AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC
For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Feb 19, 2026.
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FY2025 · Filed Feb 19, 2026
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Period ended 2024-12-31; filed 2025-02-20.
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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsAmounts are less than $1 million.Current report: 10-K
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•The favorable impact of unlocking was $22 million for 2025 compared to an unfavorable impact of $77 million for the prior year.
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Net investment income decreased $78 million, or 2%, for 2025 compared to the prior year primarily reflecting lower average invested assets supporting certificates and the unfavorable impact of declining investment portfolio yields, partially offset by the favorable impact of growth in structured variable annuities (“SVA”) products.
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Banking and deposit interest expense decreased $231 million, or 35%, for 2025 compared to the prior year primarily reflecting lower certificate balances and lower average crediting rates on both certificates and Ameriprise Bank, FSB (“Ameriprise Bank”) cash deposits.
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Remeasurement (gains) losses of future policy benefit reserves increased $54 million for 2025 compared to the prior year primarily reflecting the unfavorable impact of unlocking in the current period compared to a favorable impact of unlocking for the prior year period.
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•Volatility impact on the variable annuity guaranteed benefits liability net of the impact on the corresponding hedge assets resulted in a lower expense for 2025 compared to the prior year.
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Net investment income decreased $239 million, or 11%, for 2025 compared to the prior year primarily due to lower average invested assets and lower investment yields on the investment portfolios supporting certificate products. Net investment income for Ameriprise Bank cash deposits was consistent with the prior year.
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Banking and deposit interest expense decreased $231 million, or 35%, for 2025 compared to the prior year primarily reflecting lower balances and lower average crediting rates on certificates and lower average crediting rates on Ameriprise Bank cash deposits.
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Distribution expenses increased $16 million, or 2%, for 2025 compared to the prior year primarily due to market appreciation, partially offset by the cumulative impact of net outflows.
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Premiums, policy and contract charges increased $23 million, or 2%, for 2025 compared to the prior year primarily due to model changes related to the cost of reinsurance associated with non-traditional insurance products, partially offset by lower sales of life contingent payout annuities.
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Remeasurement (gains) losses of future policy benefit reserves increased $12 million, or 33%, for 2025 compared to the prior year reflecting the less favorable impact of unlocking in the current year compared to the prior year.
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Remeasurement (gains) losses of future policy benefit reserves increased $42 million for 2025 compared to the prior year primarily
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reflecting the net unfavorable unlocking changes in LTC morbidity and mortality assumptions.
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We are an applicable corporation required to compute the corporate alternative minimum tax (“CAMT”); however, as of December 31, 2025, based on current estimates, we do not expect to be liable for CAMT in 2025. This estimate is based on interpretations and assumptions of available guidance, including proposed regulations and notices, that we have made regarding the CAMT provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
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(1) Dividends paid or return of capital to the parent holding company, net of capital contributions by segment for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 was as follows: Advice & Wealth Management ($2,491, $2,810, $1,521, respectively); Asset Management ($932, $517, $639); Retirement & Protection Solutions ($627, $610, $605); Corporate & Other ($11, nil, $13). Segment allocation is based on the subsidiary’s primary association with our segments.
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Net cash used in investing activities increased $977 million to $1.5 billion for the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to $551 million for the prior year driven by a $585 million increase in certain lending activities and a $435 million increase in cash net outflows related to purchases and sales of investments by CIEs. Net investing activities associated with Available-for-Sale securities decreased $81 million compared to the prior year.
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Net cash used in financing activities remained flat at $5.2 billion for the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to the prior year primarily reflecting a $547 million increase in banking deposit net inflows and an increase in cash of $741 million from the issuance of long-term debt in the current year, offset by a $789 million increase in net cash outflows from investment certificates and $459 million of additional share repurchases compared to the prior year.
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Concurrent with the adoption of Accounting Standards Update 2018-12, Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Long-Duration Contracts, management no longer excludes adjustments for deferred acquisition costs (“DAC”), deferred sales inducement costs (“DSIC”) and unearned revenue amortization from adjusted operating earnings measures. Amortization of DAC, DSIC, and unearned revenue is no longer impacted by markets and is now amortized on a constant-level basis in accordance with GAAP.
