10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

xQUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2010

OR

oTRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Transition Period from                        to                       

Commission File No. 1-32525

AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	13-3180631
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1099 Ameriprise Financial Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota	55474
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (612) 671-3131

Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report: Not Applicable

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.   Yes x   No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).   Yes  x    No  o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large Accelerated Filer x	Accelerated Filer o
Non-Accelerated Filer o	Smaller reporting company o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).   Yes o   No x

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Class	Outstanding at October 22, 2010
Common Stock (par value $.01 per share)	247,961,736 shares

AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.

FORM 10-Q

INDEX

Part I.	Financial Information:
	Item 1.	Financial Statements
		Consolidated Statements of Operations — Three months and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009	3
		Consolidated Balance Sheets — September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009	4
		Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows — Nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009	5
		Consolidated Statements of Equity — Nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009	7
		Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	8
	Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	42
	Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	85
	Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	85
Part II.	Other Information:
	Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	86
	Item 1A.	Risk Factors	86
	Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	87
	Item 6.	Exhibits	87
	Signatures		88
	Exhibit Index		E-1

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PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)

(in millions, except per share amounts)

	Three Months Ended  September 30,						Nine Months Ended  September 30,
	2010			2009			2010			2009
Revenues
Management and financial advice fees	$	1,040		$	689		$	2,769		$	1,849
Distribution fees	415			367			1,259			1,029
Net investment income	527			538			1,771			1,467
Premiums	303			276			884			811
Other revenues	180			109			671			493
Total revenues	2,465			1,979			7,354			5,649
Banking and deposit interest expense	15			33			56			113
Total net revenues	2,450			1,946			7,298			5,536
Expenses
Distribution expenses	611			462			1,757			1,278
Interest credited to fixed accounts	227			232			686			674
Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses	640			306			1,292			993
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs	(246		)	(64		)	43			97
Interest and debt expense	74			45			212			99
General and administrative expense	702			625			2,039			1,806
Total expenses	2,008			1,606			6,029			4,947
Pretax income	442			340			1,269			589
Income tax provision	130			80			263			126
Net income	312			260			1,006			463
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	(32		)	—			189			(22		)
Net income attributable to Ameriprise Financial	$	344		$	260		$	817		$	485
Earnings per share attributable to Ameriprise Financial, Inc.  common shareholders
Basic	$	1.35		$	1.00		$	3.15		$	2.05
Diluted	1.32			1.00			3.10			2.04
Weighted average common shares outstanding
Basic	255.3			258.7			259.0			236.6
Diluted	259.9			260.7			263.4			238.0
Cash dividends paid per common share	$	0.18		$	0.17		$	0.53		$	0.51
Supplemental Disclosures:
Net investment income:
Net investment income before impairment losses on securities	$	529		$	558		$	1,804		$	1,553
Total other-than-temporary impairment losses on securities	(2		)	(17		)	(34		)	(72		)
Portion of loss recognized in other comprehensive income	—			(3		)	1			(14		)
Net impairment losses recognized in net investment income	(2		)	(20		)	(33		)	(86		)
Net investment income	$	527		$	538		$	1,771		$	1,467

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in millions, except share amounts)

	September 30, 2010			December 31, 2009
	(unaudited)
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	3,685		$	3,097
Investments	37,980			36,938
Separate account assets	64,014			58,129
Receivables	4,892			4,435
Deferred acquisition costs	4,437			4,334
Restricted and segregated cash	1,447			1,452
Other assets	5,849			4,286
Total assets before consolidated investment entities	122,304			112,671
Consolidated Investment Entities:
Cash	403			181
Investments, at fair value	5,375			36
Receivables (includes $42 and nil, respectively, at fair value)	77			49
Other assets, at fair value	885			833
Total assets of consolidated investment entities	6,740			1,099
Total assets	$	129,044		$	113,770
Liabilities and Equity
Liabilities:
Future policy benefits and claims	$	31,124		$	30,886
Separate account liabilities	64,014			58,129
Customer deposits	8,492			8,554
Short-term borrowings	869			—
Long-term debt	2,735			1,868
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	1,080			918
Other liabilities	3,662			3,093
Total liabilities before consolidated investment entities	111,976			103,448
Consolidated Investment Entities:
Debt (includes $5,097 and nil, respectively, at fair value)	5,456			381
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	26			28
Other liabilities (includes $69 and $30, respectively, at fair value)	82			41
Total liabilities of consolidated investment entities	5,564			450
Total liabilities	117,540			103,898
Equity:
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.:
Common shares ($.01 par value; shares authorized, 1,250,000,000; shares issued, 299,395,952 and 295,839,581, respectively)	3			3
Additional paid-in capital	5,917			5,748
Retained earnings	5,955			5,276
Appropriated retained earnings of consolidated investment entities	590			—
Treasury shares, at cost (50,715,212 and 40,744,090 shares, respectively)	(2,412		)	(2,023		)
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax	897			265
Total Ameriprise Financial, Inc. shareholders’ equity	10,950			9,269
Noncontrolling interests	554			603
Total equity	11,504			9,872
Total liabilities and equity	$	129,044		$	113,770

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

(in millions)

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2010			2009
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Net income	$	1,006		$	463
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Capitalization of deferred acquisition and sales inducement costs	(407		)	(560		)
Amortization of deferred acquisition and sales inducement costs	34			95
Depreciation, amortization and accretion, net	79			101
Deferred income tax expense	573			103
Share-based compensation	111			138
Net realized investment gains	(43		)	(132		)
Other-than-temporary impairments and provision for loan losses	42			107
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	(189		)	22
Changes in operating assets and liabilities before consolidated investment entities:
Restricted and segregated cash	(155		)	87
Trading securities and equity method investments, net	(10		)	278
Future policy benefits and claims, net	(89		)	294
Receivables	(419		)	(207		)
Brokerage deposits	27			23
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	106			(140		)
Derivatives collateral, net	627			(1,659		)
Other, net	398			113
Changes in operating assets and liabilities of consolidated investment entities	224			(48		)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	1,915			(922		)
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Available-for-Sale securities:
Proceeds from sales	1,979			3,910
Maturities, sinking fund payments and calls	4,783			4,375
Purchases	(6,536		)	(14,497		)
Proceeds from sales and maturities of commercial mortgage loans	154			235
Funding of commercial mortgage loans	(132		)	(83		)
Proceeds from sales of other investments	135			47
Purchase of other investments	(141		)	(14		)
Purchase of investments by consolidated investment entities	(1,491		)	—
Proceeds from sales and maturities of investments by consolidated investment entities	1,386			—
Return of capital in investments of consolidated investment entities	5			—
Purchase of land, buildings, equipment and software	(88		)	(56		)
Change in policy and certificate loans, net	(12		)	9
Acquisitions	(866		)	—
Change in consumer banking loans and credit card receivables, net	(283		)	(107		)
Other, net	(8		)	—
Net cash used in investing activities	(1,115		)	(6,181		)

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED) (continued)

(in millions)

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2010			2009
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Investment certificates and banking time deposits:
Proceeds from additions	$	783		$	2,141
Maturities, withdrawals and cash surrenders	(1,496		)	(2,515		)
Change in other banking deposits	622			1,157
Policyholder and contractholder account values:
Consideration received	1,248			4,386
Net transfers (to) from separate accounts	(1,283		)	174
Surrenders and other benefits	(992		)	(1,587		)
Deferred premium options, net	(111		)	(38		)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock	—			869
Issuances of debt, net of issuance costs	744			491
Repayments of debt	—			(550		)
Change in short-term borrowings, net	869			—
Dividends paid to shareholders	(138		)	(118		)
Repurchase of common shares	(389		)	(9		)
Exercise of stock options	53			1
Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation	5			12
Borrowings of consolidated investment entities	30			62
Repayments of debt of consolidated investment entities	(53		)	—
Noncontrolling interests investments in subsidiaries	68			7
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	(166		)	(42		)
Other, net	(1		)	(2		)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(207		)	4,439
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(5		)	16
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	588			(2,648		)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	3,097			6,228
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	3,685		$	3,580
Supplemental Disclosures:
Interest paid on debt before consolidated investment entities	$	84		$	84
Income taxes paid, net	56			13

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY (UNAUDITED)

	Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
										Appropriated
										Retained					Accumulated
										Earnings of					Other
	Number of				Additional					Consolidated					Comprehensive			Non-
	Outstanding		Common		Paid-In		Retained			Investment		Treasury			Income			controlling
	Shares		Shares		Capital		Earnings			Entities		Shares			(Loss)			Interests			Total
	(in millions, except share data)
Balances at January 1, 2009	216,510,699		$	3	$	4,688	$	4,586		$	—	$	(2,012	)	$	(1,091	)	$	289		$	6,463
Change in accounting principles, net of tax	—		—		—		132			—		—			(132		)	—			—
Comprehensive income:
Net income (loss)	—		—		—		485			—		—			—			(22		)	463
Other comprehensive income, net of tax:
Change in net unrealized securities losses	—		—		—		—			—		—			1,411			—			1,411
Change in noncredit related impairments on securities and net unrealized securities losses on previously impaired securities	—		—		—		—			—		—			41			—			41
Change in net unrealized derivatives losses	—		—		—		—			—		—			(1		)	—			(1		)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	—		—		—		—			—		—			51			24			75
Total comprehensive income																					1,989
Issuance of common stock	36,000,000		—		869		—			—		—			—			—			869
Dividends paid to shareholders	—		—		—		(118		)	—		—			—			—			(118		)
Noncontrolling interests investments in subsidiaries	—		—		—		—			—		—			—			96			96
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—			—		—			—			(42		)	(42		)
Repurchase of common shares	(697,411	)	—		—		—			—		(9		)	—			—			(9		)
Share-based compensation plans	3,246,543		—		142		—			—		—			—			—			142
Balances at September 30, 2009	255,059,831		$	3	$	5,699	$	5,085		$	—	$	(2,021	)	$	279		$	345		$	9,390
Balances at January 1, 2010	255,095,491		$	3	$	5,748	$	5,276		$	—	$	(2,023	)	$	265		$	603		$	9,872
Change in accounting principles	—		—		—		—			473		—			—			—			473
Comprehensive income:
Net income	—		—		—		817			—		—			—			189			1,006
Net income reclassified to appropriated retained earnings	—		—		—		—			117		—			—			(117		)	—
Other comprehensive income, net of tax:
Change in net unrealized securities gains	—		—		—		—			—		—			628			—			628
Change in noncredit related impairments on securities and net unrealized securities losses on previously impaired securities	—		—		—		—			—		—			17			—			17
Change in net unrealized derivatives gains	—		—		—		—			—		—			1			—			1
Foreign currency translation adjustment	—		—		—		—			—		—			(14		)	(23		)	(37		)
Total comprehensive income																					1,615
Dividends paid to shareholders	—		—		—		(138		)	—		—			—			—			(138		)
Noncontrolling interests investments in subsidiaries	—		—		—		—			—		—			—			68			68
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—			—		—			—			(166		)	(166		)
Repurchase of common shares	(9,971,122	)	—		—		—			—		(389		)	—			—			(389		)
Share-based compensation plans	3,556,371		—		169		—			—		—			—			—			169
Balances at September 30, 2010	248,680,740		$	3	$	5,917	$	5,955		$	590	$	(2,412	)	$	897		$	554		$	11,504

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

1.  Basis of Presentation

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. is a holding company, which primarily conducts business through its subsidiaries to provide financial planning and products and services that are designed to be utilized as solutions for clients’ cash and liquidity, asset accumulation, income, protection and estate and wealth transfer needs. The Company’s foreign operations in the United Kingdom (“UK”) are conducted through its subsidiary, Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Sàrl (“Threadneedle”).

The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of Ameriprise Financial, Inc., companies in which it directly or indirectly has a controlling financial interest and variable interest entities (“VIEs”) in which it is the primary beneficiary (collectively, the “Company”). The income or loss generated by consolidated entities which will not be realized by the Company’s shareholders is attributed to noncontrolling interests in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Noncontrolling interests are the ownership interests in subsidiaries not attributable, directly or indirectly, to Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and are classified as equity within the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company excluding noncontrolling interests is defined as Ameriprise Financial. All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. See Note 3 for additional information related to the consolidated VIEs.

The interim financial information in this report has not been audited. In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the consolidated results of operations and financial position for the interim periods have been made. Except for the adjustments described below, all adjustments made were of a normal recurring nature.

In the third quarter of 2010, the Company made adjustments for revisions to the valuations of reserves, deferred acquisition costs (“DAC”) and deferred sales inducement costs (“DSIC”) related to insurance and living benefit guarantees which resulted in a $32 million pretax charge ($21 million after-tax).  In the second quarter of 2010, the Company made an adjustment for revisions to certain calculations in its valuation of DAC and DSIC which resulted in a $33 million pretax benefit ($21 million after-tax).

In the second quarter of 2010, the Company purchased an additional $6 million ownership interest in Cofunds, a leading investment platform that provides distribution access to over 1,300 funds from over 90 UK fund managers. This additional investment increased the Company’s ownership percentage from 16% to 20%, and as a result, the Company adopted the equity method of accounting and recorded a retrospective adjustment to the investment balance, results of operations and retained earnings as if the equity method had been in effect during all previous periods in which the investment was held. The effect of the change to the Company’s prior period consolidated results of operations and financial condition was not material.

The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Certain reclassifications of prior period amounts have been made to conform to the current presentation. Results of operations reported for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for the entire year. These Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 24, 2010.

The Company evaluated events or transactions that may have occurred after the balance sheet date for potential recognition or disclosure through the date the financial statements were issued.

2.  Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Adoption of New Accounting Standards

Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities

In June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) updated the accounting standards related to the consolidation of VIEs. The standard amends the guidance on the determination of the primary beneficiary of a VIE from a quantitative model to a qualitative model and requires additional disclosures about an enterprise’s involvement in VIEs. Under the new qualitative model, the primary beneficiary must have both the power to direct the activities of the VIE and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive gains that could be potentially significant to the VIE. In February 2010, the FASB amended this guidance to defer application of the consolidation requirements for certain investment funds. The standards are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after November 15, 2009. The Company adopted the standards effective January 1, 2010 and consolidated certain collateralized debt obligations (“CDOs”). As a result of the adoption, the Company recorded a $5.5 billion increase to assets and a $5.1 billion increase to liabilities. The difference between the fair value of the assets and liabilities of the CDOs was recorded as a cumulative effect increase of $473 million to appropriated retained earnings of consolidated investment entities. Such amounts are recorded as appropriated retained

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (continued)

earnings as the CDO note holders, not Ameriprise Financial, ultimately will receive the benefits or absorb the losses associated with the assets and liabilities of the CDOs. Subsequent to the adoption, the net change in fair value of the assets and liabilities of the CDOs will be recorded as net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests and as an adjustment to appropriated retained earnings of consolidated investment entities. See Note 3 for additional information related to the application of the amended VIE consolidation model and the required disclosures.

Subsequent Events

In February 2010, the FASB amended the accounting standards related to the recognition and disclosure of subsequent events. The amendments remove the requirement to disclose the date through which subsequent events are evaluated for SEC filers. The standard is effective upon issuance and shall be applied prospectively. The Company adopted the standard in the first quarter of 2010. The adoption did not have any effect on the Company’s consolidated results of operations and financial condition.

Fair Value

In January 2010, the FASB updated the accounting standards related to disclosures on fair value measurements. The standard expands the current disclosure requirements to include additional detail about significant transfers between Levels 1 and 2 within the fair value hierarchy and presents activity in the rollforward of Level 3 activity on a gross basis. The standard also clarifies existing disclosure requirements related to the level of disaggregation to be used for assets and liabilities as well as disclosures on the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The standard is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for the disclosure requirements related to the Level 3 rollforward, which are effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2010. The Company adopted the standard in the first quarter of 2010, except for the additional disclosures related to the Level 3 rollforward, which the Company will adopt in the first quarter of 2011. The adoption did not have any effect on the Company’s consolidated results of operations and financial condition.

Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments (“OTTI”)

In April 2009, the FASB updated the accounting standards for the recognition and presentation of other-than-temporary impairments. The standard amends existing guidance on other-than-temporary impairments for debt securities and requires that the credit portion of other-than-temporary impairments be recorded in earnings and the noncredit portion of losses be recorded in other comprehensive income (loss) when the entity does not intend to sell the security and it is more likely than not that the entity will not be required to sell the security prior to recovery of its cost basis. The standard requires separate presentation of both the credit and noncredit portions of other-than-temporary impairments on the financial statements and additional disclosures. This standard is effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009, with early adoption permitted for periods ending after March 15, 2009. At the date of adoption, the portion of previously recognized other-than-temporary impairments that represent the noncredit related loss component shall be recognized as a cumulative effect of adoption with an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings with a corresponding adjustment to accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). The Company adopted the standard in the first quarter of 2009 and recorded a cumulative effect increase to the opening balance of retained earnings of $132 million, net of DAC and DSIC amortization, certain benefit reserves and income taxes, and a corresponding increase to accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of impacts to DAC and DSIC amortization, certain benefit reserves and income taxes. See Note 4 for the required disclosures.

Future Adoption of New Accounting Standards

Accounting for Costs Associated with Acquiring or Renewing Insurance Contracts

In October 2010, the FASB updated the accounting standards regarding accounting for DAC. Under this new standard, only the following costs incurred in the acquisition of new and renewal insurance contracts would be capitalizable as DAC: (i) incremental direct costs of a successful contract acquisition, (ii) portions of employees’ salaries and benefits directly related to time spent performing specified acquisition activities (that is, underwriting, policy issuance and processing, medical and inspection, and sales force contract selling) for a contract that has actually been acquired, (iii) other costs related to the specified acquisition activities that would not have been incurred had the acquisition contract not occurred, and (iv) advertising costs that meet the capitalization criteria in other GAAP guidance for certain direct-response marketing. All other costs are to be expensed as incurred. The standard is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011, with earlier adoption permitted if it is at the beginning of an entity’s annual reporting period. The standard is to be applied prospectively; however, retrospective application to all prior periods presented is permitted but not required. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the standard on its consolidated results of operations and financial condition.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (continued)

Receivables

In July 2010, the FASB updated the accounting standards for disclosures about the credit quality of financing receivables and the allowance for credit losses. The standard requires additional disclosure related to the credit quality of financing receivables, troubled debt restructurings and significant purchases or sales of financing receivables during the period. The standard requires that these disclosures and existing disclosures be presented on a disaggregated basis, similar to the manner that the entity uses to evaluate its credit losses. Disclosures of information as of the end of a reporting period are effective for interim and annual periods ending after December 15, 2010 and disclosures of activity that occurred during a reporting period are effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2010. The Company’s adoption of the standard will not impact its consolidated results of operations and financial condition.

How Investments Held through Separate Accounts Affect an Insurer’s Consolidation Analysis of Those Investments

In April 2010, the FASB updated the accounting standards regarding accounting for investment funds determined to be VIEs. Under this standard an insurance enterprise would not be required to consolidate a voting-interest investment fund when it holds the majority of the voting interests of the fund through its separate accounts. In addition, the enterprise would not consider the interests held through separate accounts in evaluating its economic interests in a VIE, unless the separate account contract holder is a related party. The standard is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2010. The adoption of the standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations and financial condition.

3.  Consolidated Investment Entities

The Company provides asset management services to various CDOs and other investment products (collectively, “investment entities”), which are sponsored by the Company for the investment of client assets in the normal course of business. Certain of these investment entities are considered to be VIEs while others are considered to be voting rights entities (“VREs”). The Company consolidates certain of these investment entities.

Variable Interest Entities

A VIE is an entity that either has equity investors that lack certain essential characteristics of a controlling financial interest (including substantive voting rights, the obligation to absorb the entity’s losses, or the rights to receive the entity’s returns) or has equity investors that do not provide sufficient financial resources for the entity to support its activities. A VIE is required to be assessed for consolidation under two models:

·If the VIE is a money market fund or is an investment company, or has the financial characteristics of an investment company, and the following is true:

(i)the entity does not have an explicit or implicit obligation to fund the investment company’s losses; and

(ii)the investment company is not a securitization entity, asset backed financing entity, or an entity formally considered a qualifying special purpose entity,

then, the VIE will be consolidated by the entity that determines it stands to absorb a majority of the VIE’s expected losses or to receive a majority of the VIE’s expected residual returns. Examples of entities that are likely to be assessed for consolidation under this framework include hedge funds, property funds, private equity funds and venture capital funds.

·If the VIE does not meet the criteria above, the VIE will be consolidated by the entity that determines it has both:

(i)the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance; and

(ii)the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE or the right to receive benefits from the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE.

The Company’s CDOs are generally assessed for consolidation under this framework.

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When determining whether the Company stands to absorb the majority of the VIE’s expected losses or receive a majority of the VIE’s expected returns, it analyzes the design of the VIE to identify the variable interests it holds. Then the Company quantitatively determines whether its variable interests will absorb a majority of the VIE’s variability. If the Company determines it has control over the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of the VIE and it will absorb a majority of the VIE’s expected variability, the Company consolidates the VIE. The calculation of variability is based on an analysis of projected probability-weighted cash flows based on the design of the particular VIE. When determining whether the Company has the power and the obligation to absorb losses or rights to receive benefits from the VIE that could potentially be significant, the Company qualitatively determines if its variable interests meet these criteria. If the Company consolidates a VIE under either scenario, it is referred to as the VIE’s primary beneficiary.

Investment Entities

Collateralized Debt Obligations

The Company provides collateral management services to CDOs which are considered VIEs. These CDOs are asset backed financing entities collateralized by a pool of assets, primarily syndicated loans and, to a lesser extent, high-yield bonds. Multiple tranches of debt securities are issued by a CDO, offering investors various maturity and credit risk characteristics. The debt securities issued by the CDOs are non-recourse to the Company. The CDO’s debt holders have recourse only to the assets of the CDO. The assets the CDOs collateralize cannot be used by the Company. Scheduled debt payments are based on the performance of the CDO’s collateral pool. The Company generally earns management fees from the CDOs based on the par value of outstanding debt and, in certain instances, may also receive performance-based fees. In the normal course of business, the Company has invested in certain CDOs, generally taking an insignificant portion of the unrated, junior subordinated debt.

For certain of the CDOs, the Company has determined that consolidation is required as it has power over the CDOs and holds a variable interest in the CDOs for which the Company has the potential to receive significant benefits or the potential obligation to absorb significant losses. For other CDOs managed by the Company, the Company has determined that consolidation is not required as the Company does not hold a variable interest in the CDOs.

Other Investment Products

The Company provides investment advice and related services to private, pooled investment vehicles organized as limited partnerships, limited liability companies or foreign (non-U.S.) entities. Certain of these pooled investment vehicles are considered VIEs while others are VREs. For investment management services, the Company generally earns management fees based on the market value of assets under management, and in certain instances may also receive performance-based fees. The Company provides seed money occasionally to certain of these funds. For certain of the pooled investment vehicles, the Company has determined that consolidation is required as the Company stands to absorb a majority of the entity’s expected losses or receive a majority of the entity’s expected residual returns. For other VIE pooled investment vehicles, the Company has determined that consolidation is not required because the Company is not expected to absorb the majority of the expected losses or receive the majority of the expected residual returns. For the pooled investment vehicles which are VREs, the Company consolidates the structure when it has a controlling financial interest.

The Company also provides investment advisory, distribution and other services to the RiverSource, Columbia, and Threadneedle mutual fund families. The Company has determined that consolidation is not required for these mutual funds.

In addition, the Company may invest in structured investments including VIEs for which it is not the sponsor. These structured investments typically invest in fixed income instruments and are managed by third parties and include asset backed securities, commercial mortgage backed securities, and residential mortgage backed securities. The Company includes these investments in Available-for-Sale securities. The Company has determined that it is not the primary beneficiary of these structures due to its relative size, position in the capital structure of these entities, and the Company’s lack of power over the structures. See Note 4 for additional information about these structured investments.

The Company’s maximum exposure to loss as a result of its investment in structured investments is limited to its carrying value. The Company has no obligation to provide further financial or other support to these structured investments nor has the Company provided any support to these structured investments.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (continued)

The following tables reflect the impact of consolidated investment entities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2010 and the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2010:

	September 30, 2010
	Before		Consolidated
	Consolidation		Investment Entities			Eliminations			Total
	(in millions)
Total assets	$	122,365	$	6,740		$	(61	)	$	129,044
Total liabilities	111,976		5,564			—			117,540
Total Ameriprise Financial shareholders’ equity	10,389		622			(61		)	10,950
Noncontrolling interests equity	—		554			—			554
Total liabilities and equity	$	122,365	$	6,740		$	(61	)	$	129,044
	Three Months Ended September 30, 2010
	Before		Consolidated
	Consolidation		Investment Entities			Eliminations			Total
	(in millions)
Total net revenues	$	2,433	$	26		$	(9	)	$	2,450
Total expenses	1,959		58			(9		)	2,008
Pretax income	474		(32		)	—			442
Income tax provision	130		—			—			130
Net income	344		(32		)	—			312
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	—		(32		)	—			(32		)
Net income attributable to Ameriprise Financial	$	344	$	—		$	—		$	344
	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010
	Before		Consolidated
	Consolidation		Investment Entities			Eliminations			Total
	(in millions)
Total net revenues	$	6,963	$	363		$	(28	)	$	7,298
Total expenses	5,883		174			(28		)	6,029
Pretax income	1,080		189			—			1,269
Income tax provision	263		—			—			263
Net income	817		189			—			1,006
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	—		189			—			189
Net income attributable to Ameriprise Financial	$	817	$	—		$	—		$	817

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The following tables present the balances of assets and liabilities held by consolidated investment entities measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

	September 30, 2010
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
	(in millions)
Assets
Investments
Corporate debt securities	$	—	$	456	$	6	$	462
Common stocks	1		64		—		65
Other structured investments	—		44		13		57
Syndicated loans	—		4,789		—		4,789
Trading securities	—		2		—		2
Total investments	1		5,355		19		5,375
Receivables	—		42		—		42
Other assets	—		7		878		885
Total assets at fair value	$	1	$	5,404	$	897	$	6,302
Liabilities
Debt	—		—		5,097		5,097
Other liabilities	—		69		—		69
Total liabilities at fair value	$	—	$	69	$	5,097	$	5,166
	December 31, 2009
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
	(in millions)
Assets
Investments
Trading securities	$	—	$	36	$	—	$	36
Total investments	—		36		—		36
Other assets	—		2		831		833
Total assets at fair value	$	—	$	38	$	831	$	869
Liabilities
Other liabilities	—		30		—		30
Total liabilities at fair value	$	—	$	30	$	—	$	30

The following tables provide a summary of changes in Level 3 assets and liabilities held by consolidated investment entities measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

	2010											2009
	Corporate Debt Securities		Other Structured Investments			Other Assets			Debt			Other Assets
	(in millions)
Balance, July 1	$	6	$	10		$	682		$	(5,048	)	$	341
Cumulative effect of accounting change	—		—			—			—			—
Total gains (losses) included in:
Net income	—		(1		)(1)	(3		)(2)	(51		)(1)	(10		)(2)
Other comprehensive income	—		—			35			—			(10		)
Purchases, sales, issuances and settlements, net	—		4			164			2			154
Balance, September 30	$	6	$	13		$	878		$	(5,097	)	$	475
Changes in unrealized losses included in income relating to assets held at September 30	$	—	$	(1	)(1)	$	—		$	(51	)(1)	$	(12	)(2)

(1) Included in net investment income in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

(2) Included in other revenues in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (continued)

	2010											2009
	Corporate Debt Securities			Other Structured Investments		Other Assets			Debt			Other Assets
	(in millions)
Balance, January 1	$	—		$	—	$	831		$	—		$	287
Cumulative effect of accounting change	15			5		—			(4,962		)	—
Total gains (losses) included in:
Net income	(1		)(1)	—		68		(2)	(157		)(1)	(44		)(3)
Other comprehensive income	—			—		(29		)	—			23
Purchases, sales, issuances and settlements, net	(8		)	8		8			22			209
Balance, September 30	$	6		$	13	$	878		$	(5,097	)	$	475
Changes in unrealized gains (losses) included in income relating to assets held at September 30	$	—		$	—	$	101	(4)	$	(157	)(1)	$	(40	)(3)

(1) Included in net investment income in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

(2) Represents a $69 million gain included in other revenue and a $1 million loss included in net investment income in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

(3) Included in other revenues in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

(4) Represents a $103 million gain included in other revenues and a $2 million loss included in net investment income in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The Company has elected the fair value option for the financial assets and liabilities of the consolidated CDOs. Management believes that the use of the fair value option better matches the changes in fair value of assets and liabilities related to the CDOs.

For receivables, other assets and other liabilities of the consolidated CDOs, the carrying value approximates fair value as the nature of these assets and liabilities have historically been short term and the receivables have been collectible. The fair value of these assets and liabilities is classified as Level 2. The fair value of syndicated loans is obtained from nationally-recognized pricing services and is classified as Level 2. Other assets consist primarily of properties held in consolidated pooled investment vehicles managed by Threadneedle. The fair value of these properties is determined using discounted cash flows and market comparables. Inputs into the valuation of these properties include: rental cash flows, current occupancy, historical vacancy rates, tenant history and assumptions regarding how quickly the property can be occupied and at what rental rates. Given the significance of the unobservable inputs to these measurements, these assets are classified as Level 3. The fair value of the CDO’s debt is valued using a discounted cash flow methodology. Inputs used to determine the expected cash flows include assumptions about default and recovery rates of the CDO’s underlying assets. Given the significance of the unobservable inputs to this fair value measurement, the CDO debt is classified as Level 3. Other liabilities consist primarily of short securities held in consolidated hedge funds. The fair value of these securities is obtained from nationally-recognized pricing services and is classified as Level 2. See Note 10 for a description of the Company’s determination of the fair value of investments.

