JPMorgan
Chase Private Client Services and
their questionable Trustee Duties
The
JP Morgan Chase Bank, Private Client Services was assigned by Mary's deceased husband’s attorney to be the
Trustee of the estate, which after her death will also benefit various
charities. As known by law, the powers and duties of Trustees should be
performed in a reasonable and prudent manner on behalf of the beneficiaries.
It
is Mary's belief that the bank who made a commitment to be the trustee of this
estate did not act in the trust's
best interest. With respect due to the transaction activities in the
account, she believes they were reckless and incompetent and resulted in a large
account balance reduction as they were improperly diversified and of high risk
nature. This includes and is not limited to high-risk investments.
The trust was extremely mismanaged by JP Morgan Wealth Management because most of the investments were subjected to a wrong ‘Buy’ and ‘Hold’ strategy since the beginning of 2007, resulting as shown in June 2009 in very big losses.
As
of June 30, 2009 a total of 64.5 % of trust assets were positioned
in JPMorgan's proprietary funds, a clear conflict of interest.
The overall cost of Mutual funds added 2.4 % to the trust management
expenses.
As
of Sept. 31. 2009 the trust assets were $ 5,579,602.50 with a cash position of
$ 3,303,084.28 or 59.2 %.The total trust income for September was only $
3,522.91 or 0.63 %.
Who
benefits from this cash position sitting in Money Market accounts?
Furthermore, JP Morgan managed to dispose of investments during September of 2009 resulting in a loss of $ 131,103.12, thus confirming their strategies were unsuitable for the trust. We disagree with Exxon Mobil being an 'unsuitable' investment.
In
short, JP Morgan refused to diversify based on researched and reliable market
strategies, rather the tactics they used only benefited their own organizational
financial gain.
In
summary, this account suffered tremendous losses because it was unprofessionally
managed. With respect due to
JP Morgan Wealth Management, this organization’s decisions
makers have proven to be irresponsible and unethical without compassion to the
client and the end-beneficiaries, charities who serve thousands of people in
need. The bank has not only added to the financial detriment of a
spouse but also that of important helpful charities. Keeping at heart
today's suffering in our communities and appreciating other compassionate
organizations stressing to do the best to help. JPMorgan Chase Bank manages to
show gains at the cost of their clients.
JPMorgan’s
third quarter profits soared sevenfold to 3.6 billion
JPMorgan's profit for 2009 was 11.73
billion.