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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-17f-2
Certificate of Accounting of Securities and Similar
Investments in the Custody of
Management Investment Companies
Pursuant to Rule 17f-2 [17 CFR 270.17f-2]
1. Investment Company Act File Number: | Date examination completed: | |||||||||||
811-21638 | February 29, 2020 | |||||||||||
2. State Identification Number: | ||||||||||||
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ID | IL | IN | IA | KS | KY | |||||||
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WV | WI | WY | PUERTO RICO | |||||||||
Other (specify):
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3. Exact name of investment company as specified in registration statement: | ||||||||||||
JPMorgan Institutional Trust | ||||||||||||
4. Address of principal executive office (number, street, city, state, zip code): | ||||||||||||
277 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10172 |
INSTRUCTIONS
This Form must be completed by investment companies that have custody of securities or similar investments.
Investment Company
1. | All items must be completed by the investment company. |
2. | Give this Form to the independent public accountant who, in compliance with Rule 17f-2 under the Act and applicable state law, examines securities and similar investments in the custody of the investment company. |
Accountant
3. | Submit this Form to the Securities and Exchange Commission and appropriate state securities administrators when filing the certificate of accounting required by Rule 17f-2 under the Act and applicable state law. File the original and one copy with the Securities and Exchange Commissions principal office in Washington, D.C., one copy with the regional office for the region in which the investment companys principal business operations are conducted, and one copy with the appropriate state administrator(s), if applicable. |
THIS FORM MUST BE GIVEN TO YOUR INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
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SECs Collection of Information
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Filing of Form N-17f-2 is mandatory for an investment company that has custody of securities or similar investments. Rule 17f-2 under section 17(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 requires the investment company to retain an independent public accountant to verify the companys securities and similar investments by actual examination three times during each fiscal year. The accountant must prepare a certificate stating that the examination has occurred and describing the examination, and must transmit the certificate to the Commission with Form N-17f-2 as a cover sheet. The Commission uses the Form to ensure that the certificate is properly attributed to the investment company. The Commission estimates that the burden of completing Form N-17f-2 is approximately 1.0 hours per filing. Any member of the public may direct to the Commission any comments concerning the accuracy of the burden estimate of this Form, and any suggestions for reducing this burden. This collection of information has been reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget in accordance with the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. ß 3507. Responses to this collection of information will not be kept confidential.
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Management Statement Regarding Compliance with Certain Provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940
We, as members of management of the funds listed in Appendix A (each a separate series of JPMorgan Institutional Trust) (the Funds), are responsible for complying with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2, Custody of Investments by Registered Management Investment Companies, of the Investment Company Act of 1940. We are also responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal controls over compliance with those requirements. We have performed an evaluation of the Funds compliance with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 as of February 29. 2020, and the period from August 14, 2019 through February 29. 2020.
Based on this evaluation, we assert that the Funds were in compliance with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as of February 29. 2020, and the period from August 14, 2019 through February 29. 2020, with respect to securities reflected in the investment accounts of the Funds.
JPMorgan Institutional Trust | ||
By: | /s/ Joseph Parascondola | |
Mr. Joseph Parascondola | ||
Assistant Treasurer | ||
July 9, 2020 | ||
Date |
Appendix A
JPMorgan Core Bond Trust
JPMorgan Intermediate Bond Trust
Report of Independent Accountants
To the Board of Trustees of JPMorgan Institutional Trust
We have examined managements assertion, included in the accompanying Management Statement Regarding Compliance with Certain Provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, that each fund listed in Appendix A (each a separate series of JPMorgan Institutional Trust) (the Funds) complied with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Act) as of February 29, 2020. The Funds management is responsible for its assertion and the Funds compliance with those requirements. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on managements assertion about the Funds compliance with the specified requirements based on our examination.
Our examination was conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Those standards require that we plan and perform the examination to obtain reasonable assurance about whether managements assertion about compliance with the specified requirements is fairly stated, in all material respects, and, accordingly, included examining, on a test basis, evidence about the Funds compliance with those requirements and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. Included among our procedures were the following tests performed as of February 29, 2020, and with respect to agreement of security purchases and sales, for the period from August 14, 2019 (the date of our last examination), through February 29, 2020:
| Reconciliation of all securities shown on the books and records of the Funds to the statements from J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the Custodian); |
| Count and inspection of all securities located in the vault of the Custodian at 4 Chase Metrotech Center, New York, NY 11245 without prior notice to management; |
| Confirmation of all securities of the Funds held at the Depository Trust Company and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (the depositories) in book entry form and review of the reconciliation procedures performed by the Custodian at an omnibus level between the depositories and the books and records of the Custodian; and |
| Agreement of 3 security purchases and 3 security sales or maturities since our last report from the books and records of the Funds to broker confirmations or, where broker replies were not received, the application of alternative procedures. |
We believe that our examination provides, and that the evidence we obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide, a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the Funds compliance with the specified requirements.
In our opinion, managements assertion that the Funds listed in Appendix A complied with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as of February 29, 2020 with respect to securities reflected in the investment accounts of the Funds is fairly stated, in all material respects.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, PricewaterhouseCoopers Center, 300 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017 T: (646) 471 3000, F: (813) 286 6000, www.pwc.com/us |
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Trustees of JPMorgan Institutional Trust and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than the specified parties.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
New York, New York |
July 9, 2020 |
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Appendix A
JPMorgan Core Bond Trust
JPMorgan Intermediate Bond Trust
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