The following table presents the fair value and unpaid principal balance of assets and liabilities carried at fair value under the fair value option as of September 30, 2010:

	(in millions)
Syndicated loans
Unpaid principal balance	$	5,144
Excess unpaid principal over fair value	(355		)
Fair value	$	4,789
Fair value of loans more than 90 days past due	127
Fair value of loans in non-accrual status	110
Difference between fair value and unpaid principal of loans more than 90 days past due, loans in non-accrual status or both	71
Debt
Unpaid principal balance	6,000
Excess unpaid principal over fair value	(903		)
Carrying value at estimated fair value	$	5,097

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (continued)

Interest income from syndicated loans, bonds and structured investments is recorded based on contractual rates in net investment income. Gains and losses related to changes in the fair value of investments and gains and losses on sales of investments are recorded in net investment income. Interest expense on debt is recorded in interest and debt expense with gains and losses related to changes in the fair value of debt recorded in net investment income.

Total gains and losses recognized in net investment income related to changes in the fair value of financial assets and liabilities for which the fair value option was elected were $(32) million and $96 million for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively. The majority of the syndicated loans and debt have floating rates; as such, changes in their fair values are primarily attributable to changes in credit spreads.

Debt of the consolidated investment entities and the stated interest rates as of September 30, 2010 were as follows:

	Carrying Value		Stated Interest Rate
	(in millions)
Debt of consolidated CDOs due 2012-2021	$	5,097	1.2	%
Floating rate revolving credit borrowings due 2014	192		5.9
Floating rate revolving credit borrowings due 2014	139		5.1
Floating rate revolving credit borrowings due 2015	28		5.0
Total	$	5,456

The debt of the consolidated CDOs has both fixed and floating interest rates. The stated interest rate of the debt of consolidated CDOs is a weighted average rate based on the principal and stated interest rate according to the terms of each CDO structure, which range from 0% to 14.1%. The carrying value of the debt of the consolidated CDOs represents the fair value of the aggregate debt as of September 30, 2010. The carrying value of the floating rate revolving credit borrowings represents the outstanding principal amount of debt of certain consolidated pooled investment vehicles managed by Threadneedle. The fair value of this debt was $359 million as of September 30, 2010.

At September 30, 2010, future maturities of debt were as follows:

	(in millions)
2011	$	—
2012	21
2013	150
2014	331
2015	383
Thereafter	5,474
Total future maturities	$	6,359

4.  Investments

The following is a summary of Ameriprise Financial investments:

	September 30, 2010		December 31, 2009
	(in millions)
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value	$	33,586	$	32,546
Commercial mortgage loans, net	2,631		2,663
Trading securities	571		556
Policy loans	732		720
Other investments	460		453
Total	$	37,980	$	36,938

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Available-for-Sale securities distributed by type were as follows:

	September 30, 2010
Description of Securities	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Noncredit OTTI (1)
	(in millions)
Corporate debt securities	$	15,402	$	1,707	$	(16	)	$	17,093	$	14
Residential mortgage backed securities	7,388		445		(352		)	7,481		(132		)
Commercial mortgage backed securities	4,604		368		(3		)	4,969		—
Asset backed securities	1,954		95		(40		)	2,009		(17		)
State and municipal obligations	1,659		81		(45		)	1,695		—
U.S. government and agencies obligations	137		10		—			147		—
Foreign government bonds and obligations	91		21		—			112		—
Common and preferred stocks	53		3		(2		)	54		—
Other debt obligations	26		—		—			26		—
Total	$	31,314	$	2,730	$	(458	)	$	33,586	$	(135	)
	December 31, 2009
Description of Securities	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Noncredit OTTI (1)
	(in millions)
Corporate debt securities	$	15,336	$	894	$	(107	)	$	16,123	$	12
Residential mortgage backed securities	8,050		218		(498		)	7,770		(152		)
Commercial mortgage backed securities	4,437		196		(20		)	4,613		—
Asset backed securities	1,984		72		(62		)	1,994		(18		)
State and municipal obligations	1,472		21		(76		)	1,417		—
U.S. government and agencies obligations	379		9		(1		)	387		—
Foreign government bonds and obligations	95		14		(1		)	108		—
Common and preferred stocks	52		1		(10		)	43		—
Other structured investments	22		36		—			58		21
Other debt obligations	33		—		—			33		—
Total	$	31,860	$	1,461	$	(775	)	$	32,546	$	(137	)

(1) Represents the amount of other-than-temporary impairment losses in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income. Amount includes unrealized gains and losses on impaired securities subsequent to the initial impairment measurement date. These amounts are included in gross unrealized gains and losses as of the end of the period.

At both September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, fixed maturity securities comprised approximately 88% of Ameriprise Financial investments. Rating agency designations are based on the availability of ratings from Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations (“NRSROs”), including Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) and Fitch Ratings Ltd. (“Fitch”). The Company uses the median of available ratings from Moody’s, S&P and Fitch, or, if fewer than three ratings are available, the lower rating is used. When ratings from Moody’s, S&P and Fitch are unavailable, the Company may utilize ratings from other NRSROs or rate the securities internally. At both September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company’s internal analysts rated $1.2 billion of securities, using criteria similar to those used by NRSROs.  A summary of fixed maturity securities by rating was as follows:

	September 30, 2010						December 31, 2009
Ratings	Amortized Cost		Fair Value		Percent of Total Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Fair Value		Percent of Total Fair Value
	(in millions, except percentages)
AAA	$	12,320	$	13,169	39	%	$	13,003	$	13,396	41	%
AA	1,848		1,973		6		1,616		1,601		5
A	4,494		4,859		15		4,778		4,910		15
BBB	10,545		11,765		35		10,261		10,802		33
Below investment grade	2,054		1,766		5		2,150		1,794		6
Total fixed maturities	$	31,261	$	33,532	100	%	$	31,808	$	32,503	100	%

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At September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, approximately 29% and 34%, respectively, of the securities rated AAA were GNMA, FNMA and FHLMC mortgage backed securities. No holdings of any other issuer were greater than 10% of total equity.

The following tables provide information about Available-for-Sale securities with gross unrealized losses and the length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position:

	September 30, 2010
	Less than 12 months						12 months or more						Total
	Number of	Fair		Unrealized			Number of	Fair		Unrealized			Number of	Fair		Unrealized
Description of Securities	Securities	Value		Losses			Securities	Value		Losses			Securities	Value		Losses
	(in millions, except number of securities)
Corporate debt securities	15	$	132	$	—		56	$	365	$	(16	)	71	$	497	$	(16	)
Residential mortgage backed securities	33	288		(4		)	155	722		(348		)	188	1,010		(352		)
Commercial mortgage backed securities	11	86		(1		)	2	24		(2		)	13	110		(3		)
Asset backed securities	11	89		(3		)	29	140		(37		)	40	229		(40		)
State and municipal obligations	8	35		—			64	265		(45		)	72	300		(45		)
U.S. government and agencies obligations	4	59		—			—	—		—			4	59		—
Foreign government bonds and obligations	—	—		—			—	—		—			—	—		—
Common and preferred stocks	1	—		—			5	48		(2		)	6	48		(2		)
Other structured investments	—	—		—			4	—		—			4	—		—
Total	83	$	689	$	(8	)	315	$	1,564	$	(450	)	398	$	2,253	$	(458	)

	December 31, 2009
	Less than 12 months						12 months or more						Total
	Number of	Fair		Unrealized			Number of	Fair		Unrealized			Number of	Fair		Unrealized
Description of Securities	Securities	Value		Losses			Securities	Value		Losses			Securities	Value		Losses
	(in millions, except number of securities)
Corporate debt securities	139	$	1,095	$	(18	)	193	$	1,368	$	(89	)	332	$	2,463	$	(107	)
Residential mortgage backed securities	80	1,566		(51		)	172	904		(447		)	252	2,470		(498		)
Commercial mortgage backed securities	37	373		(4		)	36	348		(16		)	73	721		(20		)
Asset backed securities	16	126		(3		)	38	207		(59		)	54	333		(62		)
State and municipal obligations	64	318		(10		)	135	389		(66		)	199	707		(76		)
U.S. government and agencies obligations	5	133		(1		)	—	—		—			5	133		(1		)
Foreign government bonds and obligations	—	—		—			2	4		(1		)	2	4		(1		)
Common and preferred stocks	2	—		—			3	39		(10		)	5	39		(10		)
Other structured investments	—	—		—			6	—		—			6	—		—
Total	343	$	3,611	$	(87	)	585	$	3,259	$	(688	)	928	$	6,870	$	(775	)

As part of Ameriprise Financial’s ongoing monitoring process, management determined that a majority of the gross unrealized losses on its Available-for-Sale securities are attributable to credit spreads. The primary driver of lower unrealized losses at September 30, 2010 was the decline of interest rates during the period.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (continued)

The following table presents a rollforward of the cumulative amounts recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for other-than-temporary impairments related to credit losses on securities for which a portion of the securities’ total other-than-temporary impairments was recognized in other comprehensive income:

	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	September 30,					September 30,
	2010		2009			2010		2009
	(in millions)
Beginning balance of credit losses on securities held for which a portion of other-than-temporary impairment was recognized in other comprehensive income	$	291	$	310		$	263	$	258
Additional amount related to credit losses for which an other-than-temporary impairment was not previously recognized	—		—			15		8
Reductions for securities sold during the period (realized)	—		(17		)	—		(20		)
Additional increases to the amount related to credit losses for which an other-than-temporary impairment was previously recognized	2		3			15		50
Ending balance of credit losses on securities held as of September 30 for which a portion of other-than-temporary impairment was recognized in other comprehensive income	$	293	$	296		$	293	$	296

The change in net unrealized securities gains (losses) in other comprehensive income includes three components, net of tax: (i) unrealized gains (losses) that arose from changes in the market value of securities that were held during the period; (ii) (gains) losses that were previously unrealized, but have been recognized in current period net income due to sales of Available-for-Sale securities and due to the reclassification of noncredit other-than-temporary impairment losses to credit losses and (iii) other items primarily consisting of adjustments in asset and liability balances, such as DAC, DSIC, benefit reserves and reinsurance recoverables, to reflect the expected impact on their carrying values had the unrealized gains (losses) been realized as of the respective balance sheet dates.

The following table presents a rollforward of the net unrealized securities gains (losses) on Available-for-Sale securities included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss):

							Accumulated Other
	Net						Comprehensive Income
	Unrealized						(Loss) Related to Net
	Securities			Deferred			Unrealized Securities
	Gains (Losses)			Income Tax			Gains (Losses)
	(in millions)
Balance at January 1, 2009	$	(1,478	)	$	517		$	(961	)
Cumulative effect of accounting change	(203		)(1)	71			(132		)
Net unrealized securities gains arising during the period (3)	2,892			(1,012		)	1,880
Reclassification of gains included in net income	(47		)	16			(31		)
Impact of DAC, DSIC, benefit reserves and reinsurance recoverables	(611		)	214			(397		)
Balance at September 30, 2009	$	553		$	(194	)	$	359	(2)
Balance at January 1, 2010	$	474		$	(164	)	$	310
Net unrealized securities gains arising during the period (3)	1,596			(559		)	1,037
Reclassification of gains included in net income	(10		)	3			(7		)
Impact of DAC, DSIC, benefit reserves and reinsurance recoverables	(591		)	206			(385		)
Balance at September 30, 2010	$	1,469		$	(514	)	$	955	(2)

(1) Amount represents the cumulative effect of adopting a new accounting standard on January 1, 2009.  See Note 2 for additional information on the adoption impact.

(2) At September 30, 2010 and 2009, Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Related to Net Unrealized Securities Gains included $(66) million and $(91) million, respectively, of noncredit related impairments on securities and net unrealized securities losses on previously impaired securities.

(3) Net unrealized securities gains arising during the period include other-than-temporary impairment losses on Available-for-Sale securities related to factors other than credit that were recognized in other comprehensive income during the period.

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Net realized gains and losses on Available-for-Sale securities, determined using the specific identification method, were as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2010			2009			2010			2009
	(in millions)						(in millions)
Gross realized gains from sales	$	7		$	56		$	47		$	165
Gross realized losses from sales	(3		)	(21		)	(4		)	(33		)
Other-than-temporary impairments related to credit	(2		)	(19		)	(33		)	(85		)

The other-than-temporary impairments for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2010 primarily related to credit losses on non-agency residential mortgage backed securities. The other-than-temporary impairments for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2009 related to credit losses on non-agency residential mortgage backed securities and corporate debt securities primarily in the gaming industry.

Available-for-Sale securities by contractual maturity at September 30, 2010 were as follows:

	Amortized Cost		Fair Value
	(in millions)
Due within one year	$	1,395	$	1,430
Due after one year through five years	6,053		6,475
Due after five years through 10 years	5,390		6,122
Due after 10 years	4,477		5,046
	17,315		19,073
Residential mortgage backed securities	7,388		7,481
Commercial mortgage backed securities	4,604		4,969
Asset backed securities	1,954		2,009
Common and preferred stocks	53		54
Total	$	31,314	$	33,586

Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because issuers may have the right to call or prepay obligations. Residential mortgage backed securities, commercial mortgage backed securities and asset backed securities are not due at a single maturity date. As such, these securities, as well as common and preferred stocks, were not included in the maturities distribution.

Trading Securities

Net recognized gains related to trading securities held at September 30, 2010 were $12 million and $23 million, respectively, for the three months and nine months then ended. Net recognized gains related to trading securities held at September 30, 2009 were $14 million and $33 million respectively, for the three months and nine months then ended.

5.  Deferred Acquisition Costs and Deferred Sales Inducement Costs

In the third quarter of 2010, management reviewed and updated our DAC and DSIC valuation assumptions. In this process, management extended the projection periods used for our annuity products and revised client asset value growth rates assumed for variable annuity and variable universal life contracts.

The total pretax impacts on the Company’s assets and liabilities attributable to the review of valuation assumptions during the third quarter of 2010 and 2009 were as follows:

								Future
								Policy Benefits
Balance Sheet Impact Debit (Credit)	Receivables			DAC		Other Assets		and Claims			Total
	(in millions)
2010 period	$	(21	)	$	323	$	52	$	(266	)	$	88
2009 period	(65		)	119		9		71			134

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The total pretax impacts on the Company’s revenues and expenses attributable to the review of the valuation assumptions for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 were as follows:

				Benefits
				Claims, Losses
	Other			and Settlement			Amortization
Pretax Benefit (Charge)	Revenues			Expenses			of DAC		Total
	(in millions)
2010 period	$	(21	)	$	(214	)	$	323	$	88
2009 period	(65		)	80			119		134

The balances of and changes in DAC were as follows:

	2010			2009
	(in millions)
Balance at January 1	$	4,334		$	4,383
Capitalization of acquisition costs	375			499
Amortization, excluding the impact of valuation assumptions review	(366		)	(216		)
Amortization impact of valuation assumptions review	323			119
Impact of change in net unrealized securities gains	(229		)	(462		)
Balance at September 30	$	4,437		$	4,323

The balances of and changes in DSIC, which is included in other assets, were as follows:

	2010			2009
	(in millions)
Balance at January 1	$	524		$	518
Capitalization of sales inducement costs	32			61
Amortization, excluding the impact of valuation assumptions review	(43		)	(7		)
Amortization impact of valuation assumptions review	52			9
Impact of change in net unrealized securities gains	(34		)	(67		)
Balance at September 30	$	531		$	514

6.  Future Policy Benefits and Claims and Separate Account Liabilities

Future policy benefits and claims consisted of the following:

	September 30, 2010		December 31, 2009
	(in millions)
Fixed annuities	$	16,650	$	16,558
Equity indexed annuities (“EIA”) accumulated host values	111		159
EIA embedded derivatives	2		9
Variable annuity fixed sub-accounts	4,933		6,127
Variable annuity guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits (“GMWB”)	940		204
Variable annuity guaranteed minimum accumulation benefits (“GMAB”)	231		100
Other variable annuity guarantees	15		12
Total annuities	22,882		23,169
Variable universal life (“VUL”)/ universal life (“UL”) insurance	2,713		2,595
Other life, disability income and long term care insurance	4,994		4,619
Auto, home and other insurance	389		380
Policy claims and other policyholders’ funds	146		123
Total	$	31,124	$	30,886

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Separate account liabilities consisted of the following:

	September 30, 2010		December 31, 2009
	(in millions)
Variable annuity variable sub-accounts	$	54,122	$	48,982
VUL insurance variable sub-accounts	5,491		5,239
Other insurance variable sub-accounts	44		46
Threadneedle investment liabilities	4,357		3,862
Total	$	64,014	$	58,129

7.  Variable Annuity and Insurance Guarantees

The majority of the variable annuity contracts offered by the Company contain guaranteed minimum death benefit (“GMDB”) provisions. The Company also offers variable annuities with death benefit provisions that gross up the amount payable by a certain percentage of contract earnings, which are referred to as gain gross-up (“GGU”) benefits. In addition, the Company offers contracts with GMWB and GMAB provisions. The Company previously offered contracts containing guaranteed minimum income benefit (“GMIB”) provisions.

Certain universal life contracts offered by the Company provide secondary guarantee benefits. The secondary guarantee ensures that, subject to specified conditions, the policy will not terminate and will continue to provide a death benefit even if there is insufficient policy value to cover the monthly deductions and charges.

The following table provides information related to variable annuity guarantees for which the Company has established additional liabilities:

	September 30, 2010							December 31, 2009
Variable Annuity Guarantees by Benefit Type(1)	Total Contract Value		Contract Value in Separate Accounts		Net Amount at Risk(2)		Weighted Average Attained Age	Total Contract Value		Contract Value in Separate Accounts		Net Amount at Risk(2)		Weighted Average Attained Age
	(in millions, except age)
GMDB:
Return of premium	$	34,899	$	33,195	$	442	62	$	30,938	$	28,415	$	974	61
Five/six-year reset	13,393		10,833		560		62	13,919		11,223		929		61
One-year ratchet	7,390		6,871		551		63	7,081		6,400		873		63
Five-year ratchet	1,375		1,322		18		60	1,256		1,171		38		59
Other	605		574		84		67	549		516		95		67
Total — GMDB	$	57,662	$	52,795	$	1,655	62	$	53,743	$	47,725	$	2,909	61
GGU death benefit	$	917	$	858	$	74	64	$	853	$	775	$	70	63
GMIB	$	587	$	548	$	111	64	$	628	$	582	$	126	63
GMWB:
GMWB	$	4,200	$	4,176	$	258	64	$	4,196	$	4,067	$	454	64
GMWB for life	18,300		18,172		383		63	14,988		14,333		795		63
Total — GMWB	$	22,500	$	22,348	$	641	63	$	19,184	$	18,400	$	1,249	63
GMAB	$	3,286	$	3,269	$	77	56	$	2,926	$	2,853	$	153	56

(1) Individual variable annuity contracts may have more than one guarantee and therefore may be included in more than one benefit type. Variable annuity contracts for which the death benefit equals the account value are not shown in this table.

(2) Represents the current guaranteed benefit amount in excess of the current contract value. GMIB, GMWB and GMAB benefits are subject to waiting periods and payment periods specified in the contract.

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Changes in additional liabilities were as follows:

	GMDB & GGU			GMIB			GMWB			GMAB			UL
				(in millions)
Liability balance at January 1, 2009	$	55		$	12		$	1,471		$	367		$	7
Incurred claims	7			(5		)	(1,003		)	(216		)	5
Paid claims	(53		)	—			—			—			—
Liability balance at September 30, 2009	$	9		$	7		$	468		$	151		$	12
Liability balance at January 1, 2010	$	6		$	6		$	204		$	100		$	15
Incurred claims	16			3			736			131			43
Paid claims	(15		)	(1		)	—			—			(4		)
Liability balance at September 30, 2010	$	7		$	8		$	940		$	231		$	54

The following table summarizes the distribution of separate account balances by asset type for variable annuity contracts providing guaranteed benefits:

	September 30, 2010		December 31, 2009
	(in millions)
Mutual funds:
Equity	$	30,379	$	29,379
Bond	21,326		16,537
Other	2,252		2,889
Total mutual funds	$	53,957	$	48,805

8.  Customer Deposits

Customer deposits consisted of the following:

	September 30, 2010			December 31, 2009
	(in millions)
Fixed rate certificates	$	2,423		$	3,172
Stock market based certificates	814			852
Stock market embedded derivative reserve	12			26
Other	53			59
Less: accrued interest classified in other liabilities	(15		)	(33		)
Total investment certificate reserves	3,287			4,076
Brokerage deposits	1,921			1,894
Banking deposits	3,284			2,584
Total	$	8,492		$	8,554

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9.  Debt

The balances and the stated interest rates of outstanding debt of Ameriprise Financial were as follows:

	Outstanding Balance					Stated Interest Rate
	September 30, 2010			December 31, 2009		September 30, 2010		December 31, 2009
	(in millions)
Senior notes due 2010	$	340		$	340	5.4	%	5.4	%
Senior notes due 2015	749		(1)	700		5.7		5.7
Senior notes due 2019	330		(1)	300		7.3		7.3
Senior notes due 2020	788		(1)	—		5.3		—
Senior notes due 2039	200			200		7.8		7.8
Junior subordinated notes due 2066	322			322		7.5		7.5
Municipal bond inverse floater certificates due 2021	6			6		0.3		0.3
Total long-term debt	2,735			1,868
Short-term borrowings	869			—		0.4		—
Total	$	3,604		$	1,868

(1) Amounts include the fair value of associated fair value hedges on the Company’s long-term debt and any unamortized discounts.

Long-term debt

On March 11, 2010, the Company issued $750 million aggregate principal amount of unsecured senior notes which mature March 15, 2020, and incurred debt issuance costs of $6 million. Interest payments are due semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15. On June 8, 2009, the Company issued $300 million of unsecured senior notes which mature June 28, 2019, and incurred debt issuance costs of $3 million. Interest payments are due semi-annually in arrears on June 28 and December 28. On June 3, 2009, the Company issued $200 million of unsecured senior notes which mature June 15, 2039, and incurred debt issuance costs of $6 million. Interest payments are due quarterly in arrears on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15.

In July 2009, the Company purchased $450 million aggregate principal amount of its senior notes due November 15, 2010, pursuant to a cash tender offer. The tender offer consideration per $1,000 principal amount of these notes accepted for purchase was $1,000, with an early tender payment of $30. Payments for these notes purchased pursuant to the tender offer included accrued and unpaid interest from the last interest payment date to, but not including, the settlement date. The Company also repurchased $10 million of these notes in the second quarter of 2009 in open market transactions.

During 2009, the Company extinguished $135 million aggregate principal amount of its junior subordinated notes due 2066 in open market transactions and recognized a gain of $57 million in other revenues.

On September 30, 2010, the Company obtained an unsecured revolving credit facility for $500 million expiring in September 2011. Under the terms of the credit agreement, the Company may increase the amount of this facility to $750 million upon satisfaction of certain approval requirements. Available borrowings under this facility are reduced by any outstanding letters of credit. The Company had no borrowings outstanding under this facility and outstanding letters of credit issued against this facility were $1 million as of September 30, 2010.

Short-term borrowings

During 2010, the Company entered into repurchase agreements in exchange for cash, which it accounts for as a secured borrowing. The Company has pledged Available-for-Sale securities consisting of agency residential mortgage backed securities and corporate debt securities to collateralize its obligation under the repurchase agreements. The fair value of the securities pledged as collateral, which are recorded in investments, was $908 million at September 30, 2010. The stated interest rate of the short-term borrowings is a weighted average annualized interest rate on the repurchase agreements held as of September 30, 2010.

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10.  Fair Values of Assets and Liabilities

GAAP defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date; that is, an exit price. The exit price assumes the asset or liability is not exchanged subject to a forced liquidation or distressed sale.

Valuation Hierarchy

The Company categorizes its fair value measurements according to a three-level hierarchy. The hierarchy prioritizes the inputs used by the Company’s valuation techniques. A level is assigned to each fair value measurement based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are defined as follows:

Level 1Unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date.

Level 2Prices or valuations based on observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.

Level 3Prices or valuations that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.

Determination of Fair Value

The Company uses valuation techniques consistent with the market and income approaches to measure the fair value of its assets and liabilities. The Company’s market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities. The Company’s income approach uses valuation techniques to convert future projected cash flows to a single discounted present value amount. When applying either approach, the Company maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs.

The following is a description of the valuation techniques used to measure fair value and the general classification of these instruments pursuant to the fair value hierarchy.

Assets

Cash Equivalents

Cash equivalents include highly liquid investments with original maturities of 90 days or less. Actively traded money market funds are measured at their net asset value (“NAV”) and classified as Level 1. The Company’s remaining cash equivalents are classified as Level 2 and measured at amortized cost, which is a reasonable estimate of fair value because of the short time between the purchase of the instrument and its expected realization.

Investments (Trading Securities and Available-for-Sale Securities)

When available, the fair value of securities is based on quoted prices in active markets. If quoted prices are not available, fair values are obtained from nationally-recognized pricing services, broker quotes, or other model-based valuation techniques. Level 1 securities include U.S. Treasuries and seed money in funds traded in active markets. Level 2 securities include agency mortgage backed securities, commercial mortgage backed securities, asset backed securities, municipal and corporate bonds, U.S. and foreign government and agency securities, and seed money and other investments in certain hedge funds. The fair value of these Level 2 securities is based on a market approach with prices obtained from nationally-recognized pricing services. Observable inputs used to value these securities can include: reported trades, benchmark yields, issuer spreads and broker/dealer quotes. Level 3 securities include non-agency residential mortgage backed securities, commercial mortgage backed securities, asset backed securities, corporate bonds and seed money in property funds. The fair value of these Level 3 securities is typically based on a single broker quote, except for the valuation of non-agency residential mortgage backed securities. Effective March 31, 2010, the Company returned to using prices from nationally-recognized pricing services to determine the fair value of non-agency residential mortgage backed securities because the difference between these prices and the results of the Company’s discounted cash flows was not significant. The Company continues to classify its non-agency residential mortgage backed securities as Level 3 because it believes the market for these securities is still inactive and their valuation includes significant unobservable inputs.

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Separate Account Assets

The fair value of assets held by separate accounts is determined by the NAV of the funds in which those separate accounts are invested. The NAV represents the exit price for the separate account. Separate account assets are classified as Level 2 as they are traded in principal-to-principal markets with little publicly released pricing information.

Other Assets

Derivatives that are measured using quoted prices in active markets, such as foreign exchange forwards, or derivatives that are exchanged-traded are classified as Level 1 measurements. The fair value of derivatives that are traded in less active over-the-counter markets are generally measured using pricing models with market observable inputs such as interest rates and equity index levels. These measurements are classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy and include swaps and options. Derivatives that are valued using pricing models that have significant unobservable inputs are classified as Level 3 measurements.

Liabilities

Future Policy Benefits and Claims

The Company values the embedded derivative liability attributable to the provisions of certain variable annuity riders using internal valuation models. These models calculate fair value by discounting expected cash flows from benefits plus margins for profit, risk and expenses less embedded derivative fees. The projected cash flows used by these models include observable capital market assumptions (such as, market implied equity volatility and the LIBOR swap curve) and incorporate significant unobservable inputs related to contractholder behavior assumptions (such as withdrawals and lapse rates) and margins for risk, profit and expenses that the Company believes an exit market participant would expect. The fair value of these embedded derivatives also reflects a current estimate of the Company’s nonperformance risk specific to these liabilities. Given the significant unobservable inputs to this valuation, these measurements are classified as Level 3. The embedded derivative liability attributable to these provisions is recorded in future policy benefits and claims. The Company uses various Black-Scholes calculations to determine the fair value of the embedded derivative liability associated with the provisions of its equity indexed annuities. The inputs to these calculations are primarily market observable and include interest rates, volatilities, and equity index levels. As a result, these measurements are classified as Level 2.

Customer Deposits

The Company uses various Black-Scholes calculations to determine the fair value of the embedded derivative liability associated with the provisions of its stock market certificates. The inputs to these calculations are primarily market observable and include interest rates, volatilities and equity index levels. As a result, these measurements are classified as Level 2.

Other Liabilities

Derivatives that are measured using quoted prices in active markets, such as foreign exchange forwards, or derivatives that are exchanged-traded are classified as Level 1 measurements. The fair value of derivatives that are traded in less active over-the-counter markets are generally measured using pricing models with market observable inputs such as interest rates and equity index levels. These measurements are classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy and include swaps and options.

Securities sold not yet purchased include highly liquid investments which are short-term in nature. Level 1 securities include U.S. Treasuries and securities traded in active markets. The remaining securities sold not yet purchased are measured using amortized cost, which is a reasonable estimate of fair value because of the short time between the purchase of the instrument and its expected realization.