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•A favorable impact from higher investment portfolio yields, along with higher investment balances driven by increased Ameriprise Bank, FSB (“Ameriprise Bank”) customer deposits, as well as higher structured variable annuities (“SVA”) balances.
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Net investment income increased $442 million, or 14%, for 2024 compared to the prior year primarily due to the following impacts:
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•The favorable impact of growth in Ameriprise Bank customer deposits and SVA products.
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•The favorable impact of higher investment portfolio yields.
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Banking and deposit interest expense increased $101 million, or 18%, for 2024 compared to the prior year primarily reflecting higher average crediting rates and higher average balances on certificates and Ameriprise Bank cash deposits.
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•A decrease in expense driven by variable annuity net outflows.
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•Volatility impact on the variable annuity guaranteed benefits liability net of the impact on the corresponding hedge assets resulted in a higher expense for 2024 compared to the prior year.
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Net investment income increased $239 million, or 12%, for 2024 compared to the prior year primarily due to higher average invested assets and the favorable impact of higher average investment yields on the investment portfolios supporting the bank and certificate products. The Federal Reserve reduced rates in September, November, and December of 2024, lowering the federal funds effective rate an average of 67 basis points in the fourth quarter compared to the year ago quarter. These rate cuts also impacted various short-term benchmark rates, upon which our floating rate securities and cash rates are indexed, which unfavorably impacted net investment income in the second half of 2024.
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Banking and deposit interest expense increased $101 million, or 18%, for 2024 compared to the prior year primarily reflecting higher average crediting rates and higher average balances on certificates and bank cash deposits.
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Distribution fees increased $25 million, or 7%, for 2024 compared to the prior year primarily due to market appreciation, partially offset by the cumulative impact from net outflows.
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Distribution expenses increased $64 million, or 7%, for 2024 compared to the prior year primarily due to market appreciation, partially offset by the cumulative impact of net outflows.
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Distribution fees increased $24 million, or 6%, for 2024 compared to the prior year primarily reflecting market appreciation and higher sales, partially offset by variable annuity net outflows.
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Premiums, policy and contract charges increased $21 million, or 1%, for 2024 compared to the prior year due to higher sales of life contingent payout annuities.
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Distribution expenses increased $51 million, or 11%, for 2024 compared to the prior year primarily reflecting higher sales of SVAs and market appreciation.
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On August 16, 2022, federal legislation commonly referred to as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (“IRA”) was enacted. We have evaluated the tax provisions of the IRA, the most significant of which are the corporate alternative minimum tax (“CAMT”) and the share repurchase excise tax. Both the CAMT and share repurchase tax were effective beginning in 2023. We are an applicable corporation required to compute CAMT; and, based on current estimates, we recorded a CAMT liability for 2024. The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued proposed CAMT regulations in the third quarter of 2024. The proposed regulations are subject to public review and comment prior to finalizing. The Company is evaluating the potential impact of the proposed regulations. We are a covered corporation subject to the 1% excise tax on the net shares repurchased. We have recorded in shareholders’ equity an estimate of the excise tax liability based on our interpretation of the current guidance. As additional guidance is issued related to the IRA, we will continue to evaluate any impact to our consolidated financial statements.
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Net cash used in investing activities decreased $8.7 billion to $551 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to $9.3 billion for the prior year driven by a $6.5 billion increase in proceeds from maturities, sinking fund payments and calls of Available-for-Sale securities, a $1.6 billion increase in proceeds from sales of Available-for-Sale securities and a $1.2 billion decrease in purchases of Available-for-Sale securities.
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Net cash used in financing activities was $5.2 billion for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $4.4 billion for the prior year. The decrease in net cash provided by financing activities primarily reflects a $6.4 billion decrease in net cash flows from investment certificates and a $2.4 billion decrease in the change in banking deposits, net. After a period of growth during a rising interest rate environment, our face amount certificates experienced net outflows during 2024.
