AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
The following tables summarize the fair value and gross unrealized losses on Available-for-Sale securities, aggregated by major investment type and the length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for which no allowance for credit losses has been recorded:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Description of Securities
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March 31, 2021
|
Less than 12 months
|
|
12 months or more
|
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Total
|
Number of Securities
|
|
Fair Value
|
|
Unrealized Losses
|
Number of Securities
|
|
Fair Value
|
|
Unrealized Losses
|
Number of Securities
|
|
Fair Value
|
|
Unrealized Losses
|
|
(in millions, except number of securities)
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Corporate debt securities
|
84
|
|
|
$
|
1,948
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|
|
$
|
(86)
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|
|
4
|
|
|
$
|
23
|
|
|
$
|
(1)
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|
|
88
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|
|
$
|
1,971
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|
|
$
|
(87)
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Residential mortgage backed securities
|
63
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|
|
1,861
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|
|
(16)
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|
|
77
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|
|
297
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|
|
(1)
|
|
|
140
|
|
|
2,158
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|
|
(17)
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Commercial mortgage backed securities
|
43
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|
|
778
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|
|
(10)
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18
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|
|
428
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(2)
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|
|
61
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|
|
1,206
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|
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(12)
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Asset backed securities
|
11
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|
|
265
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|
|
(1)
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|
|
14
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|
|
203
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|
|
(1)
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|
|
25
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|
|
468
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|
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(2)
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State and municipal obligations
|
28
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|
|
74
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|
|
(2)
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|
|
2
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|
|
7
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|
|
(1)
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|
|
30
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|
|
81
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|
|
(3)
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Foreign government bonds and obligations
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4
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|
|
5
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|
|
—
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|
|
7
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|
|
7
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(1)
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|
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11
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|
|
12
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(1)
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Total
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233
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|
|
$
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4,931
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|
|
$
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(115)
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|
|
122
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|
|
$
|
965
|
|
|
$
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(7)
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|
|
355
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|
|
$
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5,896
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|
|
$
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(122)
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description of Securities
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December 31, 2020
|
Less than 12 months
|
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12 months or more
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Total
|
Number of Securities
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|
Fair Value
|
|
Unrealized Losses
|
Number of Securities
|
|
Fair Value
|
|
Unrealized Losses
|
Number of Securities
|
|
Fair Value
|
|
Unrealized Losses
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|
(in millions, except number of securities)
|
Corporate debt securities
|
26
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|
|
$
|
228
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|
|
$
|
(1)
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|
|
11
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|
|
$
|
19
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|
|
$
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(1)
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|
|
37
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|
|
$
|
247
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|
|
$
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(2)
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Residential mortgage backed securities
|
72
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|
|
833
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|
|
(2)
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|
|
71
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|
|
391
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|
|
(2)
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|
|
143
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|
|
1,224
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(4)
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Commercial mortgage backed securities
|
35
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|
|
781
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|
(11)
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|
|
19
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|
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393
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|
|
(10)
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|
54
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|
|
1,174
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|
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(21)
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Asset backed securities
|
17
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|
|
344
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|
|
(3)
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|
|
13
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|
|
231
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|
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(2)
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|
|
30
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|
|
575
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(5)
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State and municipal obligations
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2
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|
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4
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|
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—
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|
1
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|
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4
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|
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(1)
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|
|
3
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|
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8
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|
|
(1)
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Foreign government bonds and obligations
|
1
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|
|
3
|
|
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—
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|
|
7
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|
|
8
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|
|
(1)
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|
|
8
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|
|
11
|
|
|
(1)
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Total
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153
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|
|
$
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2,193
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|
$
|
(17)
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|
|
122
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|
|
$
|
1,046
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|
|
$
|
(17)
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|
|
275
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|
|
$
|
3,239
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|
$
|
(34)
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AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
As part of the Company’s ongoing monitoring process, management determined that the change in gross unrealized losses on its Available-for-Sale securities for which an allowance for credit losses has not been recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2021 is primarily attributable to higher interest rates, partially offset by tighter credit spreads. The Company did not recognize these unrealized losses in earnings because it was determined that such losses were due to non-credit factors. The Company does not intend to sell these securities and does not believe that it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell these securities before the anticipated recovery of the remaining amortized cost basis. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, 88% and 92% respectively, of the total of Available-for-Sale securities with gross unrealized losses were considered investment grade.
The following tables present a rollforward of the allowance for credit losses on Available-for-Sale securities:
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|
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|
|
Corporate Debt Securities
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|
Asset Backed Securities
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Total
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(in millions)
|
Balance, January 1, 2021
|
$
|
10
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|
$
|
1
|
|
$
|
11
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|
|
|
|
|
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Charge-offs
|
(10)
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|
(1)
|
|
(11)
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Balance, March 31, 2021
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
—
|
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$
|
—
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at January 1, 2020 (1)
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$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
Additions for which credit losses were not previously recorded
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13
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
13
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at March 31, 2020
|
$
|
13
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
13
|
|
(1) Prior to January 1, 2020, credit losses on Available-for-Sale securities were not recorded in an allowance but were recorded as a reduction of the book value of the security if the security was other-than-temporarily impaired.
Net realized gains and losses on Available-for-Sale securities, determined using the specific identification method, recognized in net investment income were as follows:
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
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|
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2021
|
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2020
|
|
|
|
(in millions)
|
Gross realized investment gains
|
$
|
51
|
|
$
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross realized investment losses
|
(1)
|
|
(3)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Credit losses
|
—
|
|
(13)
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|
|
|
|
|
Total
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$
|
50
|
|
$
|
(8)
|
|
|
|
|
There were no credit losses for the three months ended March 31, 2021. Credit losses for the three months ended March 31, 2020 primarily related to recording an allowance for credit losses on certain corporate debt securities, primarily in the oil and gas industry.
See Note 14 for a rollforward of net unrealized investment gains (losses) included in AOCI.
Available-for-Sale securities by contractual maturity as of March 31, 2021 were as follows:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortized Cost
|
|
Fair Value
|
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(in millions)
|
Due within one year
|
$
|
2,241
|
|
$
|
2,251
|
Due after one year through five years
|
4,757
|
|
5,058
|
Due after five years through 10 years
|
3,423
|
|
3,565
|
Due after 10 years
|
4,235
|
|
5,394
|
|
14,656
|
|
16,268
|
Residential mortgage backed securities
|
9,903
|
|
10,042
|
Commercial mortgage backed securities
|
5,876
|
|
6,037
|
Asset backed securities
|
3,444
|
|
3,485
|
Total
|
$
|
33,879
|
|
$
|
35,832
|
Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because issuers may have the right to call or prepay obligations. Residential mortgage backed securities, commercial mortgage backed securities and asset backed securities are not due at a single maturity date. As such, these securities were not included in the maturities distribution.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
6. Financing Receivables
Financing receivables are comprised of commercial loans, consumer loans, and the deposit receivable.
Allowance for Credit Losses
The following tables present a rollforward of the allowance for credit losses for the three months ended March 31:
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|
|
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commercial Loans
|
|
Consumer Loans
|
|
Total
|
(in millions)
|
Balance, January 1, 2021
|
$
|
66
|
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
68
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Provisions
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
Charge-offs
|
(1)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, March 31, 2021
|
$
|
65
|
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
|
$
|
68
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commercial Loans
|
|
Consumer Loans
|
|
Total
|
(in millions)
|
Balance, December 31, 2019 (1)
|
$
|
51
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
51
|
|
Cumulative effect of adoption of current expected credit losses guidance
|
2
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
5
|
|
Balance, January 1, 2020
|
53
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
56
|
|
Provisions
|
10
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
12
|
|
Charge-offs
|
—
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, March 31, 2020
|
$
|
63
|
|
|
$
|
4
|
|
|
$
|
67
|
|
(1) Prior to January 1, 2020, the allowance for credit losses was based on an incurred loss model that did not require estimating expected credit losses over the expected life of the asset.
Accrued interest on commercial loans was $17 million and $16 million as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, and is recorded in receivables on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and excluded from the amortized cost basis of commercial loans.
Purchases and Sales
During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company purchased $13 million and $56 million, respectively, of syndicated loans, and sold $4 million and $7 million, respectively, of syndicated loans.
During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company purchased $2 million of residential mortgage loans. The allowance for credit losses for residential mortgage loans was not material as of March 31, 2021.
The Company has not acquired any loans with deteriorated credit quality as of the acquisition date.
Credit Quality Information
Nonperforming loans were $12 million and $21 million as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. All other loans were considered to be performing.
Commercial Loans
Commercial Mortgage Loans
The Company reviews the credit worthiness of the borrower and the performance of the underlying properties in order to determine the risk of loss on commercial mortgage loans. Loan-to-value ratio is the primary credit quality indicator included in this review. Based on this review, the commercial mortgage loans are assigned an internal risk rating, which management updates when credit risk changes. Commercial mortgage loans which management has assigned its highest risk rating were less than 1% of total commercial mortgage loans as of both March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020. Loans with the highest risk rating represent distressed loans which the Company has identified as impaired or expects to become delinquent or enter into foreclosure within the next six months. Total commercial mortgage loan modifications through March 31, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic consisted of 93 loans with a total unpaid balance of $369 million. Modifications primarily consisted of short-term forbearance and interest only payments. As of March 31, 2021, there was one loan remaining that was modified due to COVID-19 with interest only payments with an unpaid balance of $10 million. All other loans returned to their normal payment schedules. Total commercial mortgage loans past due were nil as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
The tables below present the amortized cost basis of commercial mortgage loans by the year of origination and loan-to-value ratio:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2021
|
Loan-to-Value Ratio
|
|
2021
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2017
|
|
Prior
|
|
Total
|
|
(in millions)
|
> 100%
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
15
|
|
|
$
|
17
|
|
80% - 100%
|
|
—
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
19
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
22
|
|
|
71
|
|
60% - 80%
|
|
13
|
|
|
81
|
|
|
157
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
36
|
|
|
177
|
|
|
491
|
|
40% - 60%
|
|
7
|
|
|
30
|
|
|
50
|
|
|
84
|
|
|
139
|
|
|
670
|
|
|
980
|
|
< 40%
|
|
—
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
34
|
|
|
68
|
|
|
107
|
|
|
915
|
|
|
1,132
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
20
|
|
|
$
|
134
|
|
|
$
|
260
|
|
|
$
|
193
|
|
|
$
|
285
|
|
|
$
|
1,799
|
|
|
$
|
2,691
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2020
|
Loan-to-Value Ratio
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2017
|
|
2016
|
|
Prior
|
|
Total
|
|
(in millions)
|
> 100%
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
10
|
|
|
$
|
12
|
|
80% - 100%
|
|
15
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
68
|
|
60% - 80%
|
|
89
|
|
|
166
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
32
|
|
|
46
|
|
|
144
|
|
|
504
|
|
40% - 60%
|
|
23
|
|
|
57
|
|
|
74
|
|
|
155
|
|
|
113
|
|
|
551
|
|
|
973
|
|
< 40%
|
|
7
|
|
|
23
|
|
|
80
|
|
|
99
|
|
|
64
|
|
|
895
|
|
|
1,168
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
134
|
|
|
$
|
262
|
|
|
$
|
195
|
|
|
$
|
289
|
|
|
$
|
230
|
|
|
$
|
1,615
|
|
|
$
|
2,725
|
|
Loan-to-value ratio is based on income and expense data provided by borrowers at least annually and long-term capitalization rate assumptions based on property type.
In addition, the Company reviews the concentrations of credit risk by region and property type. Concentrations of credit risk of commercial mortgage loans by U.S. region were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loans
|
|
Percentage
|
March 31, 2021
|
|
December 31, 2020
|
March 31, 2021
|
|
December 31, 2020
|
(in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
East North Central
|
$
|
256
|
|
|
$
|
259
|
|
|
10
|
%
|
|
10
|
%
|
East South Central
|
113
|
|
|
115
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
4
|
|
Middle Atlantic
|
176
|
|
|
178
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
7
|
|
Mountain
|
241
|
|
|
247
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
9
|
|
New England
|
53
|
|
|
54
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
2
|
|
Pacific
|
814
|
|
|
825
|
|
|
30
|
|
|
30
|
|
South Atlantic
|
676
|
|
|
681
|
|
|
25
|
|
|
25
|
|
West North Central
|
196
|
|
|
198
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
7
|
|
West South Central
|
166
|
|
|
168
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
2,691
|
|
|
2,725
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
100
|
%
|
Less: allowance for credit losses
|
29
|
|
|
29
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
$
|
2,662
|
|
|
$
|
2,696
|
|
|
|
|
|
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
Concentrations of credit risk of commercial mortgage loans by property type were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loans
|
|
Percentage
|
March 31, 2021
|
|
December 31, 2020
|
March 31, 2021
|
|
December 31, 2020
|
(in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
Apartments
|
$
|
711
|
|
|
$
|
713
|
|
|
27
|
%
|
|
26
|
%
|
Hotel
|
49
|
|
|
50
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
2
|
|
Industrial
|
420
|
|
|
427
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
16
|
|
Mixed use
|
87
|
|
|
87
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
3
|
|
Office
|
361
|
|
|
372
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
14
|
|
Retail
|
871
|
|
|
881
|
|
|
32
|
|
|
32
|
|
Other
|
192
|
|
|
195
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
2,691
|
|
|
2,725
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
100
|
%
|
Less: allowance for credit losses
|
29
|
|
|
29
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
$
|
2,662
|
|
|
$
|
2,696
|
|
|
|
|
|
Syndicated Loans
The recorded investment in syndicated loans as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 was $561 million and $595 million, respectively. The Company’s syndicated loan portfolio is diversified across industries and issuers. Total syndicated loans past due were nil and $3 million as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. The Company assigns an internal risk rating to each syndicated loan in its portfolio ranging from 1 through 5, with 5 reflecting the lowest quality.
The tables below present the amortized cost basis of syndicated loans by origination year and internal risk rating:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2021
|
Internal Risk Rating
|
|
2021
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2017
|
|
Prior
|
|
Total
|
|
(in millions)
|
Risk 5
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
Risk 4
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
15
|
|
Risk 3
|
|
—
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
18
|
|
|
36
|
|
|
78
|
|
Risk 2
|
|
5
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
51
|
|
|
56
|
|
|
69
|
|
|
45
|
|
|
253
|
|
Risk 1
|
|
4
|
|
|
19
|
|
|
28
|
|
|
47
|
|
|
55
|
|
|
59
|
|
|
212
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
9
|
|
|
$
|
48
|
|
|
$
|
87
|
|
|
$
|
119
|
|
|
$
|
148
|
|
|
$
|
150
|
|
|
$
|
561
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2020
|
Internal Risk Rating
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2017
|
|
2016
|
|
Prior
|
|
Total
|
|
(in millions)
|
Risk 5
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
Risk 4
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
23
|
|
Risk 3
|
|
—
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
25
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
25
|
|
|
80
|
|
Risk 2
|
|
30
|
|
|
57
|
|
|
62
|
|
|
69
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
41
|
|
|
273
|
|
Risk 1
|
|
17
|
|
|
32
|
|
|
47
|
|
|
58
|
|
|
22
|
|
|
40
|
|
|
216
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
47
|
|
|
$
|
98
|
|
|
$
|
121
|
|
|
$
|
161
|
|
|
$
|
49
|
|
|
$
|
119
|
|
|
$
|
595
|
|
Financial Advisor Loans
The Company offers loans to financial advisors for transitional cost assistance. Repayment of the loan is highly dependent on the retention of the financial advisor. In the event a financial advisor is no longer affiliated with the Company, any unpaid balances become immediately due. Accordingly, the primary risk factor for advisor loans is termination status. The allowance for credit losses related to loans to advisors that have terminated their relationship with the Company was $8 million and $7 million as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
The tables below present the amortized cost basis of advisor loans by origination year and termination status:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2021
|
Termination Status
|
|
2021
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2017
|
|
Prior
|
|
Total
|
|
(in millions)
|
Active
|
|
$
|
37
|
|
|
$
|
165
|
|
|
$
|
132
|
|
|
$
|
97
|
|
|
$
|
125
|
|
|
$
|
154
|
|
|
$
|
710
|
|
Terminated
|
|
1
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
12
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
38
|
|
|
$
|
165
|
|
|
$
|
132
|
|
|
$
|
98
|
|
|
$
|
126
|
|
|
$
|
163
|
|
|
$
|
722
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2020
|
Termination Status
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2017
|
|
2016
|
|
Prior
|
|
Total
|
|
(in millions)
|
Active
|
|
$
|
171
|
|
|
$
|
137
|
|
|
$
|
101
|
|
|
$
|
127
|
|
|
$
|
83
|
|
|
$
|
86
|
|
|
$
|
705
|
|
Terminated
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
10
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
171
|
|
|
$
|
137
|
|
|
$
|
101
|
|
|
$
|
128
|
|
|
$
|
84
|
|
|
$
|
94
|
|
|
$
|
715
|
|
Consumer Loans
Credit Card Receivables
The credit cards are co-branded with Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and issued to the Company’s customers by a third party. FICO scores and delinquency rates are the primary credit quality indicators for the credit card portfolio. Delinquency rates are measured based on the number of days past due. Credit card receivables over 30 days past due were 1% of total credit card receivables as of both March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
The table below presents the amortized cost basis of credit card receivables by FICO score:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2021
|
|
December 31, 2020
|
(in millions)
|
> 800
|
$
|
25
|
|
|
$
|
28
|
|
750 - 799
|
21
|
|
|
23
|
|
700 - 749
|
24
|
|
|
25
|
|
650 - 699
|
15
|
|
|
15
|
|
< 650
|
5
|
|
|
5
|
|
Total
|
$
|
90
|
|
|
$
|
96
|
|
Policy Loans
Policy loans do not exceed the cash surrender value at origination. As there is minimal risk of loss related to policy loans, there is no allowance for credit losses.
Margin Loans
The margin loans balance was $1.1 billion and $1.0 billion as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. The Company monitors collateral supporting margin loans and requests additional collateral when necessary in order to mitigate the risk of loss. As of both March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the allowance for credit losses on margin loans was not material.
Pledged Asset Lines of Credit
The pledged asset lines of credit balance was $274 million and $224 million as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. The Company monitors collateral supporting pledged asset lines of credit and requests additional collateral when necessary in order to mitigate the risk of loss. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, there was no allowance for credit losses on pledged asset lines of credit.