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The following tables present the balances of assets and liabilities of Ameriprise Financial measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

	September 30, 2010
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
	(in millions)
Assets
Cash equivalents	$	101	$	3,408	$	—	$	3,509
Available-for-Sale securities:
Corporate debt securities	—		15,780		1,313		17,093
Residential mortgage backed securities	—		3,040		4,441		7,481
Commercial mortgage backed securities	—		4,969		—		4,969
Asset backed securities	—		1,584		425		2,009
State and municipal obligations	—		1,695		—		1,695
U.S. government and agencies obligations	65		82		—		147
Foreign government bonds and obligations	—		112		—		112
Common and preferred stocks	—		49		5		54
Other debt obligations	—		26		—		26
Total Available-for-Sale securities	65		27,337		6,184		33,586
Trading securities:
Seed money	124		67		20		211
Investments segregated for regulatory purposes	2		15		—		17
Other	—		340		—		340
Total Trading securities	126		422		20		568
Separate account assets	—		64,014		—		64,014
Other assets:
Interest rate derivatives	—		842		—		842
Equity derivatives	112		763		—		875
Credit derivatives	—		1		—		1
Other	1		2		—		3
Total Other assets	113		1,608		—		1,721
Total assets at fair value	$	405	$	96,789	$	6,204	$	103,398
Liabilities
Future policy benefits and claims:
EIA embedded derivatives	$	—	$	2	$	—	$	2
GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives	—		—		1,153		1,153
Total Future policy benefits and claims	—		2		1,153		1,155
Customer deposits	—		12		—		12
Other liabilities:
Interest rate derivatives	1		442		—		443
Equity derivatives	—		483		—		483
Credit derivatives	—		1		—		1
Other	—		6		—		6
Total Other liabilities	1		932		—		933
Total liabilities at fair value	$	1	$	946	$	1,153	$	2,100

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	December 31, 2009
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
	(in millions)
Assets
Cash equivalents	$	57	$	2,733	$	—	$	2,790
Available-for-Sale securities:
Corporate debt securities	—		14,871		1,252		16,123
Residential mortgage backed securities	—		3,788		3,982		7,770
Commercial mortgage backed securities	—		4,541		72		4,613
Asset backed securities	—		1,539		455		1,994
State and municipal obligations	—		1,417		—		1,417
U.S. government and agencies obligations	64		323		—		387
Foreign government bonds and obligations	—		108		—		108
Common and preferred stocks	—		39		4		43
Other structured investments	—		—		58		58
Other debt obligations	—		33		—		33
Total Available-for-Sale securities	64		26,659		5,823		32,546
Trading securities	101		436		16		553
Separate account assets	—		58,129		—		58,129
Other assets	1		815		—		816
Total assets at fair value	$	223	$	88,772	$	5,839	$	94,834
Liabilities
Future policy benefits and claims	$	—	$	9	$	299	$	308
Customer deposits	—		26		—		26
Other liabilities	1		937		—		938
Total liabilities at fair value	$	1	$	972	$	299	$	1,272

The following tables provide a summary of changes in Level 3 assets and liabilities of Ameriprise Financial measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

				Total Gains (Losses)						Purchases,
				Included in						Sales,
	Balance,						Other			Issuances			Transfers			Balance,
	July 1,			Net			Comprehensive			and Settlements,			In/(Out) of			September 30,
	2010			Income			Income			Net			Level 3			2010
	(in millions)
Available-for-Sale securities:
Corporate debt securities	$	1,243		$	—		$	15		$	30		$	25		$	1,313
Residential mortgage backed securities	4,173			20			114			155			(21		)	4,441
Commercial mortgage backed securities	144			—			—			—			(144		)	—
Asset backed securities	442			2			6			(12		)	(13		)	425
Common and preferred stocks	4			—			1			—			—			5
Total Available-for-Sale securities	6,006			22		(1)	136			173			(153		)(3)	6,184
Trading securities	18			1		(1)	(1		)	2			—			20
Other assets	1			—			—			(1		)	—			—
Future policy benefits and claims:
GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives	(1,083		)	(44		)(2)	—			(26		)	—			(1,153		)

(1) Included in net investment income in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

(2) Included in benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

(3) Represents securities with a fair value of $178 million that were transferred to Level 2 as the fair value of the securities is now obtained from a nationally-recognized pricing service and securities with a fair value of $25 million that were transferred to Level 3 as the fair value of the securities is now based on broker quotes.

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				Total Gains (Losses)						Purchases,
				Included in						Sales,
	Balance,						Other			Issuances			Transfers			Balance,
	July 1,			Net			Comprehensive			and Settlements,			In/(Out) of			September 30,
	2009			Income			Income			Net			Level 3			2009
	(in millions)
Available-for-Sale securities:
Corporate debt securities	$	1,178		$	—		$	94		$	(7	)	$	(46	)	$	1,219
Residential mortgage backed securities	3,451			30			148			211			—			3,840
Commercial mortgage backed securities	64			—			5			—			—			69
Asset backed securities	379			5			14			(36		)	(9		)	353
Common and preferred stocks	10			—			—			—			—			10
Other structured investments	49			—			7			(1		)	—			55
Other debt obligations	—			—			—			—			—			—
Total Available-for-Sale securities	5,131			35		(1)	268			167			(55		)(3)	5,546
Trading securities	23			(1		)(1)	(1		)	(3		)	—			18
Other assets	1			—			—			—			—			1
Future policy benefits and claims	(759		)	166		(2)	—			(17		)	—			(610		)

(1) Included in net investment income in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

(2) Included in benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

(3) Represents securities with a fair value of $64 million that were transferred to Level 2 as the fair value of the securities is now obtained from a nationally-recognized pricing service and a security with a fair value of $9 million that was transferred to Level 3 as the fair value of the security is now based on broker quotes.

The Company recognizes transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy as of the beginning of the quarter in which each transfer occurred.

The following table presents the changes in unrealized gains (losses) included in net income related to Level 3 assets and liabilities of Ameriprise Financial held at September 30 for the three months then ended:

	2010					2009
	Net Investment Income		Benefits, Claims, Losses and Settlement Expenses			Net Investment Income			Benefits, Claims, Losses and Settlement Expenses
	(in millions)
Available-for-Sale securities:
Corporate debt securities	$	—	$	—		$	—		$	—
Residential mortgage backed securities	19		—			28			—
Commercial mortgage backed securities	—		—			—			—
Asset backed securities	2		—			3			—
Common and preferred stock	—		—			—			—
Other structured investments	—		—			—			—
Total Available-for-Sale securities	21		—			31			—
Trading securities	—		—			(1		)	—
Other assets	—		—			—			—
Future policy benefits and claims	—		(49		)	—			165

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The following tables provide a summary of changes in Level 3 assets and liabilities of Ameriprise Financial measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

				Total Gains (Losses)						Purchases,
				Included in						Sales,
	Balance,						Other			Issuances			Transfers			Balance,
	January 1,			Net			Comprehensive			and Settlements,			In/(Out) of			September 30,
	2010			Income			Income			Net			Level 3			2010
	(in millions)
Available-for-Sale securities:
Corporate debt securities	$	1,252		$	1		$	58		$	(23	)	$	25		$	1,313
Residential mortgage backed securities	3,982			35			310			135			(21		)	4,441
Commercial mortgage backed securities	72			1			10			61			(144		)	—
Asset backed securities	455			10			34			(38		)	(36		)	425
Common and preferred stocks	4			—			1			—			—			5
Other structured investments	58			2			2			(62		)	—			—
Total Available-for-Sale securities	5,823			49		(1)	415			73			(176		)(3)	6,184
Trading securities	16			3		(1)	(2		)	3			—			20
Other assets	—			1		(1)	—			(1		)	—			—
Future policy benefits and claims:
GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives	(299		)	(760		)(2)	—			(94		)	—			(1,153		)

(1) Included in net investment income in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

(2) Included in benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

(3) Represents securities with a fair value of $201 million that were transferred to Level 2 as the fair value of the securities is now obtained from a nationally-recognized pricing service and securities with a fair value of $25 million that were transferred to Level 3 as the fair value of the securities is now based on broker quotes.

				Total Gains (Losses)					Purchases,
				Included in					Sales,
	Balance,						Other		Issuances			Transfers			Balance,
	January 1,			Net			Comprehensive		and Settlements,			In/(Out) of			September 30,
	2009			Income			Income		Net			Level 3			2009
	(in millions)
Available-for-Sale securities:
Corporate debt securities	$	1,120		$	—		$	173	$	(13	)	$	(61	)	$	1,219
Residential mortgage backed securities	1,208			37			63		2,532			—			3,840
Commercial mortgage backed securities	3			—			6		60			—			69
Asset backed securities	222			13			—		127			(9		)	353
Common and preferred stocks	10			—			—		—			—			10
Other structured investments	50			(3		)	13		(5		)	—			55
Other debt obligations	—			—			—		—			—			—
Total Available-for-Sale securities	2,613			47		(1)	255		2,701			(70		)(3)	5,546
Trading securities	30			(6		)(1)	2		(8		)	—			18
Other assets	200			(37		)(2)	—		(162		)	—			1
Future policy benefits and claims	(1,832		)	1,268		(2)	—		(46		)	—			(610		)

(1) Included in net investment income in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

(2) Included in benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

(3) Represents securities with a fair value of $79 million that were transferred to Level 2 as the fair value of the securities is now obtained from a nationally-recognized pricing service and a security with a fair value of $9 million that was transferred to Level 3 as the fair value of the security is now based on broker quotes.

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The following table presents the changes in unrealized gains (losses) included in net income related to Level 3 assets and liabilities of Ameriprise Financial held at September 30 for the nine months then ended:

	2010					2009
	Net Investment Income		Benefits, Claims, Losses and Settlement Expenses			Net Investment Income			Benefits, Claims, Losses and Settlement Expenses
	(in millions)
Available-for-Sale securities:
Corporate debt securities	$	—	$	—		$	—		$	—
Residential mortgage backed securities	33		—			15			—
Commercial mortgage backed securities	—		—			—			—
Asset backed securities	10		—			7			—
Common and preferred stock	—		—			—			—
Other structured investments	—		—			(3		)	—
Total Available-for-Sale securities	43		—			19			—
Trading securities	—		—			(1		)	—
Other assets	—		—			—			—
Future policy benefits and claims	—		(769		)	—			1,244

During the reporting periods, there were no material assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis.

The following table provides the carrying value and the estimated fair value of financial instruments that are not reported at fair value. All other financial instruments that are reported at fair value have been included above in the table with balances of assets and liabilities Ameriprise Financial measured at fair value on a recurring basis.

	September 30, 2010				December 31, 2009
	Carrying Value		Fair Value		Carrying Value		Fair Value
	(in millions)				(in millions)
Financial Assets
Commercial mortgage loans, net	$	2,631	$	2,787	$	2,663	$	2,652
Policy loans	732		837		720		795
Receivables	1,737		1,309		1,387		1,055
Restricted and segregated cash	1,447		1,447		1,452		1,452
Other investments and assets	344		346		439		442
Financial Liabilities
Future policy benefits and claims	$	15,423	$	16,219	$	15,540	$	15,657
Investment certificate reserves	3,275		3,272		4,050		4,053
Banking and brokerage customer deposits	5,205		5,209		4,478		4,478
Separate account liabilities	4,734		4,734		4,268		4,268
Debt and other liabilities	3,587		3,858		1,985		2,027

Investments

The fair value of commercial mortgage loans, except those with significant credit deterioration, is determined by discounting contractual cash flows using discount rates that reflect current pricing for loans with similar remaining maturities and characteristics including loan-to-value ratio, occupancy rate, refinance risk, debt-service coverage, location, and property condition. For commercial mortgage loans with significant credit deterioration, fair value is determined using the same adjustments as above with an additional adjustment for the Company’s estimate of the amount recoverable on the loan.

The fair value of policy loans is determined using discounted cash flows.

Receivables

The fair value of consumer banking loans is determined by discounting estimated cash flows and incorporating adjustments for prepayment, administration expenses, severity and credit loss estimates, with discount rates based on the Company’s estimate of current market conditions.

Loans held for sale are measured at the lower of cost or market and fair value is based on what secondary markets are currently offering for loans with similar characteristics.

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Brokerage margin loans are measured at outstanding balances, which are a reasonable estimate of fair value because of the sufficiency of the collateral and short term nature of these loans.

Restricted and Segregated Cash

Restricted and segregated cash is generally set aside for specific business transactions and restrictions are specific to the Company and do not transfer to third party market participants; therefore, the carrying amount is a reasonable estimate of fair value.

Amounts segregated under federal and other regulations may also reflect resale agreements and are measured at the cost at which the securities will be sold. This measurement is a reasonable estimate of fair value because of the short time between entering into the transaction and its expected realization and the reduced risk of credit loss due to pledging U.S. government-backed securities as collateral.

Other Investments and Assets

Other investments and assets primarily consist of syndicated loans. The fair value of syndicated loans is obtained from a nationally-recognized pricing service.

Future Policy Benefits and Claims

The fair value of fixed annuities, in deferral status, is determined by discounting cash flows using a risk neutral discount rate with adjustments for profit margin, expense margin, early policy surrender behavior, a provision for adverse deviation from estimated early policy surrender behavior, and the Company’s nonperformance risk specific to these liabilities. The fair value of other liabilities including non-life contingent fixed annuities in payout status, equity indexed annuity host contracts and the fixed portion of a small number of variable annuity contracts classified as investment contracts is determined in a similar manner.

Customer Deposits

The fair value of investment certificate reserves is determined by discounting cash flows using discount rates that reflect current pricing for assets with similar terms and characteristics, with adjustments for early withdrawal behavior, penalty fees, expense margin and the Company’s nonperformance risk specific to these liabilities.

Banking and brokerage customer deposits are liabilities with no defined maturities and fair value is the amount payable on demand at the reporting date.

Separate Account Liabilities

Certain separate account liabilities are classified as investment contracts and are carried at an amount equal to the related separate account assets. Carrying value is a reasonable estimate of the fair value as it represents the exit value as evidenced by withdrawal transactions between contractholders and the Company. A nonperformance adjustment is not included as the related separate account assets act as collateral for these liabilities and minimize nonperformance risk.

Debt and Other Liabilities

Debt fair value is based on quoted prices in active markets, when available. If quoted prices are not available fair values are obtained from nationally-recognized pricing services, broker quotes, or other model-based valuation techniques such as present value of cash flows.

The fair value of short-term borrowings is determined by discounting cash flows. A nonperformance adjustment is not included as collateral requirements for these borrowings minimize the nonperformance risk.

11.  Derivatives and Hedging Activities

Derivative instruments enable the Company to manage its exposure to various market risks. The value of such instruments is derived from an underlying variable or multiple variables, including equity, foreign exchange and interest rate indices or prices. The Company primarily enters into derivative agreements for risk management purposes related to the Company’s products and operations.

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The Company uses derivatives as economic hedges and accounting hedges. The following table presents the balance sheet location and the gross fair value of derivative instruments, including embedded derivatives:

		Asset					Liability
Derivatives designated	Balance Sheet	September 30,		December 31,		Balance Sheet	September 30,		December 31,
as hedging instruments	Location	2010		2009		Location	2010		2009
		(in millions)					(in millions)
Cash flow hedges
Interest on debt	Other assets	$	—	$	19	Other liabilities	$	—	$	—
Asset-based distribution fees	Other assets	15		—		Other liabilities	—		—
Fair value hedges
Fixed rate debt	Other assets	128		—		Other liabilities	—		—
Total qualifying hedges		143		19			—		—
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
GMWB and GMAB
Interest rate contracts	Other assets	699		176		Other liabilities	443		280
Equity contracts	Other assets	817		425		Other liabilities	439		474
Credit contracts	Other assets	1		12		Other liabilities	1		—
Embedded derivatives(1)	N/A	—		—		Future policy benefits and claims	1,153		299
Total GMWB and GMAB		1,517		613			2,036		1,053
Other derivatives:
Interest rate
Interest rate lock commitments	Other assets	—		1		Other liabilities	—		—
Equity
GMDB	Other assets	—		—		Other liabilities	—		2
EIA	Other assets	—		2		Other liabilities	—		—
EIA embedded derivatives	N/A	—		—		Future policy benefits and claims	2		9
Stock market certificates	Other assets	56		166		Other liabilities	44		141
Stock market certificates embedded derivatives	N/A	—		—		Customer deposits	12		26
Seed money	Other assets	—		—		Other liabilities	—		1
Deferred Equity Program for Independent Financial Advisors	Other assets	2		—		Other liabilities	—		—
Foreign exchange
Foreign currency	Other assets	1		—		Other liabilities	—		—
Seed money	Other assets	—		—		Other liabilities	1		—
Total other		59		169			59		179
Total non-designated hedges		1,576		782			2,095		1,232
Total derivatives		$	1,719	$	801		$	2,095	$	1,232

N/A Not applicable.

(1) The fair values of GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives fluctuate based on changes in equity, interest rate and credit markets.

See Note 10 for additional information regarding the Company’s fair value measurement of derivative instruments.

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Derivatives Not Designated as Hedges

The following table presents a summary of the impact of derivatives not designated as hedging instruments on the Consolidated Statements of Operations:

		Amount of Gain (Loss) on
		Derivatives Recognized in Income
		Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
Derivatives not designated as	Location of Gain (Loss) on	September 30,						September 30,
hedging instruments	Derivatives Recognized in Income	2010			2009			2010			2009
		(in millions)
GMWB and GMAB
Interest rate contracts	Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses	$	141		$	63		$	352		$	(322	)
Equity contracts	Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses	(354		)	(227		)	220			(1,017		)
Credit contracts	Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses	(18		)	(39		)	(48		)	(61		)
Embedded derivatives(1)	Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses	(70		)	149			(854		)	1,222
Total GMWB and GMAB		(301		)	(54		)	(330		)	(178		)
Other derivatives:
Equity
GMDB	Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses	(5		)	(7		)	—			(7		)
EIA	Interest credited to fixed accounts	1			3			1			1
EIA embedded derivatives	Interest credited to fixed accounts	1			2			7			3
Stock market certificates	Banking and deposit interest expense	6			9			4			10
Stock market certificates embedded derivatives	Banking and deposit interest expense	(6		)	(11		)	(4		)	(13		)
Seed money	Net investment income	(3		)	(10		)	—			(10		)
Foreign exchange
Foreign currency	Net investment income	1			—			1			—
Seed money	General and administrative expense	(1		)	3			—			2
Total other		(6		)	(11		)	9			(14		)
Total derivatives		$	(307	)	$	(65	)	$	(321	)	$	(192	)

(1) The fair values of GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives fluctuate based on changes in equity, interest rate and credit markets.

The Company holds derivative instruments that either do not qualify or are not designated for hedge accounting treatment. These derivative instruments are used as economic hedges of equity, interest rate, credit and foreign currency exchange rate risk related to various products and transactions of the Company.

The majority of the Company’s annuity contracts contain GMDB provisions, which may result in a death benefit payable that exceeds the contract accumulation value when market values of customers’ accounts decline. Certain annuity contracts contain GMWB or GMAB provisions, which guarantee the right to make limited partial withdrawals each contract year regardless of the volatility inherent in the underlying investments or guarantee a minimum accumulation value of consideration received at the beginning of the contract period, after a specified holding period, respectively. The Company economically hedges the exposure related to non-life contingent GMWB and GMAB provisions using various equity futures, equity options, total return swaps, interest rate swaptions, interest rate swaps, variance swaps and credit default swaps. In 2009, the Company entered into a limited number of derivative contracts to economically hedge equity exposure related to GMDB provisions on variable annuity contracts written previously in 2009. At September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the gross notional amount of contracts for the Company’s GMWB and GMAB provisions was $48.4 billion and $38.7 billion, respectively. At both September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the gross notional amount of contracts for the Company’s GMDB provisions was $77 million.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (continued)

The premium associated with certain of the above options is paid or received semi-annually over the life of the option contract. The following is a summary of the payments the Company is scheduled to make and receive for these options:

	Premiums Payable		Premiums Receivable
	(in millions)
2010(1)	$	72	$	2
2011	251		4
2012	231		3
2013	208		2
2014	181		1
2015-2025	625		4

(1) 2010 amounts represent the amounts payable and receivable for the period from October 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010.

Actual timing and payment amounts may differ due to future contract settlements, modifications or exercises of options prior to the full premium being paid or received.

Equity indexed annuities and stock market certificate products have returns tied to the performance of equity markets. As a result of fluctuations in equity markets, the obligation incurred by the Company related to equity indexed annuities and stock market certificate products will positively or negatively impact earnings over the life of these products. As a means of economically hedging its obligations under the provisions of these products, the Company enters into index options and occasionally enters into futures contracts. The gross notional amount of these derivative contracts was $1.5 billion and $1.6 billion at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.

The Company enters into forward contracts, futures and total return swaps to manage its exposure to price risk arising from seed money investments in proprietary investment products. The gross notional amount of these contracts was $177 million and $191 million at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.

The Company enters into foreign currency forward contracts to economically hedge its exposure to certain receivables and obligations denominated in non-functional currencies. The gross notional amount of these contracts was $25 million and $7 million at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.

In the first quarter of 2010, the Company entered into a total return swap to economically hedge its exposure to equity price risk of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. common stock granted as part of its Deferred Equity Program for Independent Financial Advisors. As part of the contract, the Company expects to cash settle the difference between the value of a fixed number of shares at the contract date (which may be increased from time to time) and the value of those shares over an unwind period ending on December 31, 2010. The gross notional value of this contract was $33 million at September 30, 2010.

Embedded Derivatives

Certain annuities contain GMAB and non-life contingent GMWB provisions, which are considered embedded derivatives. In addition, the equity component of the equity indexed annuity and stock market investment certificate product obligations are also considered embedded derivatives. These embedded derivatives are bifurcated from their host contracts and reported on the Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value with changes in fair value reported in earnings. As discussed above, the Company uses derivatives to mitigate the financial statement impact of these embedded derivatives.

Cash Flow Hedges

The Company has designated and accounts for the following as cash flow hedges: (i) interest rate swaps to hedge certain asset-based distribution fees (ii) interest rate swaps to hedge interest rate exposure on debt, (iii) interest rate lock agreements to hedge interest rate exposure on debt issuances and (iv) swaptions used to hedge the risk of increasing interest rates on forecasted fixed premium product sales.

Amounts associated with the effective portion of designated cash flow hedges are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income. The Company reclassifies these amounts into earnings as the forecasted transactions impact earnings. Any ineffectiveness is recorded in earnings immediately. If a derivative designated as a cash flow hedge is terminated or ceases to be highly effective, any amount recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income attributable to the hedging relationship will be reclassified to earnings over the period that the forecasted transactions are expected to occur. If the forecasted transactions are no longer probable of occurring, hedge accounting will cease and amounts previously recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income will be reclassified to earnings immediately. At September 30, 2010, the Company had $4 million of net unrealized gains on derivatives recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (continued)

At September 30, 2010, the Company expects to reclassify net pretax gains of $5 million that will be recorded as a reduction to interest and debt expense, and net pretax losses of $6 million that will be recorded in net investment income in the next 12 months.

No hedge relationships were discontinued during the periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 due to forecasted transactions no longer being expected to occur according to the original hedge strategy. For the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, amounts recognized in earnings related to cash flow hedges due to ineffectiveness were not material. The following table shows the impact of the effective portion of the Company’s cash flow hedges on the Consolidated Statements of Operations and the Consolidated Statements of Equity for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009:

	Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in
	Other Comprehensive Income on Derivatives
	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments	2010		2009		2010			2009
	(in millions)
Interest on debt	$	—	$	—	$	(10	)	$	—
Asset-based distribution fees	10		—		19			—
Total	$	10	$	—	$	9		$	—

	Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from
	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income into Income
Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
Other Comprehensive Income into Income	2010			2009			2010			2009
	(in millions)
Interest and debt expense	$	3		$	2		$	7		$	6
Distribution fees	6			—			6			—
Net investment income	(2		)	(2		)	(5		)	(5		)
Total	$	7		$	—		$	8		$	1

Currently, the longest period of time over which the Company is hedging exposure to the variability in future cash flows is 25 years and relates to forecasted debt interest payments.

Fair Value Hedges

During the first quarter of 2010, the Company entered into and designated as fair value hedges three interest rate swaps to convert senior notes due 2015, 2019 and 2020 from fixed rate debt to floating rate debt. The swaps have identical terms as the underlying debt being hedged so no ineffectiveness is expected to be realized. The Company recognizes gains and losses on the derivatives and the related hedged items within interest and debt expense. The following table shows the amounts recognized in income related to fair value hedges for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2010:

		Amount of Gain Recognized in Income on Derivatives
Derivatives designated	Location of Gain	Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
as hedging instruments	Recorded into Income	September 30, 2010		September 30, 2010
		(in millions)
Fixed rate debt	Interest and debt expense	$	10	$	27
Total		$	10	$	27

Credit Risk

Credit risk associated with the Company’s derivatives is the risk that a derivative counterparty will not perform in accordance with the terms of the applicable derivative contract. To mitigate such risk, the Company has established guidelines and oversight of credit risk through a comprehensive enterprise risk management program that includes members of senior management. Key components of this program are to require preapproval of counterparties and the use of master netting arrangements and collateral arrangements whenever practical. As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company held $571 million and $103 million, respectively, in cash and cash equivalents and recorded a corresponding liability in other liabilities for collateral the Company is obligated to return to counterparties. As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company had accepted additional collateral consisting of various securities with a fair value of $129 million and $22 million, respectively, which are not reflected on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (continued)

September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company’s maximum credit exposure related to derivative assets after considering netting arrangements with counterparties and collateral arrangements was approximately $57 million and $83 million, respectively.

Certain of the Company’s derivative instruments contain provisions that adjust the level of collateral the Company is required to post based on the Company’s debt rating (or based on the financial strength of the Company’s life insurance subsidiaries for contracts in which those subsidiaries are the counterparty). Additionally, certain of the Company’s derivative contracts contain provisions that allow the counterparty to terminate the contract if the Company’s debt does not maintain a specific credit rating (generally an investment grade rating) or the Company’s life insurance subsidiary does not maintain a specific financial strength rating. If these termination provisions were to be triggered, the Company’s counterparty could require immediate settlement of any net liability position. At September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the aggregate fair value of all derivative instruments in a net liability position containing such credit risk features was $45 million and $297 million, respectively. The aggregate fair value of assets posted as collateral for such instruments as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 was $37 million and $269 million, respectively. If the credit risk features of derivative contracts that were in a net liability position at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 were triggered, the additional fair value of assets needed to settle these derivative liabilities would have been $8 million and $28 million, respectively.

12.  Income Taxes

The Company’s effective tax rates were 29.6% and 23.7% for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The increase in the effective tax rate primarily reflects an increase in pretax income relative to tax advantaged items for the three months ended September 30, 2010. The Company’s effective tax rates were 20.7% and 21.5% for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The decrease in the effective tax rate primarily reflects benefits from tax planning and completion of certain audits which offset the impact of an increase in pretax income relative to tax advantaged items for the nine months ended September 30, 2010.

The Company is required to establish a valuation allowance for any portion of the deferred tax assets that management believes will not be realized. Included in deferred tax assets is a significant deferred tax asset relating to capital losses that have been recognized for financial statement purposes but not yet for tax return purposes. Under current U.S. federal income tax law, capital losses generally must be used against capital gain income within five years of the year in which the capital losses are recognized for tax purposes. Significant judgment is required in determining if a valuation allowance should be established, and the amount of such allowance if required. Factors used in making this determination include estimates relating to the performance of the business including the ability to generate capital gains. Consideration is given to, among other things in making this determination, i) future taxable income exclusive of reversing temporary differences and carryforwards, ii) future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, iii) taxable income in prior carryback years, and iv) tax planning strategies. Based on analysis of the Company’s tax position, management believes it is more likely than not that the results of future operations and implementation of tax planning strategies will generate sufficient taxable income to enable the Company to utilize all of its deferred tax assets. Accordingly, no valuation allowance for deferred tax assets has been established as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009.

As a result of the Company’s ability to file a consolidated U.S. federal income tax return including the Company’s life insurance subsidiaries in 2010, as well as the expected level of taxable income, management believes the Company’s net operating loss carryforwards and tax credit carryforwards will be utilized in the current year and therefore are reflected in the current tax accounts and not reflected as a deferred tax asset.

As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company had $36 million of gross unrecognized tax benefits and $33 million of gross unrecognized tax expense, respectively. If recognized, approximately $66 million and $81 million, net of federal tax benefits, of unrecognized tax benefits as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively, would affect the effective tax rate.

The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as a component of the income tax provision. The Company recognized a net reduction of $20 million in interest and penalties for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. At September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company had a receivable of $32 million and $12 million, respectively, related to accrued interest and penalties

It is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change in the next 12 months. Based on the current audit position of the Company, it is estimated that the total amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits may decrease by $10 million to $15 million in the next 12 months.

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The Company or one or more of its subsidiaries files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, and various states and foreign jurisdictions. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal, state and local, or non-U.S. income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 1997. The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), as part of the overall examination of the American Express Company consolidated return, completed its field examination of the Company’s U.S. income tax returns for 1997 through 2002 during 2008 and completed its field examination of 2003 through 2004 in the third quarter of 2009. However, for federal income tax purposes these years continue to remain open as a consequence of certain issues under appeal. In the fourth quarter of 2008, the IRS commenced an examination of the Company’s U.S. income tax returns for 2005 through 2007, of which the second stub period 2005 through 2007 for the non-life group, and 2006 through 2007 for the life group was completed in the second quarter of 2010. The first stub 2005 period for the non-life group and the full year 2005 for the life group is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2010. In the fourth quarter of 2010, the IRS commenced an examination of the Company’s U.S income tax returns for 2008 and 2009. The Company’s or certain of its subsidiaries’ state income tax returns are currently under examination by various jurisdictions for years ranging from 1998 through 2008.

