Our Mission

Providing insight on the trends and issues of strategic significance...

Campden’s ability to operate at the forefront of innovation for substantial financial and business-owning families comes from its privileged access to their leaders, significant family offices and the influential professionals who advise them.

These relationships provide an understanding of what is essential to ultra-high net-worth families.  By connecting with their everyday concerns, Campden identifies proprietary research projects that produce valuable data and insightful analysis on topics of strategic significance.

Campden has researched trends and developments in European single family offices, chronicled the changing role of US family offices, studied advanced

planning practices for business-owning families, looked at the challenges of succession and wealth management in Russia, assessed attitudes towards global family philanthropy and reported on how affluent women are taking control of their future.

Campden Research reports have garnered widespread coverage in international business media including The Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Reuters, The Economist, CNBC and the BBC as well as specialty and geographically based publications – L’agefi, Corriere della Sera, The Times, South China Morning Post, Handelsblatt, Vedomosti and USA Today.

…an ongoing understanding of what is essential to the success of ultra-high net-worth families.

Current Research Reports

Family Business

European Family Business Survey 2012

Campden Research will launch the first European Family Business Survey in April 2012.

Russia's Wealth Creators Survey 2011

Report published in 2011, showcasing the gradual evolution of the Russian entrepreneurial experience, advancing the understanding of Ultra-High Net-Worth individuals in Russia.  With a comparative view, highlighting key dynamics that have changed since the first study in 2009.

Family Office

Asia Pacific Family Office Survey 2012

Campden Research launched the first annual Asia-Pacific Family Office Survey on Tuesday 21 February 2012 at the UBS Business University, Singapore.  A second launch will take place on Thursday 23 February 2012 in Hong Kong. 

European Family Office Survey 2011

This is the 4th edition of the Survey, launched on 10 November 2011 at the European Family Office Conference in London.

Family Wealth

Next Generation Wealth Research 2012

Following the success of U.S. Family Wealth reports in 2008, 2009 and 2010 Campden Research will publish the first piece of research to focus exclusively on the next generation in April 2012.

Family Performance Tracking® Survey

The Institute for Private Investors (IPI) 12th Annual Performance Tracking Survey reveals historical trends that reflect the intentions, expectations and concerns of IPI member families overall.  It also details the actual asset allocation and net return of investors’ individual portfolios for this year.

North American Family Wealth Planning Study 2010

This 2010 U.S. report provides a unique insight into how the wealthiest individuals and families have responded to the financial crisis – how much they know about their wealth plans post-recession and how they have evolved, including their trusts and estate, business succession and investment strategies.

Responsible Investment in Asia Report 2011

This one-off report looks at the definition of responsible investment in the Asia-Pacific region and global drivers for its growth in the coming years.  Responsible investing in Asia might just be one of the most interesting - and potentially lucrative - investment opportunities of the 21st century.

Archive Research Reports

Russia’s Wealth Creators 2009

This first report published in 2009 is a comprehensive analysis capturing a sense of significant Russian entrepreneurs' perspectives on critical issues around management that they, their firms and their families expected to face in the next five years. 

Protecting the Family Fortune Report 2008

Created during the global recession, Protecting the Family Fortune is a global study of 242 owners of family businesses with an average worth of $730 million, and is the most comprehensive report of its kind.

European Single Family Office Survey 2009

The Campden Research European Family Office series provides a unique insight into the closed and private community of family offices.   In common with every other business and financial-related entity, single family offices in Europe were shaken up by the economic instability of 2008.   This second survey analysed their reaction and expectations for the future in that context.

European Family Office Survey 2010

 The Campden Research European Family Office series provides a unique insight into the closed and private community of family offices.  In 2010, for the first time, the survey included both single- and multi-family offices.

North American Family Office Survey 2009

U.S. Trust and Campden Research presented the North American Family Office This U.S. report provides a comprehensive look at the future of family offices in the context of the global recession.   It provides invaluable insights into how family offices were focusing their resources and evolving in 2009 as well as analysis of how they might rebuild trust with financial services providers. 

European Single Family Office Survey 2008

The Campden Research European Family Office series provides a unique insight into the closed and private community of family offices.   This first report in provided a fascinating analysis of the range of issues affecting single family offices in 2008, and unique insight into how these issues would shape them in the years to come.

Women and Wealth Research 2009

This one-off report provides insight into the way that 40 women between the ages of 40 and 65 with a net worth greater than $25m, view their wealth. It documents their attitudes to wealth, what they would like to achieve with it for themselves, their families and communities and key concerns they have regarding their wealth. 

Global Family Philanthropy Report 2009

In 2009 BNP Paribas and Campden Research in association with Changing our World,  created this first truly global study of family philanthropy. Examining how ultra-high net-worth families engage in and manage their philanthropic activities.

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