Deposit Receivable
The deposit receivable was $1.4 billion as of both March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020. The deposit receivable is fully collateralized by the fair value of the assets held in a trust. Based on management’s evaluation of the nature of the underlying assets and the potential for changes in the collateral value, there was no allowance for credit losses for the deposit receivable as of both March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
Troubled Debt Restructurings
There were no loans accounted for as a troubled debt restructuring by the Company during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020. There are no commitments to lend additional funds to borrowers whose loans have been restructured.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
7. Deferred Acquisition Costs and Deferred Sales Inducement Costs
The balances of and changes in DAC were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2021
|
|
2020
|
(in millions)
|
Balance at January 1
|
$
|
2,532
|
|
|
$
|
2,698
|
|
Capitalization of acquisition costs
|
65
|
|
|
60
|
|
Amortization
|
(5)
|
|
|
(512)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Impact of change in net unrealized (gains) losses on securities
|
93
|
|
|
118
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at March 31
|
$
|
2,685
|
|
|
$
|
2,364
|
|
The balances of and changes in DSIC, which is included in other assets, were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2021
|
|
2020
|
(in millions)
|
Balance at January 1
|
$
|
189
|
|
|
$
|
218
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization
|
(3)
|
|
|
(36)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Impact of change in net unrealized (gains) losses on securities
|
4
|
|
|
15
|
|
Balance at March 31
|
$
|
190
|
|
|
$
|
197
|
|
8. Policyholder Account Balances, Future Policy Benefits and Claims and Separate Account Liabilities
Policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims consisted of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2021
|
|
December 31, 2020
|
(in millions)
|
Policyholder account balances
|
|
|
|
Fixed annuities (1)
|
$
|
8,401
|
|
|
$
|
8,531
|
|
Variable annuity fixed sub-accounts
|
5,075
|
|
|
5,104
|
|
Universal life (“UL”)/variable universal life (“VUL”) insurance
|
3,110
|
|
|
3,122
|
|
Indexed universal life (“IUL”) insurance
|
2,336
|
|
|
2,269
|
|
Structured variable annuities
|
2,027
|
|
|
1,371
|
|
Other life insurance
|
597
|
|
|
605
|
|
Total policyholder account balances
|
21,546
|
|
|
21,002
|
|
|
|
|
|
Future policy benefits
|
|
|
|
Variable annuity guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits (“GMWB”)
|
1,479
|
|
|
3,049
|
|
Variable annuity guaranteed minimum accumulation benefits (“GMAB”) (2)
|
(22)
|
|
|
1
|
|
Other annuity liabilities
|
173
|
|
|
211
|
|
Fixed annuity life contingent liabilities
|
1,346
|
|
|
1,370
|
|
Life and disability income insurance
|
1,179
|
|
|
1,187
|
|
Long term care insurance
|
5,558
|
|
|
5,722
|
|
UL/VUL and other life insurance additional liabilities
|
1,244
|
|
|
1,259
|
|
Total future policy benefits
|
10,957
|
|
|
12,799
|
|
Policy claims and other policyholders’ funds
|
199
|
|
|
191
|
|
Total policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims
|
$
|
32,702
|
|
|
$
|
33,992
|
|
(1) Includes fixed deferred annuities, non-life contingent fixed payout annuities and fixed deferred indexed annuity host contracts.
(2) Includes the fair value of GMAB embedded derivatives that was a net asset as of March 31, 2021 reported as a contra liability.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
Separate account liabilities consisted of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2021
|
|
December 31, 2020
|
(in millions)
|
Variable annuity
|
$
|
79,862
|
|
|
$
|
79,299
|
|
VUL insurance
|
8,539
|
|
|
8,226
|
|
Other insurance
|
32
|
|
|
31
|
|
Threadneedle investment liabilities
|
5,050
|
|
|
5,055
|
|
Total
|
$
|
93,483
|
|
|
$
|
92,611
|
|
9. Variable Annuity and Insurance Guarantees
The majority of the variable annuity contracts offered by the Company contain guaranteed minimum death benefit (“GMDB”) provisions. The Company also offers variable annuities with death benefit provisions that gross up the amount payable by a certain percentage of contract earnings, which are referred to as gain gross-up (“GGU”) benefits. In addition, the Company offers contracts with GMWB and GMAB provisions. The Company previously offered contracts containing guaranteed minimum income benefit (“GMIB”) provisions.
Certain UL policies offered by the Company provide secondary guarantee benefits. The secondary guarantee ensures that, subject to specified conditions, the policy will not terminate and will continue to provide a death benefit even if there is insufficient policy value to cover the monthly deductions and charges.
The following table provides information related to variable annuity guarantees for which the Company has established additional liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Variable Annuity
Guarantees
by Benefit Type (1)
|
March 31, 2021
|
|
December 31, 2020
|
Total Contract Value
|
|
Contract Value in Separate Accounts
|
|
Net Amount
at Risk
|
|
Weighted Average
Attained Age
|
Total Contract Value
|
|
Contract Value in Separate Accounts
|
|
Net Amount
at Risk
|
|
Weighted Average
Attained Age
|
|
(in millions, except age)
|
GMDB:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Return of premium
|
$
|
67,317
|
|
|
$
|
65,396
|
|
|
$
|
7
|
|
|
68
|
|
$
|
66,874
|
|
|
$
|
64,932
|
|
|
$
|
5
|
|
|
68
|
Five/six-year reset
|
8,211
|
|
|
5,486
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
68
|
|
8,116
|
|
|
5,386
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
68
|
One-year ratchet
|
6,093
|
|
|
5,765
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
71
|
|
6,094
|
|
|
5,763
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
71
|
Five-year ratchet
|
1,437
|
|
|
1,383
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
67
|
|
1,436
|
|
|
1,381
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
67
|
Other
|
1,267
|
|
|
1,249
|
|
|
45
|
|
|
74
|
|
1,261
|
|
|
1,243
|
|
|
45
|
|
|
73
|
Total — GMDB
|
$
|
84,325
|
|
|
$
|
79,279
|
|
|
$
|
73
|
|
|
68
|
|
$
|
83,781
|
|
|
$
|
78,705
|
|
|
$
|
64
|
|
|
68
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GGU death benefit
|
$
|
1,196
|
|
|
$
|
1,139
|
|
|
$
|
168
|
|
|
72
|
|
$
|
1,183
|
|
|
$
|
1,126
|
|
|
$
|
162
|
|
|
71
|
GMIB
|
$
|
187
|
|
|
$
|
174
|
|
|
$
|
5
|
|
|
71
|
|
$
|
187
|
|
|
$
|
173
|
|
|
$
|
6
|
|
|
71
|
GMWB:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GMWB
|
$
|
1,949
|
|
|
$
|
1,944
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
74
|
|
$
|
1,972
|
|
|
$
|
1,967
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
74
|
GMWB for life
|
50,389
|
|
|
50,316
|
|
|
209
|
|
|
69
|
|
50,142
|
|
|
50,057
|
|
|
185
|
|
|
69
|
Total — GMWB
|
$
|
52,338
|
|
|
$
|
52,260
|
|
|
$
|
210
|
|
|
69
|
|
$
|
52,114
|
|
|
$
|
52,024
|
|
|
$
|
186
|
|
|
69
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GMAB
|
$
|
2,187
|
|
|
$
|
2,186
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
61
|
|
$
|
2,291
|
|
|
$
|
2,291
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
61
|
(1) Individual variable annuity contracts may have more than one guarantee and therefore may be included in more than one benefit type. Variable annuity contracts for which the death benefit equals the account value are not shown in this table.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
The net amount at risk for GMDB, GGU and GMAB is defined as the current guaranteed benefit amount in excess of the current contract value. The net amount at risk for GMIB is defined as the greater of the present value of the minimum guaranteed annuity payments less the current contract value or zero. The net amount at risk for GMWB is defined as the greater of the present value of the minimum guaranteed withdrawal payments less the current contract value or zero.
The following table provides information related to insurance guarantees for which the Company has established additional liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2021
|
|
December 31, 2020
|
Net Amount
at Risk
|
|
Weighted Average Attained Age
|
Net Amount
at Risk
|
|
Weighted Average Attained Age
|
(in millions, except age)
|
UL secondary guarantees
|
$
|
6,573
|
|
|
67
|
|
$
|
6,587
|
|
|
67
|
The net amount at risk for UL secondary guarantees is defined as the current guaranteed death benefit amount in excess of the current policyholder account balance.
Changes in additional liabilities (contra liabilities) for variable annuity and insurance guarantees were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GMDB & GGU
|
|
GMIB
|
|
GMWB (1)
|
|
GMAB (1)
|
|
UL
|
(in millions)
|
Balance at January 1, 2020
|
$
|
16
|
|
|
$
|
7
|
|
|
$
|
1,462
|
|
|
$
|
(39)
|
|
|
$
|
758
|
|
Incurred claims
|
5
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
2,437
|
|
|
127
|
|
|
32
|
|
Paid claims
|
(2)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(12)
|
|
Balance at March 31, 2020
|
$
|
19
|
|
|
$
|
9
|
|
|
$
|
3,899
|
|
|
$
|
88
|
|
|
$
|
778
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at January 1, 2021
|
$
|
24
|
|
|
$
|
6
|
|
|
$
|
3,049
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
916
|
|
Incurred claims
|
3
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1,570)
|
|
|
(23)
|
|
|
32
|
|
Paid claims
|
(1)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(8)
|
|
Balance at March 31, 2021
|
$
|
26
|
|
|
$
|
6
|
|
|
$
|
1,479
|
|
|
$
|
(22)
|
|
|
$
|
940
|
|
(1) The incurred claims for GMWB and GMAB include the change in the fair value of the liabilities (contra liabilities) less paid claims.
The liabilities for guaranteed benefits are supported by general account assets.
The following table summarizes the distribution of separate account balances by asset type for variable annuity contracts providing guaranteed benefits:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2021
|
|
December 31, 2020
|
(in millions)
|
Mutual funds:
|
|
|
|
Equity
|
$
|
46,823
|
|
|
$
|
45,947
|
|
Bond
|
25,614
|
|
|
26,073
|
|
Other
|
7,060
|
|
|
6,911
|
|
Total mutual funds
|
$
|
79,497
|
|
|
$
|
78,931
|
|
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
10. Debt
The balances and the stated interest rates of outstanding debt of Ameriprise Financial were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding Balance
|
|
Stated Interest Rate
|
March 31, 2021
|
|
December 31, 2020
|
March 31, 2021
|
|
December 31, 2020
|
(in millions)
|
|
Long-term debt:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior notes due 2022
|
$
|
500
|
|
|
$
|
500
|
|
|
3.0
|
%
|
|
3.0
|
%
|
Senior notes due 2023
|
750
|
|
|
750
|
|
|
4.0
|
|
|
4.0
|
|
Senior notes due 2024
|
550
|
|
|
550
|
|
|
3.7
|
|
|
3.7
|
|
Senior notes due 2025
|
500
|
|
|
500
|
|
|
3.0
|
|
|
3.0
|
|
Senior notes due 2026
|
500
|
|
|
500
|
|
|
2.9
|
|
|
2.9
|
|
Finance lease liabilities
|
46
|
|
|
44
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
Other
|
(12)
|
|
|
(13)
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
Total long-term debt
|
2,834
|
|
|
2,831
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-term borrowings:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) advances
|
200
|
|
|
200
|
|
|
0.3
|
|
|
0.4
|
|
Total
|
$
|
3,034
|
|
|
$
|
3,031
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-Term Debt
The Company’s senior notes may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at any time prior to maturity at a price equal to the greater of the principal amount and the present value of remaining scheduled payments, discounted to the redemption date, plus accrued interest.
Short-term Borrowings
The Company’s life insurance and bank subsidiaries are members of the FHLB of Des Moines which provides access to collateralized borrowings. The Company has pledged Available-for-Sale securities consisting of commercial mortgage backed securities and residential mortgage backed securities as collateral to access these borrowings. The fair value of the securities pledged is recorded in investments and was $1.2 billion and $1.3 billion, of commercial mortgage backed securities, and $535 million and $604 million, of residential mortgage backed securities, as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. The remaining maturity of outstanding FHLB advances was less than 2 months as of March 31, 2021 and less than 3 months as of December 31, 2020. The stated interest rate of the FHLB advances is a weighted average annualized interest rate on outstanding borrowings as of the balance sheet date.
The Company has an amended and restated credit agreement that provides for an unsecured revolving credit facility of up to $750 million that expires in October 2022. Under the terms of the credit agreement for the facility, the Company may increase the amount of this facility up to $1.0 billion upon satisfaction of certain approval requirements. As of both March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had no borrowings outstanding and had $1 million of letters of credit issued against the facility. The Company’s credit facility contains various administrative, reporting, legal and financial covenants. The Company was in compliance with all such covenants as of both March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
11. Fair Values of Assets and Liabilities
GAAP defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date; that is, an exit price. The exit price assumes the asset or liability is not exchanged subject to a forced liquidation or distressed sale.
Valuation Hierarchy
The Company categorizes its fair value measurements according to a three-level hierarchy. The hierarchy prioritizes the inputs used by the Company’s valuation techniques. A level is assigned to each fair value measurement based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are defined as follows:
Level 1 Unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date.
Level 2 Prices or valuations based on observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.
Level 3 Prices or valuations that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
The following tables present the balances of assets and liabilities of Ameriprise Financial measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2021
|
|
Level 1
|
|
Level 2
|
|
Level 3
|
|
Total
|
(in millions)
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash equivalents
|
$
|
1,875
|
|
|
$
|
2,599
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
4,474
|
|
|
Available-for-Sale securities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate debt securities
|
—
|
|
|
12,491
|
|
|
812
|
|
|
13,303
|
|
|
Residential mortgage backed securities
|
—
|
|
|
9,955
|
|
|
87
|
|
|
10,042
|
|
|
Commercial mortgage backed securities
|
—
|
|
|
6,037
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
6,037
|
|
|
Asset backed securities
|
—
|
|
|
3,455
|
|
|
30
|
|
|
3,485
|
|
|
State and municipal obligations
|
—
|
|
|
1,298
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,298
|
|
|
U.S. government and agency obligations
|
1,326
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,326
|
|
|
Foreign government bonds and obligations
|
—
|
|
|
247
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
247
|
|
|
Other securities
|
—
|
|
|
94
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
94
|
|
|
Total Available-for-Sale securities
|
1,326
|
|
|
33,577
|
|
|
929
|
|
|
35,832
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments at net asset value (“NAV”)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
(1)
|
Trading and other securities
|
61
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
78
|
|
|
Separate account assets at NAV
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
93,483
|
|
(1)
|
Investments and cash equivalents segregated for regulatory purposes
|
815
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
815
|
|
|
Other assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest rate derivative contracts
|
—
|
|
|
1,003
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,003
|
|
|
Equity derivative contracts
|
334
|
|
|
3,609
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
3,943
|
|
|
Credit derivative contracts
|
—
|
|
|
26
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
26
|
|
|
Foreign exchange derivative contracts
|
1
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
18
|
|
|
Total other assets
|
335
|
|
|
4,655
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
4,990
|
|
|
Total assets at fair value
|
$
|
4,412
|
|
|
$
|
40,848
|
|
|
$
|
929
|
|
|
$
|
139,680
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fixed deferred indexed annuity embedded derivatives
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
4
|
|
|
$
|
52
|
|
|
$
|
56
|
|
|
IUL embedded derivatives
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
949
|
|
|
949
|
|
|
GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
715
|
|
|
715
|
|
(2)
|
Structured variable annuity embedded derivatives
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
124
|
|
|
124
|
|
|
Total policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims
|
—
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
1,840
|
|
|
1,844
|
|
(3)
|
Customer deposits
|
—
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
Other liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest rate derivative contracts
|
1
|
|
|
485
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
486
|
|
|
Equity derivative contracts
|
149
|
|
|
3,204
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
3,353
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign exchange derivative contracts
|
1
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
Other
|
3
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
43
|
|
|
53
|
|
|
Total other liabilities
|
154
|
|
|
3,701
|
|
|
43
|
|
|
3,898
|
|
|
Total liabilities at fair value
|
$
|
154
|
|
|
$
|
3,712
|
|
|
$
|
1,883
|
|
|
$
|
5,749
|
|
|
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2020
|
|
Level 1
|
|
Level 2
|
|
Level 3
|
|
Total
|
(in millions)
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash equivalents
|
$
|
2,935
|
|
|
$
|
2,506
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
5,441
|
|
|
Available-for-Sale securities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate debt securities
|
—
|
|
|
12,902
|
|
|
772
|
|
|
13,674
|
|
|
Residential mortgage backed securities
|
—
|
|
|
10,020
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
10,029
|
|
|
Commercial mortgage backed securities
|
—
|
|
|
6,088
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
6,088
|
|
|
Asset backed securities
|
—
|
|
|
3,297
|
|
|
32
|
|
|
3,329
|
|
|
State and municipal obligations
|
—
|
|
|
1,384
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,384
|
|
|
U.S. government and agency obligations
|
1,456
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,456
|
|
|
Foreign government bonds and obligations
|
—
|
|
|
262
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
262
|
|
|
Other securities
|
—
|
|
|
61
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
61
|
|
|
Total Available-for-Sale securities
|
1,456
|
|
|
34,014
|
|
|
813
|
|
|
36,283
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments at NAV
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
8
|
|
(1)
|
Trading and other securities
|
61
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
88
|
|
|
Separate account assets at NAV
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
92,611
|
|
(1)
|
Investments and cash equivalents segregated for regulatory purposes
|
600
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
600
|
|
|
Other assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest rate derivative contracts
|
1
|
|
|
1,754
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,755
|
|
|
Equity derivative contracts
|
408
|
|
|
3,682
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
4,090
|
|
|
Credit derivative contracts
|
—
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
Foreign exchange derivative contracts
|
1
|
|
|
22
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
23
|
|
|
Total other assets
|
410
|
|
|
5,460
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
5,870
|
|
|
Total assets at fair value
|
$
|
5,462
|
|
|
$
|
42,007
|
|
|
$
|
813
|
|
|
$
|
140,901
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fixed deferred indexed annuity embedded derivatives
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
|
$
|
49
|
|
|
$
|
52
|
|
|
IUL embedded derivatives
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
935
|
|
|
935
|
|
|
GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
2,316
|
|
|
2,316
|
|
(4)
|
Structured variable annuity embedded derivatives
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
70
|
|
|
70
|
|
|
Total policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims
|
—
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
3,370
|
|
|
3,373
|
|
(5)
|
Customer deposits
|
—
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
Other liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest rate derivative contracts
|
—
|
|
|
734
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
734
|
|
|
Equity derivative contracts
|
183
|
|
|
3,388
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
3,571
|
|
|
Credit derivative contracts
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
Foreign exchange derivative contracts
|
2
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
Other
|
2
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
43
|
|
|
48
|
|
|
Total other liabilities
|
187
|
|
|
4,130
|
|
|
43
|
|
|
4,360
|
|
|
Total liabilities at fair value
|
$
|
187
|
|
|
$
|
4,141
|
|
|
$
|
3,413
|
|
|
$
|
7,741
|
|
|
(1) Amounts are comprised of certain financial instruments that are measured at fair value using the NAV per share (or its equivalent) as a practical expedient and have not been classified in the fair value hierarchy.
(2) The fair value of the GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives included $980 million of individual contracts in a liability position and $265 million of individual contracts in an asset position (recorded as a contra liability) as of March 31, 2021.
(3) The Company’s adjustment for nonperformance risk resulted in a $500 million cumulative decrease to the embedded derivatives as of March 31, 2021.
(4) The fair value of the GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives included $2.4 billion of individual contracts in a liability position and $67 million of individual contracts in an asset position (recorded as a contra liability) as of December 31, 2020.
