DBS survey finds risk-readiness gaps in family offices’ wealth-transfer efforts - The Business Times
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[SINGAPORE] Wealthy families in the Asia-Pacific are expected to transfer as much as US$5.8 trillion in wealth to their heirs, but a new report by DBS Private Bank found a significant “risk-readiness gap” that could stall their ambitions.
[SINGAPORE] Wealthy families in the Asia-Pacific are expected to transfer as much as US$5.8 trillion in wealth to their heirs, but a new report by DBS Private Bank found a significant “risk-readiness gap” that could stall their ambitions.
The report, DBS Asian Family Office Almanac 2026: Assessing the Risk-readiness Gap, found that founders’ desire to remain in control is a key hurdle to wealth-transfer planning.
Only 4 per cent of those surveyed – founders and their benefactors – expect meaningful wealth transfer over the next three years. Around 33 per cent cited founders’ reluctance to relinquish control as the reason for the delay.
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