This article references a number of good reasons why inter-generational wealth transfers occur; but fewer relating to two of the most important questions: WHY are Parents & Grandparents & other Family members motivated to transfer their wealth to the next generation? HOW best to responsibly prepare the recipients for a legacy gift? We will address […]
Why Are Families Motivated To Transfer Wealth?
Wealth can represent such hard assets as stocks, bonds, cash, real estate, businesses, art, cultural treasures, jewellery, inheritances and trusts. We are privileged to live in a country that equally values such assets as integrity, a moral compass, education, diligence, trust, leadership, innovation, opportunity, freedom of movement, thought & spirituality, integration, immigration, stewardship, kindness and […]
Tuesday Talks with Brian Etherington: Wealth & Well Being
A leading cultural and spiritual question of the current era is how to make wise decisions in an age of affluence. The increase of personal affluence and wealth has put before increasing numbers of people the opportunity to decide something substantial: whether and how they wish to move from an emphasis on the quantity of […]
Tuesday Talks with Brian Etherington: What is Wealth?
Wealth can result from a passive action such as a lottery ticket, an inheritance, a discovery or a gift; but for the vast majority of people it is the result of a journey. Christopher Columbus said that: “You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shoreā. The […]