(5) The Company’s adjustment for nonperformance risk resulted in a $727 million cumulative decrease to the embedded derivatives as of December 31, 2020.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
The following tables provide a summary of changes in Level 3 assets and liabilities of Ameriprise Financial measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available-for-Sale Securities
|
|
|
Corporate Debt Securities
|
|
Residential Mortgage Backed Securities
|
|
|
|
Asset Backed Securities
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
(in millions)
|
|
|
Balance, January 1, 2021
|
$
|
772
|
|
|
$
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
32
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
813
|
|
|
|
Total gains (losses) included in:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
(1)
|
|
Other comprehensive income (loss)
|
(5)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
(5)
|
|
|
|
Purchases
|
46
|
|
|
78
|
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
124
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Settlements
|
(1)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, March 31, 2021
|
$
|
812
|
|
|
$
|
87
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
30
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
929
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes in unrealized gains (losses) in net income relating to assets held at March 31, 2021
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
(1)
|
|
(1)
|
|
Changes in unrealized gains (losses) in other comprehensive income (loss) relating to assets held at March 31, 2021
|
$
|
(5)
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
(5)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Policyholder Account Balances, Future Policy Benefits and Claims
|
|
Other Liabilities
|
|
Fixed Deferred Indexed Annuity Embedded Derivatives
|
|
IUL Embedded Derivatives
|
|
GMWB and GMAB Embedded Derivatives
|
|
Structured Variable Annuity Embedded Derivatives
|
|
Total
|
(in millions)
|
|
Balance, January 1, 2021
|
$
|
49
|
|
|
$
|
935
|
|
|
$
|
2,316
|
|
|
$
|
70
|
|
|
$
|
3,370
|
|
|
$
|
43
|
|
|
Total (gains) losses included in:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
4
|
|
(2)
|
29
|
|
(2)
|
(1,729)
|
|
(3)
|
75
|
|
(3)
|
(1,621)
|
|
|
—
|
|
(4)
|
Issues
|
—
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
90
|
|
|
(15)
|
|
|
80
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
Settlements
|
(1)
|
|
|
(20)
|
|
|
38
|
|
|
(6)
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
|
Balance, March 31, 2021
|
$
|
52
|
|
|
$
|
949
|
|
|
$
|
715
|
|
|
$
|
124
|
|
|
$
|
1,840
|
|
|
$
|
43
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes in unrealized (gains) losses in net income relating to liabilities held at March 31, 2021
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
29
|
|
(2)
|
$
|
(1,705)
|
|
(3)
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(1,676)
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available-for-Sale Securities
|
|
|
|
Corporate Debt Securities
|
|
Residential Mortgage Backed Securities
|
|
|
|
Asset Backed Securities
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
(in millions)
|
|
|
Balance, January 1, 2020
|
$
|
750
|
|
|
$
|
17
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
19
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
786
|
|
|
|
Total gains (losses) included in:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
(1)
|
|
Other comprehensive income (loss)
|
(6)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
(7)
|
|
|
|
Purchases
|
5
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Settlements
|
(15)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
(15)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, March 31, 2020
|
$
|
734
|
|
|
$
|
17
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
17
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
768
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes in unrealized gains (losses) in net income relating to assets held at March 31, 2020
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
(1)
|
|
(1)
|
|
Changes in unrealized gains (losses) in other comprehensive income (loss) relating to assets held at March 31, 2020
|
$
|
(6)
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
(7)
|
|
|
|
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Policyholder Account Balances, Future Policy Benefits and Claims
|
|
Other Liabilities
|
|
Fixed Deferred Indexed Annuity Embedded Derivatives
|
|
IUL Embedded Derivatives
|
|
GMWB and GMAB Embedded Derivatives
|
|
Structured Annuity Embedded Derivatives
|
|
Total
|
|
(in millions)
|
|
Balance, January 1, 2020
|
$
|
43
|
|
|
$
|
881
|
|
|
$
|
763
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
1,687
|
|
|
$
|
44
|
|
|
Total (gains) losses included in:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
(12)
|
|
(2)
|
(145)
|
|
(2)
|
2,420
|
|
(3)
|
(3)
|
|
(3)
|
2,260
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
(4)
|
Issues
|
2
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
88
|
|
|
(6)
|
|
|
92
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
Settlements
|
—
|
|
|
(19)
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(14)
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
|
Balance, March 31, 2020
|
$
|
33
|
|
|
$
|
725
|
|
|
$
|
3,276
|
|
|
$
|
(9)
|
|
|
$
|
4,025
|
|
|
$
|
42
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes in unrealized (gains) losses in net income relating to liabilities held at March 31, 2020
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(145)
|
|
(2)
|
$
|
2,423
|
|
(3)
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
2,278
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
(1) Included in net investment income in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
(2) Included in interest credited to fixed accounts in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
(3) Included in benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
(4) Included in general and administrative expense in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
The increase (decrease) to pretax income of the Company’s adjustment for nonperformance risk on the fair value of its embedded derivatives was $(167) million and $1.8 billion, net of DAC, DSIC, unearned revenue amortization and the reinsurance accrual, for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
Securities transferred from Level 3 primarily represent securities with fair values that are now obtained from a third-party pricing service with observable inputs.
The following tables provide a summary of the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurements developed by the Company or reasonably available to the Company of Level 3 assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2021
|
|
Fair Value
|
Valuation Technique
|
Unobservable Input
|
|
Range
|
Weighted Average
|
|
(in millions)
|
Corporate debt securities (private placements)
|
$
|
812
|
|
Discounted cash flow
|
Yield/spread to U.S. Treasuries (1)
|
0.9
|
%
|
–
|
2.9%
|
1.3%
|
Asset backed securities
|
$
|
1
|
|
Discounted cash flow
|
Annual short-term default rate (2)
|
5.5%
|
5.5%
|
|
|
|
Annual long-term default rate (2)
|
4.0%
|
4.0%
|
|
|
|
Discount rate
|
13.0%
|
13.0%
|
|
|
|
Constant prepayment rate
|
10.0%
|
10.0%
|
|
|
|
Loss recovery
|
63.6%
|
63.6%
|
IUL embedded derivatives
|
$
|
949
|
|
Discounted cash flow
|
Nonperformance risk (3)
|
65 bps
|
65 bps
|
Fixed deferred indexed annuity embedded derivatives
|
$
|
52
|
|
Discounted cash flow
|
Surrender rate (4)
|
0.0
|
%
|
–
|
50.0%
|
1.6%
|
|
|
|
Nonperformance risk (3)
|
65 bps
|
65 bps
|
GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives
|
$
|
715
|
|
Discounted cash flow
|
Utilization of guaranteed withdrawals (5) (6)
|
0.0
|
%
|
–
|
48.0%
|
10.6%
|
|
|
|
Surrender rate (4)
|
0.1
|
%
|
–
|
73.5%
|
3.9%
|
|
|
|
Market volatility (7) (8)
|
4.2
|
%
|
–
|
17.0%
|
10.8%
|
|
|
|
Nonperformance risk (3)
|
65 bps
|
65 bps
|
Structured variable annuity embedded derivatives
|
$
|
124
|
|
Discounted cash flow
|
Surrender rate (4)
|
0.8
|
%
|
–
|
40.0%
|
0.9%
|
|
|
|
Nonperformance risk (3)
|
65 bps
|
65 bps
|
Contingent consideration liabilities
|
$
|
43
|
|
Discounted cash flow
|
Discount rate (9)
|
0.0
|
%
|
–
|
9.0%
|
3.2%
|
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2020
|
|
Fair Value
|
Valuation Technique
|
|
Unobservable Input
|
|
Range
|
|
Weighted Average
|
|
(in millions)
|
Corporate debt securities (private placements)
|
$
|
772
|
|
Discounted cash flow
|
Yield/spread to U.S. Treasuries (1)
|
1.0
|
%
|
–
|
3.3%
|
1.5%
|
Asset backed securities
|
$
|
3
|
|
Discounted cash flow
|
Annual short-term default rate (2)
|
2.9%
|
–
|
3.0%
|
2.9%
|
|
|
|
Annual long-term default rate (2)
|
3.5%
|
–
|
4.5%
|
3.8%
|
|
|
|
Discount rate
|
13.0%
|
13.0%
|
|
|
|
Constant prepayment rate
|
10.0%
|
10.0%
|
|
|
|
Loss recovery
|
63.6%
|
63.6%
|
IUL embedded derivatives
|
$
|
935
|
|
Discounted cash flow
|
Nonperformance risk (3)
|
65 bps
|
65 bps
|
Fixed deferred indexed annuity embedded derivatives
|
$
|
49
|
|
Discounted cash flow
|
Surrender rate (4)
|
0.0
|
%
|
–
|
50.0%
|
1.2%
|
|
|
|
Nonperformance risk (3)
|
65 bps
|
65 bps
|
GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives
|
$
|
2,316
|
|
Discounted cash flow
|
Utilization of guaranteed withdrawals (5) (6)
|
0.0
|
%
|
–
|
48.0%
|
10.6%
|
|
|
|
Surrender rate (4)
|
0.1
|
%
|
–
|
73.5%
|
3.8%
|
|
|
|
Market volatility (7) (8)
|
4.3
|
%
|
–
|
17.1%
|
11.0%
|
|
|
|
Nonperformance risk (3)
|
65 bps
|
65 bps
|
Structured variable annuity embedded derivatives
|
$
|
70
|
|
Discounted cash flow
|
Surrender rate (4)
|
0.8
|
%
|
–
|
40.0%
|
0.9%
|
|
|
|
Nonperformance risk (3)
|
65 bps
|
65 bps
|
Contingent consideration liabilities
|
$
|
43
|
|
Discounted cash flow
|
Discount rate (9)
|
0.0%
|
–
|
9.0%
|
|
3.1%
|
(1) The weighted average for the spread to U.S. Treasuries for corporate debt securities (private placements) is weighted based on the security’s market value as a percentage of the aggregate market value of the securities.
(2) The weighted average annual default rates of asset backed securities is weighted based on the security’s market value as a percentage of the aggregate market value of the securities.
(3) The nonperformance risk is the spread added to the observable interest rates used in the valuation of the embedded derivatives.
(4) The weighted average surrender rate is weighted based on the benefit base of each contract and represents the average assumption in the current year including the effect of a dynamic surrender formula.
(5) The utilization of guaranteed withdrawals represents the percentage of contractholders that will begin withdrawing in any given year.
(6) The weighted average utilization rate represents the average assumption for the current year, weighting each policy evenly. The calculation excludes policies that have already started taking withdrawals.
(7) Market volatility is implied volatility of fund of funds and managed volatility funds.
(8) The weighted average market volatility represents the average volatility across all contracts, weighted by the size of the guaranteed benefit.
(9) The weighted average discount rate represents the average discount rate across all contingent consideration liabilities, weighted based on the size of the contingent consideration liability.
Level 3 measurements not included in the table above are obtained from non-binding broker quotes where unobservable inputs utilized in the fair value calculation are not reasonably available to the Company.
Uncertainty of Fair Value Measurements
Significant increases (decreases) in the yield/spread to U.S. Treasuries used in the fair value measurement of Level 3 corporate debt securities in isolation would have resulted in a significantly lower (higher) fair value measurement.
Significant increases (decreases) in the annual default rate and discount rate used in the fair value measurement of Level 3 asset backed securities in isolation, generally, would have resulted in a significantly lower (higher) fair value measurement and significant increases (decreases) in loss recovery in isolation would have resulted in a significantly lower (higher) fair value measurement.
Significant increases (decreases) in the constant prepayment rate in isolation would have resulted in a significantly lower (higher) fair value measurement.
Significant increases (decreases) in nonperformance risk used in the fair value measurement of the IUL embedded derivatives in isolation would have resulted in a significantly lower (higher) fair value measurement.
Significant increases (decreases) in nonperformance risk and surrender rate used in the fair value measurements of the fixed deferred indexed annuity embedded derivatives and structured variable annuity embedded derivatives in isolation would have resulted in a significantly lower (higher) liability value.
Significant increases (decreases) in utilization and volatility used in the fair value measurement of the GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives in isolation would have resulted in a significantly higher (lower) liability value.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
Significant increases (decreases) in nonperformance risk and surrender rate used in the fair value measurement of the GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives in isolation would have resulted in a significantly lower (higher) liability value. Utilization of guaranteed withdrawals and surrender rates vary with the type of rider, the duration of the policy, the age of the contractholder, the distribution channel and whether the value of the guaranteed benefit exceeds the contract accumulation value.
Significant increases (decreases) in the discount rate used in the fair value measurement of the contingent consideration liability in isolation would have resulted in a significantly lower (higher) fair value measurement.
Determination of Fair Value
The Company uses valuation techniques consistent with the market and income approaches to measure the fair value of its assets and liabilities. The Company’s market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities. The Company’s income approach uses valuation techniques to convert future projected cash flows to a single discounted present value amount. When applying either approach, the Company maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs.
The following is a description of the valuation techniques used to measure fair value and the general classification of these instruments pursuant to the fair value hierarchy.
Assets
Cash Equivalents
Cash equivalents include time deposits and other highly liquid investments with original or remaining maturities at the time of purchase of 90 days or less. Actively traded money market funds are measured at their NAV and classified as Level 1. U.S. Treasuries are also classified as Level 1. The Company’s remaining cash equivalents are classified as Level 2 and measured at amortized cost, which is a reasonable estimate of fair value because of the short time between the purchase of the instrument and its expected realization.
Investments (Available-for-Sale Securities, Equity Securities and Trading Securities)
When available, the fair value of securities is based on quoted prices in active markets. If quoted prices are not available, fair values are obtained from third-party pricing services, non-binding broker quotes, or other model-based valuation techniques.
Level 1 securities primarily include U.S. Treasuries.
Level 2 securities primarily include corporate bonds, residential mortgage backed securities, commercial mortgage backed securities, asset backed securities, state and municipal obligations and foreign government securities. The fair value of these Level 2 securities is based on a market approach with prices obtained from third-party pricing services. Observable inputs used to value these securities can include, but are not limited to, reported trades, benchmark yields, issuer spreads and non-binding broker quotes.
Level 3 securities primarily include certain corporate bonds, non-agency residential mortgage backed securities, commercial mortgage backed securities and asset backed securities with fair value typically based on a single non-binding broker quote. The underlying inputs used for some of the non-binding broker quotes are not readily available to the Company. The Company’s privately placed corporate bonds are typically based on a single non-binding broker quote. The fair value of certain asset backed securities is determined using a discounted cash flow model. Inputs used to determine the expected cash flows include assumptions about discount rates and default, prepayment and recovery rates of the underlying assets. Given the significance of the unobservable inputs to this fair value measurement, the fair value of the investment in certain asset backed securities is classified as Level 3.
In consideration of the above, management is responsible for the fair values recorded on the financial statements. Prices received from third-party pricing services are subjected to exception reporting that identifies investments with significant daily price movements as well as no movements. The Company reviews the exception reporting and resolves the exceptions through reaffirmation of the price or recording an appropriate fair value estimate. The Company also performs subsequent transaction testing. The Company performs annual due diligence of third-party pricing services. The Company’s due diligence procedures include assessing the vendor’s valuation qualifications, control environment, analysis of asset-class specific valuation methodologies, and understanding of sources of market observable assumptions and unobservable assumptions, if any, employed in the valuation methodology. The Company also considers the results of its exception reporting controls and any resulting price challenges that arise.
Separate Account Assets
The fair value of assets held by separate accounts is determined by the NAV of the funds in which those separate accounts are invested. The NAV is used as a practical expedient for fair value and represents the exit price for the separate account. Separate account assets are excluded from classification in the fair value hierarchy.
Investments and Cash Equivalents Segregated for Regulatory Purposes
Investments and cash equivalents segregated for regulatory purposes includes U.S. Treasuries that are classified as Level 1.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
Other Assets
Derivatives that are measured using quoted prices in active markets, such as derivatives that are exchange-traded are classified as Level 1 measurements. The variation margin on futures contracts is also classified as Level 1. The fair value of derivatives that are traded in less active over-the-counter (“OTC”) markets is generally measured using pricing models with market observable inputs such as interest rates and equity index levels. These measurements are classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy and include swaps, foreign currency forwards and the majority of options. The counterparties’ nonperformance risk associated with uncollateralized derivative assets was immaterial as of both March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020. See Note 12 and Note 13 for further information on the credit risk of derivative instruments and related collateral.
Liabilities
Policyholder Account Balances, Future Policy Benefits and Claims
There is no active market for the transfer of the Company’s embedded derivatives attributable to the provisions of certain variable annuity riders, fixed deferred indexed annuity, structured variable annuity and IUL products.
The Company values the embedded derivatives attributable to the provisions of certain variable annuity riders using internal valuation models. These models calculate fair value as the present value of future expected benefit payments less the present value of future expected rider fees attributable to the embedded derivative feature. The projected cash flows used by these models include observable capital market assumptions and incorporate significant unobservable inputs related to implied volatility as well as contractholder behavior assumptions that include margins for risk, all of which the Company believes a market participant would expect. The fair value also reflects a current estimate of the Company’s nonperformance risk specific to these embedded derivatives. Given the significant unobservable inputs to this valuation, these measurements are classified as Level 3. The embedded derivatives attributable to these provisions are recorded in policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims.
The Company uses a discounted cash flow model to determine the fair value of the embedded derivatives associated with the provisions of its equity index annuity product. The projected cash flows generated by this model are based on significant observable inputs related to interest rates, volatilities and equity index levels and, therefore, are classified as Level 2.
The Company uses discounted cash flow models including Black-Scholes calculations to determine the fair value of the embedded derivatives associated with the provisions of its fixed deferred indexed annuity, structured variable annuity and IUL products. The structured variable annuity product is a limited flexible purchase payment annuity that offers 45 different indexed account options providing equity market exposure and a fixed account. Each indexed account includes a protection option (a buffer or a floor). If the index has a negative return, contractholder losses will be reduced by buffer or limited to a floor. The portion allocated to an indexed account is accounted for as an embedded derivative. The fair value of fixed deferred indexed annuity, structured variable annuity and IUL embedded derivatives includes significant observable interest rates, volatilities and equity index levels and the significant unobservable estimate of the Company’s nonperformance risk. Given the significance of the nonperformance risk assumption to the fair value, the fixed deferred indexed annuity, structured variable annuity and IUL embedded derivatives are classified as Level 3.
The embedded derivatives attributable to these provisions are recorded in policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims.
Customer Deposits
The Company uses various Black-Scholes calculations to determine the fair value of the embedded derivative liability associated with the provisions of its stock market certificates (“SMC”). The inputs to these calculations are primarily market observable and include interest rates, volatilities and equity index levels. As a result, these measurements are classified as Level 2.
Other Liabilities
Derivatives that are measured using quoted prices in active markets, such as derivatives that are exchange-traded are classified as Level 1 measurements. The variation margin on futures contracts is also classified as Level 1. The fair value of derivatives that are traded in less active OTC markets is generally measured using pricing models with market observable inputs such as interest rates and equity index levels. These measurements are classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy and include swaps, foreign currency forwards and the majority of options. The Company’s nonperformance risk associated with uncollateralized derivative liabilities was immaterial as of both March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020. See Note 12 and Note 13 for further information on the credit risk of derivative instruments and related collateral.
