ameriprise financial is america’s leader in financial planning(1). for more than 120 years, we have helped our clients put their dreams more within reach. we take a personal approach to financial planning and advice as we help bring our clients’ goals to life. our advisors take the time to understand our clients’ needs – both big and small – and work with clients to create a plan to make their dreams possible. our strength and stability has been built upon our core values — client focused, integrity always, excellence in all we do and respect for individuals and communities. we have: • more than 2 million individual, business and institutional clients.(2) • been named to the list of best places to work for the sixth consecutive year. (3) • supported more than 6,000 nonprofits in 2014 by contributing nearly $12 million through grants, gift matching and volunteerism. (4) we are a fortune 500® company(5) that combines a team-based atmosphere with an entrepreneurial spirit. from