On September 25, 2007, the IRS issued Revenue Ruling 2007-61 in which it announced that it intends to issue regulations with respect to certain computational aspects of the Dividends Received Deduction (“DRD”) related to separate account assets held in connection with variable contracts of life insurance companies. Revenue Ruling 2007-61 suspended a revenue ruling issued in August 2007 that purported to change accepted industry and IRS interpretations of the statutes governing these computational questions. Management believes that the IRS will concede this issue for open tax years and it is likely that any regulations that would result from a regulation project would apply prospectively only. Any regulations that the IRS ultimately proposes for issuance in this area will be subject to public notice and comment, at which time insurance companies and other members of the public will have the opportunity to raise legal and practical questions about the content, scope and application of such regulations. As a result, the ultimate timing and substance of any such regulations are unknown at this time, but they may result in the elimination of some or all of the separate account DRD tax benefit that we receive.

The Company is continuing to evaluate the tax implications of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.

13.   Guarantees and Contingencies

Guarantees

Owing to conditions then-prevailing in the credit markets and the isolated defaults of unaffiliated structured investment vehicles held in the portfolios of money market funds advised by its Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC subsidiary (the “2a-7 Funds”), the Company closely monitored the net asset value of the 2a-7 Funds during 2008 and through the date of this report and, as circumstances warranted from time to time, injected capital into one or more of the 2a-7 Funds. Management believes that the market conditions which gave rise to those circumstances have significantly diminished. The Company has not provided a formal capital support agreement or net asset value guarantee to any of the 2a-7 Funds.

Contingencies

The Company and its subsidiaries are involved in the normal course of business in legal, regulatory and arbitration proceedings, including class actions, concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of its activities as a diversified financial services firm. These include proceedings specific to the Company as well as proceedings generally applicable to business practices in the industries in which it operates. The Company can also be subject to litigation arising out of its general business activities, such as its investments, contracts, leases and employment relationships. Uncertain economic conditions heightened volatility in the financial markets, such as those which have been experienced from the latter part of 2007 through 2009, and significant recently enacted financial reform legislation may increase the likelihood that clients and other persons or regulators may present or threaten legal claims or that regulators increase the scope or frequency of examinations of the Company or the financial services industry generally.

As with other financial services firms, the level of regulatory activity and inquiry concerning the Company’s businesses remains elevated. From time to time, the Company receives requests for information from, and/or has been subject to examination or claims by, the SEC, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Office of Thrift Supervision, state insurance and securities regulators, state attorneys general and various other governmental and quasi-governmental authorities on behalf of themselves or clients concerning the Company’s business activities and practices, and the practices of the Company’s financial advisors. Pending matters about which the Company has during recent periods received such information requests or claims include: sales and product or service features of, or disclosures pertaining to, mutual funds, annuities, equity and fixed income securities, insurance products, brokerage services, financial plans and other advice offerings; supervision of the Company’s financial advisors; supervisory practices in connection with financial advisors’ outside business activities; sales practices and supervision associated with the sale of fixed and variable annuities and non-

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exchange traded (or “private placement”) securities; information security; the delivery of financial plans and the suitability of investments and product selection processes. The number of reviews and investigations has increased in recent years with regard to many firms in the financial services industry, including Ameriprise Financial. The Company has cooperated and will continue to cooperate with the applicable regulators regarding their inquiries.

These legal and regulatory proceedings and disputes are subject to uncertainties and, as such, the Company is unable to estimate the possible loss or range of loss that may result. An adverse outcome in one or more of these proceedings could result in adverse judgments, settlements, fines, penalties or other relief, in addition to further claims, examinations or adverse publicity that could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

Certain legal and regulatory proceedings are described below.

In June 2004, an action captioned John E. Gallus et al. v. American Express Financial Corp. and American Express Financial Advisors Inc., was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, and was later transferred to the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. The plaintiffs alleged that they were investors in several of the Company’s mutual funds and they purported to bring the action derivatively on behalf of those funds under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ‘40 Act). The plaintiffs alleged that fees allegedly paid to the defendants by the funds for investment advisory and administrative services were excessive. Plaintiffs seek an order declaring that defendants have violated the ‘40 Act and awarding unspecified damages including excessive fees allegedly paid plus interest and other costs. On July 6, 2007, the district court granted the Company’s motion for summary judgment, dismissing all claims with prejudice. Plaintiffs appealed the district court’s decision, and on April 8, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed the district court’s decision, and remanded the case for further proceedings. The Company filed with the United States Supreme Court a Petition for Writ of Certiorari to review the judgment of the Court of Appeals in this case in light of the Supreme Court’s anticipated review of a similar excessive fee case captioned Jones v. Harris Associates. On March 30, 2010, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Jones v. Harris Associates, and on April 5, 2010, the Supreme Court vacated the Eighth Circuit’s decision in this case and remanded it to the Eighth Circuit for further consideration in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Jones v. Harris Associates. Without any further briefing or argument, on June 4, 2010, the Eighth Circuit remanded the case to the district court for further consideration in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Jones v. Harris Associates. The district court ordered briefing and heard oral argument on September 22, 2010 on the impact of the Jones v. Harris Associates decision. The district court stated it expected to issue an order on the matter within 45 days thereof.

In July 2009, two issuers of private placement interests (Medical Capital Holdings, Inc./Medical Capital Corporation and affiliated corporations and Provident Shale Royalties, LLC and affiliated corporations) sold by the Company’s subsidiary Securities America, Inc. (“SAI”) were the subject of SEC actions against those entities and individuals associated with them, which has resulted in the filing of several putative class action lawsuits naming both SAI and Ameriprise Financial, and numerous FINRA arbitrations and state court actions naming SAI primarily but occasionally also naming Ameriprise Financial, as well as related regulatory inquiries. The putative class actions and arbitrations generally allege violations of state and/or federal securities laws in connection with SAI’s sales of these private placement interests. These actions were commenced in September 2009 and thereafter. Currently, three arbitrations are scheduled for hearings later this year, in November and December 2010, with the other scheduled arbitration hearings set to begin in 2011 and 2012. Motions to dismiss have been filed or will be filed in all of the putative class actions. On January 26, 2010, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts filed an Administrative Complaint against SAI, and on February 16, 2010, SAI filed an Answer. At this time, an Administrative Hearing in this matter has commenced and is expected to conclude later this year. The Medical Capital-related class actions were centralized and moved to the Central District of California by order of the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation under the caption “In re: Medical Capital Securities Litigation.” In August, 2010, the court in the Medical Capital class actions granted motions to dismiss all but one negligence claim against SAI, with leave to replead. On September 10, 2010, plaintiffs filed a consolidated amended complaint and on October 4, 2010, the Company answered and filed a motion to dismiss. The Provident Shale-related class actions remain pending in Texas federal court. On July 26, 2010, the court in the Texas Provident Shale class action granted the motion to dismiss as to the securities law claim against SAI, held that the securities law claim against Ameriprise Financial could not proceed without an underlying claim against SAI, and denied the motion as to the common law claim for breach of fiduciary duty in the absence of sufficient facts for determination of the issue. On September 10, 2010, plaintiffs in the Provident class actions filed a consolidated amended complaint. On October 4, 2010, the Company answered and filed a motion to dismiss. On June 22, 2010, the Liquidating Trustee of the Provident Liquidating Trust filed an adversary action in the Provident bankruptcy proceeding naming SAI on behalf of both the Provident Liquidating Trust and a number of individual Provident investors who are alleged to have assigned their claims. The action by the Liquidating Trustee generally alleges the same types of claims as are alleged in the class actions as well as a claim under the Bankruptcy Code.

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14.  Earnings per Share Attributable to Ameriprise Financial Common Shareholders

The computations of basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to Ameriprise Financial common shareholders are as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2010		2009		2010		2009
	(in millions, except per share amounts)
Numerator:
Net income attributable to Ameriprise Financial	$	344	$	260	$	817	$	485
Denominator:
Basic: Weighted-average common shares outstanding	255.3		258.7		259.0		236.6
Effect of potentially dilutive nonqualified stock options and other share-based awards	4.6		2.0		4.4		1.4
Diluted: Weighted-average common shares outstanding	259.9		260.7		263.4		238.0
Earnings per share attributable to Ameriprise Financial common shareholders:
Basic	$	1.35	$	1.00	$	3.15	$	2.05
Diluted	1.32		1.00		3.10		2.04

15.  Segment Information

The Company’s five segments are Advice & Wealth Management, Asset Management, Annuities, Protection and Corporate & Other.

The following is a summary of assets by segment:

	September 30, 2010		December 31, 2009
	(in millions)
Advice & Wealth Management	$	11,045	$	11,098
Asset Management	7,779		5,951
Annuities	83,299		77,037
Protection	17,930		16,758
Corporate & Other	8,991		2,926
Total assets	$	129,044	$	113,770

The following is a summary of segment operating results:

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2010
	Advice &
	Wealth		Asset						Corporate
	Management		Management		Annuities		Protection		& Other			Eliminations			Consolidated
					(in millions)
Revenue from external customers	$	723	$	641	$	577	$	492	$	32		$	—		$	2,465
Intersegment revenue	238		21		49		10		—			(318		)	—
Total revenues	961		662		626		502		32			(318		)	2,465
Banking and deposit interest expense	15		—		—		—		—			—			15
Net revenues	946		662		626		502		32			(318		)	2,450
Pretax income (loss)	$	87	$	104	$	264	$	65	$	(78	)	$	—		442
Income tax provision															130
Net income															312
Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests															(32		)
Net income attributable to Ameriprise Financial															$	344

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	Three Months Ended September 30, 2009
	Advice &
	Wealth		Asset						Corporate
	Management		Management		Annuities		Protection		& Other			Eliminations			Consolidated
					(in millions)
Revenue from external customers	$	662	$	317	$	571	$	435	$	(6	)	$	—		$	1,979
Intersegment revenue	199		12		20		15		—			(246		)	—
Total revenues	861		329		591		450		(6		)	(246		)	1,979
Banking and deposit interest expense	29		1		—		—		3			—			33
Net revenues	832		328		591		450		(9		)	(246		)	1,946
Pretax income (loss)	$	12	$	10	$	268	$	145	$	(95	)	$	—		340
Income tax provision															80
Net income															260
Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests															—
Net income attributable to Ameriprise Financial															$	260

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010
	Advice &
	Wealth		Asset						Corporate
	Management		Management		Annuities		Protection		& Other		Eliminations			Consolidated
					(in millions)
Revenue from external customers	$	2,205	$	1,533	$	1,738	$	1,500	$	378	$	—		$	7,354
Intersegment revenue	642		62		120		30		2		(856		)	—
Total revenues	2,847		1,595		1,858		1,530		380		(856		)	7,354
Banking and deposit interest expense	53		1		—		—		3		(1		)	56
Net revenues	2,794		1,594		1,858		1,530		377		(855		)	7,298
Pretax income	$	223	$	178	$	517	$	319	$	32	$	—		1,269
Income tax provision														263
Net income														1,006
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests														189
Net income attributable to Ameriprise Financial														$	817

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009
	Advice &
	Wealth			Asset							Corporate
	Management			Management			Annuities		Protection		& Other			Eliminations			Consolidated
							(in millions)
Revenue from external customers	$	1,809		$	849		$	1,593	$	1,398	$	—		$	—		$	5,649
Intersegment revenue	642			34			52		45		—			(773		)	—
Total revenues	2,451			883			1,645		1,443		—			(773		)	5,649
Banking and deposit interest expense	108			2			—		—		4			(1		)	113
Net revenues	2,343			881			1,645		1,443		(4		)	(772		)	5,536
Pretax income (loss)	$	(52	)	$	(10	)	$	491	$	367	$	(207	)	$	—		589
Income tax provision																	126
Net income																	463
Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests																	(22		)
Net income attributable to Ameriprise Financial																	$	485

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16.  Acquisition of the Long-Term Asset Management Business of Columbia Management Group

On April 30, 2010, the Company acquired the long-term asset management business of Columbia Management Group from Bank of America for $927 million to further enhance the scale and performance of its retail mutual fund and institutional management businesses.

The Company recorded indefinite lived intangible assets, including fund investment management contracts and trade names, of $672 million, definite lived intangible assets of $113 million, tangible assets, including prepaid expense and fixed assets, of $3 million, and deferred tax assets of $11 million. The remaining cost of $128 million was allocated to goodwill. Included in the purchase price is a $31 million payable which is expected to be settled with Bank of America in the fourth quarter of 2010 and $30 million of assumed liabilities. The assets, liabilities and goodwill recorded as part of the acquisition were allocated to the Company’s Asset Management segment. The Company is amortizing the definite lived intangible assets using a projected cash flow method.

Definite-lived intangible assets recorded as part of the acquisition of the long-term asset management business of Columbia Management were as follows:

	Amount Assigned		Weighted Average Amortization Period
	(in millions)		(in years)
Customer relationships	$	68	10
Contracts	45		5
Total	$	113	8

17.  Common Share Repurchases

In May 2010, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the expenditure of up to $1.5 billion for the repurchase of the Company’s common stock through the date of its 2012 annual meeting. During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company repurchased a total of 9.3 million shares of its common stock for an aggregate cost of $373 million. There were no share repurchases during the nine months ended September 30, 2009. As of September 30, 2010, the Company had $1.1 billion remaining under the share repurchase authorization.

The Company may also reacquire shares of its common stock under its 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “2005 ICP”) related to restricted stock awards. Restricted shares that are forfeited before the vesting period has lapsed are recorded as treasury shares. In addition, the holders of restricted shares may elect to surrender a portion of their shares on the vesting date to cover their income tax obligations. These vested restricted shares reacquired by the Company and the Company’s payment of the holders’ income tax obligations are recorded as a treasury share purchase. For the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, the restricted shares forfeited under the 2005 ICP and recorded as treasury shares were 0.2 million and 0.3 million, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company reacquired 0.4 million shares of its common stock in each period through the surrender of restricted shares upon vesting and paid in the aggregate $16 million and $8 million, respectively, related to the holders’ income tax obligations on the vesting date.

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis of our consolidated financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the “Forward-Looking Statements” that follow and our Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes presented in Item 1. Our Management’s Discussion and Analysis should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 24, 2010 (“2009 10-K”), as well as our current reports on Form 8-K and other publicly available information.

Overview

We provide financial planning, products and services that are designed to be utilized as solutions for our clients’ cash and liquidity, asset accumulation, income, protection and estate and wealth transfer needs. Our model for delivering these solutions is centered on building long-term personal relationships between our affiliated advisors and clients, and in the case of our products distributed through unaffiliated advisors, by supporting those advisors in building strong client relationships. We believe that our focus on personal relationships, together with our strengths in financial planning and product development, allow us to better address the evolving financial needs of our clients and our primary target market segment, the mass affluent and affluent, which we define as households with investable assets of more than $100,000.

Our branded affiliated advisors’ financial planning and advisory process is designed to provide comprehensive advice, when appropriate, to address our clients’ cash and liquidity, asset accumulation, income, protection, and estate and wealth transfer needs. This approach allows us to recommend actions and a range of product solutions consisting of investment, annuity, insurance, banking and other financial products that help clients attain over time a return or form of protection while accepting what they determine to be an appropriate range and level of risk. Our focus puts us in a strong position to capitalize on significant demographic and market trends, which we believe will continue to drive increased demand for our financial planning and other financial services. Our focus on deep client-advisor relationships has been central to the ability of our business model to succeed through the extreme market conditions of 2008 and 2009, and we believe it will help us to respond to future market cycles.

Our multi-platform network of affiliated financial advisors is the primary means by which we develop personal relationships with retail clients. As of September 30, 2010, we had a network of 11,608 financial advisors and registered representatives (“affiliated financial advisors”). We refer to the affiliated financial advisors who use our brand name as our branded advisors, and those who do not use our brand name but who are affiliated as registered representatives of ours, as our unbranded advisors. The financial product solutions we offer through our affiliated advisors include both our own products and services and the products of other companies. Our branded advisor network is the primary distribution channel through which we offer our investment and annuity products and services, as well as a range of banking and protection products. Our asset management, annuity and Auto and Home protection products are also distributed through unaffiliated advisors and affinity relationships. We offer our branded advisors training, tools, leadership, marketing programs and other field and centralized support to assist them in delivering advice and product solutions to clients. We support unaffiliated advisors with strong sales and service support and our solutions which they provide to clients. We believe our approach not only improves the products and services we provide to their clients, but allows us to reinvest in enhanced services for clients and increase support for financial advisors. Our integrated model of financial planning, diversified product manufacturing and affiliated and non-affiliated product distribution affords us a better understanding of our clients, which allows us to better manage the risk profile of our businesses. We believe our focus on meeting clients’ needs through personal financial planning results in more satisfied clients with deeper, longer lasting relationships with our company and a higher retention of experienced financial advisors.

We have four main operating segments: Advice & Wealth Management, Asset Management, Annuities and Protection, as well as our Corporate & Other segment. Our four main operating segments are aligned with the financial solutions we offer to address our clients’ needs. The products and services we provide retail clients and, to a lesser extent, institutional clients, are the primary source of our revenues and net income. Revenues and net income are significantly affected by investment performance and the total value and composition of assets we manage and administer for our retail and institutional clients as well as the distribution fees we receive from other companies. These factors, in turn, are largely determined by overall investment market performance and the depth and breadth of our individual client relationships.

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We continue to establish Ameriprise Financial as a financial services leader as we focus on meeting the financial needs of the mass affluent and affluent, as evidenced by our continued leadership in financial planning, a client retention percentage rate of 93%, and our status as a top ten ranked firm within core portions of each of our four main operating segments, including the size of our U.S. advisor force, long-term U.S. mutual fund assets, variable annuity sales and variable universal life (“VUL”) sales.

Equity price, credit market and interest rate fluctuations can have a significant impact on our results of operations, primarily due to the effects they have on the asset management and other asset-based fees we earn, the “spread” income generated on our annuities, banking and deposit products and universal life (“UL”) insurance products, the value of deferred acquisition costs (“DAC”) and deferred sales inducement costs (“DSIC”) assets associated with variable annuity and VUL products, the values of liabilities for guaranteed benefits associated with our variable annuities and the values of derivatives held to hedge these benefits. For additional information regarding our sensitivity to equity price and interest rate risk, see “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.”

In June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) updated the accounting standards related to the required consolidation of certain variable interest entities (“VIEs”). We adopted the accounting standard effective January 1, 2010 and recorded as a cumulative change in accounting principle an increase to appropriated retained earnings of consolidated investment entities of $473 million and consolidated approximately $5.5 billion of client assets and $5.1 billion of liabilities in VIEs onto our Consolidated Balance Sheets that were not previously consolidated. Management views the VIE assets as client assets and the liabilities have recourse only to those assets. While the economics of our business have not changed, the financial statements were impacted. Prior to adoption, we consolidated certain property funds and hedge funds. These entities and the VIEs consolidated as of January 1, 2010, are defined as consolidated investment entities (“CIEs”). Changes in the valuation of the CIE assets and liabilities impact pretax income. The net income of the CIEs is reflected in net income attributable to noncontrolling interests. The results of operations of the CIEs are reflected in the Corporate & Other segment. On a consolidated basis, the management fees we earn for the services we provide to the CIEs and the related general and administrative expenses are eliminated and the changes in the assets and liabilities related to the CIEs, primarily debt and underlying syndicated loans, are reflected in net investment income. We continue to include the fees in the management and financial advice fees line within our Asset Management segment.

Management believes that operating measures, which exclude net realized gains or losses, integration charges and the impact of consolidating CIEs, best reflect the underlying performance of our 2010 and 2009 core operations and facilitate a more meaningful trend analysis. Management uses certain of these non-GAAP measures to evaluate our financial performance on a basis comparable to that used by some securities analysts and investors. Also, certain of these non-GAAP measures are taken into consideration, to varying degrees, for purposes of business planning and analysis and for certain compensation-related matters. Throughout our Management’s Discussion and Analysis, these non-GAAP measures are referred to as operating measures. While the consolidation of the CIEs impacts our balance sheet and income statement, our exposure to these entities is unchanged and there is no impact to the underlying business results. The CIEs we manage have the following characteristics:

·They were formed on behalf of institutional investors to obtain a diversified investment portfolio and were not formed in order to obtain financing for Ameriprise Financial.

·Ameriprise Financial receives customary, industry standard management fees for the services it provides to these CIEs and has a fiduciary responsibility to maximize the investors’ returns.

·Ameriprise Financial does not have any obligation to provide financial support to the CIEs, does not provide any performance guarantees of the CIEs and has no obligation to absorb the investors’ losses.

·Management excludes the impact of consolidating the CIEs on assets, liabilities, pretax income and equity for setting our financial performance targets and annual incentive award compensation targets.

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It is management’s priority to increase shareholder value over a multi-year horizon by achieving our on-average, over-time financial targets.

Our financial targets are:

·Net operating revenue growth of 6% to 8%,

·Operating earnings per diluted share growth of 12% to 15%, and

·Operating return on equity excluding accumulated other comprehensive income of 12% to 15%.

On April 30, 2010, we acquired the long-term asset management business of Columbia Management from Bank of America for $927 million (the “Columbia Management Acquisition”). The acquisition further enhances the scale and performance of our retail mutual fund and institutional management businesses. Included in the purchase price is a $31 million payable which is expected to be settled with Bank of America in the fourth quarter of 2010 and $30 million of assumed liabilities. We recorded the assets and liabilities acquired at fair value and allocated the remaining costs to goodwill and intangible assets. We incurred pretax non-recurring integration costs related to the Columbia Management Acquisition of $18 million and $76 million for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively. In total, we have incurred $83 million of pretax non-recurring integration costs through September 30, 2010, and expect to incur between $130 million and $160 million in total of such costs through 2011. These costs include system integration costs, proxy and other regulatory filing costs, employee reduction and retention costs, and investment banking, legal and other acquisition costs. The Company has realized integration gross expense synergies of approximately $33 million and $47 million for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, and expects to realize $150 million to $190 million in total of such synergies through 2011. The rate of decline in costs from such synergies may vary be quarter.

In the fourth quarter of 2008, we completed the acquisitions of H&R Block Financial Advisors, Inc., subsequently renamed Ameriprise Advisor Services, Inc. (“AASI”), J.&W. Seligman & Co., Incorporated (“Seligman”) and Brecek & Young Advisors, Inc. to expand our retail distribution and asset management businesses. The cost of the acquisitions was $787 million, which included the purchase price and transaction costs. We recorded the assets and liabilities acquired at fair value and allocated the remaining costs to goodwill and intangible assets. We incurred integration charges related to these acquisitions of $1 million and $28 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and $7 million and $72 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Critical Accounting Policies

The accounting and reporting policies that we use affect our Consolidated Financial Statements. Certain of our accounting and reporting policies are critical to an understanding of our consolidated results of operations and financial condition and, in some cases, the application of these policies can be significantly affected by the estimates, judgments and assumptions made by management during the preparation of our Consolidated Financial Statements. These accounting policies are discussed in detail in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis — Critical Accounting Policies” in our 2009 10-K.

In the third quarter of 2010, management reviewed and updated our DAC and DSIC valuation assumptions. In this process, management extended the projection periods used for our annuity products and revised client asset value growth rates assumed for variable annuity and variable universal life contracts.

The projection periods over which DAC and DSIC associated with annuity products are amortized are now 30 to 50 years compared to previous projection periods of 10 to 25 years. The long-term client asset value growth rates are now based on assumed gross annual returns of 9% for equity funds and 6% for fixed income funds compared to previous returns of 9% and 6.5%, respectively. The near-term equity fund growth rate was reset in the third quarter of 2010 to equal the 9% long-term rate. Assumed near-term fixed income fund growth rates are less than the 6% long-term rate. Going forward, management intends to continue assessing these rates on a quarterly basis, using a five-year mean reversion process as a guideline for setting near-term equity fund growth rates.

A decrease of 100 basis points in various rate assumptions is likely to result in an increase in DAC and DSIC amortization and an increase in benefits and claims expense from variable annuity guarantees.  The following table presents the estimated impact to pretax income:

	Estimated Impact to Pretax Income(1)
	(in millions)
Decrease in future near and long-term equity returns by 100 basis points	$	(56	)
Decrease in future near and long-term fixed income returns by 100 basis points	(29		)
Decrease in near-term equity asset growth returns by 100 basis points	(33		)

(1) An increase in the above assumptions by 100 basis points would result in an increase to pretax income for approximately the same amount.

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

For information regarding recent accounting pronouncements and their expected impact on our future consolidated results of operations and financial condition, see Note 2 to our Consolidated Financial Statements.

Owned, Managed and Administered Assets

Owned assets include certain assets on our Consolidated Balance Sheets for which we do not provide investment management services and do not recognize management fees, such as investments in non-affiliated funds held in the separate accounts of our life insurance subsidiaries, as well as restricted and segregated cash and receivables.

Managed assets include managed external client assets and managed owned assets. At January 1, 2010, we consolidated approximately $5.5 billion of client assets in VIEs onto our Consolidated Balance Sheets that were not previously consolidated. Prior to January 1, 2010, these assets were included in managed external client assets and were subsequently included in managed owned assets. Managed external client assets include client assets for which we provide investment management services, such as the assets of the RiverSource funds (including Seligman and Threadneedle branded funds) and the Columbia funds, assets of institutional clients and client assets held in wrap accounts. Managed external client assets also include assets managed by sub-advisors selected by us. Managed external client assets are not reported on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. Managed owned assets include certain assets on our Consolidated Balance Sheets for which we provide investment management services and recognize management fees in our Asset Management segment, such as the assets of the general account, RiverSource Variable Product funds held in the separate accounts of our life insurance subsidiaries and client assets of CIEs.

Investors in the mutual funds and face amount certificates we advise may redeem shares on each business day, provided that redemption orders are submitted in a timely fashion. For our institutional clients, advisory contracts may generally be terminated (and managed assets redeemed) upon 30 days’ written notice. However, we may in limited circumstances negotiate customized termination provisions with certain clients during the contracting process, or we may waive negotiated notice periods at our discretion. Investors in the private investment funds we sponsor can generally redeem shares as of each month end upon 30-days advance written notice, with limited exceptions. In addition, the notice requirements for our private investment funds may be waived or reduced at the discretion of the applicable fund.

Administered assets include assets for which we provide administrative services such as client assets invested in other companies’ products that we offer outside of our wrap accounts. These assets include those held in clients’ brokerage accounts. We generally record fees received from administered assets as distribution fees. We do not exercise management discretion over these assets and do not earn a management fee. These assets are not reported on our Consolidated Balance Sheets.

We earn management fees on our owned separate account assets based on the market value of assets held in the separate accounts. We record the income associated with our owned investments, including net realized gains and losses associated with these investments and other-than-temporary impairments related to credit losses on these investments, as net investment income. For managed assets, we receive management fees based on the value of these assets. We generally report these fees as management and financial advice fees. We may also receive distribution fees based on the value of these assets.

Our owned, managed and administered assets are impacted by net flows of client assets, market movements and foreign exchange rates. Owned assets are also affected by changes in our capital structure.

The following table presents detail regarding our owned, managed and administered assets:

	September 30,
	2010			2009			Change
	(in billions, except percentages)
Owned Assets	$	22.0		$	36.0		(39	)%
Managed Assets(1):
Columbia	347.1			145.8			NM
Threadneedle	101.9			93.7			9
Wrap account assets	105.3			89.6			18
Eliminations(2)	(24.9		)	(13.7		)	(82	)
Total Managed Assets	529.4			315.4			68
Administered Assets	97.7			88.5			10
Total Owned, Managed and Administered Assets	$	649.1		$	439.9		48	%

NM Not Meaningful.

(1) Includes managed external client assets and managed owned assets.

(2) Includes eliminations for Columbia mutual fund assets included in wrap account assets and Columbia assets sub-advised by Threadneedle.

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Consolidated Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2010 and 2009

In June 2009, the FASB updated the accounting standards related to the required consolidation of certain VIEs. We adopted the accounting standard effective January 1, 2010 and recorded as a cumulative change in accounting principle an increase to appropriated retained earnings of consolidated investment entities of $473 million and consolidated approximately $5.5 billion of client assets and $5.1 billion of liabilities in VIEs onto our Consolidated Balance Sheets that were not previously consolidated. Management views the VIE assets as client assets and the liabilities have recourse only to those assets. While the economics of our business have not changed, the financial statements were impacted. Prior to adoption, we consolidated certain property funds and hedge funds. These entities and the VIEs consolidated as of January 1, 2010, are defined as CIEs. Changes in the valuation of the CIE assets and liabilities impact pretax income. The net income of the CIEs is reflected in net income attributable to noncontrolling interests. On a consolidated basis, the management fees we earn for the services we provide to the CIEs and the related general and administrative expenses are eliminated and the changes in the assets and liabilities related to the CIEs, primarily debt and underlying syndicated loans, are reflected in net investment income.

Management believes that operating measures, which exclude net realized gains or losses, integration charges and the impact of consolidating CIEs, best reflect the underlying performance of our 2010 and 2009 core operations and facilitate a more meaningful trend analysis. See our discussion on the use of these non-GAAP measures in the Overview section above.