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Ameriprise Financial is a diversified financial services company with a 130-year history of providing financial solutions. We are a long-standing leader in financial planning and advice with $1.5 trillion in assets under management, administration, and advisement as of December 31, 2024. We offer a broad range of products and services designed to achieve individual and institutional clients’ financial objectives. For additional discussion of our businesses, see Part I, Item 1 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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Ameriprise Financial is a diversified financial services company with a more than 130-year history of providing financial solutions. We are a long-standing leader in financial planning and advice with $1.7 trillion in assets under management, administration, and advisement as of December 31, 2025. We offer a broad range of products and services designed to achieve individual and institutional clients’ financial objectives. For additional discussion of our businesses, see Part I, Item 1 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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In the third quarter, we conducted our annual review of life insurance, annuity and long term care (“LTC”) valuation assumptions relative to current experience and management expectations including modeling changes. These annual assumption updates are collectively referred to as unlocking throughout this document. See our Consolidated and Segment Results of Operations sections for the pretax impacts on our revenues and expenses attributable to unlocking.
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In the third quarter, we conducted our annual review of life insurance, annuity and long term care (“LTC”) valuation assumptions relative to current experience and management expectations including modeling changes. These annual assumption updates, including model changes, are collectively referred to as unlocking throughout this document. See our Consolidated and Segment Results of Operations sections for the pretax impacts on our revenues and expenses attributable to unlocking.
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The following discussion includes a comparison of our 2024 and 2023 results. For a discussion of our 2022 results and for a comparison of results for 2023 and 2022, see Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, which was filed with the SEC on February 22, 2024.
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The following discussion includes a comparison of our 2025 and 2024 results. For a discussion and comparison of results for 2024 and 2023, see Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, which was filed with the SEC on February 20, 2025.
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(1)Adjustments reflect the sum of after-tax net realized investment gains/losses, net of the reinsurance accrual; the market impact on non-traditional long-duration products (including variable and fixed deferred annuity contracts and UL insurance contracts), net of hedges and the reinsurance accrual; mean reversion related impacts; block transfer reinsurance transaction impacts; the market impact of hedges to offset interest rate and currency changes on unrealized gains or losses for certain investments; gain or loss on disposal of a business that is not considered discontinued operations; integration and restructuring charges; income (loss) from discontinued operations; and net income (loss) from consolidated investment entities. After-tax is calculated using the statutory tax rate of 21%.
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(1)Adjustments reflect the sum of after-tax net realized investment gains or losses, net of the reinsurance accrual; the market impact on non-traditional long-duration products (including variable and fixed deferred annuity contracts and UL insurance contracts), net of hedges and the reinsurance accrual; mean reversion related impacts; the market impact of hedges to offset interest rate and currency changes on unrealized gains or losses for certain investments; block transfer reinsurance transaction impacts; gain or loss on disposal of a business that is not considered discontinued operations; integration and restructuring charges; income (loss) from discontinued operations; and net income (loss) from consolidated investment entities. After-tax is calculated using the statutory tax rate of 21%.
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We have approximately $86 billion of variable annuity account value that has been issued over a period of more than fifty years. The diversified variable annuity block consists of $43 billion of account value with no living benefit guarantees and $43 billion of account value with living benefit guarantees, primarily GMWB provisions. The business is predominately issued through the Ameriprise Financial® advisor network. The majority of the variable annuity contracts currently offered by us contain GMDB provisions. We also previously offered contracts containing GMWB, GMAB or GMIB provisions. See Note 13 to our Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion of our variable annuity contracts.
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We have approximately $91 billion of variable annuity account value that has been issued over a period of more than fifty years. The diversified variable annuity block consists of $49 billion of account value with no living benefit guarantees and $42 billion of account value with living benefit guarantees, primarily GMWB provisions. The business is predominately issued through the Ameriprise Financial® advisor network. The majority of the variable annuity contracts currently offered by us contain GMDB provisions. We also previously offered contracts containing GMWB, GMAB or GMIB provisions. See Note 13 to our Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion of our variable annuity contracts.
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A liability for future policy benefits, which is the present value of estimated future policy benefits to be paid to or on behalf of policyholders and certain related expenses less the present value of estimated future net premiums to be collected from policyholders, is accrued as premium revenue is recognized. Expected insurance benefits are accrued over the life of the contract in proportion to premium revenue recognized (referred to as the net premium approach). The net premium ratio reflects cash flows from contract inception to contract termination (i.e., through the claim paying period) and cannot exceed 100%.
