# Ameriprise Financial

**Ameriprise Financial, Inc.** is a diversified American financial services company, organized as a Delaware holding company with a more than 130-year history, that provides financial planning, wealth management, asset management, and insurance through a network of more than 10,000 financial advisors and the global asset manager Columbia Threadneedle Investments.<sup>[1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820027/000082002726000011/amp-20251231.htm)</sup> Its primary target market is households with $500,000 to $5,000,000 in investable assets, along with higher-net-worth households.<sup>[1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820027/000082002726000011/amp-20251231.htm)</sup>

| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Segments | Three: Advice & Wealth Management, Asset Management, and Retirement & Protection Solutions<sup>[2](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820027/000082002725000013/amp-20241231.htm)</sup> |
| Scale | $1.8 trillion in assets under management, administration, and advisement as of June 30, 2026<sup>[3](https://ebs.publicnow.com/view/62E64F91EEDB87445AFBEF88E35F77873C840FC3)</sup> |
| Advisors | More than 10,000 advisors; 10,427 at Q4 2024; trailing-12-month revenue per advisor a record $1.2 million in Q1 2026<sup>[1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820027/000082002726000011/amp-20251231.htm)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[4](https://ir.ameriprise.com/news/news-details/2025/Ameriprise-Financial-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2024-Results/default.aspx)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[5](https://ir.ameriprise.com/news/news-details/2026/Ameriprise-Financial-Reports-First-Quarter-2026-Results/default.aspx)</sup> |
| Asset management | Columbia Threadneedle, which the company describes as a top 25 global asset manager, with $681 billion in managed and advised assets at year-end 2024<sup>[6](https://www.ameriprise.com/microsite/2024-annual-report)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[2](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820027/000082002725000013/amp-20241231.htm)</sup> |
| Insurance | Life and disability income insurance and annuities distributed through the advisor channel under the RiverSource brand<sup>[1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820027/000082002726000011/amp-20251231.htm)</sup> |
| Earnings mix | Advice & Wealth Management drove approximately 65 percent of 2024 earnings, at a 30 percent segment margin<sup>[6](https://www.ameriprise.com/microsite/2024-annual-report)</sup> |
| Capital return | $3.4 billion returned to shareholders in 2025, 88 percent of adjusted operating earnings; dividend raised 8 percent, its 21st increase in 20 years<sup>[7](https://ir.ameriprise.com/news/news-details/2026/Ameriprise-Financial-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2025-Results/default.aspx)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[8](https://www.ameriprise.com/binaries/content/assets/ampmicrosites/annual-reports/2025/2025-amp-ar-with-10-k----final----bookmarked.pdf)</sup> |

## History: from Investors Syndicate to independence

The company's earliest predecessor, Investors Syndicate, was founded in 1894 to provide face-amount certificates to consumers.<sup>[2](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820027/000082002725000013/amp-20241231.htm)</sup> The modern corporation was formed in 1983, when [American Express](https://www.edgepedia.org/american-express) acquired IDS Financial Services and organized the business as a Delaware corporation; the business operated as American Express Financial Advisors.<sup>[2](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820027/000082002725000013/amp-20241231.htm)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[9](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820027/000104746905023844/a2163292zex-99_1.htm)</sup>

**The 2005 spin-off.** On September 30, 2005, the unit was spun off from American Express as Ameriprise Financial and began trading as a member of the [S&P 500](https://www.edgepedia.org/s-and-p-500).<sup>[9](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820027/000104746905023844/a2163292zex-99_1.htm)</sup> The spin-off was structured to be tax-free to American Express and its stockholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes, conditioned on a favorable IRS ruling or opinion of counsel, required regulatory approvals, and final board approval.<sup>[10](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4962/000104746905016579/a2159288z8-k.htm)</sup> At the separation Ameriprise had more than 2.5 million clients, more than 10,500 financial advisors, and more than $410 billion in assets owned, managed, and administered as of June 30, 2005, and it projected a rank of approximately number 300 within the [Fortune 500](https://www.edgepedia.org/fortune-500).<sup>[9](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820027/000104746905023844/a2163292zex-99_1.htm)</sup>

