Spouses — mostly women — could inherit $9 trillion from their partners in the next 25 years

• Older generations are set to pass on trillions of dollars. Much of that money will go to spouses.
• A new UBS report said spouses, largely women, could inherit $9 trillion.
• Some of this money could go toward women's causes. But not all women can inherit from their husbands.

There's a huge wave of money and other assets set to change hands — and a good chunk of it will go to spouses, especially women.

Dubbed the "Great Horizontal Wealth Transfer" by UBS in the bank's 2024 Global Wealth Report released this week, the term describes asset transfers within the same generation.