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The liability for future policy benefits for traditional long-duration products include cash flows related to unpaid amounts on reported claims, estimates of benefits payable on claims incurred but not yet reported and estimates of benefits that will become payable on term life, whole life, DI and LTC insurance and life contingent payout annuity policies as claims are incurred in the future. A liability for future policy benefits, which is the present value of estimated future policy benefits to be paid to or on behalf of policyholders and certain related expenses less the present value of estimated future net premiums to be collected from policyholders, is accrued as premium revenue is recognized. Expected insurance benefits are accrued over the life of the contract in proportion to premium revenue recognized (referred to as the net premium approach). The net premium ratio reflects cash flows from contract inception to contract termination (i.e., through the claim paying period) and cannot exceed 100%.
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See our segment results of operations discussion below for additional information on how changes in the economic environment have and may continue to impact our results. For further information regarding the impact of the economic environment on our results of operations and financial condition, and potentially material effects, see Part 1 - Item 1A “Risk Factors” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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See our segment results of operations discussion below for additional information on how changes in the economic environment have impacted and may continue to impact our results. For further information regarding the impact of the economic environment on our results of operations and financial condition, and potentially material effects, see Part 1 - Item 1A “Risk Factors” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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Total AUM increased $89.7 billion, or 8%, to $1.2 trillion as of December 31, 2024 compared to $1.1 trillion as of December 31, 2023 due to a $85.3 billion increase in Advice & Wealth Management AUM driven by market appreciation and wrap account net inflows and an $8.0 billion increase in Asset Management AUM primarily driven by market appreciation, partially offset by net outflows. Total Asset Under Administration increased $37.7 billion, or 13%, to $317.2 billion as of December 31, 2024 compared to the prior year primarily driven by equity market appreciation and an increase in third-party money market funds. Total Assets Under Advisement increased $8.6 billion, or 34%, to $34.0 billion as December 31, 2024 due to market appreciation and net inflows. See our segment results of operations discussion for additional information on changes in our AUM.
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Total AUM increased $127.0 billion, or 11%, to $1.3 trillion as of December 31, 2025 compared to $1.2 trillion as of December 31, 2024 due to a $96.3 billion increase in Advice & Wealth Management AUM driven by market appreciation and wrap account net inflows and an $33.2 billion increase in Asset Management AUM primarily driven by market appreciation and a favorable foreign exchange impact, partially offset by net outflows. Total Asset Under Administration increased $38.4 billion, or 12%, to $355.6 billion as of December 31, 2025 compared to the prior year primarily driven by equity market appreciation and a continued increase in third-party money market funds. Total Assets Under Advisement increased $6.8 billion, or 20%, to $40.8 billion as December 31, 2025 due to market appreciation and net inflows. See our segment results of operations discussion for additional information on changes in our AUM.
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Pretax income increased $1.0 billion, or 32%, for 2024 compared to the prior year. The following impacts were significant drivers of the year-over-year change in pretax income:
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Pretax income increased $237 million, or 6%, for 2025 compared to the prior year. The following impacts were significant drivers of the year-over-year change in pretax income:
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•A favorable impact from higher average equity markets compared to the prior year period. Our average WEI, which is a proxy for equity movements on AUM, increased 23% in 2024 compared to the prior year.
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•A favorable impact from higher average equity markets compared to the prior year. Our average WEI, which is a proxy for equity movements on AUM, increased 13% in 2025 compared to the prior year.
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•The market impact on non-traditional long-duration products, net of hedges was an expense of $153 million for 2024 compared to an expense of $608 million for the prior year.
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•The market impact on non-traditional long-duration products, net of hedges was an expense of $366 million for 2025 compared to an expense of $153 million for the prior year.
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(1) Includes a $17 million net benefit related to model changes associated with the market impact on IUL and SVA embedded derivatives for 2024, which is excluded from adjusted operating earnings. Refer to Results of Operations by Segment for the impact to pretax adjusted operating earnings attributable to unlocking.
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(1) Includes a $28 million net benefit for 2025 and a $17 million net benefit for 2024 primarily related to the market impact on IUL benefits, which are excluded from adjusted operating earnings. Refer to Results of Operations by Segment for the impact to pretax adjusted operating earnings attributable to unlocking.
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The primary driver of the unlocking impact was lowered surrender assumptions on variable annuities with living benefits resulting in an expense in 2024, partially offset by the updated claims incident rates on disability insurance. In the prior year, the primary driver of the unlocking impact was lowered surrender assumptions on variable annuities with living benefits resulting in an expense.