Securities sold but not yet purchased represent obligations of the Company to deliver specified securities that it does not yet own, creating a liability to purchase the security in the market at prevailing prices. When available, the fair value of securities is based on quoted prices in active markets. If quoted prices are not available, fair values are obtained from nationally-recognized pricing services, or other model-based valuation techniques such as the present value of cash flows. Level 1 securities sold but not yet purchased primarily include U.S Treasuries traded in active markets. Level 2 securities sold but not yet purchased primarily include corporate bonds.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
Contingent consideration liabilities consist of earn-outs and/or deferred payments related to the Company’s acquisitions. Contingent consideration liabilities are recorded at fair value using a discounted cash flow model using an unobservable input (discount rate). Given the use of a significant unobservable input, the fair value of contingent consideration liabilities is classified as Level 3 within the fair value hierarchy.
Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis
The Company assesses its investment in affordable housing partnerships for impairment. The investments that are determined to be impaired are written down to their fair value. The Company uses a discounted cash flow model to measure the fair value of these investments. Inputs to the discounted cash flow model are estimates of future net operating losses and tax credits available to the Company and discount rates based on market condition and the financial strength of the syndicator (general partner). The balance of affordable housing partnerships measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis was $97 million and $101 million as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.
Asset and Liabilities Not Reported at Fair Value
The following tables provide the carrying value and the estimated fair value of financial instruments that are not reported at fair value:
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March 31, 2021
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Carrying Value
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Fair Value
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Level 1
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Level 2
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Level 3
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Total
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(in millions)
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Financial Assets
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Mortgage loans, net
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$
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2,684
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$
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—
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|
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$
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22
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$
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2,751
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$
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2,773
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Policy loans
|
838
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|
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—
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|
|
838
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|
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—
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|
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838
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Receivables
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3,748
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|
|
257
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|
|
1,337
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|
|
2,340
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3,934
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Restricted and segregated cash
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1,699
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1,699
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—
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—
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1,699
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Other investments and assets
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694
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—
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633
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61
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694
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Financial Liabilities
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Policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims
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$
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10,499
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$
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—
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$
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—
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$
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11,630
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$
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11,630
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Investment certificate reserves
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6,251
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—
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|
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—
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6,248
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6,248
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Banking and brokerage deposits
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11,370
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11,370
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—
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—
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11,370
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Separate account liabilities — investment contracts
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5,420
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—
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5,420
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—
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5,420
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Debt and other liabilities
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3,331
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|
322
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|
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3,199
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11
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3,532
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December 31, 2020
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Carrying Value
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Fair Value
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Level 1
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Level 2
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Level 3
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Total
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(in millions)
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Financial Assets
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Mortgage loans, net
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$
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2,718
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$
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—
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$
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22
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$
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2,852
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$
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2,874
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Policy loans
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846
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—
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846
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—
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|
846
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Receivables
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3,563
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|
147
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1,258
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|
|
2,398
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|
|
3,803
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Restricted and segregated cash
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1,958
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|
1,958
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|
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—
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|
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—
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1,958
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Other investments and assets
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732
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|
|
—
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|
|
672
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|
|
62
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|
734
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Financial Liabilities
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Policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims
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$
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9,990
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$
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—
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$
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—
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|
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$
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11,686
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$
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11,686
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Investment certificate reserves
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6,752
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|
|
—
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|
|
—
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|
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6,752
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6,752
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Banking and brokerage deposits
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10,891
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|
|
10,891
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|
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—
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|
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—
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|
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10,891
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Separate account liabilities — investment contracts
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5,406
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|
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—
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|
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5,406
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|
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—
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|
|
5,406
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Debt and other liabilities
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3,214
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|
|
205
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|
|
3,253
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|
|
11
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3,469
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Receivables include the deposit receivable, brokerage margin loans, securities borrowed, pledged asset lines of credit, and loans to financial advisors. Restricted and segregated cash includes cash segregated under federal and other regulations held in special reserve bank accounts for the exclusive benefit of the Company’s brokerage customers. Other investments and assets primarily include syndicated loans, credit card receivables, certificate of deposits with original or remaining maturities at the time of purchase of more
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
than 90 days, the Company’s membership in the FHLB and investments related to the Community Reinvestment Act. See Note 6 for additional information on mortgage loans, policy loans, syndicated loans, credit card receivables and the deposit receivable.
Policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims include fixed annuities in deferral status, non-life contingent fixed annuities in payout status, indexed and structured variable annuity host contracts, and the fixed portion of a small number of variable annuity contracts classified as investment contracts. See Note 8 for additional information on these liabilities. Investment certificate reserves represent customer deposits for fixed rate certificates and stock market certificates. Banking and brokerage deposits are amounts payable to customers related to free credit balances, funds deposited by customers and funds accruing to customers as a result of trades or contracts. Separate account liabilities are primarily investment contracts in pooled pension funds offered by Threadneedle. Debt and other liabilities include the Company’s long-term debt, short-term borrowings, securities loaned and future funding commitments to affordable housing partnerships and other real estate partnerships. See Note 10 for further information on the Company’s long-term debt and short-term borrowings.
12. Offsetting Assets and Liabilities
Certain financial instruments and derivative instruments are eligible for offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company’s derivative instruments and securities borrowing and lending agreements are subject to master netting and collateral arrangements and qualify for offset. A master netting arrangement with a counterparty creates a right of offset for amounts due to and from that same counterparty that is enforceable in the event of a default or bankruptcy. Securities borrowed and loaned result from transactions between the Company’s broker dealer subsidiary and other financial institutions and are recorded at the amount of cash collateral advanced or received. Securities borrowed and securities loaned are primarily equity securities. The Company’s securities borrowed and securities loaned transactions generally do not have a fixed maturity date and may be terminated by either party under customary terms.
The Company’s policy is to recognize amounts subject to master netting arrangements on a gross basis in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
The following tables present the gross and net information about the Company’s assets subject to master netting arrangements:
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March 31, 2021
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Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets
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Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets
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Amounts of Assets Presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheets
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Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
Consolidated Balance Sheets
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Net Amount
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Financial Instruments (1)
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Cash Collateral
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Securities Collateral
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(in millions)
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Derivatives:
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OTC
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$
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4,704
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$
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—
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$
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4,704
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$
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(3,365)
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|
|
$
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(1,078)
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$
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(252)
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$
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9
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OTC cleared
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39
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—
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39
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(39)
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—
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—
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—
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Exchange-traded
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247
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—
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|
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247
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(108)
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(133)
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|
—
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6
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Total derivatives
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4,990
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|
|
—
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|
|
4,990
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(3,512)
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(1,211)
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|
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(252)
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|
|
15
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Securities borrowed
|
257
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|
|
—
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|
|
257
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|
|
(23)
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|
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—
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(228)
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6
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Total
|
$
|
5,247
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|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
5,247
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|
|
$
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(3,535)
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|
$
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(1,211)
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|
|
$
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(480)
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|
|
$
|
21
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
December 31, 2020
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Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets
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|
Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets
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Amounts of Assets Presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheets
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Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
Consolidated Balance Sheets
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Net Amount
|
Financial Instruments (1)
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Cash Collateral
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Securities Collateral
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(in millions)
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Derivatives:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OTC
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$
|
5,501
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|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
5,501
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|
$
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(3,862)
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|
$
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(1,287)
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|
$
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(315)
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$
|
37
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OTC cleared
|
58
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—
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58
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(25)
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—
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|
—
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33
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Exchange-traded
|
311
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—
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311
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(91)
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(165)
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—
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55
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Total derivatives
|
5,870
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|
—
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5,870
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(3,978)
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(1,452)
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(315)
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|
125
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Securities borrowed
|
147
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—
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147
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(43)
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—
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(103)
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1
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Total
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$
|
6,017
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|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
6,017
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|
$
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(4,021)
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$
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(1,452)
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$
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(418)
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|
$
|
126
|
(1) Represents the amount of assets that could be offset by liabilities with the same counterparty under master netting or similar arrangements that management elects not to offset on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
The following tables present the gross and net information about the Company’s liabilities subject to master netting arrangements:
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2021
|
Gross Amounts of Recognized Liabilities
|
|
Gross Amounts Offset in the
Consolidated Balance Sheets
|
|
Amounts of Liabilities Presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheets
|
|
Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
Consolidated Balance Sheets
|
|
Net Amount
|
Financial Instruments (1)
|
|
Cash Collateral
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Securities Collateral
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(in millions)
|
Derivatives:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OTC
|
$
|
3,657
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
3,657
|
|
$
|
(3,365)
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|
$
|
(15)
|
|
$
|
(258)
|
|
$
|
19
|
OTC cleared
|
76
|
|
—
|
|
76
|
|
(39)
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
37
|
Exchange-traded
|
112
|
|
—
|
|
112
|
|
(108)
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
4
|
Total derivatives
|
3,845
|
|
—
|
|
3,845
|
|
(3,512)
|
|
(15)
|
|
(258)
|
|
60
|
Securities loaned
|
322
|
|
—
|
|
322
|
|
(23)
|
|
—
|
|
(292)
|
|
7
|
Total
|
$
|
4,167
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
4,167
|
|
$
|
(3,535)
|
|
$
|
(15)
|
|
$
|
(550)
|
|
$
|
67
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2020
|
Gross Amounts of Recognized Liabilities
|
|
Gross Amounts Offset in the
Consolidated Balance Sheets
|
|
Amounts of Liabilities Presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheets
|
|
Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
Consolidated Balance Sheets
|
|
Net Amount
|
Financial Instruments (1)
|
|
Cash Collateral
|
|
Securities Collateral
|
(in millions)
|
Derivatives:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OTC
|
$
|
4,192
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
4,192
|
|
$
|
(3,862)
|
|
$
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
(327)
|
|
$
|
2
|
OTC cleared
|
25
|
|
—
|
|
25
|
|
(25)
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
Exchange-traded
|
95
|
|
—
|
|
95
|
|
(91)
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
4
|
Total derivatives
|
4,312
|
|
—
|
|
4,312
|
|
(3,978)
|
|
(1)
|
|
(327)
|
|
6
|
Securities loaned
|
205
|
|
—
|
|
205
|
|
(43)
|
|
—
|
|
(157)
|
|
5
|
Total
|
$
|
4,517
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
4,517
|
|
$
|
(4,021)
|
|
$
|
(1)
|
|
$
|
(484)
|
|
$
|
11
|
(1) Represents the amount of liabilities that could be offset by assets with the same counterparty under master netting or similar arrangements that management elects not to offset on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
In the tables above, the amount of assets or liabilities presented are offset first by financial instruments that have the right of offset under master netting or similar arrangements, then any remaining amount is reduced by the amount of cash and securities collateral. The actual collateral may be greater than amounts presented in the tables.
When the fair value of collateral accepted by the Company is less than the amount due to the Company, there is a risk of loss if the counterparty fails to perform or provide additional collateral. To mitigate this risk, the Company monitors collateral values regularly and requires additional collateral when necessary. When the value of collateral pledged by the Company declines, it may be required to post additional collateral.
Freestanding derivative instruments are reflected in other assets and other liabilities. Cash collateral pledged by the Company is reflected in other assets and cash collateral accepted by the Company is reflected in other liabilities. Securities borrowing and lending agreements are reflected in receivables and other liabilities, respectively. See Note 13 for additional disclosures related to the Company’s derivative instruments and Note 4 for information related to derivatives held by consolidated investment entities.
13. Derivatives and Hedging Activities
Derivative instruments enable the Company to manage its exposure to various market risks. The value of such instruments is derived from an underlying variable or multiple variables, including equity, foreign exchange and interest rate indices or prices. The Company primarily enters into derivative agreements for risk management purposes related to the Company’s products and operations.
Certain of the Company’s freestanding derivative instruments are subject to master netting arrangements. The Company’s policy on the recognition of derivatives on the Consolidated Balance Sheets is to not offset fair value amounts recognized for derivatives and collateral arrangements executed with the same counterparty under the same master netting arrangement. See Note 12 for additional information regarding the estimated fair value of the Company’s freestanding derivatives after considering the effect of master netting arrangements and collateral.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
Generally, the Company uses derivatives as economic hedges and accounting hedges. The following table presents the notional value and gross fair value of derivative instruments, including embedded derivatives:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2021
|
|
December 31, 2020
|
Notional
|
|
Gross Fair Value
|
Notional
|
|
Gross Fair Value
|
Assets (1)
|
|
Liabilities (2)(3)
|
Assets (1)
|
|
Liabilities (2)(3)
|
(in millions)
|
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign exchange contracts – net investment hedges
|
$
|
105
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
32
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
Total qualifying hedges
|
105
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
32
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest rate contracts
|
79,805
|
|
|
1,003
|
|
|
486
|
|
|
77,951
|
|
|
1,755
|
|
|
734
|
|
Equity contracts
|
51,647
|
|
|
3,943
|
|
|
3,353
|
|
|
57,254
|
|
|
4,090
|
|
|
3,571
|
|
Credit contracts
|
2,094
|
|
|
26
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
2,297
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
1
|
|
Foreign exchange contracts
|
2,953
|
|
|
18
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
3,423
|
|
|
23
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total non-designated hedges
|
136,499
|
|
|
4,990
|
|
|
3,844
|
|
|
140,925
|
|
|
5,870
|
|
|
4,310
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Embedded derivatives
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GMWB and GMAB (4)
|
N/A
|
|
—
|
|
|
715
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
—
|
|
|
2,316
|
|
IUL
|
N/A
|
|
—
|
|
|
949
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
—
|
|
|
935
|
|
Fixed deferred indexed annuities
|
N/A
|
|
—
|
|
|
56
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
—
|
|
|
52
|
|
Structured variable annuities
|
N/A
|
|
—
|
|
|
124
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
—
|
|
|
70
|
|
SMC
|
N/A
|
|
—
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
—
|
|
|
8
|
|
Total embedded derivatives
|
N/A
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,851
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
—
|
|
|
3,381
|
|
Total derivatives
|
$
|
136,604
|
|
|
$
|
4,990
|
|
|
$
|
5,696
|
|
|
$
|
140,957
|
|
|
$
|
5,870
|
|
|
$
|
7,693
|
|
N/A Not applicable.
(1) The fair value of freestanding derivative assets is included in Other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(2) The fair value of freestanding derivative liabilities is included in Other liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The fair value of GMWB and GMAB, IUL, fixed deferred indexed annuity and structured variable annuity embedded derivatives is included in Policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The fair value of the SMC embedded derivative liability is included in Customer deposits on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(3) The fair value of the Company’s derivative liabilities after considering the effects of master netting arrangements, cash collateral held by the same counterparty and the fair value of net embedded derivatives was $2.2 billion and $3.7 billion as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. See Note 12 for additional information related to master netting arrangements and cash collateral.
(4) The fair value of the GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives as of March 31, 2021 included $980 million of individual contracts in a liability position and $265 million of individual contracts in an asset position. The fair value of the GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives as of December 31, 2020 included $2.4 billion of individual contracts in a liability position and $67 million of individual contracts in an asset position.
See Note 11 for additional information regarding the Company’s fair value measurement of derivative instruments.
As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, investment securities with a fair value of $292 million and $325 million, respectively, were received as collateral to meet contractual obligations under derivative contracts, of which $292 million and $325 million, respectively, may be sold, pledged or rehypothecated by the Company. As of both March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had sold, pledged or rehypothecated none of these securities. In addition, as of both March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, non-cash collateral accepted was held in separate custodial accounts and was not included in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedges
The following tables present a summary of the impact of derivatives not designated as hedging instruments, including embedded derivatives, on the Consolidated Statements of Operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Investment Income
|
|
Banking and Deposit Interest Expense
|
|
Distribution Expenses
|
|
Interest Credited to Fixed Accounts
|
|
Benefits, Claims,
Losses and Settlement Expenses
|
|
General and Administrative Expense
|
|
(in millions)
|
Three Months Ended March 31, 2021
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest rate contracts
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(1)
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(1,825)
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
Equity contracts
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
33
|
|
|
25
|
|
|
(310)
|
|
|
6
|
|
Credit contracts
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
69
|
|
|
—
|
|
Foreign exchange contracts
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
(4)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,600
|
|
|
—
|
|
IUL embedded derivatives
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(9)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Fixed deferred indexed annuity embedded derivatives
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(5)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Structured variable annuity embedded derivatives
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(75)
|
|
|
—
|
|
SMC embedded derivatives
|
—
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Total gain (loss)
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
32
|
|
|
$
|
11
|
|
|
$
|
(530)
|
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Investment Income
|
|
Banking and Deposit Interest Expense
|
|
Distribution Expenses
|
|
Interest Credited to Fixed Accounts
|
|
Benefits, Claims, Losses and Settlement Expenses
|
|
General and Administrative Expense
|
|
(in millions)
|
Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest rate contracts
|
$
|
(1)
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
2,515
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
Equity contracts
|
—
|
|
|
(7)
|
|
|
(116)
|
|
|
(112)
|
|
|
1,993
|
|
|
(16)
|
|
Credit contracts
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(36)
|
|
|
—
|
|
Foreign exchange contracts
|
1
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
44
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(2,513)
|
|
|
—
|
|
IUL embedded derivatives
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
164
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Fixed deferred indexed annuity embedded derivatives
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Structured variable annuity embedded derivatives
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
—
|
|
SMC embedded derivatives
|
—
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Total gain (loss)
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(114)
|
|
|
$
|
64
|
|
|
$
|
2,006
|
|
|
$
|
(19)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Company holds derivative instruments that either do not qualify or are not designated for hedge accounting treatment. These derivative instruments are used as economic hedges of equity, interest rate, credit and foreign currency exchange rate risk related to various products and transactions of the Company.
Certain annuity contracts contain GMWB or GMAB provisions, which guarantee the right to make limited partial withdrawals each contract year regardless of the volatility inherent in the underlying investments or guarantee a minimum accumulation value of consideration received at the beginning of the contract period, after a specified holding period, respectively. The indexed portion of structured variable annuities and the GMAB and non-life contingent GMWB provisions are considered embedded derivatives, which are bifurcated from their host contracts for valuation purposes and reported on the Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value with changes in fair value reported in earnings. The Company economically hedges the aggregate exposure related to the indexed portion of structured variable annuities and the GMAB and non-life contingent GMWB provisions using options, swaptions, swaps and futures.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
The deferred premium associated with certain of the above options and swaptions is paid or received semi-annually over the life of the contract or at maturity. The following is a summary of the payments the Company is scheduled to make and receive for these options and swaptions as of March 31, 2021:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Premiums Payable
|
|
Premiums Receivable
|
(in millions)
|
2021 (1)
|
$
|
112
|
|
|
$
|
85
|
|
2022
|
205
|
|
|
205
|
|
2023
|
51
|
|
|
42
|
|
2024
|
138
|
|
|
25
|
|
2025
|
125
|
|
|
22
|
|
2026 - 2028
|
262
|
|
|
88
|
|
Total
|
$
|
893
|
|
|
$
|
467
|
|
(1) 2021 amounts represent the amounts payable and receivable for the period from April 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021.
Actual timing and payment amounts may differ due to future settlements, modifications or exercises of the contracts prior to the full premium being paid or received.
The Company has a macro hedge program to provide protection against the statutory tail scenario risk arising from variable annuity reserves on its statutory surplus and to cover some of the residual risks not covered by other hedging activities. As a means of economically hedging these risks, the Company may use a combination of futures, options, swaps and swaptions. Certain of the macro hedge derivatives may contain settlement provisions linked to both equity returns and interest rates. The Company’s macro hedge derivatives that contain settlement provisions linked to both equity returns and interest rates, if any, are shown in other contracts in the tables above.