**Acquisition path.** After independence, the company built its asset management arm through a series of acquisitions that have included Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings, H&R Block Financial Advisors, J. & W. Seligman & Co., Columbia Management, Investment Professionals, Inc., and, most recently, BMO Financial Group's European-based asset management business.<sup>[8](https://www.ameriprise.com/binaries/content/assets/ampmicrosites/annual-reports/2025/2025-amp-ar-with-10-k----final----bookmarked.pdf)</sup>

## How the business works

Ameriprise operates three reporting segments: Advice & Wealth Management, Asset Management, and [Retirement](https://www.edgepedia.org/retirement) & Protection Solutions.<sup>[2](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820027/000082002725000013/amp-20241231.htm)</sup> The advisor network is the primary channel for wealth management, and the company offers four affiliation channels with different levels of support and compensation: the Franchise Group, the Advisor Group, the Personal Wealth Group, and the Financial Institutions Group.<sup>[1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820027/000082002726000011/amp-20251231.htm)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[8](https://www.ameriprise.com/binaries/content/assets/ampmicrosites/annual-reports/2025/2025-amp-ar-with-10-k----final----bookmarked.pdf)</sup>

**Advisor status and structure.** Ameriprise advisors are dual registrants, registered both as investment advisers and broker-dealers, and the independent contractor platform is organized as a franchise system subject to [Federal Trade Commission](https://www.edgepedia.org/federal-trade-commission) and state franchise requirements.<sup>[11](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820027/000110465925026674/tm2430779d2_ars.pdf)</sup>

**Banking.** In May 2019, Ameriprise converted Ameriprise National Trust Bank to Ameriprise Bank, FSB, making Ameriprise Financial a savings and loan holding company regulated by the [Federal Reserve](https://www.edgepedia.org/federal-reserve) and a financial holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act; the bank lets the company expand the products and services it provides directly to clients.<sup>[8](https://www.ameriprise.com/binaries/content/assets/ampmicrosites/annual-reports/2025/2025-amp-ar-with-10-k----final----bookmarked.pdf)</sup>

## By the numbers

The company's headline asset figure combines three defined measures. [Assets under management](https://www.edgepedia.org/assets-under-management), administration, and advisement reached $1.4 trillion at the end of 2023, $1.5 trillion at the end of 2024, a record $1.7 trillion at the end of 2025, and $1.8 trillion as of June 30, 2026.<sup>[2](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820027/000082002725000013/amp-20241231.htm)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[7](https://ir.ameriprise.com/news/news-details/2026/Ameriprise-Financial-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2025-Results/default.aspx)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[3](https://ebs.publicnow.com/view/62E64F91EEDB87445AFBEF88E35F77873C840FC3)</sup> Within that total, total AUM rose $176.0 billion, or 14 percent, to $1.4 trillion in the year to June 30, 2026, while assets under administration rose 13 percent to $374.6 billion.<sup>[3](https://ebs.publicnow.com/view/62E64F91EEDB87445AFBEF88E35F77873C840FC3)</sup>

**Client and wrap assets.** Total client assets, the wealth-management-side measure, grew 14 percent to $1.0 trillion in Q4 2024, 13 percent to $1.2 trillion at year-end 2025, and 12 percent to $1.1 trillion in Q1 2026.<sup>[4](https://ir.ameriprise.com/news/news-details/2025/Ameriprise-Financial-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2024-Results/default.aspx)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[7](https://ir.ameriprise.com/news/news-details/2026/Ameriprise-Financial-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2025-Results/default.aspx)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[5](https://ir.ameriprise.com/news/news-details/2026/Ameriprise-Financial-Reports-First-Quarter-2026-Results/default.aspx)</sup> Wrap assets, fee-based advisory accounts, rose 18 percent to $574 billion in Q4 2024 with $11.1 billion of net inflows, an 8 percent annualized flow rate, and reached $670 billion at year-end 2025.<sup>[4](https://ir.ameriprise.com/news/news-details/2025/Ameriprise-Financial-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2024-Results/default.aspx)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[7](https://ir.ameriprise.com/news/news-details/2026/Ameriprise-Financial-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2025-Results/default.aspx)</sup>