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The primary drivers of the unlocking impact for 2025 included net unfavorable changes to variable annuity surrender and utilization assumptions, net unfavorable changes in LTC morbidity and mortality assumptions, favorable claims incidence rates on disability insurance, and net favorable model changes primarily related to cost of reinsurance and index credits associated with non-traditional insurance products. In the prior year, the primary driver of the unlocking impact was lowered surrender assumptions on variable annuities with living benefits resulting in an expense, partially offset by the updated claims incident rates on disability insurance.
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Management and financial advice fees increased $1.2 billion, or 14%, for 2024 compared to the prior year primarily reflecting market appreciation and continued wrap account net inflows, partially offset by the cumulative impact of Asset Management and variable annuity net outflows.
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Management and financial advice fees increased $966 million, or 10%, for 2025 compared to the prior year primarily reflecting market appreciation and continued wrap account net inflows as well as higher performance fees, partially offset by the cumulative impact of Asset Management and variable annuity net outflows.
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Distribution fees increased $129 million, or 7%, for 2024 compared to the prior year primarily due to higher transactional activity and market appreciation, partially offset by $162 million of lower fees on off-balance sheet brokerage cash.
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Distribution fees increased $57 million, or 3%, for 2025 compared to the prior year primarily due to market appreciation and higher transactional activity, partially offset by $52 million of lower fees on off-balance sheet brokerage cash.
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Distribution expenses increased $946 million, or 19%, for 2024 compared to the prior year primarily reflecting higher advisor compensation from higher average wrap account assets and increased transactional activity, as well as investments in recruiting experienced advisors, partially offset by the cumulative impact of Asset Management net outflows.
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Distribution expenses increased $717 million, or 12%, for 2025 compared to the prior year primarily reflecting higher advisor compensation from higher average wrap account assets and increased transactional activity, as well as investments in recruiting experienced advisors, partially offset by the cumulative impact of Asset Management net outflows.
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Interest credited to fixed accounts decreased $38 million, or 6%, for 2024 compared to the prior year primarily reflecting the following items:
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Interest credited to fixed accounts decreased $141 million, or 23%, for 2025 compared to the prior year primarily reflecting the following items:
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•A $22 million decrease in expense from other market impacts on IUL benefits, net of hedges, which was an expense of $12 million for 2024 compared to an expense of $34 million for the prior year. The decrease in expense was primarily due to a decrease in the IUL embedded derivative in the current year, which reflected model changes and more discounting due to higher Treasury rates.
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•A $121 million decrease in expense from other market impacts on IUL benefits, net of hedges, which was a benefit of $109 million for 2025 compared to an expense of $12 million for the prior year. The decrease in expense was primarily due to an increase in the IUL embedded derivative in the prior year, which reflected higher option costs due to a higher starting option budget and new money rate.
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•A $4 million increase in expense from the unhedged nonperformance credit spread risk adjustment on IUL benefits. The unfavorable impact of the nonperformance credit spread was $19 million for 2024 compared to an unfavorable impact of $15 million for the prior year.
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•A $13 million decrease in expense from the unhedged nonperformance credit spread risk adjustment on IUL benefits. The unfavorable impact of the nonperformance credit spread was $6 million for 2025 compared to an unfavorable impact of $19 million for the prior year.
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Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses decreased $51 million, or 4%, for 2024 compared to the prior year primarily reflecting an $196 million decrease in expense from market impacts on SVA embedded derivative, net of hedging activity. This decrease was the result of a favorable $644 million change in the market impact on derivatives hedging the SVA embedded derivative and an unfavorable $448 million change in the market impact on the SVA embedded derivative. This decrease was partially offset by the impact of higher sales of life contingent payout annuities and increased volume in SVAs.
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a favorable $147 million change in the market impact on derivatives hedging the SVA embedded derivative and an unfavorable $168 million change in the market impact on the SVA embedded derivative. This increase also reflects the impact of increased volume in SVAs, partially offset by the impact of lower sales of life contingent payout annuities.