The following table presents our consolidated results of operations:

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2010									2009
				Less:									Less:
	GAAP			Adjustments(1)			Operating			GAAP			Adjustments(1)			Operating			Operating Change
Revenues	(in millions, unaudited)
Management and financial advice fees	$	1,040		$	(9	)	$	1,049		$	689		$	—		$	689		$	360		52	%
Distribution fees	415			—			415			367			—			367			48			13
Net investment income	527			19			508			538			13			525			(17		)	(3	)
Premiums	303			—			303			276			—			276			27			10
Other revenues	180			9			171			109			4			105			66			63
Total revenues	2,465			19			2,446			1,979			17			1,962			484			25
Banking and deposit interest expense	15			—			15			33			1			32			(17		)	(53	)
Total net revenues	2,450			19			2,431			1,946			16			1,930			501			26
Expenses
Distribution expenses	611			—			611			462			—			462			149			32
Interest credited to fixed accounts	227			—			227			232			—			232			(5		)	(2	)
Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses	640			—			640			306			—			306			334			NM
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs	(246		)	—			(246		)	(64		)	—			(64		)	(182		)	NM
Interest and debt expense	74			45			29			45			—			45			(16		)	(36	)
General and administrative expense	702			23			679			625			34			591			88			15
Total expenses	2,008			68			1,940			1,606			34			1,572			368			23
Pretax income	442			(49		)	491			340			(18		)	358			133			37
Income tax provision	130			(6		)	136			80			(6		)	86			50			58
Net income	312			(43		)	355			260			(12		)	272			83			31
Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	(32		)	(32		)	—			—			—			—			—			—
Net income attributable to Ameriprise Financial	$	344		$	(11	)	$	355		$	260		$	(12	)	$	272		$	83		31	%

NM Not Meaningful.

(1) Includes the elimination of management fees we earn for services provided to the CIEs and the related expense, revenues and expenses of the CIEs, net realized gains and integration charges. Income tax provision is calculated using the statutory tax rate of 35% on applicable adjustments.

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The following table presents the components of the adjustments in the table above:

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2010									2009
				Other			Total						Other			Total
	CIEs			Adjustments (1)			Adjustments			CIEs			Adjustments (1)			Adjustments
	(in millions, unaudited)
Revenues
Management and financial advice fees	$	(9	)	$	—		$	(9	)	$	—		$	—		$	—
Distribution fees	—			—			—			—			—			—
Net investment income	17			2			19			(1		)	14			13
Premiums	—			—			—			—			—			—
Other revenues	9			—			9			4			—			4
Total revenues	17			2			19			3			14			17
Banking and deposit interest expense	—			—			—			1			—			1
Total net revenues	17			2			19			2			14			16
Expenses
Distribution expenses	—			—			—			—			—			—
Interest credited to fixed accounts	—			—			—			—			—			—
Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses	—			—			—			—			—			—
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs	—			—			—			—			—			—
Interest and debt expense	45			—			45			—			—			—
General and administrative expense	4			19			23			2			32			34
Total expenses	49			19			68			2			32			34
Pretax loss	(32		)	(17		)	(49		)	—			(18		)	(18		)
Income tax benefit	—			(6		)	(6		)	—			(6		)	(6		)
Net loss	(32		)	(11		)	(43		)	—			(12		)	(12		)
Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	(32		)	—			(32		)	—			—			—
Net loss attributable to Ameriprise Financial	$	—		$	(11	)	$	(11	)	$	—		$	(12	)	$	(12	)

(1) Other adjustments include net realized gains and integration charges.

Overall

Net income attributable to Ameriprise Financial increased $84 million, or 32%, to $344 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $260 million for the prior year period. Operating net income attributable to Ameriprise Financial increased $83 million, or 31%, to $355 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $272 million for the prior year period reflecting higher equity markets and the first full quarter of Columbia Management operations.

Our annual review of valuation assumptions for RiverSource Life Insurance Company (“RiverSource Life”) products in the third quarter of 2010 resulted in a net pretax benefit of $88 million, which was partially offset by an expense of $32 million related to an adjustment for insurance and annuity model changes. The net benefit of $56 million reflected a $155 million benefit from persistency improvements, including a net benefit from extending annuity amortization periods and increased living benefits expense, an $85 million expense from resetting near-term equity return assumptions equal to the long-term assumptions and reducing both near- and long-term bond fund return assumptions, and $14 million in additional expenses from all other assumption and model changes.

Our annual review in the third quarter of 2009 resulted in a net pretax benefit of $134 million, consisting of a decrease in expenses primarily from updating product mortality assumptions for certain life insurance products and from the impact of updating product spreads and expense assumptions, partially offset by a decrease in revenues related to the reinsurance impacts from updating product mortality assumptions.

Third quarter 2010 results included a $39 million pretax benefit from the market’s impact on DAC and DSIC compared to $27 million in the third quarter of 2009. Third quarter 2010 results also included a $22 million pretax variable annuity benefits expense, net of hedges, DAC and DSIC, related to market impacts primarily driven by the impact of a 22 basis point narrowing of the credit default spread on the liability valuation compared to a benefit of $1 million benefit in the prior year period.

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The total pretax impacts on our revenues and expenses for the third quarter of 2010 attributable to the review of valuation assumptions and model changes were as follows:

Segment Pretax Benefit (Charge)	Other Revenues			Benefits, Claims, Losses and Settlement Expenses			Amortization of DAC		Total
	(in millions)
Valuation assumptions and model changes:
Annuities	$	—		$	(210	)	$	315	$	105
Protection	(20		)	(44		)	15		(49		)
Total	$	(20	)	$	(254	)	$	330	$	56

The total pretax impacts on our revenues and expenses for the third quarter of 2009 attributable to the review of valuation assumptions were as follows:

Segment Pretax Benefit (Charge)	Other Revenues			Benefits, Claims, Losses and Settlement Expenses		Amortization of DAC		Total
	(in millions)
Valuation assumptions:
Annuities	$	—		$	47	$	64	$	111
Protection	(65		)	33		55		23
Total	$	(65	)	$	80	$	119	$	134

Net Revenues

Net revenues increased $504 million, or 26%, to $2.5 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $1.9 billion for the prior year period. Operating net revenues exclude net realized gains or losses and revenues of the CIEs and include the fees we earn from services provided to the CIEs. Operating net revenues increased $501 million, or 26%, to $2.4 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $1.9 billion for the prior year period reflecting growth in asset-based fees driven by market appreciation, the Columbia Management Acquisition and retail net inflows.

Management and financial advice fees increased $351 million, or 51%, to $1.0 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $689 million for the prior year period. Operating management and financial advice fees include the fees we earn from services provided to the CIEs. Operating management and financial advice fees increased $360 million, or 52%, to $1.0 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $689 million for the prior year period primarily due to higher asset levels reflecting period-over-period market appreciation, the Columbia Management Acquisition and retail net inflows. The daily average S&P 500 Index increased 10% compared to the prior year period. Wrap account assets increased $15.7 billion, or 18%, to $105.3 billion at September 30, 2010 due to net inflows and period-over-period market appreciation. Total Asset Management managed assets increased $208.9 billion, or 89%, to $444.9 billion at September 30, 2010 compared to the prior year period primarily due to the Columbia Management Acquisition and the period-over-period appreciation in the S&P 500 Index.

Distribution fees increased $48 million, or 13%, to $415 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $367 million in the prior year period primarily due to higher asset levels driven by growth in assets from the Columbia Management Acquisition and period-over-period market appreciation and increased client activity.

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Net investment income decreased $11 million, or 2%, to $527 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $538 million in the prior year period. Operating net investment income excludes net realized gains or losses and changes in the assets and liabilities of CIEs, primarily debt and underlying syndicated loans. Operating net investment income decreased $17 million, or 3%, to $508 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $525 million for the prior year period, reflecting lower certificate balances and the implementation of changes to the Portfolio Navigator program (“PN program”) in the second quarter of 2010.

Premiums increased $27 million, or 10%, to $303 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $276 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009, primarily due to growth in Auto and Home premiums driven by higher volumes, as well as higher sales of immediate annuities with life contingencies. Auto and Home policy counts increased 10% period-over-period.

Other revenues increased $71 million, or 65%, to $180 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $109 million in the prior year period. Operating other revenues exclude revenues of consolidated property funds. Operating other revenues increased $66 million, or 63%, to $171 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $105 million in the prior year period primarily due to higher fees from variable annuity guarantees and updating valuation assumptions. Other revenues in the third quarter of 2010 included a charge of $20 million from updating valuation assumptions and model changes compared to $65 million in the prior year period.

Banking and deposit interest expense decreased $18 million, or 55%, to $15 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $33 million in the prior year period primarily due to lower certificate balances as a result of the run-off of certificate rate promotions and a decrease in crediting rates on certificate products.

Expenses

Total expenses increased $402 million, or 25%, to $2.0 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $1.6 billion for the prior year period. Operating expenses exclude integration charges and expenses of the CIEs. Operating expenses increased $368 million, or 23%, to $1.9 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $1.6 billion for the prior year period primarily due to the impact of updating valuation assumptions and model changes and an increase in distribution expenses and general and administrative expense.

Distribution expenses increased $149 million, or 32%, to $611 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $462 million in the prior year period as a result of period-over-period market appreciation, the Columbia Management Acquisition and higher advisor compensation from increased client activity.

Interest credited to fixed accounts decreased $5 million, or 2%, to $227 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $232 million for the prior year period driven by lower fixed account values in variable annuities as a result of the PN program as well as a lower average crediting rate on interest sensitive fixed annuities. The average fixed annuity crediting rate excluding capitalized interest decreased to 3.8% in the third quarter of 2010 compared to 4.0% in the prior year period. Average fixed annuities contract accumulation values remained flat at $14.5 billion compared to the prior year period.

Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses increased $334 million to $640 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $306 million for the prior year period driven by the impact of updating valuation assumptions and model changes. Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses in the third quarter of 2010 included an expense of $254 million from updating valuation assumptions and model changes compared to a benefit of $80 million in the prior year period. Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses also increased due to higher disability income and long-term care insurance claims in the third quarter of 2010. The market impact of variable annuity guaranteed benefits, net of hedges and DSIC, increased benefits expense by $31 million in the third quarter of 2010 compared to $52 million in the prior year period. The market impact in both periods was primarily driven by the impact of nonperformance credit spread on the valuation of living benefit liabilities, which we do not hedge. The market impact to DSIC was a benefit of $5 million in the third quarter of 2010 compared to a benefit of $4 million in the prior year period.

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Amortization of DAC decreased $182 million to a benefit of $246 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to a benefit of $64 million in the prior year period primarily due to the impact of updating valuation assumptions and model changes. Amortization of DAC for the third quarter of 2010 included a benefit of $330 million from updating valuation assumptions and model changes compared to a benefit of $119 million in the prior year period. DAC amortization in the third quarter of 2010 included a benefit of $43 million due to market impacts, including $9 million offsetting higher variable annuity guaranteed benefit expenses. DAC amortization in the third quarter of 2009 included a benefit of $76 million due to market impacts, including a $53 million benefit offsetting higher variable annuity guaranteed benefit expenses.

Interest and debt expense increased $29 million, or 64%, to $74 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $45 million in the prior year period. Operating interest and debt expense excludes interest expense on CIE debt. Operating interest and debt expense decreased $16 million, or 36%, to $29 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $45 million in the prior year period primarily due to an expense of $13 million in the third quarter of 2009 related to the early retirement of $450 million of our senior notes due 2010.

General and administrative expense increased $77 million, or 12%, to $702 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $625 million for the prior year period. Operating general and administrative expense excludes integration charges and expenses of the CIEs. Integration charges decreased $13 million to $19 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $32 million for the prior year period. Operating general and administrative expense increased $88 million, or 15%, to $679 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $591 million for the prior year period primarily reflecting ongoing expenses from the Columbia Management Acquisition. General and administrative expense in the third quarter of 2009 included $10 million in higher expenses related to supporting the $1.00 net asset value of certain 2a-7 funds and a $10 million reserve related to a previously disclosed client mediation.

Income Taxes

Our effective tax rate on net income including net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests was 29.6% for the three months ended September 30, 2010, compared to 23.7% for the three months ended September 30, 2009. The increase in our effective tax rate primarily reflects an increase in pretax income relative to tax advantaged items. Our effective tax rate on net income excluding net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests was 27.6% for the three months ended September 30, 2010, compared to 23.7% for the three months ended September 30, 2009.

On September 25, 2007, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued Revenue Ruling 2007-61 in which it announced that it intends to issue regulations with respect to certain computational aspects of the Dividends Received Deduction (“DRD”) related to separate account assets held in connection with variable contracts of life insurance companies. Revenue Ruling 2007-61 suspended a revenue ruling issued in August 2007 that purported to change accepted industry and IRS interpretations of the statutes governing these computational questions. Management believes that the IRS will concede this issue for open tax years and it is likely that any regulations that would result from a regulation project would apply prospectively only. Any regulations that the IRS ultimately proposes for issuance in this area will be subject to public notice and comment, at which time insurance companies and other members of the public will have the opportunity to raise legal and practical questions about the content, scope and application of such regulations. As a result, the ultimate timing and substance of any such regulations are unknown at this time, but they may result in the elimination of some or all of the separate account DRD tax benefit that we receive.

We are continuing to evaluate the tax implications of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.

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Results of Operations by Segment for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2010 and 2009

The following tables present summary financial information by segment:

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2010									2009
				Less:									Less:
	GAAP			Adjustments			Operating			GAAP			Adjustments			Operating
	(in millions, unaudited)
Advice & Wealth Management
Net revenues	$	946		$	—		$	946		$	832		$	5		$	827
Expenses	859			1			858			820			21			799
Pretax income	$	87		$	(1	)	$	88		$	12		$	(16	)	$	28
Asset Management
Net revenues	$	662		$	1		$	661		$	328		$	—		$	328
Expenses	558			18			540			318			7			311
Pretax income	$	104		$	(17	)	$	121		$	10		$	(7	)	$	17
Annuities
Net revenues	$	626		$	(1	)	$	627		$	591		$	—		$	591
Expenses	362			—			362			323			—			323
Pretax income	$	264		$	(1	)	$	265		$	268		$	—		$	268
Protection
Net revenues	$	502		$	—		$	502		$	450		$	7		$	443
Expenses	437			—			437			305			—			305
Pretax income	$	65		$	—		$	65		$	145		$	7		$	138
Corporate & Other
Net revenues	$	32		$	28		$	4		$	(9	)	$	4		$	(13	)
Expenses	110			58			52			86			6			80
Pretax loss	(78		)	(30		)	(48		)	(95		)	(2		)	(93		)
Less: Pretax loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	(32		)	(32		)	—			—			—			—
Pretax loss attributable to Ameriprise Financial	$	(46	)	$	2		$	(48	)	$	(95	)	$	(2	)	$	(93	)
Eliminations
Net revenues	$	(318	)	$	(9	)	$	(309	)	$	(246	)	$	—		$	(246	)
Expenses	(318		)	(9		)	(309		)	(246		)	—			(246		)
Pretax income	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—

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Advice & Wealth Management

Our Advice & Wealth Management segment provides financial planning and advice, as well as full service brokerage and banking services, primarily to retail clients through our financial advisors. Our affiliated financial advisors utilize a diversified selection of both affiliated and non-affiliated products to help clients meet their financial needs. A significant portion of revenues in this segment is fee-based, driven by the level of client assets, which is impacted by both market movements and net asset flows. We also earn net investment income on owned assets primarily from certificate and banking products. This segment earns revenues (distribution fees) for distributing non-affiliated products and earns intersegment revenues (distribution fees) for distributing our affiliated products and services provided to our retail clients. Intersegment expenses for this segment include expenses for investment management services provided by the Asset Management segment.

In addition to purchases of affiliated and non-affiliated mutual funds and other securities on a stand-alone basis, clients may purchase mutual funds, among other securities, in connection with investment advisory fee-based “wrap account” programs or services, and pay fees based on a percentage of their assets.

The following table presents the changes in wrap account assets:

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2010		2009
	(in billions)
Balance at July 1	$	96.9	$	79.0
Net flows	1.8		2.7
Market appreciation	6.6		7.9
Balance at September 30	$	105.3	$	89.6

Wrap account assets had net inflows of $1.8 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $2.7 billion in the prior year period and market appreciation of $6.6 billion in the third quarter of 2010 compared to $7.9 billion in the prior year period.

We provide securities execution and clearing services for our retail and institutional clients through our registered broker-dealer subsidiaries. As of September 30, 2010, we administered $97.7 billion in assets for clients, an increase of $9.2 billion compared to the prior year period.

Management believes that operating measures, which exclude net realized gains or losses and integration charges for our Advice & Wealth Management segment, best reflect the underlying performance of our 2010 and 2009 core operations and facilitate a more meaningful trend analysis. See our discussion on the use of these non-GAAP measures in the Overview section above.

The following table presents the results of operations of our Advice & Wealth Management segment:

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2010							2009
			Less:							Less:
	GAAP		Adjustments(1)			Operating		GAAP		Adjustments(1)			Operating		Operating Change
	(in millions, unaudited)
Revenues
Management and financial advice fees	$	377	$	—		$	377	$	319	$	—		$	319	$	58		18	%
Distribution fees	495		—			495		432		—			432		63			15
Net investment income	68		—			68		91		5			86		(18		)	(21	)
Other revenues	21		—			21		19		—			19		2			11
Total revenues	961		—			961		861		5			856		105			12
Banking and deposit interest expense	15		—			15		29		—			29		(14		)	(48	)
Total net revenues	946		—			946		832		5			827		119			14
Expenses
Distribution expenses	570		—			570		504		—			504		66			13
General and administrative expense	289		1			288		316		21			295		(7		)	(2	)
Total expenses	859		1			858		820		21			799		59			7	%
Pretax income	$	87	$	(1	)	$	88	$	12	$	(16	)	$	28	$	60		NM

NM Not Meaningful.

(1) Adjustments include net realized gains and integration charges.

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Our Advice & Wealth Management segment pretax income was $87 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $12 million in the prior year period. Our Advice & Wealth Management segment pretax operating income was $88 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $28 million in the prior year period driven by higher asset-based revenues partially offset by higher distribution expenses. Third quarter 2010 pretax margin was 9.2% and operating pretax margin was 9.3%.

Net Revenues

Net revenues were $946 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $832 million in the prior year period, an increase of $114 million, or 14%. Operating net revenues exclude net realized gains or losses. Operating net revenues were $946 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $827 million in the prior year period, an increase of $119 million, or 14%, driven by growth in average fee-based assets.

Management and financial advice fees increased $58 million, or 18%, to $377 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, driven by growth in average fee-based assets resulting from period-over-period market appreciation and retail net inflows. The daily average S&P 500 Index increased 10% compared to the prior year period. Wrap account assets increased $15.7 billion, or 18%, to $105.3 billion at September 30, 2010 due to period-over-period market appreciation and net inflows.

Distribution fees increased $63 million, or 15%, to $495 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, primarily driven by growth in average fee-based assets resulting from period-over-period market appreciation, retail net inflows and increased brokerage transactional activity. The expected seasonal decline in third quarter distribution revenues was materially offset by increased sales of our new variable annuity product.

Net investment income decreased $23 million, or 25%, to $68 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010. Operating net investment income, which excludes net realized gains or losses, decreased $18 million, or 21%, to $68 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, driven by lower short term interest rates and lower certificate balances.

Banking and deposit interest expense decreased $14 million, or 48%, to $15 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to lower certificate balances as a result of the run-off of certificate rate promotions, as well as a decrease in crediting rates on certificate products.

Expenses

Total expenses increased $39 million, or 5%, to $859 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010. Operating expenses, which exclude integration charges, increased $59 million, or 7%, to $858 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 due to an increase in distribution expenses.

Distribution expenses increased $66 million, or 13%, to $570 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, primarily as a result of higher advisor compensation from business growth.

General and administrative expense decreased $27 million, or 9%, to $289 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $316 million for the prior year period. Operating general and administrative expense, which excludes integration charges, decreased $7 million, or 2%, to $288 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $295 million for the prior year period reflecting cost controls.

Asset Management

Our Asset Management segment provides investment advice and investment products to retail and institutional clients. Columbia Management Investments Advisors, LLC (“Columbia Management Investments”, formerly RiverSource Investments, LLC) predominantly provides U.S. domestic products and services and Threadneedle predominantly provides international investment products and services. U.S. domestic retail products are distributed through the Advice & Wealth Management segment and also through unaffiliated advisors or other third parties, including distribution through Bank of America and its affiliates. International retail products are primarily distributed through third parties. Retail products include mutual funds, variable product funds underlying insurance and annuity separate accounts, separately managed accounts and collective funds. Asset Management products are also distributed directly to institutions through an institutional sales force. Institutional asset management products include traditional asset classes, separate accounts, individually managed accounts, collateralized loan obligations, hedge funds and property funds. Revenues in this segment are primarily earned as fees based on managed asset balances, which are impacted by both market movements and net asset flows. The asset management teams serving our Asset Management segment provide all intercompany asset management services, and the fees for all such services are reflected within the Asset Management segment results through intersegment allocations. Intersegment expenses for this segment include distribution expenses for services provided by the Advice & Wealth Management, Annuities and Protection segments.

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We provide investment advisory, administration, transfer agency, distribution and other services to the Columbia funds and to the RiverSource funds (including the Seligman and Threadneedle branded funds), including closed-end funds and funds that serve as underlying investment options to variable insurance and annuity products. Prior to the Columbia Management Acquisition, the Columbia funds were managed by Columbia Management Advisors, an affiliate of Bank of America. The Seligman branded funds were managed by J. & W. Seligman Co. prior to its acquisition. We have begun and in the coming months, we intend to continue combining the “RiverSource Investments” branded elements of our asset management business with Columbia Management under the Columbia brand. The total domestic assets and number of funds managed by RiverSource funds and Columbia funds as of September 30, 2010 was $205.2 billion and 231 funds, respectively.

Threadneedle will remain our international investment management platform. Threadneedle manages four Open Ended Investment Companies (“OEICs”) and two Societe d’Investissement A Capital Variable (“SICAV”) offerings. The four OEICs are Threadneedle Investment Funds ICVC (“TIF”), Threadneedle Specialist Investment Funds ICVC (“TSIF”), Threadneedle Focus Investment Funds (“TFIF”) and Threadneedle Advantage Portfolio Funds (“TPAF”). TIF, TSIF, TFIF and TPAF are structured as umbrella companies with a total of 52 (33, 14, 2 and 3, respectively) sub funds covering the world’s bond and equity markets. The two SICAVs are the Threadneedle (Lux) SICAV (“T(Lux)”) and World Express Funds 2 (“WEF2”). T(Lux) and WEF2 are structured as umbrella companies with a total of 31 (29 and 2, respectively) sub funds covering the world’s bond, commodities and equity markets. In addition, Threadneedle manages 13 unit trusts, 10 of which invest into the OEICs, 6 property unit trusts and 1 property fund of funds.

The following table presents the mutual fund performance of our retail Columbia and Threadneedle funds:

	September 30, 2010		September 30, 2009
Mutual Fund Performance
Columbia
Equal Weighted Mutual Fund Rankings in top 2 Lipper Quartiles(1)
Equity - 12 month	55	%	49	%
Fixed income - 12 month	67	%	58	%
Equity - 3 year	46	%	41	%
Fixed income - 3 year	77	%	72	%
Equity - 5 year	69	%	67	%
Fixed income - 5 year	79	%	58	%
Asset Weighted Mutual Fund Rankings in top 2 Lipper Quartiles(2)
Equity - 12 month	54	%	52	%
Fixed income - 12 month	56	%	61	%
Equity - 3 year	71	%	51	%
Fixed income - 3 year	78	%	65	%
Equity - 5 year	81	%	74	%
Fixed income - 5 year	75	%	61	%
Threadneedle
Equal Weighted Mutual Fund Rankings in top 2 Morningstar Quartiles(1)
Equity - 12 month	62	%	64	%
Fixed income - 12 month	20	%	82	%
Equity - 3 year	93	%	89	%
Fixed income - 3 year	80	%	64	%
Equity - 5 year	93	%	85	%
Fixed income - 5 year	67	%	70	%

(1)	Equal Weighted Rankings in Top 2 Quartiles: Counts the number of funds (RiverSource Class A and Columbia Class Z) with above median ranking divided by the total number of funds. Asset size is not a factor.
(2)	Asset Weighted Rankings in Top 2 Quartiles: Sums the assets of the funds with above median ranking (RiverSource Class A and Columbia Class Z) divided by the total sum of RiverSource Class A assets and Columbia Class Z assets. Funds with more assets will receive a greater share of the total percentage above or below median.

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Beginning in the second quarter of 2010, mutual fund performance rankings are based on the performance of Class A fund shares for legacy RiverSource (including Seligman and Threadneedle) branded funds and on Class Z fund shares for legacy Columbia branded funds, as the majority of fund assets managed within the funds of each fund family are generally held in the designated share class. Prior to the second quarter of 2010, the mutual fund performance rankings were based solely on the performance of the legacy RiverSource Class A fund shares. Aggregated data shows only actively-managed mutual funds by affiliated investment managers. Aggregated data does not include mutual funds sub-advised by advisors not affiliated with Ameriprise Financial, Inc., RiverSource S&P 500 Index Fund and Columbia Money Market Fund. Aggregated equity rankings include Columbia Portfolio Builder Series and other balanced and asset allocation funds that invest in both equities and fixed income securities. Columbia Portfolio Builder Series funds are funds of mutual funds that may invest in third-party sub-advised funds.

We also offer Separately Managed Accounts, Individually Managed Accounts, management of Institutional Owned Assets, management of collateralized debt obligations, sub-advisory services for certain Columbia and Threadneedle mutual funds, hedge funds and RiverSource Trust Collective Funds and separate accounts for Ameriprise Trust Company clients.

The following tables present the changes in Columbia and Threadneedle managed assets:

							Market
	June 30,						Appreciation			Foreign		September 30,
	2010			Net Flows			& Other			Exchange		2010
	(in billions)
Columbia Managed Assets:
Retail Funds	$	189.4		$	(2.5	)	$	18.4		$	—	$	205.3
Institutional Funds	128.0			(0.6		)	4.4			—		131.8
Alternative Funds	10.0			(0.1		)	0.2			—		10.1
Less: Eliminations	—			—			(0.1		)	—		(0.1		)
Total Columbia Managed Assets	327.4			(3.2		)	22.9			—		347.1
Threadneedle Managed Assets:
Retail Funds	27.3			(0.3		)	2.3			1.4		30.7
Institutional Funds	60.5			1.6			4.6			3.1		69.8
Alternative Funds	1.5			(0.2		)	—			0.1		1.4
Total Threadneedle Managed Assets	89.3			1.1			6.9			4.6		101.9
Less: Sub-Advised Eliminations	(3.4		)	—			(0.7		)	—		(4.1		)
Total Managed Assets	$	413.3		$	(2.1	)	$	29.1		$	4.6	$	444.9

							Market
							Appreciation/
	June 30,						(Depreciation)			Foreign			September 30,
	2009			Net Flows			& Other			Exchange			2009
	(in billions)
Columbia Managed Assets:
Retail Funds	$	66.0		$	0.2		$	8.4		$	—		$	74.6
Institutional Funds	59.8			(0.7		)	2.6			—			61.7
Alternative Funds	9.1			0.3			0.2			—			9.6
Less: Eliminations	(0.1		)	—			—			—			(0.1		)
Total Columbia Managed Assets	134.8			(0.2		)	11.2			—			145.8
Threadneedle Managed Assets:
Retail Funds	22.1			1.4			3.8			(0.7		)	26.6
Institutional Funds	58.4			0.9			7.7			(1.9		)	65.1
Alternative Funds	2.0			0.1			(0.1		)	—			2.0
Total Threadneedle Managed Assets	82.5			2.4			11.4			(2.6		)	93.7
Less: Sub-Advised Eliminations	(3.2		)	—			(0.3		)	—			(3.5		)
Total Managed Assets	$	214.1		$	2.2		$	22.3		$	(2.6	)	$	236.0

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U.S. Asset Management assets under management were $347.1 billion at September 30, 2010 compared to $145.8 billion a year ago, driven by the Columbia Management Acquisition and market appreciation.  Investment performance continued to be solid, complementing strong longer-term investment track records.  Net outflows of $3.2 billion in the third quarter of 2010 were primarily in equity and subadvisory portfolios, reflecting industry-wide outflows in equities and lower retail sales as a result of pending fund mergers.

Threadneedle assets under management were $101.9 billion at September 30, 2010, up 9% from a year ago reflecting period-over-period market appreciation and net inflows.  Net inflows of $1.1 billion in the third quarter of 2010 primarily reflected strong institutional net inflows, partially offset by Zurich-related net outflows and European retail net outflows.  Overall, investment track records remained strong.

Management believes that operating measures, which exclude net realized gains or losses and integration charges for our Asset Management segment, best reflect the underlying performance of our 2010 and 2009 core operations and facilitate a more meaningful trend analysis. See our discussion on the use of these non-GAAP measures in the Overview section above.

The following table presents the results of operations of our Asset Management segment:

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2010							2009
			Less:								Less:
	GAAP		Adjustments(1)			Operating		GAAP			Adjustments(1)			Operating			Operating Change
	(in millions, unaudited)
Revenues
Management and financial advice fees	$	551	$	—		$	551	$	270		$	—		$	270		$	281		NM
Distribution fees	103		—			103		55			—			55			48			87	%
Net investment income	6		1			5		5			—			5			—			—
Other revenues	2		—			2		(1		)	—			(1		)	3			NM
Total revenues	662		1			661		329			—			329			332			NM
Banking and deposit interest expense	—		—			—		1			—			1			(1		)	NM
Total net revenues	662		1			661		328			—			328			333			NM
Expenses
Distribution expenses	215		—			215		97			—			97			118			NM
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs	5		—			5		5			—			5			—			—
General and administrative expense	338		18			320		216			7			209			111			53
Total expenses	558		18			540		318			7			311			229			74	%
Pretax income	$	104	$	(17	)	$	121	$	10		$	(7	)	$	17		$	104		NM

NM Not Meaningful.

