Ameriprise Financial Reports First Quarter 2025 Results

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP):

First quarter 2025 GAAP results included unfavorable market impacts on the valuation of derivatives and market risk benefits, while the prior year quarter included favorable market impacts on the valuation of derivatives and market risk benefits.

Advice & Wealth Management delivered continued organic growth generating pretax adjusted operating earnings of $792 million, up 4 percent, with a margin of 29 percent, driven by strong core business performance, which was partially offset by the expected lower spread revenue.

Adjusted operating net revenues increased 9 percent to $2.8 billion as continued growth in core revenues from higher client assets and increased transactional activity was partially offset by lower spread revenue.

Adjusted operating expenses increased 11 percent to $2.0 billion compared to a year ago primarily driven by growth in advisor productivity. General and administrative expenses increased only 1 percent to $424 million reflecting strong expense discipline, as well as continued investments in growth initiatives and volume-related expenses due to business growth.

Advice & Wealth Management metrics were strong driven by client and advisor engagement and a focus on positioning portfolios to meet financial planning goals across market cycles.

• Total client assets grew 7 percent to $1.0 trillion, with strong client flows of $10.3 billion.
• Wrap assets increased 10 percent to $573 billion. Wrap flow trends continued to improve with $8.7 billion of net inflows in the quarter, representing a 6 percent annualized flow rate.
• Transactional activity increased 6 percent with growth in retail brokerage and financial planning.
• AWM cash balances declined to $40.0 billion, reflecting normal seasonal patterns.
• Adjusted operating net revenue per advisor on a trailing 12-month basis reached a new high of $1.1 million, up 12 percent from enhanced productivity, business growth and market appreciation.
• The company added 82 experienced advisors in the quarter.

Asset Management adjusted operating net revenues declined 1 percent to $846 million. Pretax adjusted operating earnings increased 17 percent to $241 million, reflecting equity market appreciation and the positive impact from expense management actions, partially offset by the cumulative impact of net outflows. Net pretax adjusted operating margin grew to 43 percent. The underlying fee rate remained stable.

Adjusted operating expenses decreased 7 percent. Excluding performance fee compensation in the prior year period, general and administrative expenses improved 10 percent from a year ago, reflecting benefits from the company’s initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness to further strengthen the client experience and future profitability.

Net outflows were $18.3 billion in the quarter. Retail and model delivery net outflows were $5.8 billion, primarily reflecting higher redemptions due to market volatility. Institutional net outflows were $11.5 billion, primarily driven by a large client repositioning into passive and the exit of Lionstone. Outflows related to legacy insurance partners were $1.0 billion.

Retirement & Protection Solutions pretax adjusted operating earnings increased 8 percent to $215 million. The strong and consistent performance of the business reflects the benefit from stronger interest earnings and higher equity markets.

Retirement & Protection Solutions sales were strong at $1.2 billion. Sales in traditional variable annuities without living benefit guarantees increased 28 percent and sales of variable universal life increased 22 percent, with continued strong client demand for structured variable annuities.

These high-quality books of business continued to generate strong free cash flow with excellent risk-adjusted returns and continued to be an important contributor to the diversified business model.

Corporate & Other, excluding Closed Blocks, pretax adjusted operating loss was $103 million, of which $10 million was related to severance and severance program expenses and expenses to accelerate the firm’s transition to cloud-based technology platforms, partially offset by mark-to-market impacts on share-based compensation.

Long Term Care pretax adjusted operating earnings were $14 million, a continuation of a solid performance trend.

Fixed Annuities pretax adjusted operating loss was in line with expectations at $8 million.

Taxes

The operating effective tax rate was 17.5 percent reflecting favorable share-based accounting tax benefits in the quarter. The operating effective tax rate is expected to be 20 to 22 percent for full year 2025.

About Ameriprise Financial

At Ameriprise Financial, we have been helping people feel confident about their financial future for 130 years. With extensive investment advice, global asset management capabilities and insurance solutions, and a nationwide network of more than 10,000 financial advisors, we have the strength and expertise to serve the full range of individual and institutional investors' financial needs.

Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC offers financial planning services, investments, insurance and annuity products. Columbia Funds are distributed by Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc., member FINRA and managed by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC. Threadneedle International Limited, Columbia Threadneedle Asset Managers Limited, Columbia Threadneedle (EM) Investments Limited, and Pyrford International Ltd, are SEC- and FCA-registered investment adviser affiliates of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC based in the U.K. RiverSource insurance and annuity products are issued by RiverSource Life Insurance Company, and in New York only by RiverSource Life Insurance Co. of New York, Albany, New York. Only RiverSource Life Insurance Co. of New York is authorized to sell insurance and annuity products in the state of New York. These companies are part of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. CA License #0684538. RiverSource Distributors, Inc. (Distributor), Member FINRA.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The company believes the presentation of adjusted operating measures and other non-GAAP financial measures, and the corresponding ratios, best represents the underlying performance of our core operations and facilitates a more meaningful trend analysis without the distortion of various adjustment items. Management uses non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate our financial performance on a basis comparable to that used by some securities analysts and investors and to provide a valuable perspective for investors. These non-GAAP financial measures are taken into consideration, to varying degrees, for purposes of business planning and analysis and for certain compensation-related matters. Non-GAAP financial measures are intended to supplement investors’ understanding of our performance and should not be considered alternatives for financial measures presented in accordance with GAAP. These measures are discussed in more detail below and may not be comparable to other companies’ similarly titled non-GAAP financial measures. Non-GAAP financial measure reconciliations can be found on the subsequent pages.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release 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, positioning, expectations, objectives or goals, including those relating to asset flows, mass affluent and affluent client acquisition strategy, client retention and growth of our client base, financial advisor productivity, retention, recruiting and enrollments, the introduction, cessation, terms or pricing of new or existing products and services, general and administrative costs, net pretax adjusted operating margin, consolidated tax rate, return of capital to shareholders, and excess capital position and financial flexibility to capture additional growth opportunities;
• 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;
• statements estimating the financial impacts and future profitability arising from the company’s initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness;
• statements about continued improved performance of long term care operating earnings;
• statements estimating the expected full year 2025 operating effective tax rate; and
• statements of assumptions underlying such statements.

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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 cautions readers to carefully consider the risks described in the “Risk Factors” discussion under Part 1, Item 1A of and elsewhere in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 available at ir.ameriprise.com. Management undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements.

The financial results discussed in this news release represent past performance only, which may not be used to predict or project future results. The financial results and values presented in this news release are based upon asset valuations that represent estimates as of the date of this news release and may be revised in the company’s Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2025.

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