been noted by Capital Group for being overly “hands o...

Expert Analysis

A lawyer has shared how financial advisers can collaboratively work with law firms to successfully protect their clients' assets in the case of a family dispute....

Financial planning

Wealth management is facing a “fundamental transformation” as 81 per cent of next-gen inheritors have said they will likely switch away from their parents’ wealth manager...

Financial planning

Despite younger generations representing the largest group of potential inheritors, CoreData has discovered less than half of beneficiaries have professional advice to na...

Financial planning

With next-generation heirs unlikely to retain their family’s financial advisers after receiving an inheritance, Capgemini has explored how firms can work with younger gen...

Financial planning

Fidelity finds next-gen investors are increasingly open to seeking financial advice to plan for an impending wealth transfer, as they mull over future investments in real...

Funds management

The intergenerational wealth transfer is in full swing with the number of billionaires who have inherited their money outpacing those who are self-made for the first time...

Financial planning

Amid aged care funding discussions, new research reveals 73 per cent of Australians would be willing to forego an inheritance to let older family members enjoy a comforta...

Financial planning

Some $68 trillion is set to be passed on by the baby boomer generation in inheritance with the millennial recipients reporting they will most likely put it towards their ...

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