(1) Adjustments include net realized gains and integration charges.

Our Asset Management segment pretax income was $104 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $10 million in the prior year period. Our Asset Management segment pretax operating income was $121 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $17 million in the prior year period reflecting period-over-period market appreciation on assets and the Columbia Management Acquisition. Third quarter 2010 pretax margin was 15.7% and operating pretax margin was 18.3%.

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Net Revenues

Net revenues increased $334 million to $662 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, driven by an increase in management fees due to growth in assets from the Columbia Management Acquisition and period-over-period market appreciation.

Management and financial advice fees increased $281 million to $551 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to growth in assets from the Columbia Management Acquisition and period-over-period market appreciation. The daily average S&P 500 Index increased 10% compared to the prior year period. Total Asset Management managed assets increased $208.9 billion, or 89%, to $444.9 billion at September 30, 2010 compared to the prior year period primarily due to the Columbia Management Acquisition and the period-over-period appreciation in the S&P 500 Index.

Distribution fees increased $48 million, or 87%, to $103 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, primarily driven by growth in assets from the Columbia Management Acquisition and period-over-period market appreciation.

Expenses

Total expenses increased $240 million, or 75%, to $558 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010. Operating expenses, which exclude integration charges, increased $229 million, or 74%, to $540 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, primarily reflecting increased distribution expenses and general and administrative expense from the Columbia Management Acquisition. The Company realized integration gross expense synergies related to the Columbia Management Acquisition of approximately $33 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010.

Distribution expenses increased $118 million to $215 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to growth in assets from the Columbia Management Acquisition and period-over-period market appreciation.

General and administrative expense increased $122 million, or 56%, to $338 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010. Operating general and administrative expense, which excludes integration charges, increased $111 million, or 53%, to $320 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to increased operating costs of Columbia Management.

Annuities

Our Annuities segment provides variable and fixed annuity products of RiverSource Life companies to retail clients primarily distributed through our affiliated financial advisors and to the retail clients of unaffiliated advisors through third-party distribution. Revenues for our variable annuity products are primarily earned as fees based on underlying account balances, which are impacted by both market movements and net asset flows. Revenues for our fixed annuity products are primarily earned as net investment income on assets supporting fixed account balances, with profitability significantly impacted by the spread between net investment income earned and interest credited on the fixed account balances. We also earn net investment income on owned assets supporting reserves for immediate annuities and for certain guaranteed benefits offered with variable annuities and on capital supporting the business. Intersegment revenues for this segment reflect fees paid by the Asset Management segment for marketing support and other services provided in connection with the availability of RiverSource Variable Series Trust Funds (“VST Funds”) under the variable annuity contracts. Intersegment expenses for this segment include distribution expenses for services provided by the Advice & Wealth Management segment, as well as expenses for investment management services provided by the Asset Management segment.

Management believes that operating measures, which exclude net realized gains or losses for our Annuities segment, best reflect the underlying performance of our 2010 and 2009 core operations and facilitate a more meaningful trend analysis. See our discussion on the use of these non-GAAP measures in the Overview section above.

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The following table presents the results of operations of our Annuities segment:

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2010									2009
				Less:									Less:
	GAAP			Adjustments(1)			Operating			GAAP			Adjustments		Operating			Operating Change
	(in millions, unaudited)
Revenues
Management and financial advice fees	$	139		$	—		$	139		$	118		$	—	$	118		$	21		18	%
Distribution fees	65			—			65			64			—		64			1			2
Net investment income	326			(1		)	327			343			—		343			(16		)	(5	)
Premiums	43			—			43			25			—		25			18			72
Other revenues	53			—			53			41			—		41			12			29
Total revenues	626			(1		)	627			591			—		591			36			6
Banking and deposit interest expense	—			—			—			—			—		—			—			—
Total net revenues	626			(1		)	627			591			—		591			36			6
Expenses
Distribution expenses	70			—			70			49			—		49			21			43
Interest credited to fixed accounts	188			—			188			196			—		196			(8		)	(4	)
Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses	341			—			341			93			—		93			248			NM
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs	(286		)	—			(286		)	(64		)	—		(64		)	(222		)	NM
Interest and debt expense	2			—			2			—			—		—			2			NM
General and administrative expense	47			—			47			49			—		49			(2		)	(4	)
Total expenses	362			—			362			323			—		323			39			12
Pretax income	$	264		$	(1	)	$	265		$	268		$	—	$	268		$	(3	)	(1	)%

NM Not Meaningful.

(1) Adjustments include net realized losses.

Our Annuities segment pretax income was $264 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $268 million in the prior year period. Our Annuities segment pretax operating income was $265 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $268 million in the prior year period. Net benefits from updating valuation assumptions and model changes and the market impacts on DAC and DSIC and variable annuity guaranteed benefits declined $26 million from $138 million in the prior year period to $112 million in the 2010 period, which was offset by business growth.

Net Revenues

Net revenues increased $35 million, or 6%, to $626 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010. Operating net revenues, which exclude net realized losses, increased $36 million, or 6%, to $627 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, reflecting increased management fees from higher separate account balances, increased premiums from immediate annuities with life contingencies and higher fees from variable annuity guarantees.

Management and financial advice fees increased $21 million, or 18%, to $139 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, due to higher fees on variable annuities driven by higher separate account balances. Average variable annuities contract accumulation values increased $7.5 billion, or 17%, from the prior year period due to higher equity market levels and net inflows. Variable annuity net inflows during the third quarter of 2010 were $0.5 billion driven by our introduction of a new variable annuity in the Ameriprise channel, RAVA 5, and an updated guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit rider in the Ameriprise and third-party channels.

Net investment income decreased $17 million, or 5%, to $326 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010. Operating net investment income, which excludes net realized gains or losses, decreased $16 million, or 5%, to $327 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, reflecting the implementation of changes to the PN program in the second quarter of 2010. With these changes, assets of clients participating in the PN program were reallocated, pursuant to their consent. This reallocation in part resulted in a shift of assets from interest bearing investments in the general account into separate accounts.

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Premiums increased $18 million, or 72%, to $43 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, due to higher sales of immediate annuities with life contingencies.

Other revenues increased $12 million, or 29%, to $53 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, due to higher fees from variable annuity guarantees.

Expenses

Total expenses increased $39 million, or 12%, to $362 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to an increase in distribution expenses and benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses partially offset by a decrease in amortization of DAC.

Distribution expenses increased $21 million, or 43%, to $70 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to higher variable annuity compensation.

Interest credited to fixed accounts decreased $8 million, or 4%, to $188 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to lower fixed account values in variable annuities as a result of the PN program as well as a lower average crediting rate on interest sensitive fixed annuities. The average fixed annuity crediting rate excluding capitalized interest decreased to 3.8% in the third quarter of 2010 compared to 4.0% in the prior year period. Average fixed annuities contract accumulation values remained flat at $14.5 billion compared to the prior year period.

Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses increased $248 million to $341 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, primarily driven by the impact of updating valuation assumptions and model changes. Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses in the third quarter of 2010 included an expense of $210 million from updating valuation assumptions and model changes compared to a benefit of $47 million in the prior year period. The market impact of variable annuity guaranteed benefits, net of hedges and DSIC increased benefits expense by $31 million in the third quarter of 2010 compared to $52 million in the prior year period. The market impact in both periods was primarily driven by the impact of nonperformance credit spread on the valuation of living benefit liabilities, which we do not hedge. The market impact to DSIC was a benefit of $5 million in the third quarter of 2010 compared to a benefit of $4 million in the prior year period.

Amortization of DAC decreased $222 million to a benefit of $286 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to a benefit of $64 million in the prior year period primarily due to the impact of updating valuation assumptions and model changes. Amortization of DAC for the third quarter of 2010 included a benefit of $315 million from updating valuation assumptions and model changes compared to a benefit of $64 million in the prior year period. DAC amortization in the third quarter of 2010 included a benefit of $33 million due to market impacts, including $9 million offsetting higher variable annuity guaranteed benefit expenses. DAC amortization in the third quarter of 2009 included a benefit of $75 million due to market impacts, including a $53 million benefit offsetting higher variable annuity guaranteed benefit expenses.

Protection

Our Protection segment offers a variety of protection products to address the protection and risk management needs of our retail clients including life, disability income and property-casualty insurance. Life and disability income products are primarily distributed through our branded advisors. Our property-casualty products are sold direct, primarily through affinity relationships. We issue insurance policies through our life insurance subsidiaries and the property casualty companies. The primary sources of revenues for this segment are premiums, fees, and charges that we receive to assume insurance-related risk. We earn net investment income on owned assets supporting insurance reserves and capital supporting the business. We also receive fees based on the level of assets supporting variable universal life separate account balances. This segment earns intersegment revenues from fees paid by the Asset Management segment for marketing support and other services provided in connection with the availability of RiverSource VST Funds under the variable universal life contracts. Intersegment expenses for this segment include distribution expenses for services provided by the Advice & Wealth Management segment, as well as expenses for investment management services provided by the Asset Management segment.

Management believes that operating measures, which exclude net realized gains or losses for our Protection segment, best reflect the underlying performance of our 2010 and 2009 core operations and facilitate a more meaningful trend analysis. See our discussion on the use of these non-GAAP measures in the Overview section above.

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The following table presents the results of operations of our Protection segment:

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2010						2009
			Less:							Less:
	GAAP		Adjustments		Operating		GAAP			Adjustments(1)		Operating			Operating Change
	(in millions, unaudited)
Revenues
Management and financial advice fees	$	13	$	—	$	13	$	13		$	—	$	13		$	—		—
Distribution fees	24		—		24		24			—		24			—			—
Net investment income	108		—		108		112			7		105			3			3	%
Premiums	266		—		266		257			—		257			9			4
Other revenues	91		—		91		44			—		44			47			NM
Total revenues	502		—		502		450			7		443			59			13
Banking and deposit interest expense	—		—		—		—			—		—			—			—
Total net revenues	502		—		502		450			7		443			59			13
Expenses
Distribution expenses	8		—		8		4			—		4			4			NM
Interest credited to fixed accounts	39		—		39		36			—		36			3			8
Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses	299		—		299		213			—		213			86			40
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs	35		—		35		(5		)	—		(5		)	40			NM
General and administrative expense	56		—		56		57			—		57			(1		)	(2	)
Total expenses	437		—		437		305			—		305			132			43
Pretax income	$	65	$	—	$	65	$	145		$	7	$	138		$	(73	)	(53	)%

(1) Adjustments include net realized gains.

Our Protection segment pretax income was $65 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, a decrease of $80 million, or 55%, from $145 million for the prior year period. Our Protection segment pretax operating income was $65 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, a decrease of $73 million, or 53%, from $138 million for the prior year period primarily due to updating valuation assumptions and model changes.

Net Revenues

Net revenues increased $52 million, or 12%, to $502 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010. Operating net revenues, which exclude net realized gains or losses, increased $59 million, or 13%, to $502 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to the impact of updating valuation assumptions.

Net investment income decreased $4 million, or 4%, to $108 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010. Operating net investment income, which excludes net realized gains or losses, increased $3 million, or 3%, to $108 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to higher investment yields and increased general account assets.

Premiums increased $9 million, or 4%, to $266 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, due to growth in Auto and Home premiums driven by higher volumes. Auto and Home policy counts increased 10% period-over-period.

Other revenues increased $47 million to $91 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to updating valuation assumptions and model changes. Other revenues in the third quarter of 2010 included a charge of $20 million from updating valuation assumptions and model changes compared to $65 million in the prior year period.

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Expenses

Total expenses increased $132 million, or 43%, to $437 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to updating valuation assumptions and model changes.

Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses increased $86 million, or 40%, to $299 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $213 million in the prior year period primarily due to updating valuation assumptions and model changes. Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses for the third quarter of 2010 included an expense of $44 million from updating valuation assumptions and model changes compared to a benefit of $33 million in the prior year period. Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses also increased due to higher disability and long-term care insurance claims in the third quarter of 2010.

Amortization of DAC increased $40 million to $35 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to a benefit of $5 million in the prior year period primarily due to updating valuation assumptions. Amortization of DAC for the third quarter of 2010 included a benefit of $15 million from updating valuation assumptions and model changes compared to a benefit of $55 million in the prior year period. The market impact on DAC resulted in a benefit of $10 million in the third quarter of 2010 compared to a benefit of $1 million in the prior year period.

Corporate & Other

Our Corporate & Other segment consists of net investment income on corporate level assets, including excess capital held in our subsidiaries and other unallocated equity and other revenues from various investments as well as unallocated corporate expenses.

Management believes that operating measures, which exclude net realized gains or losses, integration charges and the impact of consolidating CIEs for our Corporate & Other segment, best reflect the underlying performance of our 2010 and 2009 core operations and facilitate a more meaningful trend analysis. See our discussion on the use of these non-GAAP measures in the Overview section above.

The following table presents the results of operations of our Corporate & Other segment:

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2010									2009
				Less:									Less:
	GAAP			Adjustments(1)			Operating			GAAP			Adjustments(1)			Operating			Operating Change
	(in millions, unaudited)
Revenues
Net investment income (loss)	$	19		$	19		$	—		$	(12	)	$	1		$	(13	)	$	13		NM
Other revenues	13			9			4			6			4			2			2			NM
Total revenues	32			28			4			(6		)	5			(11		)	15			NM
Banking and deposit interest expense	—			—			—			3			1			2			(2		)	NM
Total net revenues	32			28			4			(9		)	4			(13		)	17			NM
Expenses
Interest and debt expense	72			45			27			45			—			45			(18		)	(40	)%
General and administrative expense	38			13			25			41			6			35			(10		)	(29	)
Total expenses	110			58			52			86			6			80			(28		)	(35	)
Pretax loss	(78		)	(30		)	(48		)	(95		)	(2		)	(93		)	45			48
Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	(32		)	(32		)	—			—			—			—			—			—
Pretax loss attributable to Ameriprise Financial	$	(46	)	$	2		$	(48	)	$	(95	)	$	(2	)	$	(93	)	$	45		48	%

NM Not Meaningful.

(1) Includes revenues and expenses of the CIEs, net realized gains and integration charges.

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The following table presents the components of the adjustments in the table above:

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2010								2009
				Other		Total						Other			Total
	CIEs			Adjustments (1)		Adjustments			CIEs			Adjustments (1)			Adjustments
	(in millions, unaudited)
Revenues
Net investment income	$	17		$	2	$	19		$	(1	)	$	2		$	1
Other revenues	9			—		9			4			—			4
Total revenues	26			2		28			3			2			5
Banking and deposit interest expense	—			—		—			1			—			1
Total net revenues	26			2		28			2			2			4
Expenses
Interest and debt expense	45			—		45			—			—			—
General and administrative expense	13			—		13			2			4			6
Total expenses	58			—		58			2			4			6
Pretax income (loss)	(32		)	2		(30		)	—			(2		)	(2		)
Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	(32		)	—		(32		)	—			—			—
Net income (loss) attributable to Ameriprise Financial	$	—		$	2	$	2		$	—		$	(2	)	$	(2	)

(1) Other adjustments include net realized gains and integration charges.

Our Corporate & Other segment pretax loss attributable to Ameriprise Financial was $46 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $95 million in the prior year period. Our Corporate & Other segment pretax operating loss attributable to Ameriprise Financial was $48 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $93 million in the prior year period.

Net revenues increased $41 million to $32 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, primarily reflecting revenues of CIEs. Operating net revenues, which exclude revenues of CIEs and net realized gains or losses, increased $17 million compared to the prior year period. Net investment income was $19 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to a loss of $12 million in the prior year period. Net investment income in the third quarter of 2010 primarily reflects changes in the assets and liabilities of CIEs, primarily debt and underlying syndicated loans. Operating net investment income, which excludes revenues of CIEs and net realized gains or losses, was nil for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to a loss of $13 million for the prior year period, which reflects the transfer priced interest income allocated to the Annuities and Protection segments for maintaining excess liquidity. Other revenues primarily reflect revenues of consolidated property funds.

Total expenses increased $24 million, or 28%, to $110 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, primarily reflecting expenses of CIEs. Operating expenses, which exclude expenses of CIEs and integration charges, decreased $28 million, or 35%, to $52 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010. Interest and debt expense increased $27 million compared to the prior year period primarily reflecting interest expense of the CIE debt. Operating interest and debt expense, which excludes interest expense of the CIE debt, decreased $18 million compared to the prior year period primarily due to an expense of $13 million in the 2009 period related to the early retirement of $450 million of our senior notes due 2010. General and administrative expense in the third quarter of 2009 included $10 million in higher expenses related to supporting the $1.00 net asset value of certain 2a-7 funds.

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Consolidated Results of Operations for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010 and 2009

In June 2009, the FASB updated the accounting standard related to the required consolidation of certain VIEs. We adopted the accounting standard effective January 1, 2010. For additional information on the required consolidation of CIEs, refer to our discussion within the Overview section above.

Management believes that operating measures, which exclude net realized gains or losses, integration charges and the impact of consolidating CIEs, best reflect the underlying performance of our 2010 and 2009 core operations and facilitate a more meaningful trend analysis. See our discussion on the use of these non-GAAP measures in the Overview section above.

The following table presents our consolidated results of operations:

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2010							2009
			Less:								Less:
	GAAP		Adjustments(1)			Operating		GAAP			Adjustments(1)			Operating		Operating Change
	(in millions, unaudited)
Revenues
Management and financial advice fees	$	2,769	$	(28	)	$	2,797	$	1,849		$	(1	)	$	1,850	$	947		51	%
Distribution fees	1,259		—			1,259		1,029			—			1,029		230			22
Net investment income	1,771		265			1,506		1,467			36			1,431		75			5
Premiums	884		—			884		811			—			811		73			9
Other revenues	671		112			559		493			(15		)	508		51			10
Total revenues	7,354		349			7,005		5,649			20			5,629		1,376			24
Banking and deposit interest expense	56		—			56		113			3			110		(54		)	(49	)
Total net revenues	7,298		349			6,949		5,536			17			5,519		1,430			26
Expenses
Distribution expenses	1,757		—			1,757		1,278			—			1,278		479			37
Interest credited to fixed accounts	686		—			686		674			—			674		12			2
Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses	1,292		—			1,292		993			—			993		299			30
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs	43		—			43		97			—			97		(54		)	(56	)
Interest and debt expense	212		130			82		99			—			99		(17		)	(17	)
General and administrative expense	2,039		99			1,940		1,806			80			1,726		214			12
Total expenses	6,029		229			5,800		4,947			80			4,867		933			19
Pretax income	1,269		120			1,149		589			(63		)	652		497			76
Income tax provision	263		(25		)	288		126			(14		)	140		148			NM
Net income	1,006		145			861		463			(49		)	512		349			68
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	189		189			—		(22		)	(22		)	—		—			—
Net income attributable to Ameriprise Financial	$	817	$	(44	)	$	861	$	485		$	(27	)	$	512	$	349		68	%

NM Not Meaningful.

(1) Includes the elimination of management fees we earn for services provided to the CIEs and the related expense, revenues and expenses of the CIEs, net realized gains and integration charges. Income tax provision is calculated using the statutory tax rate of 35% on applicable adjustments.

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The following table presents the components of the adjustments in the table above:

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2010									2009
				Other			Total						Other			Total
	CIEs			Adjustments (1)			Adjustments			CIEs			Adjustments (1)			Adjustments
	(in millions, unaudited)
Revenues
Management and financial advice fees	$	(28	)	$	—		$	(28	)	$	(1	)	$	—		$	(1	)
Distribution fees	—			—			—			—			—			—
Net investment income	251			14			265			1			35			36
Premiums	—			—			—			—			—			—
Other revenues	112			—			112			(15		)	—			(15		)
Total revenues	335			14			349			(15		)	35			20
Banking and deposit interest expense	—			—			—			3			—			3
Total net revenues	335			14			349			(18		)	35			17
Expenses
Distribution expenses	—			—			—			—			—			—
Interest credited to fixed accounts	—			—			—			—			—			—
Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses	—			—			—			—			—			—
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs	—			—			—			—			—			—
Interest and debt expense	130			—			130			—			—			—
General and administrative expense	16			83			99			4			76			80
Total expenses	146			83			229			4			76			80
Pretax income (loss)	189			(69		)	120			(22		)	(41		)	(63		)
Income tax benefit	—			(25		)	(25		)	—			(14		)	(14		)
Net income (loss)	189			(44		)	145			(22		)	(27		)	(49		)
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	189			—			189			(22		)	—			(22		)
Net loss attributable to Ameriprise Financial	$	—		$	(44	)	$	(44	)	$	—		$	(27	)	$	(27	)

(1) Other adjustments include net realized gains and integration charges.

Overall

Net income attributable to Ameriprise Financial for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 was $817 million compared to $485 million for the prior year period. Operating net income attributable to Ameriprise Financial increased $349 million, or 68%, to $861 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $512 million for the prior year period driven by higher asset-based revenues and higher income from spread products, as well as five months of earnings from the Columbia Management Acquisition, partially offset by higher distribution expenses and benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses.

Our annual review of valuation assumptions for RiverSource Life products in the third quarter of 2010 resulted in a net pretax benefit of $88 million. A third quarter expense of $32 million related to an adjustment for insurance and annuity model changes was more than offset by a second quarter benefit of $33 million related to an adjustment for revisions to certain calculations in our valuation of DAC and DSIC. The net benefit of the above items of $89 million reflected a $155 million benefit from persistency improvements, including a net benefit from extending annuity amortization periods and increased living benefits expense, an $85 million expense from resetting near-term equity return assumptions equal to the long-term assumptions and reducing both near- and long-term bond fund return assumptions, and $19 million in additional benefits from all other assumption and model changes.

Our annual review in the third quarter of 2009 resulted in a net pretax benefit of $134 million, consisting of a decrease in expenses primarily from updating product mortality assumptions for certain life insurance products and from the impact of updating product spreads and expense assumptions, partially offset by a decrease in revenues related to the reinsurance impacts from updating product mortality assumptions.

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Results for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 included an $8 million pretax benefit from the market’s impact on DAC and DSIC compared to $26 million in the prior year period. Results for the 2010 period also included a $12 million pretax variable annuity benefits expense, net of hedges, DAC and DSIC, related to market impacts compared to $30 million in the prior year period.

The total pretax impacts on our revenues and expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 attributable to the review of valuation assumptions and model changes were as follows:

Segment Pretax Benefit (Charge)	Other Revenues			Benefits, Claims, Losses and Settlement Expenses			Amortization of DAC		Total
	(in millions)
Valuation assumptions and model changes:
Annuities	$	—		$	(205	)	$	336	$	131
Protection	(20		)	(44		)	22		(42		)
Total	$	(20	)	$	(249	)	$	358	$	89

The total pretax impacts on our revenues and expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 attributable to the review of valuation assumptions were as follows:

Segment Pretax Benefit (Charge)	Other Revenues			Benefits, Claims, Losses and Settlement Expenses		Amortization of DAC		Total
	(in millions)
Valuation assumptions:
Annuities	$	—		$	47	$	64	$	111
Protection	(65		)	33		55		23
Total	$	(65	)	$	80	$	119	$	134

Net Revenues

Net revenues increased $1.8 billion, or 32%, to $7.3 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $5.5 billion for the prior year period. Operating net revenues exclude net realized gains or losses and revenues of the CIEs and include the fees we earn from services we provided to the CIEs. Operating net revenues increased $1.4 billion, or 26%, to $6.9 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $5.5 billion for the prior year period primarily driven by growth in asset-based management fees and distribution fees driven by higher asset levels and increased client activity. Higher asset levels reflected period-over-period market appreciation, the Columbia Management Acquisition and retail net inflows.

Management and financial advice fees increased $920 million, or 50%, to $2.8 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $1.8 billion for the prior year period. Operating management and financial advice fees include the fees we earn from services provided to the CIEs. Operating management and financial advice fees increased $947 million, or 51%, to $2.8 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $1.9 billion for the prior year period primarily due to period-over-period market appreciation on assets, the Columbia Management Acquisition and retail net inflows. The daily average S&P 500 Index increased 24% compared to the prior year period. Wrap account assets increased $15.7 billion, or 18%, to $105.3 billion at September 30, 2010 due to period-over-period market appreciation and net inflows. Total Asset Management managed assets increased $208.9 billion, or 89%, to $444.9 billion at September 30, 2010 compared to the prior year period primarily due to the Columbia Management Acquisition and the period-over-period appreciation in the S&P 500 Index.

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Distribution fees increased $230 million, or 22%, to $1.3 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $1.0 billion in the prior year period primarily due to higher asset-based fees driven by period-over-period market appreciation, the Columbia Management Acquisition, net inflows and increased client activity.

Net investment income increased $304 million, or 21%, to $1.8 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $1.5 billion for the prior year period. Operating net investment income excludes net realized gains or losses and the changes in the assets and liabilities related to the CIEs, primarily debt and underlying syndicated loans. Operating net investment income increased $75 million, or 5%, to $1.5 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $1.4 billion for the prior year period primarily due to a $60 million increase in investment income on fixed maturity securities driven by higher fixed annuity account balances and higher investment yields, as well as higher investment yields and increased account balances related to assets supporting our Protection business, partially offset by lower investment income related to certificates.

Premiums increased $73 million, or 9%, to $884 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to growth in Auto and Home premiums driven by higher volumes, as well as higher sales of immediate annuities with life contingencies. Auto and Home policy counts increased 10% period-over-period.

Other revenues increased $178 million, or 36%, to $671 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $493 million in the prior year period. Operating other revenues exclude revenues of consolidated property funds. Operating other revenues increased $51 million, or 10%, to $559 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $508 million in the prior year period primarily due to updating valuation assumptions, higher fees from variable annuity guarantees, and a $25 million benefit from payments related to the Reserve Funds matter in the 2010 period, partially offset by a $58 million benefit in the 2009 period from repurchasing our junior notes at a discount. Other revenues in the 2010 period included a charge of $20 million from updating valuation assumptions and model changes compared to $65 million in the prior year period.

Banking and deposit interest expense decreased $57 million, or 50%, to $56 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $113 million in the prior year period primarily due to lower certificate balances as a result of the run-off of certificate rate promotions and a decrease in crediting rates on certificate products.

Expenses

Total expenses increased $1.1 billion, or 22%, to $6.0 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $4.9 billion for the prior year period. Operating expenses primarily exclude integration charges and expenses of the CIEs. Operating expenses increased $933 million, or 19%, to $5.8 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $4.9 billion for the prior year period primarily due to an increase in distribution expenses, benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses and general and administrative expense.

Distribution expenses increased $479 million, or 37%, to $1.8 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $1.3 billion in the prior year period as a result of period-over-period market appreciation, the Columbia Management Acquisition and higher advisor compensation from business growth.

Interest credited to fixed accounts increased $12 million, or 2%, to $686 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $674 million for the prior year period primarily due to higher average fixed annuity account balances, partially offset by lower average fixed annuity crediting rates. Average fixed annuities contract accumulation values increased $796 million, or 6%, compared to the prior year period. The average fixed annuity crediting rate excluding capitalized interest decreased to 3.8% for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to 4.0% for the prior year period.

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Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses increased $299 million, or 30%, to $1.3 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $993 million for the prior year period driven by updating valuation assumptions and model changes partially offset by market impacts. Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses in the 2010 period included an expense of $249 million from updating valuation assumptions and model changes compared to a benefit of $80 million in the prior year period. The market impact of variable annuity guaranteed benefits, net of hedges and DSIC, decreased benefits expense by $14 million in the 2010 period compared to an increase of $143 million in the prior year period. The market impact in both periods was primarily driven by the impact of nonperformance credit spread on the valuation of living benefit liabilities, which we do not hedge. Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses related to our immediate annuities with life contingencies increased compared to the prior year period primarily due to higher business volumes. In addition, benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses increased as a result of the implementation of changes to the PN program in the second quarter of 2010.

Amortization of DAC decreased $54 million, or 56%, to $43 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $97 million in the prior year period. Amortization of DAC for the 2010 period included a benefit of $358 million from updating valuation assumptions and model changes compared to a benefit of $119 million in the prior year period. DAC amortization in the 2010 period included an expense of $18 million due to market impacts, including $26 million offsetting lower variable annuity guaranteed benefit expenses. DAC amortization in the 2009 period included a benefit of $135 million due to market impacts, including a $113 million benefit offsetting higher variable annuity guaranteed benefit expenses. An increase in DAC amortization related to higher variable annuity gross profits was partially offset by a decrease as a result of the implementation of changes to the PN program in the second quarter of 2010.

Interest and debt expense increased $113 million to $212 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $99 million in the prior year period. Operating interest and debt expense excludes interest expense on CIE debt. Operating interest and debt expense decreased $17 million, or 17%, to $82 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $99 million in the prior year period primarily due to an expense of $13 million in the 2009 period related to the early retirement of $450 million of our senior notes due 2010.

