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There are few parts of the law quite as fraught as succession. As the great wealth transfer gets under way, wrangling about who gets what is tearing families apart Get our breaking news email, free ...

SINGAPORE - The prudence of older Singaporeans in accumulating wealth has apparently caused many of their children to feel entitled to a share, with some of them viewing inheritance as a windfall, ...

Switzerland, long a haven for the ultra-rich, voted to reject a hefty tax on large inheritances on Sunday. But the debate around it shook the country's affluent residents, an expert told CNBC before ...

There are two entirely reasonable responses to this. One is to worry about the new inheritocracy harming society: how it could corrode incentives to work, say, or widen inequality and distort the ...

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In Oscar Wilde’s celebrated 1895 comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest, one of the protagonists famously asserts, “All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy.” This is obviously ...

Memento mori—though not a very cheery sentiment, it is a practical one. Though we will die, many of our things—our money, items, children, and legacy—don’t die with us, which is why estate planning is ...