**Advisor economics.** Advisor headcount was 10,427 at Q4 2024, with 91 experienced advisors added that quarter, and adjusted operating net revenue per advisor on a trailing 12-month basis reached a record $1.0 million, up 13 percent.<sup>[4](https://ir.ameriprise.com/news/news-details/2025/Ameriprise-Financial-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2024-Results/default.aspx)</sup> By Q4 2025 the per-advisor figure was a new high of $1.1 million, up 8 percent, and in Q1 2026 it reached $1.2 million, up 10 percent, with 61 experienced advisors added.<sup>[7](https://ir.ameriprise.com/news/news-details/2026/Ameriprise-Financial-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2025-Results/default.aspx)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[5](https://ir.ameriprise.com/news/news-details/2026/Ameriprise-Financial-Reports-First-Quarter-2026-Results/default.aspx)</sup>

**Profitability and capital.** The company reported a 27 percent margin, a 52.7 percent return on equity, $2 billion of excess capital, and 81 percent of free cash flow returned to shareholders in Q4 2024.<sup>[12](https://s205.q4cdn.com/618704162/files/doc_events/2025/AMP-Q4-2024-Earnings-Presentation.pdf)</sup> Full-year 2025 adjusted operating earnings per diluted share rose 14 percent to $39.29, with Q4 2025 adjusted operating return on equity of 53 percent.<sup>[7](https://ir.ameriprise.com/news/news-details/2026/Ameriprise-Financial-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2025-Results/default.aspx)</sup> Cash dividends paid per common share were $4.88 in 2022, $5.30 in 2023, and $5.79 in 2024.<sup>[11](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820027/000110465925026674/tm2430779d2_ars.pdf)</sup>

## Columbia Threadneedle and investment performance

Columbia Threadneedle Investments is Ameriprise's global asset management group, and the company describes itself as a top 25 global asset manager.<sup>[6](https://www.ameriprise.com/microsite/2024-annual-report)</sup> The segment ended 2024 with $681 billion in assets under management and advisement, benefiting from market appreciation and improved retail flows in both the U.S. and EMEA.<sup>[2](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820027/000082002725000013/amp-20241231.htm)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[11](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820027/000110465925026674/tm2430779d2_ars.pdf)</sup>

**Segment results.** For 2024, Asset Management revenues increased 7 percent, earnings rose 28 percent, and the adjusted operating margin was 38 percent; in Q4 2024 the segment's adjusted operating net revenues grew 10 percent to $930 million with a 39 percent pretax adjusted operating margin.<sup>[6](https://www.ameriprise.com/microsite/2024-annual-report)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[4](https://ir.ameriprise.com/news/news-details/2025/Ameriprise-Financial-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2024-Results/default.aspx)</sup>

**Fund performance.** Company-reported figures on outperformance versus peer median differ by date and measure. At year-end 2024, nearly 70 percent of Ameriprise funds were above median for 1- and 3-year timeframes and 80 percent outperformed for 5- and 10-year performance, with 108 four- and five-star Morningstar-rated funds.<sup>[11](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820027/000110465925026674/tm2430779d2_ars.pdf)</sup> On the Q1 2026 earnings call, management said more than 70 percent of funds performed above the peer median over 1-, 3-, and 5-year periods and 85 percent above the median over 10 years.<sup>[13](https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/04/23/ameriprise-amp-q1-2026-earnings-transcript/)</sup> Both figures are company-reported and not directly comparable across periods.

## Regulation and the advice standard

Ameriprise's advisors operate under the SEC's Regulation Best Interest standard of care, which became effective June 30, 2020.<sup>[2](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820027/000082002725000013/amp-20241231.htm)</sup> The Department of Labor separately finalized a regulation expanding the definition of investment advice fiduciary, but that regulation has been stayed by the courts.<sup>[2](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820027/000082002725000013/amp-20241231.htm)</sup> As a dual registrant, the firm is registered with the SEC as both an investment adviser and a broker-dealer.<sup>[11](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820027/000110465925026674/tm2430779d2_ars.pdf)</sup> The company's 2024 earnings release notes that Q4 2024 comparisons excluded a $50 million regulatory accrual recorded in 2023.<sup>[4](https://ir.ameriprise.com/news/news-details/2025/Ameriprise-Financial-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2024-Results/default.aspx)</sup>

