Capgemini's survey indicates that 71 percent of the world's high net worth individuals are investing in digital assets
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Capgemini, a technology consulting firm, released its World Wealth Report for 2022 on June 14, which surveyed over 2,973 global High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs). The report indicated that about 71 percent of these wealthy individuals had invested in digital assets.
Of the individuals surveyed, 54 percent possessed wealth ranging from $1 million to $30 million, and 46 percent possessed a wealth of $30 million and over.
The survey considered the investment preferences for varied classes like digital assets, related exchange-traded funds (ETFs), non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and metaverse-related products. One of every seven wealthy people investing in digital assets was aged below 40 years.
Capgemini’s report has come in shortly after research by Accenture, which indicated that in Q1 2022, 52 percent of wealthy investors in Asia held some form of digital assets, which make up 7 percent of the surveyed investors’ holdings.
Accenture, however, also found that most wealth management firms have no plans to offer any digital asset exposure or related services. These firms have been slow to adapt to the new digital currency landscape and adopt investment products with crypto.