New Delhi: India has the highest share of super-rich people globally who want to make a positive impact on society by giving back to their local communities in areas like health, education and children's causes, a report says.
According to the World Wealth Report 2014, released by Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management, more than 90 percent of India's High Net-Worth Individuals (HNWIs) seek to achieve more than just monetary returns while managing their wealth.
In India, 90.5 percent of HNWIs viewed driving social impact as either extremely or very important, followed by China (89.4 percent) and Indonesia (89.2 percent) in the second and third place respectively. Hong Kong (82.1 percent) and Malaysia (81.1 percent) round out the top five.
Mexico (77.1 percent), Brazil (76.4 percent), Russia (71.8 percent), Singapore (70.1 percent) and South Africa (68.1 percent) make it to the the top 10.
Super-rich people in Western nations like Italy (66 percent), Germany (63.4 percent), the UK (60.2 percent) and the US (56 percent) also show propensity to drive social impact.
HNWIs are those who have atleast USD 1 million in investable wealth.
Globally, a vast majority (92 percent) of HNWIs feel that investing their time, money or expertise to make a positive social impact is important to them, with 61 percent describing it as very or extremely important.
HNWIs are looking to firms to play a greater role in supporting their social impact objectives, the report said.
The report further said more HNWIs between USD 10 million and USD 20 million rate it as extremely or very important (74.3 percent), compared to those with between USD 5 million and USD 10 million (68.5 percent) and those with more than USD 20 million (62.0 percent).
Health, education, and children's causes are top priorities for HNWIs. About one-third of HNWIs currently allocate resources toward each.
Health, witnessed higher allocations from HNWIs who were over 60 years of compared to their younger counterparts who are under 40.
Education emerged as the second most important priority for HNWIs overall. In particular, 35.3 percent of those over 60 deemed education as a top priority.
The welfare of older people also attracts a significant amount of HNWI attention, with 23.9 percent allocating resources toward it, making it fourth on the list of causes.
Age also plays a strong role in the desire of HNWIs to strive for social good.
While 75 percent of those under-40 cite driving social impact as either extremely important or very important, the tendency declines about 10 percent with each age segment, reaching a low of 45.4 percent for those 60 and older.
