Inheritance

9 Mar 2013

The former wife of Chen Din-hwa, late founder of the Nan Fung Group, has sued her daughter over properties worth "substantially" more than HK$1.5 billion, court papers show.

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Samsung boss Lee Kun-hee wins US$4b in inheritance row

2 Feb 2013

The chairman of Samsung Electronics has kept his fortune and control of the Samsung conglomerate after a South Korean court yesterday ruled against his older brother in an inheritance battle.

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Hong Kong government becomes heir to HK$62m worth of ownerless estates

28 Jan 2013

According to an official source, the government is still seeking ways to identify the unclaimed estates, which include bank savings and items in safe-deposit boxes.

10:19AM

Pets now provided for in estate planning, says veteran Elsa Pau

28 Jan 2013

Elsa Pau Yuen-ling said she saw a couple of cases a year in which her clients decide to include pet care in their wills.

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Where there's a will, there's many ways to get into dispute

26 Sep 2012

Shakespeare's King Lear famously grapples with complex issues of inheritance involving what lawyers would call mental capacity, undue influence and forgery. The passage of time has not simplified...

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Nevada loner lived in Aladdin's cave worth $7m

19 Sep 2012

Northern Nevada officials say there's a lesson here of a Howard Hughes ilk: You can never judge a person's worth by the kind of life he or she leads.

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

1:26AM

Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

Parents pay the price in grey area of school entry

Thousands of parents are learning a hard and expensive lesson about the seedier side of the education system in China's second-largest city.

2:10PM

The many benefits of a trust

The basic concept of a trust is simple - it's a legal arrangement where someone referred to as the settlor, donor or grantor transfers legal title of their assets to an individual or institution,...

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Perils of letting patriarch hold all the assets

Trusts have many uses, even in a low-tax regime like Hong Kong. They can be effective for long-term wealth planning and can provide assurance that assets and wealth will pass intact to the next...

1:09PM

Money is root cause of disputes

Wealth and money have caused conflict in more than half of affluent families in Hong Kong. That is the conclusion of a report released by British investment bank Barclays.

1:54AM

Wealthy use wills to benefit neediest heirs

When it comes to inheritance, not all children are equal, according to a new survey of the wealthy. The needier offspring are likely to get more, as are those willing to take over the family...

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Clients look for simple answers

Two questions inevitably confront investors and entrepreneurs once they achieve a certain level of personal financial success: how to protect their wealth and who else should benefit from it....

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