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Change in fair value of market risk benefits decreased $170 million, or 21%, for 2024 compared to the prior year primarily reflecting the following items:
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Change in fair value of market risk benefits increased $376 million, or 60%, for 2025 compared to the prior year primarily reflecting the following items:
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•A $227 million decrease in expense from market impacts on variable annuity guaranteed benefits, net of hedges. This decrease was the result of a favorable $538 million change in the market impact on variable annuity guaranteed benefits reserves and an unfavorable $311 million change in the market impact on derivatives hedging the variable annuity guaranteed benefits. The main market drivers contributing to these changes are summarized below:
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•A $335 million increase in expense from market impacts on variable annuity guaranteed benefits, net of hedges. This increase was the result of an unfavorable $1.1 billion change in the market impact on variable annuity guaranteed benefits reserves and a favorable $810 million change in the market impact on derivatives hedging the variable annuity guaranteed benefits. The main market drivers contributing to these changes are summarized below:
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•Equity market impact on the variable annuity guaranteed benefits liability net of the impact on the corresponding hedge assets resulted in a higher benefit for 2024 compared to the prior year.
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•Equity market impact on the variable annuity guaranteed benefits liability net of the impact on the corresponding hedge assets resulted in a lower benefit for 2025 compared to the prior year.
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•Interest rate and bond impact on the variable annuity guaranteed benefits liability net of the impact on the corresponding hedge assets resulted in a higher benefit for 2024 compared to the prior year.
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•Interest rate and bond impact on the variable annuity guaranteed benefits liability net of the impact on the corresponding hedge assets resulted in an expense for 2025 compared to a benefit in the prior year.
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General and administrative expense increased $32 million, or 1%, for 2024 compared to the prior year primarily reflecting higher volume related expenses and investments for business growth, increased severance expense related to our expense management initiatives and higher performance fee related compensation, partially offset by ongoing benefits from our initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness, as well as prior year expenses including a $50 million accrual for a regulatory matter relating to electronic communication recordkeeping requirements and $62 million of integration related expenses associated with the acquisition of the BMO Global Asset Management (EMEA) business.
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General and administrative expense decreased $28 million, or 1%, for 2025 compared to the prior year primarily reflecting ongoing benefits from our initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness, as well as lower severance expenses, partially offset by higher performance fee compensation, higher volume-related expenses and investments for business growth.
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Our effective tax rate was 20.3% for 2024 compared to 21.0% for the prior year. See Note 24 to our Consolidated Financial Statements for additional discussion on income taxes.
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Our effective tax rate was 20.9% for 2025 compared to 20.3% for the prior year. See Note 24 to our Consolidated Financial Statements for additional discussion on income taxes.
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Total client assets increased $128.4 billion, or 14%, to $1.0 trillion compared to a year ago primarily due to market appreciation and client net inflows.
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Total client assets increased $136.5 billion, or 13%, to $1.2 trillion compared to a year ago primarily due to market appreciation and client net inflows.
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Wrap account assets increased $85.7 billion, or 18%, to $573.9 billion during 2024 primarily due to market appreciation of $52.6 billion and net inflows of $33.1 billion. Average advisory wrap account assets increased $90.5 billion, or 21%, compared to the prior year primarily reflecting market appreciation and continued net inflows.
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Wrap account assets increased $96.5 billion, or 17%, to $670.4 billion during 2025 primarily due to market appreciation of $65.6 billion and net inflows of $30.9 billion. Average advisory wrap account assets increased $77.9 billion, or 15%, compared to the prior year primarily reflecting market appreciation and continued net inflows.
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Ameriprise Bank is continuing its deposit growth trend, with bank deposit balances increasing 4% from the prior year to $22.3 billion as of December 31, 2024. Ameriprise Certificate Company (“ACC”) client deposits decreased $2.3 billion from the prior year to $11.2 billion. After a period of strong growth during a rising interest rate environment, ACC has experienced net outflows during 2024. Third party cash products increased $6.8 billion to $43.8 billion driven by an increase of money market funds of $9.1 billion, partially offset by a decline in brokered CDs.
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Ameriprise Bank is continuing its deposit growth trend, with bank deposit balances increasing 6% from the prior year to $23.7 billion as of December 31, 2025. Ameriprise Certificate Company (“ACC”) client deposits decreased $3.0 billion from the prior year to $8.2 billion. After a period of strong growth during a rising interest rate environment, ACC has experienced net outflows during the past eight quarters. Third party cash products increased $4.3 billion to $48.1 billion driven by an increase of money market funds of $6.3 billion, partially offset by a decline in brokered CDs.