Fixed deferred indexed annuity, structured variable annuity, IUL and stock market certificate products have returns tied to the performance of equity markets. As a result of fluctuations in equity markets, the obligation incurred by the Company related to fixed deferred indexed annuity, structured variable annuity, IUL and stock market certificate products will positively or negatively impact earnings over the life of these products. The equity component of fixed deferred indexed annuity, structured variable annuity, IUL and stock market certificate product obligations are considered embedded derivatives, which are bifurcated from their host contracts for valuation purposes and reported on the Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value with changes in fair value reported in earnings. As a means of economically hedging its obligations under the provisions of these products, the Company enters into index options and futures contracts.
The Company enters into futures, credit default swaps and commodity swaps to manage its exposure to price risk arising from seed money investments in proprietary investment products. The Company enters into foreign currency forward contracts to economically hedge its exposure to certain foreign transactions. The Company enters into futures contracts and total return swaps to economically hedge its exposure related to compensation plans. The Company enters into interest rate swaps to offset interest rate changes on unrealized gains or losses for certain investments.
Cash Flow Hedges
The Company has designated derivative instruments as a cash flow hedge of interest rate exposure on forecasted debt interest payments. For derivative instruments that qualify as cash flow hedges, the gain or loss on the derivative instruments is reported in AOCI and reclassified into earnings when the hedged item or transaction impacts earnings. The amount that is reclassified into earnings is presented within the same line item as the earnings impact of the hedged item in interest and debt expense.
For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the amounts reclassified from AOCI to earnings related to cash flow hedges were immaterial. The estimated net amount recorded in AOCI as of March 31, 2021 that the Company expects to reclassify to earnings as a reduction to interest and debt expense within the next twelve months is $0.5 million. Currently, the longest period of time over which the Company is hedging exposure to the variability in future cash flows is 15 years and relates to forecasted debt interest payments. See Note 14 for a rollforward of net unrealized derivative gains (losses) included in AOCI related to cash flow hedges.
Fair Value Hedges
The Company entered into and designated as a fair value hedge an interest rate swap to convert senior notes due 2020 from fixed rate debt to floating rate debt. The interest rate swap related to the senior notes due March 2020 was settled during the first quarter of 2020 when the debt was repaid. The swap had identical terms as the underlying debt being hedged. The Company no longer had any fair value hedges outstanding as of March 31, 2021. The Company recognizes gains and losses on the derivatives and the related hedged items within interest and debt expense. See Note 10 for the cumulative basis adjustments for fair value hedges.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
The following table is a summary of the impact of derivatives designated as hedges on the Consolidated Statements of Operations:
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Three Months Ended March 31,
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2021
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2020
|
|
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|
(in millions)
|
Total interest and debt expense per Consolidated Statements of Operations
|
$
|
42
|
|
|
$
|
46
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|
|
|
|
|
Gain (loss) on interest rate contracts designated as fair value hedges:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hedged items
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivatives designated as fair value hedges
|
—
|
|
|
(1)
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|
|
|
|
|
Net Investment Hedges
The Company entered into, and designated as net investment hedges in foreign operations, forward contracts to hedge a portion of the Company’s foreign currency exchange rate risk associated with its investment in Threadneedle. As the Company determined that the forward contracts are effective, the change in fair value of the derivatives is recognized in AOCI as part of the foreign currency translation adjustment. For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company recognized a loss of $0.5 million and a gain of $5.0 million, respectively, in OCI.
Credit Risk
Credit risk associated with the Company’s derivatives is the risk that a derivative counterparty will not perform in accordance with the terms of the applicable derivative contract. To mitigate such risk, the Company has established guidelines and oversight of credit risk through a comprehensive enterprise risk management program that includes members of senior management. Key components of this program are to require preapproval of counterparties and the use of master netting and collateral arrangements whenever practical. See Note 12 for additional information on the Company’s credit exposure related to derivative assets.
Certain of the Company’s derivative contracts contain provisions that adjust the level of collateral the Company is required to post based on the Company’s debt rating (or based on the financial strength of the Company’s life insurance subsidiaries for contracts in which those subsidiaries are the counterparty). Additionally, certain of the Company’s derivative contracts contain provisions that allow the counterparty to terminate the contract if the Company’s debt does not maintain a specific credit rating (generally an investment grade rating) or the Company’s life insurance subsidiary does not maintain a specific financial strength rating. If these termination provisions were to be triggered, the Company’s counterparty could require immediate settlement of any net liability position. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the aggregate fair value of derivative contracts in a net liability position containing such credit contingent provisions was $262 million and $326 million, respectively. The aggregate fair value of assets posted as collateral for such instruments as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 was $258 million and $324 million, respectively. If the credit contingent provisions of derivative contracts in a net liability position as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were triggered, the aggregate fair value of additional assets that would be required to be posted as collateral or needed to settle the instruments immediately would have been $4 million and $2 million, respectively.
14. Shareholders’ Equity
The following tables provide the amounts related to each component of OCI:
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|
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
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2021
|
|
2020
|
|
Pretax
|
|
Income Tax Benefit (Expense)
|
|
Net of Tax
|
|
Pretax
|
|
Income Tax Benefit (Expense)
|
|
Net of Tax
|
|
(in millions)
|
Net unrealized gains (losses) on securities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net unrealized gains (losses) on securities arising during the period (1)
|
$
|
(690)
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|
|
$
|
152
|
|
|
$
|
(538)
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|
|
$
|
(1,195)
|
|
|
$
|
264
|
|
|
$
|
(931)
|
|
Reclassification of net (gains) losses on securities included in net income (2)
|
(50)
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
(39)
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|
|
8
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
|
6
|
|
Impact of DAC, DSIC, unearned revenue, benefit reserves and reinsurance recoverables
|
300
|
|
|
(63)
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|
|
237
|
|
|
508
|
|
|
(107)
|
|
|
401
|
|
Net unrealized gains (losses) on securities
|
(440)
|
|
|
100
|
|
|
(340)
|
|
|
(679)
|
|
|
155
|
|
|
(524)
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Defined benefit plans
|
37
|
|
|
(8)
|
|
|
29
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Foreign currency translation
|
(1)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
|
(34)
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
(33)
|
|
Total other comprehensive income (loss)
|
$
|
(404)
|
|
|
$
|
92
|
|
|
$
|
(312)
|
|
|
$
|
(713)
|
|
|
$
|
156
|
|
|
$
|
(557)
|
|
(1) Includes impairments on Available-for-Sale securities related to factors other than credit that were recognized in OCI during the period.
(2) Reclassification amounts are recorded in net investment income.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
Other comprehensive income (loss) related to net unrealized gains (losses) on securities includes three components: (i) unrealized gains (losses) that arose from changes in the fair value of securities that were held during the period; (ii) (gains) losses that were previously unrealized, but have been recognized in current period net income due to sales of Available-for-Sale securities and due to the reclassification of noncredit impairments to credit losses; and (iii) other adjustments primarily consisting of changes in insurance and annuity asset and liability balances, such as DAC, DSIC, unearned revenue, benefit reserves and reinsurance recoverables, to reflect the expected impact on their carrying values had the unrealized gains (losses) been realized as of the respective balance sheet dates.
The following tables present the changes in the balances of each component of AOCI, net of tax:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Securities
|
|
Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Derivatives
|
|
Defined
Benefit Plans
|
|
Foreign Currency Translation
|
|
Other
|
|
Total
|
|
(in millions)
|
Balance, January 1, 2021
|
$
|
983
|
|
|
$
|
5
|
|
|
$
|
(204)
|
|
|
$
|
(154)
|
|
|
$
|
(1)
|
|
|
$
|
629
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OCI before reclassifications
|
(301)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
29
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(273)
|
|
Amounts reclassified from AOCI
|
(39)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(39)
|
|
Total OCI
|
(340)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
29
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(312)
|
|
Balance, March 31, 2021
|
$
|
643
|
|
|
$
|
5
|
|
|
$
|
(175)
|
|
|
$
|
(155)
|
|
|
$
|
(1)
|
|
|
$
|
317
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Securities
|
|
Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Derivatives
|
|
Defined
Benefit Plans
|
|
Foreign Currency Translation
|
|
Other
|
|
Total
|
|
(in millions)
|
Balance, January 1, 2020
|
$
|
576
|
|
|
$
|
6
|
|
|
$
|
(138)
|
|
|
$
|
(181)
|
|
|
$
|
(1)
|
|
|
$
|
262
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OCI before reclassifications
|
(530)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(33)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(563)
|
|
Amounts reclassified from AOCI
|
6
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
6
|
|
Total OCI
|
(524)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(33)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(557)
|
|
Balance, March 31, 2020
|
$
|
52
|
|
|
$
|
6
|
|
|
$
|
(138)
|
|
|
$
|
(214)
|
|
|
$
|
(1)
|
|
|
$
|
(295)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company repurchased a total of 1.7 million shares and 2.5 million shares, respectively, of its common stock for an aggregate cost of $363 million and $386 million, respectively. In August 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a repurchase of up to $2.5 billion for the repurchase of shares of the Company’s common stock through September 30, 2022. As of March 31, 2021, the Company had $1.9 billion remaining under the share repurchase authorization.
The Company may also reacquire shares of its common stock under its share-based compensation plans related to restricted stock awards and certain option exercises. The holders of restricted shares may elect to surrender a portion of their shares on the vesting date to cover their income tax obligation. These vested restricted shares are reacquired by the Company and the Company’s payment of the holders’ income tax obligations are recorded as a treasury share purchase.
For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company reacquired 0.3 million shares and 0.3 million shares, respectively, of its common stock through the surrender of shares upon vesting and paid in the aggregate $57 million and $46.0 million, respectively, related to the holders’ income tax obligations on the vesting date. Option holders may elect to net settle their vested awards resulting in the surrender of the number of shares required to cover the strike price and tax obligation of the options exercised. These shares are reacquired by the Company and recorded as treasury shares. For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company reacquired 0.6 million shares and 0.6 million shares, respectively, of its common stock through the net settlement of options for an aggregate value of $134 million and $105 million, respectively.
During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company reissued 0.3 million and 0.5 million, respectively, treasury shares for restricted stock award grants, performance share units and issuance of shares vested under advisor deferred compensation plans.
15. Income Taxes
The Company’s effective tax rate was 11.3% and 13.4% for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2021 is lower than the statutory tax rate as a result of tax preferred items including incentive compensation, low income housing tax credits, foreign tax credits and dividends received deduction, partially offset by state income taxes, net of federal benefit.
The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was lower than the statutory rate primarily due to previous tax law changes that resulted in a $144 million tax benefit related to the forecasted utilization of a 2020 net operating loss (“NOL”) in the life
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
insurance entities that was to be applied to previous tax filings, low income housing tax credits and other tax preferred items. The Company determined the NOL benefit was attributable to current year losses; accordingly, the benefit was recorded in the annual effective tax rate.
The lower effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to March 31, 2020 is primarily the result of incentive compensation and lower pretax income in the current period compared to the prior period, partially offset by the NOL benefit in the prior period.
Included in the Company’s deferred income tax assets are tax benefits related to state net operating losses of $16 million, net of federal benefit, which will expire beginning December 31, 2021.
The Company is required to establish a valuation allowance for any portion of the deferred tax assets that management believes will not be realized. Significant judgment is required in determining if a valuation allowance should be established, and the amount of such allowance if required. Factors used in making this determination include estimates relating to the performance of the business. Consideration is given to, among other things in making this determination, (i) future taxable income exclusive of reversing temporary differences and carryforwards, (ii) future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, (iii) taxable income in prior carryback years, and (iv) tax planning strategies. Based on analysis of the Company’s tax position, management believes it is more likely than not that the Company will not realize certain state net operating losses of $12 million, state deferred tax assets of $2 million and foreign deferred tax assets of $2 million; therefore a valuation allowance has been established. The valuation allowance was $16 million and $15 million as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had $122 million and $110 million, respectively, of gross unrecognized tax benefits. If recognized, approximately $91 million and $80 million, net of federal tax benefits, of unrecognized tax benefits as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, would affect the effective tax rate.
It is reasonably possible that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will change in the next 12 months. The Company estimates that the total amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits may decrease by $40 million to $50 million in the next 12 months primarily due to Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) settlements and state exams.
The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as a component of the income tax provision. The Company recognized a net decrease of $2 million in interest and penalties for the three months ended March 31, 2021. The Company recognized a net increase of $1 million in interest and penalties for the three months ended March 31, 2020. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had a payable of $8 million and $10 million, respectively, related to accrued interest and penalties.
The Company or one or more of its subsidiaries files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state and foreign jurisdictions. The federal statute of limitations are closed on years through 2015, except for one issue for 2014 and 2015 which was claimed on amended returns. The IRS is currently auditing the Company’s U.S. income tax returns for 2016, 2017 and 2018. The Company’s state income tax returns are currently under examination by various jurisdictions for years ranging from 2010 through 2019. In the first quarter of 2021, the statute of limitations lapsed without notification of adjustments from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs business risk review of the Company’s U.K. subsidiaries for 2016.
16. Contingencies
Contingencies
The Company and its subsidiaries are involved in the normal course of business in legal proceedings which include regulatory inquiries, arbitration and litigation, including class actions, concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of its activities as a diversified financial services firm. These include proceedings specific to the Company as well as proceedings generally applicable to business practices in the industries in which it operates. The Company can also be subject to legal proceedings arising out of its general business activities, such as its investments, contracts, leases and employment relationships. Uncertain economic conditions, heightened and sustained volatility in the financial markets and significant financial reform legislation may increase the likelihood that clients and other persons or regulators may present or threaten legal claims or that regulators increase the scope or frequency of examinations of the Company or the financial services industry generally.
As with other financial services firms, the level of regulatory activity and inquiry concerning the Company’s businesses remains elevated. From time to time, the Company receives requests for information from, and/or has been subject to examination or claims by, the SEC, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the OCC, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority, the Federal Reserve Board, state insurance and securities regulators, state attorneys general and various other domestic or foreign governmental and quasi-governmental authorities on behalf of themselves or clients concerning the Company’s business activities and practices, and the practices of the Company’s financial advisors. The Company typically has numerous pending matters which include information requests, exams or inquiries regarding certain subjects, including from time to time: sales and distribution of mutual funds, exchange traded funds, annuities, equity and fixed income securities, real estate investment trusts, insurance products, and financial advice offerings, including managed accounts; supervision of the Company’s financial advisors and other associated persons; administration
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
of insurance and annuity claims; security of client information; trading activity and the Company’s monitoring and supervision of such activity; and transaction monitoring systems and controls. The Company has cooperated and will continue to cooperate with the applicable regulators.
These legal proceedings are subject to uncertainties and, as such, it is inherently difficult to determine whether any loss is probable or even reasonably possible, or to reasonably estimate the amount of any loss. The Company cannot predict with certainty if, how or when any such proceedings will be initiated or resolved. Matters frequently need to be more developed before a loss or range of loss can be reasonably estimated for any proceeding. An adverse outcome in one or more proceedings could eventually result in adverse judgments, settlements, fines, penalties or other sanctions, in addition to further claims, examinations or adverse publicity that could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.
In accordance with applicable accounting standards, the Company establishes an accrued liability for contingent litigation and regulatory matters when those matters present loss contingencies that are both probable and can be reasonably estimated. The Company discloses the nature of the contingency when management believes there is at least a reasonable possibility that the outcome may be material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements and, where feasible, an estimate of the possible loss. In such cases, there still may be an exposure to loss in excess of any amounts reasonably estimated and accrued. When a loss contingency is not both probable and reasonably estimable, the Company does not establish an accrued liability, but continues to monitor, in conjunction with any outside counsel handling a matter, further developments that would make such loss contingency both probable and reasonably estimable. Once the Company establishes an accrued liability with respect to a loss contingency, the Company continues to monitor the matter for further developments that could affect the amount of the accrued liability that has been previously established, and any appropriate adjustments are made each quarter.
Guaranty Fund Assessments
RiverSource Life and RiverSource Life of NY are required by law to be a member of the guaranty fund association in every state where they are licensed to do business. In the event of insolvency of one or more unaffiliated insurance companies, the Company could be adversely affected by the requirement to pay assessments to the guaranty fund associations. The Company projects its cost of future guaranty fund assessments based on estimates of insurance company insolvencies provided by the National Organization of Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Associations and the amount of its premiums written relative to the industry-wide premium in each state. The Company accrues the estimated cost of future guaranty fund assessments when it is considered probable that an assessment will be imposed, the event obligating the Company to pay the assessment has occurred and the amount of the assessment can be reasonably estimated.
The Company has a liability for estimated guaranty fund assessments and a related premium tax asset. As of both March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the estimated liability was $12 million. As of both March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the related premium tax asset was $10 million. The expected period over which guaranty fund assessments will be made and the related tax credits recovered is not known.
17. Earnings per Share
The computations of basic and diluted earnings per share is as follows:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
|
|
2021
|
|
2020
|
|
|
|
(in millions, except per share amounts)
|
Numerator:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
$
|
437
|
|
|
$
|
2,036
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Denominator:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic: Weighted-average common shares outstanding
|
119.8
|
|
|
126.4
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effect of potentially dilutive nonqualified stock options and other share-based awards
|
2.4
|
|
|
1.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted: Weighted-average common shares outstanding
|
122.2
|
|
|
128.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings per share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
$
|
3.65
|
|
|
$
|
16.11
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted
|
$
|
3.58
|
|
|
$
|
15.88
|
|
|
|
|
|
The calculation of diluted earnings per share excludes the incremental effect of 0.3 million and 4.5 million options as of March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, due to their anti-dilutive effect.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
18. Segment Information
During the third quarter of 2020, as the Company continued to reposition its business and implement strategies focusing on product features and sales, the composition of its reportable segments changed from five to four segments. The Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) manages the annuities and protection business as one operating segment, referred to as Retirement & Protection Solutions. The Retirement & Protection Solutions segment includes Retirement Solutions (Variable Annuities and Payout Annuities) and Protection Solutions (Life and Disability Insurance). In addition, the Company moved the Fixed Annuities and Fixed Indexed Annuities business to the Corporate & Other segment as a closed block. These segment reporting changes align with the way the CODM began assessing the performance of the Company’s reportable segments and other business activities effective in the third quarter of 2020. Certain prior period amounts have been revised to conform to the current presentation. The Company’s four reporting segments are Advice & Wealth Management, Asset Management, Retirement & Protection Solutions and Corporate & Other.
The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those of the Company, except for operating adjustments defined below, the method of capital allocation, the accounting for gains (losses) from intercompany revenues and expenses and not providing for income taxes on a segment basis.
Management uses segment adjusted operating measures in goal setting, as a basis for determining employee compensation and in evaluating performance on a basis comparable to that used by some securities analysts and investors. Consistent with GAAP accounting guidance for segment reporting, adjusted operating earnings is the Company’s measure of segment performance. Adjusted operating earnings should not be viewed as a substitute for GAAP pretax income. The Company believes the presentation of segment adjusted operating earnings, as the Company measures it for management purposes, enhances the understanding of its business by reflecting the underlying performance of its core operations and facilitating a more meaningful trend analysis.
