Asia’s rich fear losing the family fortune — but many still have no succession plans, survey shows

Cnbc · May 29, 2026 · 372 words · By Lee Ying Shan

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Asia's wealthy families want to preserve their fortunes across generations, but many still lack basic succession plans, according to a new Lombard Odier survey.

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What happened

Asia's wealthy families want to preserve their fortunes across generations, but many still lack basic succession plans, according to a new Lombard Odier survey.

Why it matters

The survey of more than 390 high-net-worth individuals across Asia-Pacific with net investable assets of at least $1 million found that 64.2% of respondents said preserving family wealth across generations was their main priority when considering wealth…

Common ground

Yet only 26.9% said their family had a full succession plan in place, while 39.4% said they had no succession planning at all.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Appeal to Fear: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “a new Lombard Odier survey... of more than 390 high-net-worth individuals across Asia-Pacific with net investable assets of at least $1 million”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm the survey was conducted by Lombard Odier, covered more than 390 high-net-worth individuals in Asia-Pacific, and took place between December 2025 and February 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (Chinese: 合格境外机构投资者; pinyin: hégé jìngwài jīgòu tóuzīzhě; also known as QFII) program, one of the first efforts to internationalize the RMB, represents Chi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualified_Foreign_Institutiona…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Banking in Switzerland dates to the early 18th century through Switzerland's merchant trade and over the centuries has grown into a complex and regulated international industry. Banking is seen as emb…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banking_in_Switzerland

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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 · The survey was conducted between December 2025 and February 2026 and covered more than 390 high-net-worth individuals residing in the Asia- ...
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/more-than-half-asia…

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Claim 2: “39.4% said they had no succession planning at all”

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The figure of 39.4% for having no succession planning at all is consistently reported by multiple independent sources.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Annika Falkengren (née Bolin) is a former managing partner at Lombard Odier Group, a position she held from 2017 to 2023. She was president and CEO of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) from 2005 to …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annika_Falkengren

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Lombard Odier Group is an independent Swiss banking group based in Geneva. Its operations are organised into three divisions: private banking (wealth management), asset management, and IT and back…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_Lombard_Odier_&_Co

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — J.M. Huber Corporation is a corporation that produces consumer and industrial products. The J.M. Huber Corporation received the IMD-Lombard Odier Global Family Business Award for 2013.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.M._Huber_Corporation

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Claim 3: “only 26.9% said their family had a full succession plan in place”

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The figure of 26.9% for having a full succession plan is cited across multiple independent sources reporting on the Lombard Odier survey.

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Claim 4: “Nearly 29% of respondents identified a lack of open communication as a key governance challenge”

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One source ('The Asset') mentions a 29% figure, but it attributes this to 'lack of next-gen readiness' rather than 'lack of open communication'. There is no other source corroborating the 29% figure specifically for communication challenges.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 2, 2026 · Key barriers include difficulty reaching family agreement ( 34.8% ), lack of next-gen readiness ( 29% ), and discomfort discussing sensitive ...
https://www.theasset.com/article/56507/why-asia-s-wealthy-fa…

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web search NEUTRAL — one in five respondents cited a lack of regulatory clarity as either a large or small constraint to wider AI adoption.
https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/publications/report…

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web search NEUTRAL — Bad governance is a key risk, followed by social risks. Lombard Odier Global Climate Bond Fund).
https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/9139615241506289…

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Claim 5: “Across Asia-Pacific, Japan, the Philippines, Malaysia and Hong Kong stood out for weak succession preparedness. About half of the respondents in those markets said they had no succession plan or felt such planning was not relevant to them.”

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While there are search results discussing succession planning in Hong Kong and the Middle East, none of the provided evidence specifically confirms the 'approximately 50%' figure for the combined group of Japan, Philippines, Malaysia, and Hong Kong from the Lombard Odier survey.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anti-Filipino sentiment refers to the general dislike or hatred towards the Philippines, Filipinos, or Filipino culture. This can come in the form of direct slurs or persecution, in the form of connot…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Filipino_sentiment

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Japantown (日本人街) is a common name for Japanese communities in cities and towns outside Japan. Alternatively, a Japantown may be called J-town, Little Tokyo or Nihonmachi (日本町), the first two being com…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japantown

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Miscegenation is marriage or admixture between people who are members of different races. The word was coined in English from Latin miscere ('to mix') and genus ('race'). There is a long history of mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscegenation_in_Asia

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Claim 6: “64.2% of respondents said preserving family wealth across generations was their main priority when considering wealth transfer”

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The specific figure of 64.2% regarding preserving family wealth as the main priority is explicitly mentioned in multiple independent sources.

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Claim 7: “More than a quarter of Baby Boomers surveyed said their families had not discussed having a clear common purpose for wealth”

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The provided evidence mentions general lack of formalized succession processes and UHNWIs, but does not contain the specific statistic regarding Baby Boomers and the 'common purpose for wealth' from the Lombard Odier survey.

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web search NEUTRAL — Professor Jürgen Fritz of HEG Fribourg notes that "most family businesses have not yet formalized their succession process," confirming that while succession is ...
https://www.heg-fr.ch/media/alml3qxd/report-family-business-…

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web search NEUTRAL — With almost a fifth of UHNWIs planning to invest in CRE this year, we examine where the money is likely to come from (Middle Eastern and Asian investors have ...
https://www.knightfrank.com/site-assets/research/reports/the…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Publisher is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative ...
http://ndl.ethernet.edu.et/bitstream/123456789/31983/1/207.D…

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