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•In Ameriprise Bank, interest-bearing assets included $20.2 billion of Available-for-Sale securities, $2.5 billion of cash and cash equivalents, and $1.3 billion of other assets, primarily loans. The Ameriprise Bank investment portfolio securities are mostly rated AAA and primarily consist of structured assets, of which 17% were floating rate and sensitive to changes in short-term interest rates as of December 31, 2024. We took action to reduce the floating rate allocation from 27% as of December 31, 2023. The duration of Ameriprise Bank investments was 3.6 years as of December 31, 2024 compared to 3.4 years as of December 31, 2023. In 2024, we purchased $5.3 billion of investments, which was primarily sourced from maturities and prepayments.
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•In Ameriprise Bank, assets included $20.5 billion of Available-for-Sale securities, $2.9 billion of cash and cash equivalents, and $1.9 billion of other assets, primarily loans. The Ameriprise Bank investment portfolio securities are mostly rated AA+ and primarily consist of structured assets, of which 9% were floating rate and sensitive to changes in short-term interest rates as of December 31, 2025. We took action to reduce the floating rate allocation from 17% as of December 31, 2024. The duration of Ameriprise Bank investments was 3.8 years as of December 31, 2025 compared to 3.6 years as of December 31, 2024. In 2025, we purchased $6.8 billion of investments, which was primarily sourced from maturities and prepayments.
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•In ACC, interest-bearing assets include $11.0 billion of Available-for-Sale securities, $0.8 billion of cash and cash equivalents, and $0.2 billion of loans and other assets. The ACC investment portfolio securities are mostly rated AAA and primarily consist of structured assets and government bonds, of which 39% were floating rate and approximately 23% were 6-month Treasury Bills as of December 31, 2024. The duration of ACC investments was 1.1 years as of December 31, 2024 compared to 0.9 years as of December 31, 2023.
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•In ACC, assets include $7.7 billion of Available-for-Sale securities, $0.8 billion of cash and cash equivalents, and $0.1 billion of loans and other assets. The ACC investment portfolio securities are mostly rated AA+ and primarily consist of structured assets and government bonds, of which 40% were floating rate and approximately 19% were 6-month Treasury Bills or short-term Federal Home Loan Bank securities as of December 31, 2025. The duration of ACC investments was 1.4 years as of December 31, 2025 compared to 1.1 years as of December 31, 2024.
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Our Advice & Wealth Management segment pretax adjusted operating earnings, which exclude net realized investment gains or losses, increased $382 million, or 13%, for 2024 compared to the prior year. This growth reflected the benefit from market appreciation and increased advisor productivity through the cumulative impact of client net inflows and higher transactional revenue, as well as a $138 million increase in Net investment income, net of Banking and deposit interest expense. Pretax adjusted operating margin was 30.0% for 2024 compared to 30.3% for the prior year. Adjusted operating net revenue per advisor increased to $1,037,000 for 2024, up 13%, from $916,000 for the prior year.
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Our Advice & Wealth Management segment pretax adjusted operating earnings, which exclude net realized investment gains or losses, increased $178 million, or 6%, for 2025 compared to the prior year. This growth reflected the benefit from market appreciation and increased advisor productivity through the cumulative impact of client net inflows and higher transactional revenue. Pretax adjusted operating margin was 29.1% for 2025 compared to 30.0% for the prior year. Adjusted operating net revenue per advisor increased to $1,122,000 for 2025, up 8%, from $1,037,000 for the prior year.
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Management and financial advice fees increased $1.0 billion, or 18%, for 2024 compared to the prior year primarily due to growth in average wrap account assets. Average advisory wrap account assets increased $90.5 billion, or 21%, compared to the prior year reflecting net inflows and market appreciation.
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Management and financial advice fees increased $879 million, or 14%, for 2025 compared to the prior year primarily due to growth in average wrap account assets. Average advisory wrap account assets increased $77.9 billion, or 15%, compared to the prior year reflecting net inflows and market appreciation.
