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business2 months ago

Most wealthy benefactors are open to changing their wealth advisors

Most heirs do not plan to keep their benefactors' wealth advisors, often because they already have their own or lack a relationship with the original advisor. Benefactors are generally indifferent about whether their heirs continue using the same advisors, and many do not discuss estate plans with their families, which can complicate wealth transfer. The trend suggests a shift towards heirs managing wealth independently or through their own advisors, emphasizing the importance of early estate planning conversations.

world2 years ago

"Vatican Seeks Heirs for Pope Benedict XVI's Estate"

Archbishop Georg Gänswein, who assisted Pope Benedict XVI, has found five individuals with claims to the late pontiff's estate, including three more cousins than he was expecting. It is not publicly known what money or assets are to be inherited from the former pope, who spent his final years living simply in a Vatican apartment. The late pope's vast library was willed to the Vatican and the Joseph Ratzinger Vatican Foundation.