Britons 'aim to bequeath £182,000'

%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%British retirees expect to leave an inheritance to their children worth £182,000 on average, a figure which is among the highest recorded across a global study.

Almost two-thirds (64%) of retirees in the UK said they plan to leave an inheritance and only Australia and Singapore had higher average expected windfalls, HSBC's survey of more than 16,000 people in different countries found.