J.P. Morgan Achieves its Highest Ranking in Global Investor/ISF 2011 Equity Survey

New York, October 27, 2011 – J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services today announced that it achieved its best ranking to date in the 2011 Equity Lending Survey conducted by Global Investor/ISF magazine.  J.P. Morgan was named ‘Second Overall Lender’ (weighted and unweighted) as well as top provider in both the ‘EMEA Lender’ (weighted) and ‘Breadth of Supply Emerging Markets’ categories. The Global Investor/ISF Equity Lending Survey, now in its 16th year, is intended to give a holistic picture of good practice across the global industry. The survey’s results are based on responses from trading counterparts, providing objective assessment and an industry benchmark for high performance.

 “We are very proud of our results in this year’s Global Investor/ISF Equity Lending Survey, as they represent our best ranking to date,” said Colin McKechnie, global head of trading services for J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services. “This recognition highlights our continued commitment to offering a full spectrum of industry-leading servicing solutions and products.”

Aaron Woolner , editor for Global Investor/ISF, said, “In this year’s survey, we saw J.P. Morgan achieve a much-improved second place ranking in the overall lenders unweighted category with a score of 83%. In the space of one year its score increased dramatically from 5% to 77 %, enough to jump four places from sixth, which was the joint-largest improvement in ranking in the Group One lenders table.”

This recognition is the latest for J.P. Morgan’s Securities Lending business. J.P. Morgan was recently ranked the top securities lending provider among the large global securities lending providers in the 2011 Global Custodian Securities Lending Survey and was the only large global securities lending agent to have ratings above average in all three regions covered by the survey (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific). For more information on J.P. Morgan securities lending services, please visit www.jpmorgan.com/securitieslending.

About J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services
J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services (WSS) is a premier securities servicing provider that helps institutional investors, alternative asset managers, broker dealers and equity issuers optimize efficiency, mitigate risk and enhance revenue. A division of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., WSS leverages the firm’s global scale, leading technology and deep industry expertise to service investments around the world. It has $16.3 trillion in assets under custody and $7.5 trillion in funds under administration. For more information, go to www.jpmorgan.com/wss .  

About JPMorgan Chase & Co.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $2.2 trillion and operations in more than 60 countries. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers, small business and commercial banking, financial transaction processing, asset management and private equity. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase & Co. serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under its J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Information about JPMorgan Chase & Co. is available at www.jpmorganchase.com.