General and administrative expense increased $233 million, or 13%, to $2.0 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $1.8 billion for the prior year period. Operating general and administrative expense, which excludes integration charges and expenses of the CIEs, increased $214 million, or 12%, to $1.9 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 primarily due to higher expenses as a result of the Columbia Management Acquisition, higher performance-driven compensation expense, and higher expenses related to recognizing a substantial increase in Threadneedle’s estimated market valuation attributable to its incentive compensation program compared to the 2009 market valuation. These increases were partially offset by lower legal expenses compared to the prior year period.

Income Taxes

Our effective tax rate on net income including net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests was 20.7% for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, compared to 21.5% for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. Our effective tax rate on net income excluding net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests was 24.4% for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, compared to 20.7% for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.

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Results of Operations by Segment for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010 and 2009

The following tables present summary financial information by segment:

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2010									2009
				Less:									Less:
	GAAP			Adjustments			Operating			GAAP			Adjustments			Operating
	(in millions, unaudited)
Advice & Wealth Management
Net revenues	$	2,794		$	—		$	2,794		$	2,343		$	(13	)	$	2,356
Expenses	2,571			7			2,564			2,395			49			2,346
Pretax income (loss)	$	223		$	(7	)	$	230		$	(52	)	$	(62	)	$	10
Asset Management
Net revenues	$	1,594		$	2		$	1,592		$	881		$	(3	)	$	884
Expenses	1,416			71			1,345			891			23			868
Pretax income (loss)	$	178		$	(69	)	$	247		$	(10	)	$	(26	)	$	16
Annuities
Net revenues	$	1,858		$	6		$	1,852		$	1,645		$	28		$	1,617
Expenses	1,341			—			1,341			1,154			—			1,154
Pretax income	$	517		$	6		$	511		$	491		$	28		$	463
Protection
Net revenues	$	1,530		$	2		$	1,528		$	1,443		$	14		$	1,429
Expenses	1,211			—			1,211			1,076			—			1,076
Pretax income	$	319		$	2		$	317		$	367		$	14		$	353
Corporate & Other
Net revenues	$	377		$	367		$	10		$	(4	)	$	(8	)	$	4
Expenses	345			179			166			203			9			194
Pretax income (loss)	32			188			(156		)	(207		)	(17		)	(190		)
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	189			189			—			(22		)	(22		)	—
Pretax loss attributable to Ameriprise Financial	$	(157	)	$	(1	)	$	(156	)	$	(185	)	$	5		$	(190	)
Eliminations
Net revenues	$	(855	)	$	(28	)	$	(827	)	$	(772	)	$	(1	)	$	(771	)
Expenses	(855		)	(28		)	(827		)	(772		)	(1		)	(771		)
Pretax income	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—

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Advice & Wealth Management

Management believes that operating measures, which exclude net realized gains or losses and integration charges for our Advice & Wealth Management segment, best reflect the underlying performance of our 2010 and 2009 core operations and facilitate a more meaningful trend analysis. See our discussion on the use of these non-GAAP measures in the Overview section above.

The following table presents the changes in wrap account assets:

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2010		2009
	(in billions)
Balance at January 1	$	94.9	$	72.8
Net flows	6.6		6.8
Market appreciation	3.8		10.0
Balance at September 30	$	105.3	$	89.6

Wrap account assets had net inflows of $6.6 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $6.8 billion in the prior year period and market appreciation of $3.8 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $10.0 billion in the prior year period.

The following table presents the results of operations of our Advice & Wealth Management segment:

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2010							2009
			Less:								Less:
	GAAP		Adjustments(1)			Operating		GAAP			Adjustments(1)			Operating		Operating Change
	(in millions, unaudited)
Revenues
Management and financial advice fees	$	1,127	$	—		$	1,127	$	882		$	—		$	882	$	245		28	%
Distribution fees	1,442		—			1,442		1,286			—			1,286		156			12
Net investment income	212		—			212		224			(13		)	237		(25		)	(11	)
Other revenues	66		—			66		59			—			59		7			12
Total revenues	2,847		—			2,847		2,451			(13		)	2,464		383			16
Banking and deposit interest expense	53		—			53		108			—			108		(55		)	(51	)
Total net revenues	2,794		—			2,794		2,343			(13		)	2,356		438			19
Expenses
Distribution expenses	1,694		—			1,694		1,444			—			1,444		250			17
General and administrative expense	877		7			870		951			49			902		(32		)	(4	)
Total expenses	2,571		7			2,564		2,395			49			2,346		218			9	%
Pretax income (loss)	$	223	$	(7	)	$	230	$	(52	)	$	(62	)	$	10	$	220		NM

NM Not Meaningful.

(1) Adjustments include net realized losses and integration charges.

Our Advice & Wealth Management segment pretax income was $223 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to a loss of $52 million in the prior year period. Our Advice & Wealth Management segment pretax operating income increased $220 million to $230 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $10 million for the prior year period driven by higher asset-based revenues partially offset by higher distribution expenses.

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Net Revenues

Net revenues were $2.8 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $2.3 billion for the prior year period, an increase of $451 million, or 19%. Operating net revenues, which exclude net realized losses, were $2.8 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $2.4 billion in the prior year period, an increase of $438 million, or 19%, driven by growth in average fee-based assets.

Management and financial advice fees increased $245 million, or 28%, to $1.1 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, driven by growth in average fee-based assets resulting from period-over-period market appreciation and retail net inflows. The daily average S&P 500 Index increased 24% compared to the prior year period. Wrap account assets increased $15.7 billion, or 18%, to $105.3 billion at September 30, 2010 due to period-over-period market appreciation and net inflows.

Distribution fees increased $156 million, or 12%, to $1.4 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, primarily driven by growth in average fee-based assets resulting from period-over-period market appreciation and retail net inflows, as well as increased brokerage transactional activity.

Net investment income decreased $12 million, or 5%, to $212 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $224 million for the prior year period. Operating net investment income, which excludes net realized losses, decreased $25 million, or 11%, to $212 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $237 million for the prior year period primarily due to lower invested assets resulting from net outflows in certificates due to the run-off of certificate rate promotions, as well as lower average yields on invested assets related to certificates.

Banking and deposit interest expense decreased $55 million, or 51%, to $53 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to lower certificate balances as a result of the run-off of certificate rate promotions, as well as a decrease in crediting rates on certificate products.

Expenses

Total expenses increased $176 million, or 7%, to $2.6 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. Operating expenses, which exclude integration charges, increased $218 million, or 9%, to $2.6 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 due to an increase in distribution expenses partially offset by a decrease in general and administrative expense.

Distribution expenses increased $250 million, or 17%, to $1.7 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to growth in average fee based assets driven by period-over-period market appreciation and retail net inflows, as well as higher advisor compensation from increased client activity.

General and administrative expense decreased $74 million, or 8%, to $877 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $951 million for the prior year period. Operating general and administrative expense, which excludes integration charges, decreased $32 million, or 4%, compared to the prior year period primarily reflecting cost controls and lower legal expenses.

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Asset Management

Management believes that operating measures, which exclude net realized gains or losses and integration charges for our Asset Management segment, best reflect the underlying performance of our 2010 and 2009 core operations and facilitate a more meaningful trend analysis. See our discussion on the use of these non-GAAP measures in the Overview section above.

The following tables present the changes in Columbia and Threadneedle managed assets:

							Market
							Appreciation/
	December 31,						(Depreciation)			Foreign			September 30,
	2009			Net Flows			& Other			Exchange			2010
	(in billions)
Columbia Managed Assets:
Retail Funds	$	76.9		$	(5.8	)	$	134.2	(1)	$	—		$	205.3
Institutional Funds	62.3			(3.1		)	72.6		(2)	—			131.8
Alternative Funds	9.9			0.2			—			—			10.1
Less: Eliminations	(0.1		)	—			—			—			(0.1		)
Total Columbia Managed Assets	149.0			(8.7		)	206.8			—			347.1
Threadneedle Managed Assets:
Retail Funds	29.1			0.5			2.0			(0.9		)	30.7
Institutional Funds	66.8			(0.4		)	5.3			(1.9		)	69.8
Alternative Funds	1.9			(0.1		)	(0.3		)	(0.1		)	1.4
Total Threadneedle Managed Assets	97.8			—			7.0			(2.9		)	101.9
Less: Sub-Advised Eliminations	(3.6		)	—			(0.5		)	—			(4.1		)
Total Managed Assets	$	243.2		$	(8.7	)	$	213.3		$	(2.9	)	$	444.9

							Market
							Appreciation/
	December 31,						(Depreciation)			Foreign		September 30,
	2008			Net Flows			& Other			Exchange		2009
	(in billions)
Columbia Managed Assets:
Retail Funds	$	63.9		$	(1.8	)	$	12.5		$	—	$	74.6
Institutional Funds	54.7			1.7			5.3			—		61.7
Alternative Funds	9.4			(0.3		)	0.5			—		9.6
Less: Eliminations	(0.1		)	—			—			—		(0.1		)
Total Columbia Managed Assets	127.9			(0.4		)	18.3			—		145.8
Threadneedle Managed Assets:
Retail Funds	16.3			3.3			5.5			1.5		26.6
Institutional Funds	55.3			(1.0		)	6.2			4.6		65.1
Alternative Funds	2.6			0.3			(1.1		)	0.2		2.0
Total Threadneedle Managed Assets	74.2			2.6			10.6			6.3		93.7
Less: Sub-Advised Eliminations	(2.5		)	—			(1.0		)	—		(3.5		)
Total Managed Assets	$	199.6		$	2.2		$	27.9		$	6.3	$	236.0

(1)	Other includes $118.1 billion due to the Columbia Management Acquisition, including $3 billion of assets that were transferred to RiverSource Sub-advised through the implementation of the PN program, and an additional $13.1 billion of Portfolio Navigator related assets sub-advised by others.
(2)	Other includes $68.4 billion due to the Columbia Management Acquisition.

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The following table presents the results of operations of our Asset Management segment:

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2010							2009
			Less:								Less:
	GAAP		Adjustments(1)			Operating		GAAP			Adjustments(1)			Operating		Operating Change
	(in millions, unaudited)
Revenues
Management and financial advice fees	$	1,329	$	—		$	1,329	$	710		$	—		$	710	$	619		87	%
Distribution fees	249		—			249		156			—			156		93			60
Net investment income	10		2			8		10			(3		)	13		(5		)	(38	)
Other revenues	7		—			7		7			—			7		—			—
Total revenues	1,595		2			1,593		883			(3		)	886		707			80
Banking and deposit interest expense	1		—			1		2			—			2		(1		)	(50	)
Total net revenues	1,594		2			1,592		881			(3		)	884		708			80
Expenses
Distribution expenses	507		—			507		264			—			264		243			92
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs	16		—			16		17			—			17		(1		)	(6	)
General and administrative expense	893		71			822		610			23			587		235			40
Total expenses	1,416		71			1,345		891			23			868		477			55	%
Pretax income (loss)	$	178	$	(69	)	$	247	$	(10	)	$	(26	)	$	16	$	231		NM

NM Not Meaningful.

(1) Adjustments include net realized gains or losses and integration charges.

Our Asset Management segment pretax income was $178 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to a loss of $10 million for the prior year period. Our Asset Management segment pretax operating income was $247 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $16 million in the prior year period reflecting period-over-period market appreciation and five months of earnings from business acquired in the Columbia Management Acquisition.

Net Revenues

Net revenues increased $713 million, or 81%, to $1.6 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. Operating net revenues, which exclude net realized gains or losses, increased $708 million, or 80%, to $1.6 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, primarily driven by an increase in management fees due to growth in assets from the Columbia Management Acquisition and period-over-period market appreciation.

Management and financial advice fees increased $619 million, or 87%, to $1.3 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to period-over-period market appreciation on assets, the Columbia Management Acquisition and retail net inflows. The daily average S&P 500 Index increased 24% compared to the prior year period. Total Asset Management managed assets increased $208.9 billion, or 89%, to $444.9 billion at September 30, 2010 compared to the prior year period primarily due to the Columbia Management Acquisition and the period-over-period appreciation in the S&P 500 Index.

Distribution fees increased $93 million, or 60%, to $249 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, primarily driven by growth in assets from the Columbia Management Acquisition and period-over-period market appreciation.

Expenses

Total expenses increased $525 million, or 59%, to $1.4 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. Operating expenses, which exclude integration charges, increased $477 million, or 55%, to $1.3 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, primarily reflecting increased distribution expenses and general and administrative expense from the Columbia Management Acquisition and period-over-period market appreciation. The Company realized integration gross expense synergies related to the Columbia Management Acquisition of approximately $47 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010.

Distribution expenses increased $243 million, or 92%, to $507 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to growth in assets from the Columbia Management Acquisition and period-over-period market appreciation.

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General and administrative expense increased $283 million, or 46%, to $893 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. Operating general and administrative expense, which excludes integration charges, increased $235 million, or 40%, to $822 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to the increased operating costs of Columbia Management and higher expenses related to recognizing a substantial increase in Threadneedle’s estimated market valuation attributable to its incentive compensation program compared to the 2009 market valuation.

Annuities

Management believes that operating measures, which exclude net realized gains or losses for our Annuities segment, best reflect the underlying performance of our 2010 and 2009 core operations and facilitate a more meaningful trend analysis. See our discussion on the use of these non-GAAP measures in the Overview section above.

The following table presents the results of operations of our Annuities segment:

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2010								2009
				Less:								Less:
	GAAP			Adjustments(1)		Operating			GAAP			Adjustments(1)		Operating			Operating Change
	(in millions, unaudited)
Revenues
Management and financial advice fees	$	396		$	—	$	396		$	312		$	—	$	312		$	84		27	%
Distribution fees	211			—		211			179			—		179			32			18
Net investment income	986			6		980			971			28		943			37			4
Premiums	116			—		116			72			—		72			44			61
Other revenues	149			—		149			111			—		111			38			34
Total revenues	1,858			6		1,852			1,645			28		1,617			235			15
Banking and deposit interest expense	—			—		—			—			—		—			—			—
Total net revenues	1,858			6		1,852			1,645			28		1,617			235			15
Expenses
Distribution expenses	201			—		201			154			—		154			47			31
Interest credited to fixed accounts	574			—		574			566			—		566			8			1
Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses	517			—		517			315			—		315			202			64
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs	(105		)	—		(105		)	(27		)	—		(27		)	(78		)	NM
Interest and debt expense	2			—		2			—			—		—			2			NM
General and administrative expense	152			—		152			146			—		146			6			4
Total expenses	1,341			—		1,341			1,154			—		1,154			187			16
Pretax income	$	517		$	6	$	511		$	491		$	28	$	463		$	48		10	%

NM Not Meaningful.

(1) Adjustments include net realized gains.

Our Annuities segment pretax income was $517 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $491 million for the prior year period. Our Annuities segment pretax operating income was $511 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $463 million for the prior year period.

Net Revenues

Net revenues increased $213 million, or 13%, to $1.9 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. Operating net revenues, which exclude net realized gains or losses, increased $235 million, or 15%, to $1.9 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010.

Management and financial advice fees increased $84 million, or 27%, to $396 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, due to higher fees on variable annuities driven by higher assets. Average variable annuities contract accumulation values increased $10.9 billion, or 28%, from the prior year period due to higher equity market levels and net inflows.

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Distribution fees increased $32 million, or 18%, to $211 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, due to higher fees on variable annuities driven by higher assets.

Net investment income increased $15 million, or 2%, to $986 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. Operating net investment income, which excludes net realized gains or losses, increased $37 million, or 4%, to $980 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, primarily driven by higher fixed annuity account balances and higher investment yields, partially offset by the negative impact of the implementation of changes to the PN program. With these changes, assets of clients participating in the PN program were reallocated, pursuant to their consent. This reallocation in part resulted in a shift of assets from interest bearing investments in the general account into separate accounts.

Premiums increased $44 million, or 61%, to $116 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, due to higher sales of immediate annuities with life contingencies.

Other revenues increased $38 million, or 34%, to $149 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, due to higher fees from variable annuity guarantees.

Expenses

Total expenses increased $187 million, or 16%, to $1.3 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to an increase in distribution expenses and benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses, partially offset by a decrease in amortization of DAC.

Distribution expenses increased $47 million, or 13%, to $201 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to higher variable annuity compensation.

Interest credited to fixed accounts increased $8 million, or 1%, to $574 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to higher average fixed annuity account balances partially offset by lower average fixed annuity crediting rates. Average fixed annuities contract accumulation values increased $796 million, or 6%, compared to the prior year period. The average fixed annuity crediting rate excluding capitalized interest decreased to 3.8% for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to 4.0% for the prior year period.

Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses increased $202 million, or 64%, to $517 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, driven by updating valuation assumptions and model changes, partially offset by the impact of markets on variable annuity guaranteed benefits, net of DAC and DSIC. Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses in the 2010 period included an expense of $205 million from updating valuation assumptions and model changes compared to a benefit of $47 million in the prior year period. The market impact of variable annuity guaranteed benefits, net of hedges and DSIC, decreased benefits expense by $14 million in the 2010 period compared to an increase of $143 million in the prior year period. The market impact in both periods was primarily driven by the impact of nonperformance credit spread on the valuation of living benefit liabilities, which we do not hedge. Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses related to our immediate annuities with life contingencies increased compared to the prior year period primarily due to higher business volumes. In addition, benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses increased as a result of the implementation of changes to the PN program in the second quarter of 2010.

Amortization of DAC decreased $78 million to a benefit of $105 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to a benefit of $27 million in the prior year period. Amortization of DAC for the 2010 period included a benefit of $336 million from updating valuation assumptions and model changes compared to a benefit of $64 million for the prior year period. DAC amortization in the 2010 period included an expense of $25 million due to market impacts, including $26 million offsetting lower variable annuity guaranteed benefit expenses. DAC amortization in the 2009 period included a benefit of $133 million due to market impacts, including a $113 million benefit offsetting higher variable annuity guaranteed benefit expenses. An increase in DAC amortization related to higher variable annuity gross profits was partially offset by a decrease as a result of the implementation of changes to the PN program in the second quarter of 2010.

General and administrative expense increased $6 million, or 4%, to $152 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $146 million for the prior year period primarily driven by additional expenses related to the RAVA 5 introduction and the implementation of changes to the PN program in the second quarter of 2010.

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Protection

Management believes that operating measures, which exclude net realized gains or losses for our Protection segment, best reflect the underlying performance of our 2010 and 2009 core operations and facilitate a more meaningful trend analysis. See our discussion on the use of these non-GAAP measures in the Overview section above.

The following table presents the results of operations of our Protection segment:

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2010						2009
			Less:						Less:
	GAAP		Adjustments(1)		Operating		GAAP		Adjustments(1)		Operating		Operating Change
	(in millions, unaudited)
Revenues
Management and financial advice fees	$	39	$	—	$	39	$	34	$	—	$	34	$	5		15	%
Distribution fees	72		—		72		72		—		72		—			—
Net investment income	322		2		320		309		14		295		25			8
Premiums	787		—		787		758		—		758		29			4
Other revenues	310		—		310		270		—		270		40			15
Total revenues	1,530		2		1,528		1,443		14		1,429		99			7
Banking and deposit interest expense	—		—		—		—		—		—		—			—
Total net revenues	1,530		2		1,528		1,443		14		1,429		99			7
Expenses
Distribution expenses	25		—		25		15		—		15		10			67
Interest credited to fixed accounts	112		—		112		108		—		108		4			4
Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses	775		—		775		678		—		678		97			14
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs	132		—		132		107		—		107		25			23
General and administrative expense	167		—		167		168		—		168		(1		)	(1	)
Total expenses	1,211		—		1,211		1,076		—		1,076		135			13
Pretax income	$	319	$	2	$	317	$	367	$	14	$	353	$	(36	)	(10	)%

(1) Adjustments include net realized gains.

Our Protection segment pretax income was $319 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, a decrease of $48 million, or 13%, from $367 million in the prior year period. Our Protection segment pretax operating income was $317 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, a decrease of $36 million, or 10%, from $353 million in the prior year period.

Net Revenues

Net revenues increased $87 million, or 6%, to $1.5 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. Operating net revenues, which exclude net realized gains or losses, increased $99 million, or 7%, to $1.5 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to an increase in net investment income, premiums and other revenues.

Net investment income increased $13 million, or 4%, to $322 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. Operating net investment income, which excludes net realized gains or losses, increased $25 million, or 8%, to $320 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to higher investment yields and increased general account assets.

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Premiums increased $29 million, or 4%, to $787 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, due to growth in Auto and Home premiums driven by higher volumes. Auto and Home policy counts increased 10% period-over-period.

Other revenues increased $40 million, or 15%, to $310 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to updating valuation assumptions. Other revenues in the 2010 period included a charge of $20 million from updating valuation assumptions and model changes compared to $65 million in the prior year period.

Expenses

Total expenses increased $135 million, or 13%, to $1.2 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to an increase in benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses and amortization of DAC.

Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses increased $97 million, or 14%, to $775 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses in the 2010 period included an expense of $44 million from updating valuation assumptions and model changes compared to a benefit of $33 million in the prior year period.

Amortization of DAC increased $25 million, or 23%, to $132 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to the impact of updating valuation assumptions and model changes. Amortization of DAC in the 2010 period included a benefit of $22 million from updating valuation assumptions compared to a benefit of $55 million in the prior year period. The market impact on DAC amortization resulted in a benefit of $7 million in the 2010 period compared to a benefit of $2 million in the prior year period. DAC amortization in the 2010 period was reduced by a benefit from the implementation of changes to the PN program in the second quarter of 2010.

Corporate & Other

The Corporate & Other segment includes the results of operations of CIEs. For additional information on the required consolidation of CIEs, refer to our discussion within the Overview section above.

Management believes that operating measures, which exclude net realized gains or losses, integration charges and the impact of consolidating CIEs for our Corporate & Other segment, best reflect the underlying performance of our 2010 and 2009 core operations and facilitate a more meaningful trend analysis. See our discussion on the use of these non-GAAP measures in the Overview section above.

The following table presents the results of operations of our Corporate & Other segment:

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2010									2009
				Less:									Less:
	GAAP			Adjustments(1)			Operating			GAAP			Adjustments(1)			Operating			Operating Change
	(in millions, unaudited)
Revenues
Net investment income (loss)	$	241		$	255		$	(14	)	$	(46	)	$	10		$	(56	)	$	42		75	%
Other revenues	139			112			27			46			(15		)	61			(34		)	(56	)
Total revenues	380			367			13			—			(5		)	5			8			NM
Banking and deposit interest expense	3			—			3			4			3			1			2			NM
Total net revenues	377			367			10			(4		)	(8		)	4			6			NM
Expenses
Distribution expenses	—			—			—			2			—			2			(2		)	NM
Interest and debt expense	210			130			80			99			—			99			(19		)	(19	)
General and administrative expense	135			49			86			102			9			93			(7		)	(8	)
Total expenses	345			179			166			203			9			194			(28		)	(14	)
Pretax income (loss)	32			188			(156		)	(207		)	(17		)	(190		)	34			18
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	189			189			—			(22		)	(22		)	—			—			—
Pretax loss attributable to Ameriprise Financial	$	(157	)	$	(1	)	$	(156	)	$	(185	)	$	5		$	(190	)	$	34		18	%

NM Not Meaningful.

(1) Includes revenues and expenses of the CIEs, net realized gains and integration charges.

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The following table presents the components of the adjustments in the table above:

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2010								2009
			Other			Total						Other		Total
	CIEs		Adjustments (1)			Adjustments			CIEs			Adjustments (1)		Adjustments
	(in millions, unaudited)
Revenues
Net investment income	$	251	$	4		$	255		$	1		$	9	$	10
Other revenues	112		—			112			(15		)	—		(15		)
Total revenues	363		4			367			(14		)	9		(5		)
Banking and deposit interest expense	—		—			—			3			—		3
Total net revenues	363		4			367			(17		)	9		(8		)
Expenses
Distribution expenses	—		—			—			—			—		—
Interest and debt expense	130		—			130			—			—		—
General and administrative expense	44		5			49			5			4		9
Total expenses	174		5			179			5			4		9
Pretax income (loss)	189		(1		)	188			(22		)	5		(17		)
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	189		—			189			(22		)	—		(22		)
Net income (loss) attributable to Ameriprise Financial	$	—	$	(1	)	$	(1	)	$	—		$	5	$	5

(1) Other adjustments include net realized gains and integration charges.

Our Corporate & Other segment pretax loss attributable to Ameriprise Financial was $157 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $185 million in the prior year period. Our Corporate & Other segment pretax operating loss attributable to Ameriprise Financial was $156 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $190 million in the prior year period.

Net revenues increased $381 million compared to the prior year period primarily reflecting revenues of CIEs. Operating net revenues, which exclude revenues of CIEs and net realized gains or losses, increased $6 million compared to the prior year period. Net investment income was $241 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to a loss of $46 million in the prior year period. Net investment income in the 2010 period primarily reflects changes in the assets and liabilities of CIEs, primarily debt and underlying syndicated loans. The decrease in operating net investment loss, which excludes revenues of CIEs and net realized gains or losses, reflects lower transfer priced interest income allocated to the Annuities and Protection segments for maintaining excess liquidity. Other revenues increased $93 million to $139 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $46 million for the prior year period. Other revenues in the 2010 period primarily reflect revenues of consolidated property funds. Operating other revenues, which exclude revenues of consolidated property funds, decreased $34 million primarily due to a $58 million benefit in the 2009 period from repurchasing our junior notes at a discount, partially offset by a $25 million benefit from the payments related to the Reserve Funds matter in the 2010 period.

Total expenses increased $142 million compared to the prior year period primarily reflecting expenses of CIEs. Operating expenses, which exclude expenses of CIEs and integration charges, decreased $28 million compared to the prior year period primarily due to lower interest and debt expense and general and administrative expense. Interest and debt expense increased $111 million compared to the prior year period primarily reflecting interest expense of the CIE debt. Operating interest and debt expense, which excludes interest expense of the CIE debt, decreased $19 million compared to the prior year period primarily due to an expense of $13 million in the 2009 period related to the early retirement of $450 million of our senior notes due 2010. General and administrative expense increased $33 million compared to the prior year period due to expenses of CIEs. Operating general and administrative expense, which excludes expenses of CIEs, decreased $7 million compared to the prior year period due to lower legal expenses.

Market Risk

Equity price and interest rate fluctuations can have a significant impact on our results of operations, primarily due to the effects they have on the asset management and other asset-based fees we earn, the spread income generated on our annuities, banking, and face amount certificate products and UL insurance products, the value of DAC and DSIC assets associated with variable annuity and variable UL products, the values of liabilities for guaranteed benefits associated with our variable annuities and the values of derivatives held to hedge these benefits.

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The guaranteed benefits associated with our variable annuities are guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits (“GMWB”), guaranteed minimum accumulation benefits (“GMAB”), guaranteed minimum death benefits (“GMDB”) and guaranteed minimum income benefits (“GMIB”) options. Each of these guaranteed benefits guarantees payouts to the annuity holder under certain specific conditions regardless of the performance of the underlying investment assets.

We continue to utilize a hedging program which attempts to match the sensitivity of the assets with the sensitivity of the liabilities. This approach works with the premise that matched sensitivities will produce a highly effective hedging result. This program can generally be described as a “Static 3-Greek” hedging program. This style of hedging focuses mainly on first order sensitivities of the assets and liabilities; Equity Market Level (Delta), Interest Rate Level (Rho) and Volatility (Vega). Additionally, various second order sensitivities are managed. We use various index options across the term structure, interest rate swaps and swaptions, total return swaps and futures to manage the risk exposures. The exposures are measured and monitored daily, and adjustments to the hedge portfolio are made as necessary.

To evaluate interest rate and equity price risk we perform sensitivity testing which measures the impact on pretax income from the sources listed below for a 12 month period following a hypothetical 100 basis point increase in interest rates or a hypothetical 10% decline in equity prices. The interest rate risk test assumes a sudden 100 basis point parallel shift in the yield curve, with rates then staying at those levels for the next 12 months. The equity price risk test assumes a sudden 10% drop in equity prices, with equity prices then staying at those levels for the next 12 months. In estimating the values of variable annuity riders, equity indexed annuities, stock market certificates and the associated hedge assets, we assumed no change in implied market volatility despite the 10% drop in equity prices.

The table below presents our estimates of the pretax impacts on income from these hypothetical market movements, net of hedging, as of September 30, 2010:

	Equity Price Exposure to Pretax Income
Equity Price Decline 10%	Before Hedge Impact			Hedge Impact			Net Impact
	(in millions)
Asset-based management and distribution fees (1)	$	(216	)	$	—		$	(216	)
DAC and DSIC amortization (2) (3)	(123		)	—			(123		)
Variable annuity riders:
GMDB and GMIB (3)	(38		)	3			(35		)
GMWB	(58		)	71			13
GMAB	(29		)	21			(8		)
DAC and DSIC amortization (4)	N/A			N/A			1
Total variable annuity riders	(125		)	95			(29		)
Equity indexed annuities	1			(1		)	—
Stock market certificates	6			(6		)	—
Total	$	(457	)	$	88		$	(368	)

	Interest Rate Exposure to Pretax Income
Interest Rate Increase 100 Basis Points	Before Hedge Impact			Hedge Impact			Net Impact
	(in millions)
Asset-based management and distribution fees (1)	$	(24	)	$	—		$	(24	)
Variable annuity riders:
GMWB	344			(383		)	(39		)
GMAB	47			(64		)	(17		)
DAC and DSIC amortization (4)	N/A			N/A			20
Total variable annuity riders	391			(447		)	(36		)
Fixed annuities, fixed portion of variable annuities and fixed insurance products	6			—			6
Flexible savings and other fixed rate savings products	15			—			15
Total	$	388		$	(447	)	$	(39	)

N/A  Not Applicable.