Management excludes mean reversion related impacts from the Company’s adjusted operating measures. The mean reversion related impact is defined as the impact on variable annuity and VUL products for the difference between assumed and updated separate account investment performance on DAC, DSIC, unearned revenue amortization, reinsurance accrual and additional insurance benefit reserves.
Adjusted operating earnings is defined as adjusted operating net revenues less adjusted operating expenses. Adjusted operating net revenues and adjusted operating expenses exclude net realized investment gains or losses (net of unearned revenue amortization and the reinsurance accrual); the market impact on non-traditional long-duration products (including variable and fixed deferred annuity contracts and UL insurance contracts), net of hedges and the related DSIC and DAC amortization, unearned revenue amortization, and the reinsurance accrual; mean reversion related impacts (the impact on variable annuity and VUL products for the difference between assumed and updated separate account investment performance on DAC, DSIC, unearned revenue amortization, reinsurance accrual and additional insurance benefit reserves); the market impact of hedges to offset interest rate changes on unrealized gains or losses for certain investments; integration and restructuring charges; and the impact of consolidating CIEs. The market impact on non-traditional long-duration products includes changes in embedded derivative values caused by changes in financial market conditions, net of changes in economic hedge values and unhedged items including the difference between assumed and actual underlying separate account investment performance, fixed income credit exposures, transaction costs and certain policyholder contract elections, net of related impacts on DAC and DSIC amortization. The market impact also includes certain valuation adjustments made in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, including the impact on embedded derivative values of discounting projected benefits to reflect a current estimate of the Company’s life insurance subsidiary’s nonperformance spread.
The following tables summarize selected financial information by segment and reconciles segment totals to those reported on the consolidated financial statements:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2021
|
|
December 31, 2020
|
(in millions)
|
Advice & Wealth Management
|
$
|
21,833
|
|
|
$
|
21,266
|
|
Asset Management
|
9,033
|
|
|
8,406
|
|
Retirement & Protection Solutions
|
113,658
|
|
|
114,850
|
|
Corporate & Other
|
21,213
|
|
|
21,361
|
|
Total assets
|
$
|
165,737
|
|
|
$
|
165,883
|
|
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
2021
|
|
2020
|
|
|
|
|
(in millions)
|
Adjusted operating net revenues:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Advice & Wealth Management
|
$
|
1,879
|
|
|
$
|
1,695
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset Management
|
828
|
|
|
686
|
|
|
|
|
|
Retirement & Protection Solutions
|
787
|
|
|
759
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate & Other
|
139
|
|
|
149
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less: Eliminations (1)
|
379
|
|
|
338
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total segment adjusted operating net revenues
|
3,254
|
|
|
2,951
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net realized gains (losses)
|
57
|
|
|
(20)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue attributable to consolidated investment entities
|
34
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
|
|
|
Market impact on non-traditional long-duration products, net
|
5
|
|
|
55
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mean reversion related impacts
|
—
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total net revenues per Consolidated Statements of Operations
|
$
|
3,350
|
|
|
$
|
3,001
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Represents the elimination of intersegment revenues recognized for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 in each segment as follows: Advice & Wealth Management ($250 million and $222 million, respectively); Asset Management ($13 million and $13 million, respectively); Retirement & Protection Solutions ($116 million and $104 million, respectively); and Corporate & Other (nil and $(1) million, respectively).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
2021
|
|
2020
|
|
|
|
|
(in millions)
|
Adjusted operating earnings:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Advice & Wealth Management
|
$
|
389
|
|
|
$
|
378
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset Management
|
228
|
|
|
157
|
|
|
|
|
|
Retirement & Protection Solutions
|
183
|
|
|
167
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate & Other
|
(21)
|
|
|
(50)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total segment adjusted operating earnings
|
779
|
|
|
652
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net realized gains (losses)
|
55
|
|
|
(20)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss) attributable to consolidated investment entities
|
(1)
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Market impact on non-traditional long-duration products, net
|
(396)
|
|
|
1,783
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mean reversion related impacts
|
56
|
|
|
(61)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Integration and restructuring charges
|
—
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pretax income per Consolidated Statements of Operations
|
$
|
493
|
|
|
$
|
2,351
|
|
|
|
|
|
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis of our consolidated financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the “Forward-Looking Statements” that follow and our Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes presented in Item 1. Our Management’s Discussion and Analysis should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 24, 2021 (“2020 10-K”), as well as our current reports on Form 8-K and other publicly available information. References below to “Ameriprise Financial,” “Ameriprise,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Ameriprise Financial, Inc. exclusively, to our entire family of companies, or to one or more of our subsidiaries.
Overview
Ameriprise Financial is a diversified financial services company with a more than 125-year history of providing financial solutions. We are a long-standing leader in financial planning and advice with $1.14 trillion in assets under management and administration as of March 31, 2021. We offer a broad range of products and services designed to achieve individual and institutional clients’ financial objectives.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (‘‘COVID-19’’) pandemic has presented ongoing significant economic and societal disruption and market unpredictability, which has affected our business and operating environment driven by a low interest rate environment and volatility and changes in the equity markets and the potential associated implications to client behavior. In early 2020, we implemented a work-from-home protocol for virtually all of our employee population, restricted business travel, and provided resources for complying with the guidance from the World Health Organization, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and governments. We are thoughtfully undergoing a phased reopening of our office locations while complying with applicable health agencies’ guidelines and governmental orders. Though there are indications that the effects of the virus are lessening in some areas, COVID-19 continues to deeply impact other areas and has been occurring in multiple waves, so there are still no reliable estimates of how long the implications from the pandemic will last, how many people are likely to be affected by it, or its impact on the overall economy. Given the impact of the pandemic, financial results may not be comparable to previous years and the results presented in this report may not necessarily be indicative of future operating results. For further information regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and any potentially material effects, see Part 1 - Item 1A “Risk Factors” of our 2020 10-K.
The products and services we provide retail clients and, to a lesser extent, institutional clients, are the primary source of our revenues and net income. Revenues and net income are significantly affected by investment performance and the total value and composition of assets we manage and administer for our retail and institutional clients as well as the distribution fees we receive from other companies. These factors, in turn, are largely determined by overall investment market performance and the depth and breadth of our individual client relationships.
Financial markets and macroeconomic conditions have had and will continue to have a significant impact on our operating and performance results. In addition, the business, political and regulatory environments in which we operate are subject to elevated uncertainty and substantial, frequent change. Accordingly, we expect to continue focusing on our key strategic objectives and obtaining operational and strategic leverage from our core capabilities. The success of these and other strategies may be affected by the factors discussed in Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in our 2020 10-K and other factors as discussed herein.
Equity price, credit market and interest rate fluctuations can have a significant impact on our results of operations, primarily due to the effects they have on the asset management and other asset-based fees we earn, the value of deferred acquisition costs (“DAC”) and deferred sales inducement costs (“DSIC”) assets, the values of liabilities for guaranteed benefits associated with our variable annuities and the values of derivatives held to hedge these benefits and the “spread” income generated on our fixed deferred annuities, fixed insurance, the fixed portion of variable annuities and variable insurance contracts and deposit products.
Earnings, as well as adjusted operating earnings after tax, will be negatively impacted by the ongoing low interest rate environment should it continue. In addition to continuing spread compression in our interest sensitive product lines, a sustained low interest rate environment may result in increases to our reserves and changes in various rate assumptions we use to amortize DAC and DSIC, which may negatively impact our adjusted operating earnings after tax. For additional discussion on our interest rate risk, see Item 3. “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” and the information set forth in this Item 2, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Market Risk.”
During the third quarter of 2020, as we continue to reposition the business and implement strategies focusing on product features and sales, the composition of our reportable segments changed from five to four segments. The Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) now manages the Annuities and Protection business as one operating segment, referred to as Retirement & Protection Solutions. The Retirement & Protection Solutions segment includes Retirement Solutions (Variable Annuities and Payout Annuities) and Protection Solutions (Life and Disability Insurance). In addition, we moved the Fixed Annuities and Fixed Indexed Annuities business to the Corporate & Other segment as a closed block. These segment reporting changes align with the way our CODM began assessing the performance of our reportable segments and other business activities effective in the third quarter of 2020. Certain prior period amounts have been revised to conform to the current presentation. These changes have no impact on previously reported consolidated balance sheets or statements of operations, comprehensive income, stockholders equity, or cash flows.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
On April 12, 2021, we signed a definitive agreement to acquire the European-based asset management business of BMO Financial Group for £615 million, or approximately $845 million. The all-cash transaction is expected to add approximately $124 billion of assets under management (“AUM”) in Europe and is currently expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2021, subject to regulatory approvals in the relevant jurisdictions.
We consolidate certain variable interest entities for which we provide asset management services. These entities are defined as consolidated investment entities (“CIEs”). While the consolidation of the CIEs impacts our balance sheet and income statement, our exposure to these entities is unchanged and there is no impact to the underlying business results. For further information on CIEs, see Note 4 to our Consolidated Financial Statements. The results of operations of the CIEs are reflected in the Corporate & Other segment. On a consolidated basis, the management fees we earn for the services we provide to the CIEs and the related general and administrative expenses are eliminated and the changes in the fair value of assets and liabilities related to the CIEs, primarily syndicated loans and debt, are reflected in net investment income. We include the fees from these entities in the management and financial advice fees line within our Asset Management segment.
While our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), management believes that adjusted operating measures, which exclude net realized investment gains or losses, net of the related DSIC and DAC amortization, unearned revenue amortization and the reinsurance accrual; the market impact on non-traditional long-duration products (including variable and fixed deferred annuity contracts and universal life (“UL”) insurance contracts, net of hedges and the related DSIC and DAC amortization, unearned revenue amortization and the reinsurance accrual; mean reversion related impacts (the impact on variable annuity and variable universal life (“VUL”) products for the difference between assumed and updated separate account investment performance on DAC, DSIC, unearned revenue amortization, reinsurance accrual and additional insurance benefit reserves); the market impact of hedges to offset interest rate changes on unrealized gains or losses for certain investments; gain or loss on disposal of a business that is not considered discontinued operations; integration and restructuring charges; income (loss) from discontinued operations; and the impact of consolidating CIEs, best reflect the underlying performance of our core operations and facilitate a more meaningful trend analysis. Management uses these non-GAAP measures to evaluate our financial performance on a basis comparable to that used by some securities analysts and investors. Also, certain of these non-GAAP measures are taken into consideration, to varying degrees, for purposes of business planning and analysis and for certain compensation-related matters. Throughout our Management’s Discussion and Analysis, these non-GAAP measures are referred to as adjusted operating measures. These non-GAAP measures should not be viewed as a substitute for U.S. GAAP measures.
It is management’s priority to increase shareholder value over a multi-year horizon by achieving our on-average, over-time financial targets.
Our financial targets are:
•Adjusted operating earnings per diluted share growth of 12% to 15%, and
•Adjusted operating return on equity excluding accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) of over 30%.
The following tables reconcile our GAAP measures to adjusted operating measures:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per Diluted Share
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
|
2021
|
|
2020
|
2021
|
|
2020
|
|
(in millions, except per share amounts)
|
Net income (loss)
|
$
|
437
|
|
|
$
|
2,036
|
|
|
$
|
3.58
|
|
|
$
|
15.88
|
|
Less: Net realized investment gains (losses) (1)
|
55
|
|
|
(20)
|
|
|
0.45
|
|
|
(0.16)
|
|
Add: Market impact on non-traditional long-duration products (1)
|
396
|
|
|
(1,783)
|
|
|
3.24
|
|
|
(13.91)
|
|
Add: Mean reversion related impacts (1)
|
(56)
|
|
|
61
|
|
|
(0.46)
|
|
|
0.47
|
|
Add: Integration/restructuring charges (1)
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
0.01
|
|
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to CIEs
|
(1)
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
|
(0.01)
|
|
|
(0.02)
|
|
Tax effect of adjustments (2)
|
(60)
|
|
|
357
|
|
|
(0.49)
|
|
|
2.78
|
|
Adjusted operating earnings
|
$
|
663
|
|
|
$
|
694
|
|
|
$
|
5.43
|
|
|
$
|
5.41
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
119.8
|
|
|
126.4
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted
|
122.2
|
|
|
128.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Pretax adjusted operating adjustments.
(2) Calculated using the statutory federal tax rate of 21%.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
The following table reconciles the trailing twelve months’ sum of net income to adjusted operating earnings and the five-point average of quarter-end equity to adjusted operating equity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Twelve Months Ended March 31,
|
2021
|
|
2020
|
(in millions)
|
Net income
|
$
|
(65)
|
|
|
$
|
3,534
|
|
Less: Adjustments (1)
|
(1,804)
|
|
|
1,175
|
|
Adjusted operating earnings
|
1,739
|
|
|
2,359
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Ameriprise Financial, Inc. shareholders’ equity
|
6,126
|
|
|
6,058
|
|
Less: AOCI, net of tax
|
312
|
|
|
121
|
|
Total Ameriprise Financial, Inc. shareholders’ equity, excluding AOCI
|
5,814
|
|
|
5,937
|
|
Less: Equity impacts attributable to CIEs
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
Adjusted operating equity
|
$
|
5,813
|
|
|
$
|
5,936
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Return on equity, excluding AOCI
|
(1.1)
|
%
|
|
59.5
|
%
|
Adjusted operating return on equity, excluding AOCI (2)
|
29.9
|
%
|
|
39.7
|
%
|
(1) Adjustments reflect the sum of after-tax net realized investment gains/losses, net of DSIC and DAC amortization, unearned revenue amortization and the reinsurance accrual; the market impact on non-traditional long-duration products (including variable and fixed deferred annuity contracts and UL insurance contracts), net of hedges and related DSIC and DAC amortization, unearned revenue amortization and the reinsurance accrual; mean reversion related impacts; the market impact of hedges to offset interest rate changes on unrealized gains or losses for certain investments; gain or loss on disposal of a business that is not considered discontinued operations; integration and restructuring charges; income (loss) from discontinued operations; and net income (loss) from consolidated investment entities. After-tax is calculated using the statutory tax rate of 21%.
(2) Adjusted operating return on equity, excluding AOCI is calculated using adjusted operating earnings in the numerator, and Ameriprise Financial shareholders’ equity, excluding AOCI and the impact of consolidating investment entities using a five-point average of quarter-end equity in the denominator. After-tax is calculated using the statutory tax rate of 21%.
Critical Accounting Estimates
The accounting and reporting policies that we use affect our Consolidated Financial Statements. Certain of our accounting and reporting policies are critical to an understanding of our consolidated results of operations and financial condition and, in some cases, the application of these policies can be significantly affected by the estimates, judgments and assumptions made by management during the preparation of our Consolidated Financial Statements. These accounting policies are discussed in detail in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis — Critical Accounting Estimates” in our 2020 10-K.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
For information regarding recent accounting pronouncements and their expected impact on our future consolidated results of operations and financial condition, see Note 2 to our Consolidated Financial Statements.
Economic Environment
Global equity market conditions could materially affect our financial condition and results of operations. The following table presents relevant market indices:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
2021
|
|
2020
|
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
S&P 500
|
|
|
|
|
|
Daily average
|
3,861
|
|
3,069
|
|
26
|
%
|
Period end
|
3,973
|
|
2,585
|
|
54
|
%
|
Weighted Equity Index (“WEI”) (1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Daily average
|
2,662
|
|
2,111
|
|
26
|
%
|
Period end
|
2,725
|
|
1,753
|
|
55
|
%
|
(1) Weighted Equity Index is an Ameriprise calculated proxy for equity market movements calculated using a weighted average of the S&P 500, Russell 2000, Russell Midcap and MSCI EAFE indices based on North America distributed equity assets.
See our segment results of operations discussion below for additional information on how changes in the economic environment have and may continue to impact our results. For further information regarding the impact of the economic environment, and any potentially material effects, see Part 1 - Item 1A “Risk Factors” of our 2020 10-K.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
Assets Under Management and Administration
AUM include external client assets for which we provide investment management services, such as the assets of the Columbia Threadneedle Investments funds, institutional clients and clients in our advisor platform held in wrap accounts as well as assets managed by sub-advisors selected by us. AUM also includes certain assets on our Consolidated Balance Sheets for which we provide investment management services and recognize management fees in our Asset Management segment, such as the assets of the general account and the variable product funds held in the separate accounts of our life insurance subsidiaries and CIEs.
Assets under administration (“AUA”) include assets for which we provide administrative services such as client assets invested in other companies’ products that we offer outside of our wrap accounts. These assets include those held in clients’ brokerage accounts. We generally record revenues received from administered assets as distribution fees. We do not exercise management discretion over these assets and do not earn a management fee. These assets are not reported on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. AUA also includes certain assets on our Consolidated Balance Sheets for which we do not provide investment management services and do not recognize management fees, such as investments in non-affiliated funds held in the separate accounts of our life insurance subsidiaries.
AUM and AUA do not include assets under advisement, for which we provide advisory services such as model portfolios but do not have full discretionary investment authority.
The following table presents detail regarding our AUM and AUA:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
Change
|
2021
|
|
2020
|
(in billions)
|
|
|
Assets Under Management and Administration
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Advice & Wealth Management AUM
|
$
|
396.5
|
|
|
$
|
273.1
|
|
|
$
|
123.4
|
|
|
45
|
%
|
Asset Management AUM
|
564.1
|
|
|
426.2
|
|
|
137.9
|
|
|
32
|
|
Corporate AUM
|
0.1
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
—
|
Eliminations
|
(39.6)
|
|
|
(27.9)
|
|
|
(11.7)
|
|
|
(42)
|
|
Total Assets Under Management
|
921.1
|
|
|
671.4
|
|
|
249.7
|
|
|
37
|
|
Total Assets Under Administration
|
222.9
|
|
|
167.7
|
|
|
55.2
|
|
|
33
|
|
Total AUM and AUA
|
$
|
1,144.0
|
|
|
$
|
839.1
|
|
|
$
|
304.9
|
|
|
36
|
%
|
Total AUM increased $249.7 billion, or 37%, to $921.1 billion as of March 31, 2021 compared to $671.4 billion as of March 31, 2020 due to a $123.4 billion increase in Advice & Wealth Management AUM driven by wrap account net inflows and market appreciation and a $137.9 billion increase in Asset Management AUM driven by market appreciation and continued improvement in net flows, partially offset by retail fund distributions. See our segment results of operations discussion below for additional information on changes in our AUM.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
Consolidated Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 and 2020
The following table presents our consolidated results of operations:
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Three Months Ended March 31,
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Change
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2021
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2020
|
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(in millions)
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Management and financial advice fees
|
$
|
2,102
|
|
|
1,770
|
|
|
$
|
332
|
|
|
19
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%
|
Distribution fees
|
458
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|
|
464
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|
|
(6)
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|
(1)
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|
Net investment income
|
377
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|
328
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|
|
49
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|
15
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|
Premiums, policy and contract charges
|
347
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|
395
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(48)
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(12)
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Other revenues
|
71
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|
|
69
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|
|
2
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|
|
3
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|
Total revenues
|
3,355
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|
|
3,026
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|
|
329
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|
|
11
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|
Banking and deposit interest expense
|
5
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|
25
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(20)
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(80)
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|
Total net revenues
|
3,350
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|
|
3,001
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|
|
349
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|
|
12
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|
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Distribution expenses
|
1,175
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|
|
995
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|
|
180
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|
|
18
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|
Interest credited to fixed accounts
|
159
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|
|
91
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|
|
68
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|
|
75
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|
Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses
|
653
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|
|
(1,747)
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|
|
2,400
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|
|
NM
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Amortization of deferred acquisition costs
|
5
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|
|
512
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(507)
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(99)
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Interest and debt expense
|
42
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|
46
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|
(4)
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|
(9)
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|
General and administrative expense
|
823
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|
|
753
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|
|
70
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|
|
9
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|
Total expenses
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2,857
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|
|
650
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|
|
2,207
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|
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NM
|
Pretax income (loss)
|
493
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|
|
2,351
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|
|
(1,858)
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|
|
(79)
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|
Income tax provision
|
56
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|
|
315
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|
|
(259)
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|
|
(82)
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|
Net income (loss)
|
$
|
437
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|
|
$
|
2,036
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|
|
$
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(1,599)
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(79)
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%
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NM Not Meaningful.