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Distribution fees increased $180 million, or 8%, for 2024 compared to the prior year as non-brokerage cash revenue increased $342 million from strong transactional activity, including strong annuity sales and retail trading, along with market appreciation, while brokerage cash revenue decreased $162 million due to lower off-balance sheet brokerage cash balances and a lower average fee yield.
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Distribution fees increased $67 million, or 3%, for 2025 compared to the prior year due to a $119 million increase from strong transactional activity and market appreciation, while brokerage cash revenue decreased $52 million due to lower off-balance sheet brokerage cash balances and a lower average fee yield.
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•The average certificate reserve balance for ACC was $12.5 billion for 2024 compared to $11.8 billion for the prior year with the average crediting rate of 4.40% for 2024 compared to 3.96% for 2023.
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•The average certificate reserve balance for ACC was $9.8 billion for 2025 compared to $12.5 billion for the prior year with the average crediting rate of 3.64% for 2025 compared to 4.42% for 2024.
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•The daily average interest-bearing deposit balance for the Ameriprise Bank increased to $21.5 billion for 2024 compared to $20.4 billion for the prior year with the average interest rate paid on deposits increasing to 0.44% for 2024 from 0.41% for 2023, which included both cash sweep and savings products.
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•The daily average interest-bearing deposit balance for the Ameriprise Bank increased to $22.3 billion for 2025 compared to $21.5 billion for the prior year with the average interest rate paid on deposits decreasing to 0.28% for 2025 from 0.44% for 2024, which included both cash sweep and savings products.
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Distribution expenses increased $935 million, or 19%, for 2024 compared to the prior year primarily reflecting higher advisor compensation from higher average wrap account assets and increased transactional activity, as well as continued investments in recruiting experienced advisors.
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Distribution expenses increased $690 million, or 12%, for 2025 compared to the prior year primarily reflecting higher advisor compensation from higher average wrap account assets and increased transactional activity, as well as continued investments in recruiting experienced advisors.
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General and administrative expense increased $34 million, or 2%, for 2024 compared to the prior year primarily reflecting higher volume related expenses and investments for business growth, partially offset by a $50 million accrual for a regulatory matter relating to electronic communication recordkeeping requirements in the prior year.
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General and administrative expense increased $76 million, or 5%, for 2025 compared to the prior year primarily reflecting higher volume related expenses and investments for business growth.
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(2) Columbia funds are available for purchase by U.S. customers. Out of 89 Columbia funds rated (based on primary share class), 5 received a 5-star Overall Rating and 35 received a 4-star Overall Rating. Out of 137 Threadneedle funds rated (based on highest-rated share class), 20 received a 5-star Overall Rating and 48 received a 4-star Overall Rating. The Overall Morningstar Rating is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its 3-, 5- and 10-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics.
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(2) Columbia funds are available for purchase by U.S. customers. Out of 89 Columbia funds rated (based on primary share class), 47 received a 4-star Overall Rating. Out of 128 Threadneedle funds rated (based on highest-rated share class), 12 received a 5-star Overall Rating and 44 received a 4-star Overall Rating. The Overall Morningstar Rating is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its 3-, 5- and 10-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics.
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(2) Global Institutional inflows and outflows include net flows from our SVA product and Ameriprise Bank.
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(2) Global Institutional inflows and outflows include flows from our structured variable annuity product and Ameriprise Bank.
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Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses increased $4 million for 2025 compared to the prior year primarily reflecting a $21 million increase in expense from market impacts on SVA embedded derivative, net of hedging activity. This increase was the result of
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The liabilities for traditional long-duration products include cash flows related to unpaid amounts on reported claims, estimates of benefits payable on claims incurred but not yet reported and estimates of benefits that will become payable on term life, whole life, DI, LTC, and life contingent payout annuity policies as claims are incurred in the future. Accordingly, the claim liability (also referred to as disabled life reserves) is presented together as one liability for future policy benefits.
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•An increase in expense due to market appreciation on contractual fees.
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In 2009, RiverSource Life established an agreement to protect its exposure to Genworth Life Insurance Company (“GLIC”) for its reinsured LTC. In 2016, substantial enhancements to this reinsurance protection agreement were finalized. The terms of these confidential provisions within the agreement have been shared, in the normal course of regular reviews, with our domiciliary regulator
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should be read in conjunction with the “Risk Factors” discussion included in Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K - “Risk Factors”.