The death of British banking tycoon Jacob Rothschild could trigger a “Succession”-style battle between his heirs for his vast real estate and investment empire. Lord Rothschild, who died Monday at age 87, founded London-based RIT Capital Management in 1961, which remains one of the UK’s largest investment trusts and was the head of the British wing of the fabled banking dynasty that dates back to the 18th Century. With a family fortune estimated at $1 billion, according to The Sunday Times’ 2023 Rich List, naming the next Rothschild leader is being treated as seriously as the accession to the throne in a monarchy, ... (full story)