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Overall
Pretax income decreased $1.9 billion, or 79%, to $493 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $2.4 billion for the prior year period. The following impacts were significant drivers of the period-over-period change in pretax income:
•The market impact on non-traditional long duration products (including variable and fixed deferred annuity contracts and UL insurance contracts), net of hedges and related DSIC and DAC amortization, unearned revenue amortization and the reinsurance accrual was an expense of $396 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to a benefit of $1.8 billion for the prior year period.
•A negative impact of $78 million in the Advice & Wealth Management segment from lower short-term interest rates.
•A $34 million unfavorable change in the mark-to-market impact on share-based compensation.
•A favorable impact from higher average equity markets for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the prior year period.
•The mean reversion related impact was a benefit of $56 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to an expense of $61 million for the prior year period.
Net Revenues
Net revenues increased $349 million, or 12%, to $3.4 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $3.0 billion for the prior year period.
Management and financial advice fees increased $332 million, or 19%, to $2.1 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $1.8 billion for the prior year period reflecting higher average equity markets, higher wrap account net inflows and an unfavorable $19 million performance fee correction in the prior year period.
Distribution fees decreased $6 million, or 1%, to $458 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $464 million for the prior year period due to $55 million of lower fees on off-balance sheet brokerage cash primarily due to a decrease in short-term interest rates partially offset by increased transactional activity and higher average equity markets.
Net investment income increased $49 million, or 15%, to $377 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $328 million for the prior year period primarily reflecting the following items:
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
•Net realized investment gains of $69 million, which included a $15 million gain on a strategic investment, for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to net realized investment losses of $19 million for the prior year period.
•Higher investment income from CIEs.
•The unfavorable impact of lower interest rates, including lower short-term interest rates on the investment portfolio supporting the certificate and on-balance sheet brokerage cash products.
Premiums, policy and contract charges decreased $48 million, or 12% to $347 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $395 million for the prior year primarily reflecting an unfavorable change in unearned revenue amortization and the reinsurance accrual offset to the market impact on IUL benefits and lower sales of immediate annuities with a life contingent feature.
Banking and deposit interest expense decreased $20 million, or 80%, to $5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $25 million due to lower average crediting rates on certificates and lower average certificate balances.
Expenses
Total expenses increased $2.2 billion to $2.9 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $650 million for the prior year period.
Distribution expenses increased $180 million, or 18%, to $1.2 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $995 million for the prior year period reflecting higher advisor compensation due to an increase in average wrap account balances and increased transactional activity.
Interest credited to fixed accounts increased $68 million, or 75%, to $159 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $91 million for the prior year period primarily reflecting the following items:
•A $235 million increase in expense from the unhedged nonperformance credit spread risk adjustment on IUL benefits. The unfavorable impact of the nonperformance credit spread was $1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to a favorable impact of $234 million for the prior year period.
•A $168 million decrease in expense from other market impacts on IUL benefits, net of hedges, which was a benefit of $2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to an expense of $166 million for the prior year period. The decrease in expense was primarily due to an increase in the IUL embedded derivative in the prior year period, which reflected higher option costs due to lower discount rates.
Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses increased $2.4 billion to $653 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to a benefit of $1.7 billion for the prior year period primarily reflecting the following items:
•A $1.8 billion increase in expense primarily reflecting the impact of year-over-year changes in the unhedged nonperformance credit spread risk adjustment on variable annuity guaranteed benefits. The unfavorable impact of $225 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was driven by changes in the undiscounted embedded derivative liability compared to a favorable impact of $1.6 billion for the prior year period primarily as a result of the nonperformance credit spread widening by 145 basis points due to the market dislocation related to the COVID-19 pandemic. As the undiscounted embedded derivative liability on which the nonperformance credit spread is applied increases (decreases), the impact of the nonperformance credit spread is favorable (unfavorable) to expense. Additionally, as the estimate of the nonperformance credit spread over the LIBOR swap curve tightens or widens, the embedded derivative liability will increase or decrease.
•A $727 million increase in expense from other market impacts on variable annuity guaranteed benefits, net of hedges in place to offset those risks and the related DSIC amortization. This increase was the result of an unfavorable $6.6 billion change in the market impact on derivatives hedging the variable annuity guaranteed benefits, partially offset by a favorable $5.8 billion change in the market impact on variable annuity guaranteed living benefits reserves. The main market drivers contributing to these changes are summarized below:
•Equity market impact on the variable annuity guaranteed living benefits liability net of the impact on the corresponding hedge assets resulted in an expense for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to a benefit for the prior year period.
•Interest rate impact on the variable annuity guaranteed living benefits liability net of the impact on the corresponding hedge assets resulted in an expense for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to a benefit for the prior year period.
•Volatility impact on the variable annuity guaranteed living benefits liability net of the impact on the corresponding hedge assets resulted in a lower expense for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the prior year period.
•Other unhedged items, including the difference between the assumed and actual underlying separate account investment performance, fixed income credit exposures, transaction costs and various behavioral items, were a net benefit for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to a net expense for the prior year period.
•The mean reversion related impact was a benefit of $34 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to an expense of $24 million for the prior year period.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
•A $13 million decrease in reserves for immediate annuities with a life contingent feature primarily due to lower sales. This impact is offset by a decrease in premiums.
Amortization of DAC decreased $507 million, or 99% to $5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to an expense of $512 million for the prior year period primarily reflecting the following items:
•The DAC offset to the market impact on non-traditional long-duration products was a benefit of $46 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to an expense of $416 million for the prior year period.
•The mean reversion related impact was a benefit of $22 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to an expense of $36 million for the prior year period.
Interest and debt expense decreased $4 million, or 9%, to $42 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $46 million for the prior year period primarily due to lower levels of corporate debt and lower interest rates on our corporate debt.
General and administrative expense increased $70 million, or 9%, to $823 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $753 million for the prior year period primarily reflecting an unfavorable change in the mark-to-market impact on share-based compensation and higher expenses from CIEs, partially offset by disciplined expense management and reengineering.
Income Taxes
Our effective tax rate was 11.3% for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to 13.4% for the prior year period. The lower effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the prior year period is primarily the result of incentive compensation and lower pretax income in the current period compared to the prior year period, partially offset by a $144 million tax benefit in the prior year period associated with the forecasted utilization of a 2020 net operating loss (“NOL”) in our life insurance entities that was not ultimately realized. See Note 15 to our Consolidated Financial Statements for additional discussion on income taxes.
Results of Operations by Segment for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 and 2020
Adjusted operating earnings is the measure of segment profit or loss management uses to evaluate segment performance. Adjusted operating earnings should not be viewed as a substitute for GAAP pretax income. We believe the presentation of segment adjusted operating earnings as we measure it for management purposes enhances the understanding of our business by reflecting the underlying performance of our core operations and facilitating a more meaningful trend analysis. See Note 18 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information on the presentation of segment results and our definition of adjusted operating earnings.
The following table presents summary financial information by segment:
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Three Months Ended March 31,
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2021
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2020
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(in millions)
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Advice & Wealth Management
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|
Net revenues
|
$
|
1,879
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|
|
$
|
1,695
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|
Expenses
|
1,490
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|
|
1,317
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Adjusted operating earnings
|
$
|
389
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|
$
|
378
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|
Asset Management
|
|
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|
Net revenues
|
$
|
828
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|
|
$
|
686
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|
Expenses
|
600
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|
|
529
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|
Adjusted operating earnings
|
$
|
228
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|
|
$
|
157
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|
Retirement & Protection Solutions
|
|
|
|
Net revenues
|
$
|
787
|
|
|
$
|
759
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|
Expenses
|
604
|
|
|
592
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|
Adjusted operating earnings
|
$
|
183
|
|
|
$
|
167
|
|
Corporate & Other
|
|
|
|
Net revenues
|
$
|
139
|
|
|
$
|
149
|
|
Expenses
|
160
|
|
|
199
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|
Adjusted operating loss
|
$
|
(21)
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|
|
$
|
(50)
|
|
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
Advice & Wealth Management
The following table presents the changes in wrap account assets and average balances for the three months ended March 31:
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2021
|
|
2020
|
(in billions)
|
Beginning balance
|
$
|
380.0
|
|
|
$
|
317.5
|
|
Net flows (1)
|
10.4
|
|
|
6.7
|
|
Market appreciation (depreciation) and other (1)
|
9.4
|
|
|
(48.7)
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|
Ending balance
|
$
|
399.8
|
|
|
$
|
275.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
Advisory wrap account assets ending balance (2)
|
$
|
395.3
|
|
|
$
|
272.3
|
|
Average advisory wrap account assets (3)
|
$
|
379.3
|
|
|
$
|
311.1
|
|
(1) Beginning in the first quarter of 2021, wrap net flows is calculated including dividends, interest and fees, which were previously recorded in Market appreciation (depreciation) and other. Net flows excludes short-term and long-term capital gain distributions. Prior periods have been restated.
(2) Advisory wrap account assets represent those assets for which clients receive advisory services and are the primary driver of revenue earned on wrap accounts. Clients may hold non-advisory investments in their wrap accounts that do not incur an advisory fee.
(3) Average ending balances are calculated using an average of the prior period’s ending balance and all months in the current period excluding the most recent month for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020.
Wrap account assets increased $19.8 billion, or 5%, during the three months ended March 31, 2021 due to net inflows of $10.4 billion and market appreciation of $9.4 billion. Average advisory wrap account assets increased $68.2 billion, or 22%, compared to the prior year period reflecting market appreciation and net inflows.
The following table presents the results of operations of our Advice & Wealth Management segment on an adjusted operating basis:
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|
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
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|
Change
|
|
2021
|
|
2020
|
|
(in millions)
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Management and financial advice fees
|
$
|
1,205
|
|
|
$
|
1,024
|
|
|
$
|
181
|
|
|
18
|
%
|
Distribution fees
|
559
|
|
|
548
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
2
|
|
Net investment income
|
64
|
|
|
100
|
|
|
(36)
|
|
|
(36)
|
|
Other revenues
|
56
|
|
|
48
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
17
|
|
Total revenues
|
1,884
|
|
|
1,720
|
|
|
164
|
|
|
10
|
|
Banking and deposit interest expense
|
5
|
|
|
25
|
|
|
(20)
|
|
|
(80)
|
|
Total net revenues
|
1,879
|
|
|
1,695
|
|
|
184
|
|
|
11
|
|
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution expenses
|
1,135
|
|
|
970
|
|
|
165
|
|
|
17
|
|
Interest and debt expense
|
3
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
50
|
|
General and administrative expense
|
352
|
|
|
345
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
2
|
|
Total expenses
|
1,490
|
|
|
1,317
|
|
|
173
|
|
|
13
|
|
Adjusted operating earnings
|
$
|
389
|
|
|
$
|
378
|
|
|
$
|
11
|
|
|
3
|
%
|
Our Advice & Wealth Management segment pretax adjusted operating earnings, which exclude net realized investment gains or losses, increased $11 million, or 3%, to $389 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $378 million for the prior year period reflecting higher average wrap account balances due to net inflows and market appreciation and improved transactional activity, partially offset by lower earnings on brokerage cash as a result of low interest rates. Pretax adjusted operating margin was 20.7% for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to 22.3% for the prior year period.
We launched Ameriprise Bank, FSB in the second quarter of 2019. Since then, we have continued to add deposits, with $8.0 billion of cash sweep balances as of March 31, 2021. In the fourth quarter of 2020, we acquired $224 million in an existing portfolio of brokerage client pledged asset lines of credit that are a 50% participation interest with a third party bank.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
Net Revenues
Net revenues exclude net realized investment gains or losses. Net revenues increased $184 million, or 11%, to $1.9 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $1.7 billion for the prior year period. Adjusted operating net revenue per advisor increased to $187,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2021, up 9%, compared to $172,000 for the prior year period.
Management and financial advice fees increased $181 million, or 18%, to $1.2 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $1.0 billion for the prior year period primarily due to growth in average wrap account assets. Average advisory wrap account assets increased $68.2 billion, or 22%, compared to the prior year period reflecting market appreciation and net inflows.
Distribution fees increased $11 million, or 2%, to $559 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $548 million for the prior year period reflecting increased transactional activity and higher average equity markets, partially offset by $55 million of lower fees on off-balance sheet brokerage cash due to a decrease in short-term interest rates.
Net investment income, which excludes net realized investment gains or losses, decreased $36 million, or 36%, to $64 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $100 million for the prior year period primarily due to lower certificate balances and the $23 million unfavorable impact of lower short-term interest rates on the investment portfolio supporting the certificate and on-balance sheet brokerage cash products, partially offset by higher average invested assets due to increased bank deposits.
Banking and deposit interest expense decreased $20 million, or 80%, to $5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $25 million for the prior year period primarily due to lower average crediting rates on certificates and lower average certificate balances.
Expenses
Total expenses increased $173 million, or 13%, to $1.5 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $1.3 billion for the prior year period.
Distribution expenses increased $165 million, or 17%, to $1.1 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $970 million for the prior year period reflecting higher asset-based advisor compensation from higher wrap account assets and increased investments in recruiting experienced advisors.
General and administrative expense increased $7 million, or 2%, to $352 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $345 million for the prior year period primarily due to higher mark-to-market impact on share-based compensation and planned investments for future growth, partially offset by expense reengineering.
Asset Management
The following tables present the fund performance of our retail Columbia Threadneedle Investments funds as of March 31, 2021:
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Retail Fund Rankings in Top 2 Quartiles or Above Index Benchmark - Asset Weighted
|
1 year
|
3 year
|
5 year
|
10 year
|
Equity
|
60%
|
87%
|
81%
|
88%
|
Fixed Income
|
80%
|
69%
|
88%
|
89%
|
Asset Allocation
|
31%
|
88%
|
95%
|
89%
|
|
|
|
|
|
4- or 5-star Morningstar rated funds
|
Overall
|
3 year
|
5 year
|
10 year
|
Number of rated funds
|
103
|
92
|
92
|
89
|
Percent of rated assets
|
68%
|
61%
|
58%
|
72%
|
Retail Fund performance rankings for each fund is measured on a consistent basis against the most appropriate peer group or index. Peer Groupings are defined by either Lipper, IA, or Morningstar and based primarily on the Institutional Share Class, Net of Fees. Comparisons to Index are measured Gross of Fees.
To calculate asset weighted performance, the sum of the total assets of the funds with above median ranking are divided by total assets of all funds. Funds with more assets will receive a greater share of the total percentage above or below median.
Aggregated Asset Allocation Funds may include funds that invest in other Columbia or Threadneedle branded mutual funds included in both equity and fixed income.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
The following table presents global managed assets by type:
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|
Average (1)
|
|
Change
|
|
March 31,
|
|
Change
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
2021
|
|
2020
|
|
2021
|
|
2020
|
|
(in billions)
|
Equity
|
$
|
319.4
|
|
|
$
|
210.5
|
|
|
$
|
108.9
|
|
|
52
|
%
|
|
$
|
308.8
|
|
|
$
|
246.8
|
|
|
$
|
62.0
|
|
|
25
|
%
|
Fixed income
|
195.0
|
|
|
174.0
|
|
|
21.0
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
195.8
|
|
|
181.2
|
|
|
14.6
|
|
|
8
|
|
Money market
|
5.8
|
|
|
5.0
|
|
|
0.8
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
5.9
|
|
|
4.7
|
|
|
1.2
|
|
|
26
|
|
Alternative
|
3.8
|
|
|
2.7
|
|
|
1.1
|
|
|
41
|
|
|
3.8
|
|
|
3.0
|
|
|
0.8
|
|
|
27
|
|
Hybrid and other
|
40.1
|
|
|
34.0
|
|
|
6.1
|
|
|
18
|
|
|
39.2
|
|
|
35.4
|
|
|
3.8
|
|
|
11
|
|
Total managed assets
|
$
|
564.1
|
|
|
$
|
426.2
|
|
|
$
|
137.9
|
|
|
32
|
%
|
|
$
|
553.5
|
|
|
$
|
471.1
|
|
|
$
|
82.4
|
|
|
17
|
%
|
(1) Average ending balances are calculated using an average of the prior period’s ending balance and all months in the current period.
The following table presents the changes in global managed assets:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
2021
|
|
2020
|
(in billions)
|
Global Retail Funds
|
|
|
|
Beginning assets
|
$
|
323.5
|
|
|
$
|
287.5
|
|
Inflows
|
22.5
|
|
|
17.4
|
|
Outflows
|
(17.6)
|
|
|
(20.0)
|
|
Net VP/VIT fund flows
|
(1.0)
|
|
|
(0.8)
|
|
Net new flows
|
3.9
|
|
|
(3.4)
|
|
Reinvested dividends
|
0.7
|
|
|
0.5
|
|
Net flows
|
4.6
|
|
|
(2.9)
|
|
Distributions
|
(0.9)
|
|
|
(0.7)
|
|
Market appreciation (depreciation) and other
|
13.2
|
|
|
(43.5)
|
|
Foreign currency translation (1)
|
(0.2)
|
|
|
(1.3)
|
|
Total ending assets
|
340.2
|
|
|
239.1
|
|
Global Institutional
|
|
|
|
Beginning assets
|
223.1
|
|
|
206.7
|
|
Inflows (2)
|
7.8
|
|
|
8.5
|
|
Outflows (2)
|
(7.5)
|
|
|
(8.0)
|
|
Net flows
|
0.3
|
|
|
0.5
|
|
Market appreciation (depreciation) and other (3)
|
0.2
|
|
|
(16.7)
|
|
Foreign currency translation (1)
|
0.3
|
|
|
(3.4)
|
|
Total ending assets
|
223.9
|
|
|
187.1
|
|
Total managed assets
|
$
|
564.1
|
|
|
$
|
426.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total net flows
|
$
|
4.9
|
|
|
$
|
(2.4)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Legacy insurance partners net flows (4)
|
$
|
(1.3)
|
|
|
$
|
(0.6)
|
|
(1) Amounts represent local currency to US dollar translation for reporting purposes.
(2) Global Institutional inflows and outflows include net flows from our RiverSource Structured Annuity product beginning in Q1 2020 and Ameriprise Bank, FSB beginning in Q1 2021.
(3) Included in Market appreciation (depreciation) and other for Global Institutional is the change in affiliated general account balance, excluding net flows related to our structured variable annuity product beginning in Q1 2020 and Ameriprise Bank, FSB beginning in Q1 2021.
