RBC-Campden report shows 85% of North American family offices pick AI as top 12-month investment theme

• RBC flagged a sharp sentiment shift among North American family offices, citing broad positive median returns across asset classes in 2025.
• Direct private equity expectations reset higher, with 84% projecting results that match or beat 2025 over the next 2-5 years.
• AI led near-term investment priorities, picked by 85% of offices for the next 12 months; half reported AI as embedded in workflows.
• Cybersecurity became the top operational risk, cited by 59% of respondents, up from 16% in the prior year.
• Succession risk remained elevated: 23% saw a generational transfer in the past five years; about half reported incomplete or no succession plan.

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