KaratShield Secure Vault has published its 2026 Family Office Wealth Preservation Report, drawing on anonymized data across its international client base and third-party survey data from over 200 family offices.
Key findings include a 27% year-over-year increase in family offices allocating a portion of holdings to independently held physical gold and precious metals, and a growing preference for jurisdictional diversification — with clients increasingly splitting holdings across two or more countries to mitigate single-jurisdiction political and regulatory risk.
"Family offices are no longer treating physical asset storage as a niche allocation," the report notes. "It has become a core pillar of wealth preservation strategy, particularly among multi-generational families prioritizing capital protection over yield."
The full report is available to KaratShield clients and qualified institutional enquirers upon request through the Contact page.