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A partnership you can grow with

Backed by a global network of experienced professionals and a proven track record of success, the Trusts & Estates team at the Private Bank is uniquely suited in seeking to meet your clients’ fiduciary needs. From managing a portfolio of marketable securities to administering complex specialty assets, expect unmatched reliability and the resources to do it all. We work with one goal in mind: to help bring your clients’ legacies to life.

As a professional who advises wealthy families, you may appreciate a partner who has the depth and experience to address your clients’ diverse and multi-generational needs—one who understands the vision you have for your business and provides the same level of personalized attention and detail that you do.

Legacy and reach
 

With a legacy that spans nearly 200 years and a global team of over 400 professionals, we’re accustomed to the complex, and we’re investing in the future with technological innovation and geographic expansion.

This chart includes a breakdown of our Trusts & Estates team by the numbers. We have almost $240 billion in trust and estate assets, 29 locations across the U.S., Singapore and The Bahamas, almost 200 years of experience in the trust industry and over 20 years of average experience per trust and estate officer. This data is approximated and as of March 2023.

As trustee or executor, our responsibilities include investments in accordance with trust objectives, interpretation of trust terms, making distributions, communicating with beneficiaries, preparing taxes and keeping records.

How we can work with you and your clients
 

  • Trustee/Executor: We have sole responsibility for investments or distributions
  • Co-Trustee/Executor: Share responsibility for investments and distributions with one or more individuals
  • Directed Trustee: Individual or third party is appointed to control investments and distributions. We typically serve as Delaware directed trustee
  • Agent for Trustee/Executor/Foundation: We are engaged to take on select responsibilities
As of November 2022.

The value of experience


If you have clients with nontraditional assets, we will support them with our decades of complex fiduciary experience and one of the world’s largest teams. We understand the day-to-day operational challenges of various asset types and can offer your client strategic and time- and cost-saving advice. See below for some examples of our work.

Examples of our specialty asset work

Real Estate

Manage nearly 700 properties valued at approximately $1b

Manage a number of multifamily buildings with 1,000+ units held in various legal entities, where we also manage debt and liquidity needs for the trusts owning an interest.

Mineral Assets

Manage over 80,000 mineral assets across the United States

Negotiated competitive lease terms for a client who holds oil and gas acreage, leading to a transaction value greater than six times the initial offer.

Private Business

Manage over $5.5bn in nearly 800 privately held investments

Served as director for a third-generation multinational manufacturer, for which we’ve been active in all aspects of the business for over 20 years—including attending board meetings.

Private Foundations and Grants Management

Support over 400 family foundations and oversee nearly 10,000 grant requests annually

Provided intermediary investment management and philanthropy support while a client’s private family foundation was being established; worked alongside foundation staff to ensure a successful transition.
As of March 2023.
You may have clients with assets and family members across borders. Our diverse group of dedicated professionals are located around the globe, with 17 unique languages spoken on the team. We’ll collaborate with you and your client to tailor strategies to their home country, or to craft multijurisdictional solutions that consider the global reach of their portfolio. As a global team that serves beneficiaries in over 90 different countries, we are ready to help your client meet their goals with trust companies located in Delaware, The Bahamas and Singapore.

Our Leadership Team

Adam Clark

Adam Clark

Global Head of Trusts & Estates

Martin Pollock

Martin Pollock

Head of International Trust Services and the Singapore Trust Company

There can be no assurance that the professionals currently employed by J.P. Morgan will continue to be employed by J.P. Morgan or that the past performance or success of any such professional serves as an indicator of such professional’s future performance or success.

Bringing legacies to life

 

Our collaborative approach begins with understanding your clients’ goals and ensuring their intentions are followed. We know we share these priorities with you—along with a deep commitment to providing an exceptional experience. For these reasons, we are confident that we can build on our successes together. Even the most perfectly drafted plan is only as effective as its execution. Earning your trust is an essential objective.

Expanded networks

 

Through mutual connections with clients and influencers, satisfaction with our service will grow—as will referrals

Industry insights

 

You and your clients will have access to J.P. Morgan Private Bank’s global capabilities, such as our thought leadership, market outlooks and ideas.

Communication and education

 

Together, we work with clients to facilitate sensitive conversations with family members and educate them on the options available.

Distinguished events

 

Let’s work together to develop events to engage with clients and prospects, sharing our market views and value propositions.

Innovation, vision, integrity

 

Your clients need advisors with a strong foundation, as well as a vision for what’s next. We are preparing to serve our clients not only for the near future, but for generations to come. To that end, we’re investing in technologies such as artificial intelligence, digital client portals and enhanced character recognition to create a better client experience. Innovations like these also increase the efficiency and consistency of our work, creating opportunities to engage more deeply with families.
 

Recent Events and Engagements:

 
  • Kathleen Kinne, Brandon Ross, Todd Flubacher, Esq., presented to Greater Washington Trusts & Estates attorneys on Delaware Trust Law Updates and Emerging Trends
  • The Dallas Trusts & Estates teams and Wealth Advisors hosted an Open House for Professional Advisors to attend a cocktail reception at the new Dallas office and get to know the team
  • Regan Bohnert (Trust Officer) and the Cincinnati J.P. Morgan Private Bank team hosted a luncheon for the Coolidge Wall law firm on May 20, 2022, with 15 members of the firm in attendance
  • Megan Snyder and Regan Bohnert (Trust Officers) hosted a “Specialty Assets in Trust” discussion featuring special guests Jeff Milligan and Mike Redin from J.P. Morgan Trusts & Estates’ specialty assets team at the Worthington (Ohio) Estate Planning Council in September 2022
  • Bruce Glor (Trust Officer) represented J.P. Morgan and was the Emcee of Salvation Army’s Red Shield Symposium, Annual Estate and Charitable Planning Institute in Indianapolis on October 20, 2022, with 90 attendees, including T&E attorneys, CPAs, CFPs, licensed Financial Advisors and Trust Officers
  • Hosted a luncheon for Fort Worth attorneys titled, “To Infinity and Beyond – Administering Trusts from a Corporate Trustee’s Perspective”
  • Julie Golden (Trust Officer) hosted two Fiduciary Liability Round Tables in partnership with Woodruff Sawyer. The round table discussion focused on: “Who is talking with individual fiduciaries about their roles, responsibilities and Liabilities?”, “How are the various roles presented – trustee, trust protector, investment advisor?”, “Who should individual trustees be consulting with for advice and who pays for that?”
  • Host a quarterly women’s professional advisor networking event in Denver
  • Kelly Perez (Wealth Advisor) presented for Valley Estate Planners in Phoenix, Arizona and at the Notre Dame Tax and Estate Planning Institute around “Evaluating Estate Planning Techniques in a Rising Interest Rate Environment”

Insights

Access the J.P. Morgan Trusts & Estates Forms Book

Our goal is to make the trusts and estates process as easy as possible for both you and your clients. Download the forms book to access provisions to be considered as you work with your clients in naming J.P. Morgan as trustee or executor. Additional onboarding checklists are also available to provide you with some of the core information we will need from you and your client to accept trustee or executor appointments.

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