After posting double-digit gains the previous year, investment companies representing the world's ultra-rich are intending to increase their private equity bets, according to a poll. According to a report from Bloomberg, the survey of 179 North American family offices showed private equity outperforming all other investments. Last year, respondents’ earnings from direct and fund allocations, as well as venture capital, ranged from 21% to 26% on average. “The key story this year is about private equity,” RBC and Campden Wealth said in their 2022 North America Family Office Report.