Many parents still don’t tell adult kids about their wealth

It’s hard for adult children to make a financial plan without knowing how exactly their situation could change. PHOTO: UNSPLASH
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The largest transfer of money is under way – with more than an estimated US$70 trillion (S$91 trillion) set to pass from wealthy baby boomers to their children over the next 20 years in the United States alone – and no one wants to talk about it.

Financial institutions have done various surveys on this topic, but their conclusions are always the same – neither parents nor their adult children want to discuss the former’s finances.

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