## Rates, cash, and capital returns since 2023

**Client cash.** Total client cash was $85.4 billion in Q4 2024, up $3.9 billion year over year, with cash sweep balances of $29.8 billion and bank assets up 4 percent to $23.6 billion.<sup>[4](https://ir.ameriprise.com/news/news-details/2025/Ameriprise-Financial-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2024-Results/default.aspx)</sup> Cash sweep balances rose to $29.9 billion in Q4 2025 from $27.1 billion in the prior quarter, with bank assets up 7 percent to $25.3 billion, and were stable at $29.4 billion in Q1 2026, which the company attributed to normal seasonal patterns, while bank assets grew 6 percent to $25.5 billion.<sup>[7](https://ir.ameriprise.com/news/news-details/2026/Ameriprise-Financial-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2025-Results/default.aspx)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[5](https://ir.ameriprise.com/news/news-details/2026/Ameriprise-Financial-Reports-First-Quarter-2026-Results/default.aspx)</sup>

**Capital return.** In 2025 the company returned $3.4 billion, or 88 percent of adjusted operating earnings, to shareholders, including $1.1 billion, or 101 percent of adjusted operating earnings, in the fourth quarter.<sup>[7](https://ir.ameriprise.com/news/news-details/2026/Ameriprise-Financial-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2025-Results/default.aspx)</sup> The 2025 dividend increase of 8 percent was the 21st increase over the past 20 years, and 2025 marked the 15th consecutive year of returning nearly 80 percent or more of adjusted operating earnings.<sup>[8](https://www.ameriprise.com/binaries/content/assets/ampmicrosites/annual-reports/2025/2025-amp-ar-with-10-k----final----bookmarked.pdf)</sup>

**Recruiting and departures.** Experienced-advisor recruiting remained a stated priority, with 91 experienced advisors moving practices to Ameriprise in Q4 2025 and 61 in Q1 2026.<sup>[7](https://ir.ameriprise.com/news/news-details/2026/Ameriprise-Financial-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2025-Results/default.aspx)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[5](https://ir.ameriprise.com/news/news-details/2026/Ameriprise-Financial-Reports-First-Quarter-2026-Results/default.aspx)</sup> In Q1 2026, client flows of $4.2 billion and wrap flows of $6.0 billion reflected strong underlying organic activity, partially offset by elevated advisor departures, including an acceleration of Comerica advisors.<sup>[5](https://ir.ameriprise.com/news/news-details/2026/Ameriprise-Financial-Reports-First-Quarter-2026-Results/default.aspx)</sup>

## References

1. [Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2025, SEC](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820027/000082002726000011/amp-20251231.htm)
2. [Ameriprise Financial Form 10-K for fiscal year 2024, SEC](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820027/000082002725000013/amp-20241231.htm)
3. [Ameriprise Financial Form 10-Q for quarter ending June 30, 2026](https://ebs.publicnow.com/view/62E64F91EEDB87445AFBEF88E35F77873C840FC3)
4. [Ameriprise Financial Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Results](https://ir.ameriprise.com/news/news-details/2025/Ameriprise-Financial-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2024-Results/default.aspx)
5. [Ameriprise Financial Reports First Quarter 2026 Results](https://ir.ameriprise.com/news/news-details/2026/Ameriprise-Financial-Reports-First-Quarter-2026-Results/default.aspx)
6. [Ameriprise 2024 Annual Report microsite](https://www.ameriprise.com/microsite/2024-annual-report)
7. [Ameriprise Financial Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Results](https://ir.ameriprise.com/news/news-details/2026/Ameriprise-Financial-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2025-Results/default.aspx)
8. [Ameriprise Annual Report 2025 (with Form 10-K)](https://www.ameriprise.com/binaries/content/assets/ampmicrosites/annual-reports/2025/2025-amp-ar-with-10-k----final----bookmarked.pdf)
9. [Ameriprise spin-off press release, SEC exhibit 99.1 (2005)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820027/000104746905023844/a2163292zex-99_1.htm)
10. [American Express Form 8-K on the Ameriprise spin-off, SEC](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4962/000104746905016579/a2159288z8-k.htm)
11. [Ameriprise Financial 2024 Annual Report, SEC ARS filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820027/000110465925026674/tm2430779d2_ars.pdf)
12. [AMP Q4 2024 Earnings Presentation](https://s205.q4cdn.com/618704162/files/doc_events/2025/AMP-Q4-2024-Earnings-Presentation.pdf)
13. [Ameriprise (AMP) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript, The Motley Fool](https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/04/23/ameriprise-amp-q1-2026-earnings-transcript/)

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