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AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC

For the period ended Dec 31, 2023. Filed Feb 22, 2024.

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FY2023 · Filed Feb 22, 2024

AMP$519.96+0.3%Stored close · as of Nov 10, 2026

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Notes to Condensed Financial Information of Registrant

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Schedule I — Condensed Financial Information of Registrant

Notes to Condensed Financial Information of Registrant

(Parent Company Only)

  1. Basis of Presentation

The accompanying Condensed Financial Statements include the accounts of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (the “Parent Company”) and, on an equity basis, its subsidiaries and affiliates. The Condensed Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The financial information of the Parent Company should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Ameriprise Financial”). Parent Company revenues and expenses, other than interest and debt expense, are primarily related to intercompany transactions with subsidiaries and affiliates.

In August 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued an Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) related to long-duration insurance contracts (ASU 2018-12). When our insurance subsidiaries adopted the standard effective January 1, 2023 with a transition date of January 1, 2021 (the “transition date”), opening equity was adjusted for the adoption impacts to retained earnings and accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCI”) and prior periods were restated. The adoption impact as of January 1, 2021 was a reduction in total equity of $1.9 billion, of which $0.9 billion and $1.0 billion were reflected in retained earnings and AOCI, respectively.

  1. Investments

On December 23, 2020, RiverSource Life Insurance Company (“RiverSource Life”) issued a $500 million unsecured 3.5% surplus note due December 31, 2050 to the Parent Company. The surplus note is subordinate in right of payment to the prior payment in full of RiverSource Life’s obligations to policyholders, claimants and beneficiaries and all other creditors. No payment of principal or interest shall be made without the prior approval of the Minnesota Department of Commerce and such payments shall be made only from RiverSource Life’s statutory surplus. Interest payments, which commenced on June 30, 2021, are due semi-annually in arrears on June 30 and December 31. Subject to the preceding conditions, RiverSource Life may prepay all or a portion of the principal at any time. The held-to-maturity investment was $500 million as of both December 31, 2023 and 2022 and is recorded in Investments on the Parent Company’s Condensed Balance Sheets. For the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, interest income was $18 million, $18 million and $17 million, respectively, and is reported in Net investment income on the Parent Company’s Condensed Statements of Operations.

The Parent Company invested in the residual tranche of an asset backed security structure issued by Ameriprise Advisor Financing, LLC (“AAF”) and in the residual tranche of an asset backed security structure issued by Ameriprise Advisor Financing 2, LLC (“AAF 2”), both subsidiaries of the Parent Company. The asset backed securities are collateralized by a portfolio of loans issued to advisors affiliated with Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC (“AFS”), a subsidiary of the Parent Company. During the third quarter of 2022, the Parent Company redeemed the outstanding residual tranche issued by AAF, realizing a $23 million loss, and invested $30 million in a new residual tranche issued by AAF 2. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the fair value of the residual tranche issued by AAF 2 was $30 million and $27 million, respectively. The fair value of the residual tranche is reported in Investments on the Parent Company’s Condensed Balance Sheets. For each of the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, interest income was $7 million and is reported in Net investment income on the Parent Company’s Condensed Statements of Operations.

  1. Debt

All of the debt of Ameriprise Financial is borrowings of the Parent Company, except as indicated below.

As of both December 31, 2023 and 2022, Ameriprise Financial had $201 million of borrowings from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, which is collateralized with commercial mortgage backed securities.

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, Ameriprise Financial debt included $1 million and $2 million, respectively, of other subsidiary lease obligations.

  1. Borrowings from Subsidiaries

The Parent Company has intercompany lending arrangements with its subsidiaries. At the end of each business day, taking into consideration all legal and regulatory requirements associated with its subsidiaries, the Parent Company is entitled to draw on all funds in specified bank accounts. Repayment of all or a portion of the funds is due on demand. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had $375 million and $411 million, respectively, available for repayment due on demand. The Parent Company also has revolving credit agreements with its subsidiaries as the borrower aggregating $1.3 billion and $1.1 billion as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, of which $205 million and $191 million was outstanding as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

  1. Guarantees, Commitments and Contingencies

The Parent Company is the guarantor for operating leases of certain subsidiaries. All consolidated legal, regulatory and arbitration proceedings, including class actions of Ameriprise Financial are potential or current obligations of the Parent Company. The Parent Company has committed revolving credit agreements with its subsidiaries as the lender aggregating $363 million and $361 million as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, of which $246 million andnil was outstanding as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

The Parent Company and Ameriprise Certificate Company (“ACC”) entered into a Capital Support Agreement on March 2, 2009, pursuant to which the Parent Company agrees to commit such capital to ACC as is necessary to satisfy applicable minimum capital requirements. Effective April 30, 2014, this agreement was amended to revise the maximum commitment to $50 million. For the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, ACC did not draw upon the Capital Support Agreement and had met all applicable capital requirements.

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AFS entered into a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) approved subordinated loan agreement with the Parent Company on December 15, 2014 for regulatory net capital purposes. The agreement consists of a $200 million secured demand note. The note is secured by cash and securities equal to the principal value of the note pledged by the Parent Company. As of both December 31, 2023 and 2022, AFS had not made a demand of the principal amount.

Ameriprise Enterprise Investment Services, Inc. (“AEIS”) entered into a FINRA approved subordinated loan agreement with the Parent Company on January 25, 2017 for regulatory net capital purposes. Under this agreement, AEIS borrowed $60 million from the Parent Company with an initial term offive years to be repaid no later than January 25, 2022. Both companies have the option to renew the agreement inone year-increments in perpetuity. The agreement was renewed in January 2022 and each year thereafter, extending the current maturity date to January 25, 2025.

  1. Subsequent Events

On January 30, 2024, the Parent Company contributed cash of $15 million to Ameriprise Advisor Capital, LLC. On February 14, 2024, the Parent Company received a cash dividend of $60 million from AMPF Holding, LLC. These actions were declared subsequent to the balance sheet date.

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