‘It’s nothing personal’: Should I tell my 96-year-old stepmother that I don’t want her inheritance?

For advisors and dealers, the appeal is a wider field of smaller listed issuers turning to exempt offerings that retail clients can buy. The exemption leans on an issuer’s continuous disclosure record rather than a fresh prospectus, and the offering document would now point investors to seek the advice of a registrant. Dealers and finders…

9:05 AM, 22nd September 2026, 6 hours ago Around nine in 10 landlords have not had their latest tenancy agreement reviewed by a solicitor. Lendlord’s survey findings also reveal that 79% of landlords in its sample now use rolling or periodic tenancies. The property management and finance platform examined agreements held by 5,235 UK landlords…

Wealth taxes and similar proposals popping up around the country are giving advisors new factors to consider when building clients’ financial plans. Even so, they’re just one of many things that must be considered when helping clients choose where to live. Processing Content Existing taxes include New York City’s pied-à-terre tax; Washington state’s 9.9% levy…

After nearly four years of steadily amassing a cash balance of $397 billion, Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA -0.48%) (BRKB -0.41%) is finally putting a measurable amount of that money back to work. Oh, most of it still remains on the sidelines, undeployed. Specifically, as of the end of the conglomerate’s second fiscal quarter, which ended in…

Landlord caution has reduced rental supply, particularly in the lower-value property market, according to Savills. Savills said ongoing regulatory and tax pressures were continuing to weigh on landlord sentiment. While it restricted the amount of rental stock available, it helped drive rental growth. Jessica Tomlinson, research analyst at Savills, said: “There are signs that…