Key Takeaways
- In Asia, China's intergenerational wealth transfer to hit RMB 100 trillion by 2035.
- Japan elderly hold 60% of ¥3,000 trillion household assets for transfer.
- India family businesses to transfer $1 trillion by 2030, 70% SMEs.
- In Europe, the EU expects €14 trillion intergenerational wealth transfer by 2027, with Germany contributing €2.5 trillion.
- UK baby boomers hold £2.1 trillion in assets for transfer by 2052.
- France anticipates €600 billion annual wealth transfers 2020-2030, 60% untaxed gifts.
- Globally, $124 trillion wealth transfer expected 2023-2047 across 53 markets.
- World boomers hold $67 trillion, 25% of global wealth for transfer.
- Emerging markets to see 40% of $100 trillion transfer by 2030.
- US Great Wealth Transfer to exacerbate inequality, top 10% capture 60%.
- Globally, inheritances increase Gini coefficient by 8% in unequal societies.
- US Black-white wealth gap persists, transfers widen it by 20%.
- In the US, the Great Wealth Transfer is projected to amount to $84.4 trillion from 2019 to 2045, with $72.6 trillion passing to heirs and $11.8 trillion to charity.
- US baby boomers hold 52% of US wealth totaling $78 trillion as of 2023, expected to transfer much of it intergenerationally by 2045.
- From 1990 to 2020, intergenerational wealth transfers in the US accounted for 23% of total household wealth growth.
Global wealth transfers could reach $124 trillion by 2047, reshaping inequality as families pass assets to heirs.
Asia
Asia Interpretation
Europe
Europe Interpretation
Global
Global Interpretation
Inequality
Inequality Interpretation
US
US Interpretation
How We Rate Confidence
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