Ameriprise Financial reported sound third-quarter results, generating 10% growth in net revenue (to $5.1 billion) and 14% growth in adjusted EPS (to $11.26) on the back of 8% growth in client assets. Strong market performance was the main driver of performance.
Increasing willingness for regional banks to offload technology investment and risk management to large, trusted intermediaries could drive a durable uptick in organic asset growth.
Bears
Equity market declines or falling interest rates could drive a substantial decline in Ameriprise's near-term earnings power and margin profile.
Ameriprise Financial has evolved into a diversified financial services provider that generates roughly 65% of its operating profit from advice and wealth management. With nearly $1.2 trillion in segment assets under management and advisory at year-end 2025 and roughly 10,600 affiliated and employee advisors, Ameriprise is one of the larger US-based wealth managers. It also boasts a reasonably large asset management franchise in Columbia Threadneedle, which maintained $678 billion in assets under management at year-end 2025. The firm's third segment is its retirement and protection services business, which sells insurance products to advisory clients. After eliminations, Ameriprise had $1.69 trillion in assets under management and advisory across segments at the end of 2025.