(1)	Includes the impact of the Columbia Management Acquisition.
(2)	Market impact on DAC and DSIC amortization resulting from lower projected profits.
(3)	In estimating the impact on DAC and DSIC amortization resulting from lower projected profits, we have not changed our assumed equity asset growth rates. This is a significantly more conservative estimate than if we assumed management follows its mean reversion guideline and increased near-term rates to re-cover the drop in equity values over a five-year period. We make this same conservative assumption in estimating the impact from GMDB and GMIB riders.
(4)	Market impact on DAC and DSIC amortization related to variable annuity riders is modeled net of hedge impact.

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The above results compare to estimated negative net impacts to pretax income of $287 million related to a 10% equity price decline and $75 million related to a 100 basis point increase in interest rates as of December 31, 2009. The increase in equity exposure at September 30, 2010 compared to December 31, 2009 is primarily due to the inclusion of Columbia Management in the asset-based management and distribution fees category at September 30, 2010. The interest rate exposure decreased at September 30, 2010 due to the significant fall in rates from December 31, 2009.

Net impacts shown in the above table from GMWB and GMAB riders result largely from differences between the liability valuation basis and the hedging basis. Liabilities are valued using fair value accounting principles, with key policyholder behavior assumptions loaded to provide risk margins and with discount rates increased to reflect a current market estimate of our risk of nonperformance specific to these liabilities. Management has elected to hedge based on best estimate policyholder assumptions and explicitly does not hedge nonperformance spread risk. Net impacts shown in the above table from GMDB and GMIB reflect the fact that these guaranteed benefits are primarily retained by us and not hedged. In 2009, we entered into a limited number of derivative contracts to economically hedge equity exposure related to GMDB provisions on variable annuity contracts written previously in 2009.

Actual results could differ materially from those illustrated above as they are based on a number of estimates and assumptions. These include assuming that implied market volatility does not change when equity values fall by 10%, that management does not increase assumed equity asset growth rates to anticipate recovery of the drop in equity values when valuing DAC, DSIC and GMDB and GMIB liability values and that the 100 basis point increase in interest rates is a parallel shift of the yield curve. Furthermore, we have not tried to anticipate changes in client preferences for different types of assets or other changes in client behavior, nor have we tried to anticipate actions management might take to increase revenues or reduce expenses in these scenarios.

The selection of a 100 basis point interest rate increase as well as a 10% equity price decline should not be construed as a prediction of future market events. Impacts of larger or smaller changes in interest rates or equity prices may not be proportional to those shown for a 100 basis point increase in interest rates or a 10% decline in equity prices.

Fair Value Measurements

We report certain assets and liabilities at fair value; specifically, separate account assets, derivatives, embedded derivatives, properties held by our consolidated property funds, and most investments and cash equivalents. Fair value assumes the exchange of assets or liabilities occurs in orderly transactions. Companies are not permitted to use market prices that are the result of a forced liquidation or distressed sale. We include actual market prices, or observable inputs, in our fair value measurements to the extent available. Broker quotes are obtained when quotes from pricing services are not available. We validate prices obtained from third parties through a variety of means such as: price variance analysis, subsequent sales testing, stale price review, price comparison across pricing vendors and due diligence reviews of vendors.

Non-Agency Residential Mortgage Backed Securities Backed by Sub-prime, Alt-A or Prime Collateral

Sub-prime mortgage lending is the origination of residential mortgage loans to customers with weak credit profiles. Alt-A mortgage lending is the origination of residential mortgage loans to customers who have credit ratings above sub-prime but may not conform to government-sponsored standards. Prime mortgage lending is the origination of residential mortgage loans to customers with good credit profiles. We have exposure to each of these types of loans predominantly through mortgage backed and asset backed securities. The slowdown in the U.S. housing market, combined with relaxed underwriting standards by some originators, has led to higher delinquency and loss rates for some of these investments. Market conditions have increased the likelihood of other-than-temporary impairments for certain non-agency residential mortgage backed securities. As a part of our risk management process, an internal rating system is used in conjunction with market data as the basis of analysis to assess the likelihood that we will not receive all contractual principal and interest payments for these investments. For the investments that are more at risk for impairment, we perform our own assessment of projected cash flows incorporating assumptions about default rates, prepayment speeds, loss severity, and geographic concentrations to determine if an other-than-temporary impairment should be recognized.

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The following table presents, as of September 30, 2010, our non-agency residential mortgage backed and asset backed securities backed by sub-prime, Alt-A or prime mortgage loans by credit rating and vintage year:

	AAA				AA				A				BBB				BB & Below				Total
	Amortized		Fair		Amortized		Fair		Amortized		Fair		Amortized		Fair		Amortized		Fair		Amortized		Fair
	Cost		Value		Cost		Value		Cost		Value		Cost		Value		Cost		Value		Cost		Value
	(in millions)
Sub-prime
2003 & prior	$	2	$	2	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	2	$	2
2004	11		11		7		4		7		7		—		—		8		7		33		29
2005	30		29		41		41		27		27		8		8		22		18		128		123
2006	—		—		—		—		—		—		11		11		60		43		71		54
2007	—		—		—		—		4		3		—		—		5		1		9		4
2008	—		—		6		5		—		—		—		—		—		—		6		5
Re-Remic(1)	39		40		—		—		4		4		9		9		—		—		52		53
Total Sub-prime	$	82	$	82	$	54	$	50	$	42	$	41	$	28	$	28	$	95	$	69	$	301	$	270
Alt-A
2003 & prior	$	18	$	20	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	18	$	20
2004	11		11		60		60		20		17		10		5		16		8		117		101
2005	5		4		35		29		28		23		11		8		250		174		329		238
2006	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		154		107		154		107
2007	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		198		111		198		111
2008	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
2009	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
2010	47		47		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		47		47
Re-Remic(1)	95		96		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		95		96
Total Alt-A	$	176	$	178	$	95	$	89	$	48	$	40	$	21	$	13	$	618	$	400	$	958	$	720
Prime
2003 & prior	$	268	$	271	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	268	$	271
2004	79		82		26		24		30		30		30		27		22		7		187		170
2005	15		19		33		38		34		38		45		45		192		133		319		273
2006	—		—		18		19		—		—		—		—		39		38		57		57
2007	37		40		—		—		—		—		—		—		14		11		51		51
2008	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Re-Remic(1)	2,365		2,591		92		111		—		—		—		—		13		24		2,470		2,726
Total Prime	$	2,764	$	3,003	$	169	$	192	$	64	$	68	$	75	$	72	$	280	$	213	$	3,352	$	3,548
Grand Total	$	3,022	$	3,263	$	318	$	331	$	154	$	149	$	124	$	113	$	993	$	682	$	4,611	$	4,538

(1) Re-Remics of mortgage backed securities are prior vintages with cash flows structured into senior and subordinated bonds. Credit enhancement on senior bonds is increased through the Re-Remic process. Total exposure to subordinate tranches was nil as of September 30, 2010.

Fair Value of Liabilities and Nonperformance Risk

Companies are required to measure the fair value of liabilities at the price that would be received to transfer the liability to a market participant (an exit price). Since there is not a market for our obligations of our variable annuity riders, we consider the assumptions participants in a hypothetical market would make to reflect an exit price. As a result, we adjust the valuation of variable annuity riders by updating certain contractholder assumptions, adding explicit margins to provide for profit, risk and expenses, and adjusting the rates used to discount expected cash flows to reflect a current market estimate of our nonperformance risk. The nonperformance risk adjustment is based on broker quotes for credit default swaps that are adjusted to estimate the risk of our life insurance company subsidiaries not fulfilling these liabilities. Consistent with general market conditions, this estimate resulted in a spread over the LIBOR swap curve as of September 30, 2010. As our estimate of this spread widens or tightens, the liability will decrease or increase. If this nonperformance credit spread moves to a zero spread over the LIBOR swap curve, the reduction to net income would be approximately $118 million, net of DAC and DSIC amortization and income taxes, based on September 30, 2010 credit spreads.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

We maintained substantial liquidity during the nine months ended September 30, 2010. At September 30, 2010, we had $3.7 billion in cash and cash equivalents compared to $3.1 billion at December 31, 2009. We have additional liquidity available through an unsecured revolving credit facility for up to $500 million that we entered into on September 30, 2010 and which expires in September 2011. Under the terms of the underlying credit agreement, we can increase this facility to $750 million upon satisfaction of certain approval requirements. Available borrowings under this facility are reduced by any outstanding letters of credit. We have had no borrowings under this credit facility and had $1 million of outstanding letters of credit at September 30, 2010.

In March 2010, we issued $750 million of 5.30% senior notes due 2020. A portion of the proceeds will be used to retire $340 million of debt maturing in November 2010. On April 30, 2010, we closed on the Columbia Management Acquisition for $927 million, of which $866 million was paid in the second quarter of 2010 with cash on hand. We assumed $30 million of liabilities and expect to settle the remaining $31 million payable with Bank of America in the fourth quarter of 2010. Our subsidiaries, Ameriprise Bank, FSB and RiverSource Life, are members of the Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) of Des Moines, which provides these subsidiaries with access to collateralized borrowings. As of September 30, 2010, we had no borrowings from the FHLB. In 2010, we entered into repurchase agreements to reduce reinvestment risk from higher levels of expected annuity net cash flows. Repurchase agreements allow us to receive cash to reinvest in longer-duration assets, while paying back the short-term debt with cash flows generated by the fixed income portfolio. The balance of repurchase agreements at September 30, 2010 was $869 million, which is collateralized with agency residential mortgage backed securities and corporate debt securities from our investment portfolio. We believe cash flows from operating activities, available cash balances and our availability of revolver borrowings will be sufficient to fund our operating liquidity needs.

Dividends from Subsidiaries

Ameriprise Financial is primarily a parent holding company for the operations carried out by our wholly owned subsidiaries. Because of our holding company structure, our ability to meet our cash requirements, including the payment of dividends on our common stock, substantially depends upon the receipt of dividends or return of capital from our subsidiaries, particularly our life insurance subsidiary, RiverSource Life, our face-amount certificate subsidiary, Ameriprise Certificate Company (“ACC”), AMPF Holding Corporation, which is the parent company of our retail introducing broker-dealer subsidiary, Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. (“AFSI”) and our clearing broker-dealer subsidiary, American Enterprise Investment Services, Inc. (“AEIS”), our Auto and Home insurance subsidiary, IDS Property Casualty Insurance Company (“IDS Property Casualty”), doing business as Ameriprise Auto & Home Insurance, Threadneedle, Columbia Management Investment Services Corp. and our investment advisory company, Columbia Management Investment Advisors, LLC. The payment of dividends by many of our subsidiaries is restricted and certain of our subsidiaries are subject to regulatory capital requirements.

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Actual capital and regulatory capital requirements for our wholly owned subsidiaries subject to regulatory capital requirements were as follows:

	Actual Capital				Regulatory Capital Requirements
	September 30,2010		December 31,2009		September 30,2010	December 31,2009
	(in millions)
RiverSource Life(1)(2)	$	3,648	$	3,450	N/A	$	803
RiverSource Life of NY(1)(2)	297		286		N/A	44
IDS Property Casualty(1)(3)	427		405		139	133
Ameriprise Insurance Company(1)(3)	44		46		2	2
ACC(4)(5)	187		293		178	231
Threadneedle(6)	222		201		100	155
Ameriprise Bank, FSB(7)	286		255		273	231
AFSI(3)(4)	170		79		1	1
Ameriprise Captive Insurance Company(3)	34		28		15	12
Ameriprise Trust Company(3)	40		36		37	32
AEIS(3)(4)	124		133		31	29
Securities America, Inc.(3)(4)	16		15		#	#
RiverSource Distributors, Inc.(3)(4)	16		41		#	#
Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc.(3)(4)	33		13		#	#

N/A	Not applicable.
#	Amounts are less than $1 million.
(1)	Actual capital is determined on a statutory basis.
(2)	Regulatory capital requirement is based on the statutory risk-based filing.
(3)	Regulatory capital requirement is based on the applicable regulatory requirement, calculated as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009.
(4)	Actual capital is determined on an adjusted GAAP basis.
(5)	ACC is required to hold capital in compliance with the Minnesota Department of Commerce and SEC capital requirements.
(6)	Actual capital and regulatory capital requirements are determined in accordance with U.K. regulatory legislation.
(7)	Ameriprise Bank is required to hold capital in compliance with the Office of Thrift Supervision (“OTS”) regulations and policies, which currently require a Tier 1 (core) capital ratio of not less than 7.5%.

In addition to the particular regulations restricting dividend payments and establishing subsidiary capitalization requirements, we take into account the overall health of the business, capital levels and risk management considerations in determining a dividend strategy for payments to our company from our subsidiaries, and in deciding to use cash to make capital contributions to our subsidiaries.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the parent holding company received cash dividends from its subsidiaries of $792 million and contributed cash to its subsidiaries of $38 million. Of the dividends received, $500 million came from RiverSource Life. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the parent holding company received cash dividends from its subsidiaries of $94 million and contributed cash to its subsidiaries of $224 million.

Dividends Paid to Shareholders, Debt Repurchases and Share Repurchases

We paid regular quarterly cash dividends to our shareholders totaling $138 million and $118 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. On October 27, 2010, our Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.18 per common share. The dividend will be paid on November 22, 2010 to our shareholders of record at the close of business on November 8, 2010.

On May 11, 2010, we announced that our board of directors authorized an expenditure of up to $1.5 billion for the repurchase of shares of our common stock through the date of our 2012 annual shareholders meeting. We intend to fund share repurchases through existing working capital, future earnings and other customary financing methods. The share repurchase program does not require the purchase of any minimum number of shares, and depending on market conditions and other factors, these purchases may be commenced or suspended at any time without prior notice. Acquisitions under the share repurchase program may be made in the open market, through privately negotiated transactions or block trades or other means. During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, we repurchased a total of 9.3 million shares of our common stock at an average price of $40.03 per share. As of September 30, 2010, we had $1.1 billion remaining under our share repurchase authorization.

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During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, we extinguished $135 million principal amount of our junior notes due 2066 and $460 million principal amount of our senior notes due 2010. In the future, we may from time to time seek to retire or purchase additional outstanding debt through cash purchases in the open market, privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, without prior notice. Such repurchases, if any, will depend upon market conditions and other factors. The amounts involved could be material.

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 was $1.9 billion compared to net cash used in operating activities of $922 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, operating cash was reduced by $1.7 billion due to a decrease in net cash collateral held related to derivative instruments compared to an increase of $627 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The increase in operating cash compared to the prior year was also driven by higher fee revenue, partially offset by higher advisor compensation.

Investing Activities

Our investing activities primarily relate to our Available-for-Sale investment portfolio. Further, this activity is significantly affected by the net flows of our investment certificate, fixed annuity and universal life products reflected in financing activities.

Net cash used in investing activities decreased $5.1 billion to $1.1 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $6.2 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, primarily due to an $8.0 billion decrease in cash used for purchases of Available-for-Sale securities, partially offset by a $1.9 billion reduction in proceeds from the sale of Available-for-Sale securities. We also paid cash of $866 million for the Columbia Management Acquisition in the second quarter of 2010.

Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 was $207 million compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $4.4 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. Net cash outflows related to policyholder and contractholder account values were $1.0 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to net cash inflows of $3.0 billion for the prior year period primarily due to a decrease in fixed annuity deposits and the transfer of general account assets to separate accounts from the implementation of changes to the PN program. Proceeds from sales of investment certificates decreased $1.4 billion compared to the prior year period primarily due to the run-off of certificate rate promotions, partially offset by a $1.0 billion decrease in maturities, withdrawals and cash surrenders. Cash provided by other banking deposits decreased $535 million compared to the prior year period.

Cash received due to issuance of debt, net of repayments, increased $803 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to the prior year period. In the 2010 period, net cash received related to repurchase agreements was $869 million. In the 2009 period, we received cash of $869 million from the issuance of common stock. Cash used for the repurchase of common stock increased $380 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to the prior year period.

Contractual Commitments

There have been no material changes to our contractual obligations disclosed in our 2009 10-K.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

There have been no material changes in our off-balance sheet arrangements disclosed in our 2009 10-K.

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Forward-Looking Statements

This report contains forward-looking statements that reflect management’s plans, estimates and beliefs. Actual results could differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements. Examples of such forward-looking statements include:

·statements of the Company’s plans, intentions, expectations, objectives or goals, including those relating to asset flows, mass affluent and affluent client acquisition strategy, client retention, financial advisor retention, recruiting and enrollments, general and administrative costs; consolidated tax rate (including any expectations regarding the effectiveness or other terms of any regulatory change or interpretation applicable to the DRD), and excess capital position;

·other statements about future economic performance, the performance of equity markets and interest rate variations and the economic performance of the United States and of global markets; and

·statements of assumptions underlying such statements.

The words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “optimistic,” “intend,” “plan,” “aim,” “will,” “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “likely,” “forecast,” “on pace,” “project” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements.

Such factors include, but are not limited to:

·changes in the valuations, liquidity and volatility in the interest rate, credit default, equity market, and foreign exchange environments;

·changes in relevant accounting standards, as well as changes in the litigation and regulatory environment, including ongoing legal proceedings and regulatory actions, the frequency and extent of legal claims threatened or initiated by clients, other persons and regulators, and developments in regulation and legislation, including the recent enactment of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act;

·investment management performance and consumer acceptance of the Company’s products;

·effects of competition in the financial services industry and changes in product distribution mix and distribution channels;

·changes to the Company’s reputation that may arise from employee or affiliated advisor misconduct, legal or regulatory actions, improper management of conflicts of interest or otherwise;

·the Company’s capital structure, including indebtedness, limitations on subsidiaries to pay dividends, and the extent, manner, terms and timing of any share or debt repurchases management may effect as well as the opinions of rating agencies and other analysts and the reactions of market participants or the Company’s regulators, advisors, distribution partners or customers in response to any change or prospect of change in any such opinion;

·changes to the availability of liquidity and the Company’s credit capacity that may arise due to shifts in market conditions, the Company’s credit ratings and the overall availability of credit;

·risks of default, capacity constraint or repricing by issuers or guarantors of investments the Company owns or by counterparties to hedge, derivative, insurance or reinsurance arrangements or by manufacturers of products the Company distributes, experience deviations from the Company’s assumptions regarding such risks, the evaluations or the prospect of changes in evaluations of any such third parties published by rating agencies or other analysts, and the reactions of other market participants or the Company’s regulators, advisors, distribution partners or customers in response to any such evaluation or prospect of changes in evaluation;

·with respect to VIE pooled investments the Company has determined do not require consolidation under GAAP, the realization by the Company that it does not have the power over the VIE pooled investments or hold a variable interest in these investments for which the Company has the potential to receive significant benefits or the potential obligation to absorb significant losses;

·experience deviations from the Company’s assumptions regarding morbidity, mortality and persistency in certain annuity and insurance products, or from assumptions regarding market returns assumed in valuing DAC and DSIC or market volatility underlying the Company’s valuation and hedging of guaranteed living benefit annuity riders; or from assumptions regarding anticipated claims and losses relating to the Company’s automobile and home insurance products;

·changes in capital requirements that may be indicated, required or advised by regulators or rating agencies;

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·the impacts of the Company’s efforts to improve distribution economics and to grow third-party distribution of its products;

·the ability to complete the acquisition opportunities the Company negotiates and to pursue other growth opportunities;

·the Company’s ability to realize the financial, operating and business fundamental benefits or to obtain regulatory approvals regarding integrations we plan for the acquisitions we have completed or have contracted to complete, as well as the amount and timing of integration expenses;

·the ability and timing to realize savings and other benefits from re-engineering and tax planning;

·changes in the capital markets and competitive environments induced or resulting from the partial or total ownership or other support by central governments of certain financial services firms or financial assets; and

·general economic and political factors, including consumer confidence in the economy, the ability and inclination of consumers generally to invest as well as their ability and inclination to invest in financial instruments and products other than cash and cash equivalents, the costs of products and services the Company consumes in the conduct of its business, and applicable legislation and regulation and changes therein, including tax laws, tax treaties, fiscal and central government treasury policy, and policies regarding the financial services industry and publicly-held firms, and regulatory rulings and pronouncements.

Management cautions the reader that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. There may also be other risks that management is unable to predict at this time that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. Management undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements. The foregoing list of factors should be read in conjunction with the “Risk Factors” discussion included in Part I, Item 1A of our 2009 10-K and Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

ITEM 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The information set forth in Part I, Item 2, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Market Risk” in this report is incorporated herein by reference. These disclosures should be read in conjunction with the “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” discussion included as Part II, Item 7A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2009 filed with the SEC on February 24, 2010.

ITEM 4.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) designed to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be reported in the Exchange Act filings is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in and pursuant to SEC regulations, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that this information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding the required disclosure. It should be noted that, because of inherent limitations, our company’s disclosure controls and procedures, however well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, and not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met.

Our management, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, our company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at a reasonable level of assurance as of September 30, 2010.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have not been any changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fiscal quarter to which this report relates that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our company’s internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

The information set forth in Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 1A.  RISK FACTORS

Part I, Item 1A of our 2009 10-K sets forth information relating to the material risks and uncertainties that affect our business and common stock. In addition, the following factors should be read in conjunction with and supplement and amend the risk factors set forth in our 2009 10-K that may affect the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations.

Changes in accounting standards could have a material impact on our financial statements.

From time to time, the FASB, the SEC, and other regulators change the financial accounting and reporting standards governing the preparation of our financial statements. In some cases, we could be required to apply a new or revised standard retroactively, resulting in our restating prior period financial statements. These changes are difficult to predict and can materially impact how we record and report our financial condition and results of operations and other financial data, even in instances where they may not have an economic impact on our business.

For example, the FASB updated the accounting standard related to the required consolidation of certain VIEs, effective January 1, 2010. We adopted the accounting standard effective January 1, 2010 and recorded as a cumulative change in accounting principle an increase to appropriated retained earnings of consolidated investment entities and consolidated client assets and liabilities in VIEs onto our consolidated balance sheets that were not previously consolidated. While the economics of our business have not changed, the financial statements were impacted. See “Adoption of New Accounting Standards — Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in this report, which portion is incorporated herein by reference.

In October 2010, the FASB updated the accounting standards regarding accounting for DAC. See “Future Adoption of New Accounting Standards — Accounting for Costs Associated with Acquiring or Renewing Insurance Contracts” in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in this report, which portion is incorporated herein by reference.

Further revisions to these standards, or proposed revisions to other standards, may have an additional impact on us, which cannot be predicted at this time.

Recent changes in the supervision and regulation of the financial industry, including those set forth under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, could materially impact our results of operations, financial condition and liquidity.

On July 21, 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”) was enacted into law. The Act calls for sweeping changes in the supervision and regulation of the financial industry designed to provide for greater oversight of financial industry participants, reduce risk in banking practices and in securities and derivatives trading, enhance public company corporate governance practices and executive compensation disclosures, and provide greater protections to individual consumers and investors. Certain elements of the Act became effective immediately, though the details of many provisions are subject to additional studies and will not be known until final rules are adopted by applicable regulatory agencies. The impact of the Act on the Company, the financial industry and the economy cannot be known until all such rules and regulations called for under the Act have been finalized, and, in some cases, implemented over time.

Accordingly, while the final contours of these reforms are not yet known, the Act is expected to impact the manner in which we market our products and services, manage our Company and its operations and interact with regulators, all of which could materially impact our results of operations, financial condition and liquidity. Certain provisions of the Act that may impact our business include but are not limited to restrictions on proprietary trading, the establishment of a fiduciary standard for broker-dealers, the imposition of capital requirements on financial holding companies and greater oversight over derivatives trading. Further, the Company and its subsidiaries will need to respond to changes to the framework for the supervision of U.S. financial institutions, including the creation of the Financial Stability Oversight Counsel and the abolishment of the Office of Thrift Supervision, which has been the primary regulator of both our banking subsidiary and the holding company. Moreover, to the extent the Act impacts the operations, financial condition, liquidity and capital requirements of unaffiliated financial institutions with whom we transact business, those institutions may seek to pass on increased costs, reduce their capacity to transact, or otherwise present inefficiencies in their interactions with us.

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On July 21, 2010, the SEC proposed certain measures that would establish a new framework to replace the requirements of Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, with respect to how mutual funds collect and pay fees to cover the costs of selling and marketing their shares. The proposed changes are subject to public comment and, following any enactment, would be phased in over a number of years. As these measures are not final nor undergoing implementation throughout the financial services industry, the impact of changes such as those currently proposed cannot be predicted at this time.

ITEM 2.  UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

The following table presents the information with respect to purchases made by or on behalf of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. or any “affiliated purchaser” (as defined in Rule 10b-18(a)(3) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), of our common stock during the third quarter of 2010:

				(c)
Period	(a) Total Number of Shares Purchased	(b) Average Price Paid Per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs(1)	(d) Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs(1)
July 1 to July 31, 2010
Share repurchase program(1)	1,301,737	$	38.41	1,301,737	$	1,230,085,830
Employee transactions(2)	1,105	$	36.34	N/A	N/A
August 1 to August 31, 2010
Share repurchase program(1)	1,185,124	$	43.00	1,185,124	$	1,179,119,738
Employee transactions(2)	12,401	$	36.62	N/A	N/A
September 1 to September 30, 2010
Share repurchase program(1)	1,106,244	$	47.02	1,106,244	$	1,127,107,310
Employee transactions(2)	301	$	46.98	N/A	N/A
Totals
Share repurchase program	3,593,105	$	42.57	3,593,105
Employee transactions	13,807	$	36.82	N/A
	3,606,912			3,593,105

N/A	Not Applicable.
(1)	On May 11, 2010, we announced that our Board of Directors authorized us to repurchase up to $1.5 billion worth of our common stock through the date of the company’s 2012 annual shareholders meeting. The share repurchase program does not require the purchase of any minimum number of shares, and depending on market conditions and other factors, these purchases may be commenced or suspended at any time without prior notice. Acquisitions under the share repurchase program may be made in the open market, through privately negotiated transactions or block trades or other means.
(2)	Restricted shares withheld pursuant to the terms of awards under the amended and revised Ameriprise Financial 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) to offset tax withholding obligations that occur upon vesting and release of restricted shares. The Plan provides that the value of the shares withheld shall be the closing price of common stock of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. on the date the relevant transaction occurs.

ITEM 6.  EXHIBITS

The list of exhibits required to be filed as exhibits to this report are listed on page E-1 hereof, under “Exhibit Index,” which is incorporated herein by reference.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

		AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
		(Registrant)
Date: November 5, 2010	By	/s/ Walter S. Berman
		Walter S. Berman
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Date: November 5, 2010	By	/s/ David K. Stewart
		David K. Stewart
		Senior Vice President and Controller
		(Principal Accounting Officer)

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, we have filed certain agreements as exhibits to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. These agreements may contain representations and warranties by the parties. These representations and warranties have been made solely for the benefit of the other party or parties to such agreements and (i) may have been qualified by disclosures made to such other party or parties, (ii) were made only as of the date of such agreements or such other date(s) as may be specified in such agreements and are subject to more recent developments, which may not be fully reflected in our public disclosure, (iii) may reflect the allocation of risk among the parties to such agreements and (iv) may apply materiality standards different from what may be viewed as material to investors. Accordingly, these representations and warranties may not describe our actual state of affairs at the date hereof and should not be relied upon.

The following exhibits are filed as part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The exhibit numbers followed by an asterisk (*) indicate exhibits electronically filed herewith. All other exhibit numbers indicate exhibits previously filed and are hereby incorporated herein by reference.

Exhibit	Description
3.1	Amended Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K, File No. 1-32525, filed on April 30, 2010).
3.2	Amended and Restated Bylaws of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K, File No. 1-32525, filed on April 30, 2010).
4.1	Form of Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 3 to Form 10 Registration Statement, File No. 1-32525, filed on August 19, 2005). Other instruments defining rights of holders of long-term debt securities of the registrant are omitted pursuant to Section (b)(4)(iii)(A) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K. The registrant agrees to furnish copies of these instruments to the SEC upon request.
10.1	Credit Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2010, among Ameriprise Financial, Inc., the lenders listed therein, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent, and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, HSBC Bank USA, National Association, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Co-Documentation Agents (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K, File No. 1-32525, filed on October 1, 2010).
31.1*	Certification of James M. Cracchiolo pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
31.2*	Certification of Walter S. Berman pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
32*	Certification of James M. Cracchiolo and Walter S. Berman pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101*	The following materials from Ameriprise Financial, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2010, formatted in XBRL: (i) Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009; (ii) Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009; (iii) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009; (iv) Consolidated Statements of Equity for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009; and (v) Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

E-1

EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, James M. Cracchiolo, certify that:

1.I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Ameriprise Financial, Inc.;

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 5, 2010	By	/s/ James M. Cracchiolo
		James M. Cracchiolo
		Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Walter S. Berman, certify that:

1.I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Ameriprise Financial, Inc.;

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 5, 2010	By	/s/ Walter S. Berman
		Walter S. Berman
		Chief Financial Officer

EX-32

Exhibit 32

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2010 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), James M. Cracchiolo, as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Walter S. Berman as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, each hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: November 5, 2010	By	/s/ James M. Cracchiolo
		James M. Cracchiolo
		Chief Executive Officer
Date: November 5, 2010	By	/s/ Walter S. Berman
		Walter S. Berman
		Chief Financial Officer