Succession & estate
What happens to what you own
Wills, intestacy, lasting powers of attorney and probate in Singapore, and what each one can and cannot reach.
Go to estate planning →A journal for the long horizon
What will
your wealth
make possible?
The Legacy Briefs brings together estate and legacy planning, public commentary and private briefings for families and advisers thinking beyond accumulation: how wealth is held, how it passes to the next generation, and how to use the institutions around it deliberately.
Explore the briefings →The premise
Legacy is not an event at the end of a life.
It is a living system of intentions, relationships and resources. It needs room to change, a clear centre of gravity, and a view beyond the next reporting period.
Over that horizon, stewardship depends on two things: a clear plan for how wealth passes, and deliberate use of the institutions that hold, grow and protect it in the meantime. The Legacy Briefs writes about both.
Read our point of view →Start here
Two ways in.
Institutions & advice
Using institutions deliberately
Banks, advisers, trustees and managers: what each is built to do, how it is paid, and what it may leave out.
Browse the briefs →The 300 Year Legacy Framework
A longer horizon begins with six questions.
Map Direction, Authority and Liquidity, then the Ownership, Liquidity and Returns engines that support the next transition. Begin with the Legacy Readiness Map; the other worksheets are there when you need to explore a question further.
Selected briefings
Ideas with
consequence.
Clear thinking for the decisions that have no easy rehearsal.
01Institutions & advice · Explainer
The Tier You Bank At Is Not the Plan You Have
Retail, Priority, Private. What each tier is actually built to sell you, what it deliberately leaves out, and the one thing that does not change no matter how high you climb.
02Institutions & advice · Explainer
Four Routes, Four Sets of Conflicts
Doing it yourself, the bank channel, an adviser, or a wealth manager. Every route runs on its own incentive. Understanding the mechanics behind each one is what makes the comparison useful.
03Institutions & advice · Explainer
Once You've Picked a Manager, Here's How the Machinery Works
Choosing an external asset manager is not the same exercise as choosing a financial adviser. The order of decisions, and what sits inside each one, is where most of the value or the waste actually happens.
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The proper question is not whether wealth will endure, but whether it will remain useful to the people entrusted with it.
Beyond the page
For the questions
that deserve time.
When a brief raises a question specific to your family, your clients or your structure, you can take it further in a private walkthrough or a confidential discussion.