Originally Posted by
llary
I think you are totally right. Still, as much as I try to be professional and not take it personally it stings to feel like a criminal while paying $1230 for the privilege (yes, that's the Taiwan platinum annual fee).
You definitely shouldn't take it personally, and I'm sure that it wasn't. While I haven't noticed FRs as much recently, I do recall during the height of 2008 financial crisis a couple of my friends (in the Hedge Fund & PE business) had both of their Centurions and related AUs all frozen, with tax returns, documents of assets, and even a financial statement from a bank verifying liquid assets.
Generally, as is the case with any financial services firm, once there's even a hint of clogging in the financial plumbing, risk aversion--more specifically risk elimination--kicks into overdrive.