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Join a pioneer and leader in financial planning

At Ameriprise, we give you what you need to develop a rewarding career as a financial advisor — training in financial planning, freedom to offer clients a wide variety of products and services to help clients reach their goals, support to build a successful practice, and the backing of a strong company. So you'll be able to help your clients feel confident in their financial future.

Ameriprise has a more than 115-year history of doing what's right for our clients, and we're committed to responsibly growing our company and prudently managing risk.

Maybe that's why:

• More people come to Ameriprise for financial planning than any other company.¹
• We have more than three million clients, including individual, business and institutional clients.²
• Approximately 10,000 financial advisors² serve clients nationwide.
• Ameriprise Financial owns, manages and administers $673 billion in assets.³
• We hold top 10 positions in each of our four business segments: Advice and Wealth Management, Asset Management, Protection, and Annuities.⁴

To help you build a successful practice here and grow it over time, Ameriprise offers:

• Financial planning and advice that fosters long-term client relationships
• National training and development plus one-to-one mentoring
• Advisor support, including accessible local leaders, training and marketing resources
• Integrated technology with built-in compliance
• Competitive benefits and compensation with sizable bonus potential for corporate employees

¹ Based on the number of financial plans annually disclosed in Form ADV, Part 1A, Item 5, available at adviserinfo.sec.gov as of May 2010.

² Source: Ameriprise Financial 2010 Annual Report.

³ Source: Company data as of February 2, 2011.

⁴ #1 financial planning firm in the U.S. — Ameriprise Financial has more financial planning clients and more CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER^TM professionals than any other company in the U.S. based on date filed at adviserinfosec.gov and documented by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. as of Dec. 31, 2011. #5 branded advisor force in the U.S. — company reports through the first quarter of 2010. #7 long-term mutual funds in U.S. — ICI Complex Assets through July 2010. Based on the information contained in Towers Watson's VALUETM Variable Life Survey, RiverSource Life has a top 10 position in variable life new premiums (new sales are counted as target premiums plus dump-in premiums plus 10% single premiums). Towers Watson, VALUETM Variable Life Survey, fourth quarter of 2009. #8 variable annuities — (sales) Morningstar Annuity Research Center, YTD through 2Q 2010.

This information is not intended as an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, a franchise. It is for information purposes only. Associate Financial Advisors in the Ameriprise Franchise Group are not employed by Ameriprise Financial, but are employees of or contract with a Franchise Advisor. Ameriprise Financial, 1491 Ameriprise Financial Center, Minneapolis, MN 55474 11/10 MN Permit #F-3872