(4) Legacy insurance partners assets and net flows are included in the rollforwards above.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
The United Kingdom’s (“U.K.”) and the European Union’s (“EU”) trade and cooperation agreement did not include cross-border financial services. As a result, our U.K. asset management business is no longer able to market its services into the EU on a passporting basis and must now comply with local EU and country requirements as a non-EU firm, which includes leveraging our Luxembourg-based management company affiliate to provide services and marketing to EU clients and investors. As a result the full impact of Brexit remains uncertain.
Total segment AUM increased $17.5 billion, or 3%, during the three months ended March 31, 2021. Net inflows were $4.9 billion in the first quarter of 2021, a $7.3 billion increase compared to the prior year period. Global retail net inflows were $4.6 billion. Global institutional net inflows were $0.3 billion and included $1.3 billion of outflows from legacy insurance partners assets.
The following table presents the results of operations of our Asset Management segment on an adjusted operating basis:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
|
Change
|
|
2021
|
|
2020
|
|
(in millions)
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Management and financial advice fees
|
$
|
713
|
|
|
$
|
583
|
|
|
$
|
130
|
|
|
22
|
%
|
Distribution fees
|
114
|
|
|
103
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
11
|
|
Net investment income
|
1
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenues
|
828
|
|
|
686
|
|
|
142
|
|
|
21
|
|
Banking and deposit interest expense
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
Total net revenues
|
828
|
|
|
686
|
|
|
142
|
|
|
21
|
|
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution expenses
|
268
|
|
|
231
|
|
|
37
|
|
|
16
|
|
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs
|
3
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
Interest and debt expense
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
General and administrative expense
|
328
|
|
|
294
|
|
|
34
|
|
|
12
|
|
Total expenses
|
600
|
|
|
529
|
|
|
71
|
|
|
13
|
|
Adjusted operating earnings
|
$
|
228
|
|
|
$
|
157
|
|
|
$
|
71
|
|
|
45
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Our Asset Management segment pretax adjusted operating earnings, which exclude net realized investment gains or losses, increased $71 million, or 45%, to $228 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $157 million for the prior year period primarily due to a higher level of average AUM from market appreciation and net inflows.
Net Revenues
Net revenues, which exclude net realized investment gains or losses, increased $142 million, or 21%, to $828 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $686 million for the prior year period.
Management and financial advice fees increased $130 million, or 22%, to $713 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $583 million for the prior year period primarily due to higher average equity markets and an unfavorable $19 million performance fee correction in the prior year period.
Distribution fees increased $11 million, or 11%, to $114 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $103 million for the prior year period primarily due to higher average equity markets.
Expenses
Total expenses increased $71 million, or 13%, to $600 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $529 million for the prior year period.
Distribution expenses increased $37 million, or 16%, to $268 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $231 million for the prior year period reflecting higher average equity markets.
General and administrative expense increased $34 million, or 12%, to $328 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $294 million for the prior year period primarily reflecting higher compensation expenses related to stronger business performance and an unfavorable mark-to-market impact on share-based compensation expenses.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
Retirement & Protection Solutions
The following table presents the results of operations of our Retirement & Protection Solutions segment on an adjusted operating basis:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
|
Change
|
2021
|
|
2020
|
(in millions)
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Management and financial advice fees
|
$
|
222
|
|
|
$
|
199
|
|
|
$
|
23
|
|
|
12
|
%
|
Distribution fees
|
116
|
|
|
105
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
10
|
|
Net investment income
|
126
|
|
|
130
|
|
|
(4)
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
Premiums, policy and contract charges
|
323
|
|
|
325
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenues
|
787
|
|
|
759
|
|
|
28
|
|
|
4
|
|
Banking and deposit interest expense
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
Total net revenues
|
787
|
|
|
759
|
|
|
28
|
|
|
4
|
|
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution expenses
|
129
|
|
|
110
|
|
|
19
|
|
|
17
|
|
Interest credited to fixed accounts
|
96
|
|
|
100
|
|
|
(4)
|
|
|
(4)
|
|
Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses
|
234
|
|
|
245
|
|
|
(11)
|
|
|
(4)
|
|
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs
|
63
|
|
|
54
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
17
|
|
Interest and debt expense
|
10
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
General and administrative expense
|
72
|
|
|
73
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
Total expenses
|
604
|
|
|
592
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
2
|
|
Adjusted operating earnings
|
$
|
183
|
|
|
$
|
167
|
|
|
$
|
16
|
|
|
10
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Our Retirement & Protection Solutions segment pretax adjusted operating earnings, which excludes net realized investment gains or losses (net of the related DSIC and DAC amortization, unearned revenue amortization and the reinsurance accrual), the market impact on non-traditional long-duration products (including variable annuity contracts and IUL contracts, net of hedges and the related DSIC and DAC amortization, unearned amortization and the reinsurance accrual), and mean reversion related impacts, increased $16 million, or 10%, to $183 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $167 million for the prior year period.
RiverSource variable annuity account balances increased 24% to $87.0 billion as of March 31, 2021 compared to the prior year period due to market appreciation, partially offset by net outflows of $1.9 billion. Variable annuity sales increased 33% compared to the prior year period reflecting an increase in sales of structured variable annuities launched in 2020, partially offset by lower sales of variable annuities with living benefit guarantees. Sales of variable annuities without living benefit guarantees comprised 64% of total variable annuity sales for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to 31% for the prior year period. This trend is expected to continue and meaningfully shift the mix of business away from products with living benefit guarantees over time.
Net Revenues
Management and financial advice fees increased $23 million, or 12%, to $222 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $199 million for the prior year period primarily due to market appreciation, partially offset by variable annuity net outflows.
Distribution fees increased $11 million, or 10%, to $116 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $105 million for the prior year period due to higher average equity markets.
Expenses
Distribution expenses increased $19 million, or 17%, to $129 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $110 million for the prior year period primarily reflecting higher average equity markets and increased variable annuity sales.
Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses, which exclude the market impact on variable annuity contracts (net of hedges and the related DSIC amortization), mean reversion related impacts and the DSIC offset to net realized investment gains or losses, decreased $11 million, or 4%, to $234 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $245 million for the prior year period primarily reflecting lower sales of immediate annuities with a life contingent feature, partially offset by higher disability income claims.
Amortization of DAC, which excludes mean reversion related impacts, the DAC offset to the market impact on variable annuity contracts and IUL contracts and the DAC offset to net realized investment gains or losses, increased $9 million, or 17%, to $63 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $54 million for the prior year period primarily reflecting the higher level of normalized amortization.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
Corporate & Other
The following table presents the results of operations of our Corporate & Other segment on an adjusted operating basis:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
|
Change
|
|
2021
|
|
2020
|
|
(in millions)
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income
|
$
|
100
|
|
|
$
|
104
|
|
|
$
|
(4)
|
|
|
(4)
|
|
Premiums, policy and contract charges
|
24
|
|
|
25
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
|
(4)
|
|
Other revenues
|
15
|
|
|
21
|
|
|
(6)
|
|
|
(29)
|
|
Total revenues
|
139
|
|
|
150
|
|
|
(11)
|
|
|
(7)
|
|
Banking and deposit interest expense
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
|
NM
|
Total net revenues
|
139
|
|
|
149
|
|
|
(10)
|
|
|
(7)
|
|
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution expenses
|
(2)
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
|
NM
|
Interest credited to fixed accounts
|
61
|
|
|
66
|
|
|
(5)
|
|
|
(8)
|
|
Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses
|
13
|
|
|
59
|
|
|
(46)
|
|
|
(78)
|
|
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs
|
4
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
NM
|
Interest and debt expense
|
15
|
|
|
19
|
|
|
(4)
|
|
|
(21)
|
|
General and administrative expense
|
69
|
|
|
54
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
28
|
|
Total expenses
|
160
|
|
|
199
|
|
|
(39)
|
|
|
(20)
|
|
Adjusted operating loss
|
$
|
(21)
|
|
|
$
|
(50)
|
|
|
$
|
29
|
|
|
58
|
%
|
NM Not Meaningful.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Our Corporate & Other segment includes our closed blocks of long term care (“LTC”) insurance and fixed annuity and fixed indexed annuity (“FA”) business.
Our Corporate & Other segment pretax adjusted operating loss excludes net realized investment gains or losses, the market impact on fixed deferred annuity contracts (net of hedges and the related DAC amortization), the market impact of hedges to offset interest rate changes on unrealized gains or losses for certain investments, gain or loss on disposal of a business that is not considered discontinued operations, integration and restructuring charges, and the impact of consolidating CIEs. Our Corporate & Other segment pretax adjusted operating loss decreased $29 million, or 58%, to $21 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $50 million for the prior year period primarily reflecting the COVID-19 impacts on LTC insurance and a $15 million gain on a strategic investment, partially offset by an unfavorable change in the mark-to-market impact on share-based compensation expense and lower investment income.
LTC insurance had pretax adjusted operating earnings of $46 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to pretax adjusted operating earnings of $2 million for the prior year period reflecting fewer LTC clients entering nursing homes as well as increased mortality-related client terminations due to COVID-19.
FA business had a pretax adjusted operating loss of $4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to a pretax adjusted operating earnings of nil for the prior year period reflecting the low interest rate impact on spread income.
RiverSource fixed deferred annuity account balances declined 4% to $7.9 billion as of March 31, 2021 compared to the prior year period as policies continue to lapse and the discontinuance of new sales of fixed deferred annuities and fixed index annuities due to the low interest rate environment as well as our strategic decisions regarding our fixed annuity business.
Net Revenues
Net investment income, which excludes net realized investment gains or losses, the market impact of hedges to offset interest rate changes on unrealized gains or losses for certain investments, integration and restructuring charges, and the impact of consolidating CIEs, decreased $4 million, or 4%, to $100 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $104 million for the prior year period primarily reflecting lower average invested assets due to fixed annuity net outflows and lower portfolio yields, partially offset by a $15 million gain on a strategic investment.
Expenses
Benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses, which excludes DSIC offset to net realized investment gains or losses, decreased $46 million, or 78%, to $13 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $59 million for the prior year period primarily reflecting the impacts from COVID-19 on LTC insurance.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
General and administrative expense, which excludes integration and restructuring charges, increased $15 million, or 28%, to $69 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $54 million for the prior year period primarily due to a $22 million unfavorable change in the mark-to-market impact on share-based compensation expense.
Market Risk
Our primary market risk exposures are interest rate, equity price, foreign currency exchange rate and credit risk. Equity price and interest rate fluctuations can have a significant impact on our results of operations, primarily due to the effects they have on the asset management and other asset-based fees we earn, the spread income generated on our fixed deferred annuities, fixed insurance, brokerage client cash balances, banking deposits, face-amount certificate products and the fixed portion of our variable annuities and variable insurance contracts, the value of DAC and DSIC assets, the value of liabilities for guaranteed benefits associated with our variable annuities and the value of derivatives held to hedge these benefits.
Our earnings from fixed deferred annuities, fixed insurance, and the fixed portion of variable annuities and variable insurance contracts are based upon the spread between rates earned on assets held and the rates at which interest is credited to accounts. We primarily invest in fixed rate securities to fund the rate credited to clients. We guarantee an interest rate to the holders of these products. Investment assets and client liabilities generally differ as it relates to basis, repricing or maturity characteristics. Rates credited to clients’ accounts generally reset at shorter intervals than the yield on the underlying investments. Therefore, in an increasing interest rate environment, higher interest rates may be reflected in crediting rates to clients sooner than in rates earned on invested assets, which could result in a reduced spread between the two rates, reduced earned income and a negative impact on pretax income. However, the current low interest rate environment is resulting in interest rates below the level of some of our liability guaranteed minimum interest rates (“GMIRs”). Hence, a modest rise in interest rates would not necessarily result in changes to all the liability credited rates while projected asset purchases would capture the full increase in interest rates. This dynamic would result in widening spreads under a modestly rising rate scenario given the current relationship between the current level of interest rates and the underlying GMIRs on the business.
As a result of the low interest rate environment, our current reinvestment yields are generally lower than the current portfolio yield. We expect our portfolio income yields to continue to decline in future periods if interest rates remain low. The carrying value and weighted average yield of non-structured fixed maturity securities and commercial mortgage loans that may generate proceeds to reinvest through March 31, 2023 due to prepayment, maturity or call activity at the option of the issuer, excluding securities with a make-whole provision, were $4.4 billion and 2.3%, respectively, as of March 31, 2021. In addition, residential mortgage backed securities, which are subject to prepayment risk as a result of the low interest rate environment, totaled $10.0 billion and had a weighted average yield of 1.5% as of March 31, 2021. While these amounts represent investments that could be subject to reinvestment risk, it is also possible that these investments will be used to fund liabilities or may not be prepaid and will remain invested at their current yields. In addition to the interest rate environment, the mix of benefit payments versus product sales as well as the timing and volumes associated with such mix may impact our investment yield. Furthermore, reinvestment activities and the associated investment yield may also be impacted by corporate strategies implemented at management’s discretion. The average yield for investment purchases during the three months ended March 31, 2021 was approximately 1.2%.
The reinvestment of proceeds from maturities, calls and prepayments at rates below the current portfolio yield, which may be below the level of some liability GMIRs, will have a negative impact to future operating results. To mitigate the unfavorable impact that the low interest rate environment has on our spread income, we assess reinvestment risk in our investment portfolio and monitor this risk in accordance with our asset/liability management framework. In addition, we may reduce the crediting rates on our fixed products when warranted, subject to guaranteed minimums.
In addition to the fixed rate exposures noted above, RiverSource Life has the following variable annuity guarantee benefits: guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits (“GMWB”), guaranteed minimum accumulation benefits (“GMAB”), guaranteed minimum death benefits (“GMDB”) and guaranteed minimum income benefits (“GMIB”). Each of these benefits guarantees payouts to the annuity holder under certain specific conditions regardless of the performance of the underlying invested assets.
The variable annuity guarantees continue to be managed by utilizing a hedging program which attempts to match the sensitivity of the assets with the sensitivity of the liabilities. This approach works with the premise that matched sensitivities will produce a highly effective hedging result. Our comprehensive hedging program focuses mainly on first order sensitivities of assets and liabilities: Equity Market Level (Delta), Interest Rate Level (Rho) and Volatility (Vega). Additionally, various second order sensitivities are managed. We use various options, swaptions, swaps and futures to manage risk exposures. The exposures are measured and monitored daily, and adjustments to the hedge portfolio are made as necessary.
We have a macro hedge program to provide protection against the statutory tail scenario risk arising from variable annuity reserves on our statutory surplus and to cover some of the residual risks not covered by other hedging activities. We assess the residual risk under a range of scenarios in creating and executing the macro hedge program. As a means of economically hedging these risks, we may use a combination of futures, options, swaps and swaptions. Certain of the macro hedge derivatives used contain settlement provisions linked to both equity returns and interest rates; the remaining are interest rate contracts or equity contracts. The macro hedge program could result in additional earnings volatility as changes in the value of the macro hedge derivatives, which are designed to reduce statutory capital volatility, may not be closely aligned to changes in the variable annuity guarantee embedded derivatives.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.
To evaluate interest rate and equity price risk we perform sensitivity testing which measures the impact on pretax income from the sources listed below for a 12-month period following a hypothetical 100 basis point increase in interest rates or a hypothetical 10% decline in equity prices. The interest rate risk test assumes a sudden 100 basis point parallel shift in the yield curve, with rates then staying at those levels for the next 12 months. The equity price risk test assumes a sudden 10% drop in equity prices, with equity prices then staying at those levels for the next 12 months. In estimating the values of variable annuities, fixed deferred indexed annuities, stock market certificates, IUL insurance and the associated hedge assets, we assume no change in implied market volatility despite the 10% drop in equity prices.
The following tables present our estimate of the impact on pretax income from the above defined hypothetical market movements as of March 31, 2021:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity Price Decline 10%
|
|
Equity Price Exposure to Pretax Income
|
|
Before Hedge Impact
|
|
Hedge Impact
|
|
Net Impact
|
|
|
(in millions)
|
|
Asset-based management and distribution fees (1)
|
|
$
|
(321)
|
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
|
$
|
(318)
|
|
|
DAC and DSIC amortization (2)(3)
|
|
(40)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(40)
|
|
|
Variable annuities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GMDB and GMIB (3)
|
|
(10)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(10)
|
|
|
GMWB (3)
|
|
(291)
|
|
|
256
|
|
|
(35)
|
|
|
GMAB
|
|
(17)
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Structured variable annuities
|
|
160
|
|
|
(133)
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
DAC and DSIC amortization (4)
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
3
|
|
|
Total variable annuities
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|
(158)
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|
|
140
|
|
|
(15)
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|
|
Macro hedge program (5)
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|
—
|
|
|
219
|
|
|
219
|
|
|
Fixed deferred indexed annuities
|
|
6
|
|
|
(4)
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|
|
2
|
|
|
Certificates
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1)
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|
|
(1)
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|
IUL insurance
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45
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|
|
(42)
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|
|
3
|
|
|
Total
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|
$
|
(468)
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|
|
$
|
315
|
|
|
$
|
(150)
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|
(6)
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N/A Not Applicable.
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Interest Rate Increase 100 Basis Points
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|
Interest Rate Exposure to Pretax Income
|
|
Before Hedge Impact
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|
Hedge Impact
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|
Net Impact
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|
(in millions)
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|
Asset-based management and distribution fees (1)
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|
$
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(58)
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|
|
$
|
—
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|
|
$
|
(58)
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|
|
Variable annuities:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GMWB
|
|
1,192
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|
|
(1,477)
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|
|
(285)
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|
|
GMAB
|
|
19
|
|
|
(25)
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|
|
(6)
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|
|
Structured variable annuities
|
|
(12)
|
|
|
49
|
|
|
37
|
|
|
DAC and DSIC amortization (4)
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|
N/A
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|
N/A
|
|
43
|
|
|
Total variable annuities
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|
1,199
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|
|
(1,453)
|
|
|
(211)
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|
|
Macro hedge program (5)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(4)
|
|
|
(4)
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|
|
Fixed annuities, fixed insurance and fixed portion of variable annuities and variable insurance products
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|
51
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
51
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|
|
Banking deposits
|
|
54
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
54
|
|
|
Brokerage client cash balances
|
|
220
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
220
|
|
|
Fixed deferred indexed annuities
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|
(1)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
|
Certificates
|
|
14
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
IUL insurance
|
|
17
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
18
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
1,496
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|
|
$
|
(1,456)
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|
|
$
|
83
|
|
|
N/A Not Applicable.
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|
(1) Excludes incentive income which is impacted by market and fund performance during the period and cannot be readily estimated.
(2) Market impact on DAC and DSIC amortization resulting from lower projected profits.
(3) In estimating the impact to pretax income on DAC and DSIC amortization and additional insurance benefit reserves, our assumed equity asset growth rates reflect what management would follow in its mean reversion guidelines.
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(4) Market impact on DAC and DSIC amortization related to variable annuity riders is modeled net of hedge impact.
(5) The market impact of the macro hedge program is modeled net of any related impact to DAC and DSIC amortization.
(6) Represents the net impact to pretax income. The estimated net impact to pretax adjusted operating income is approximately ($318) million.
The above results compare to an estimated negative net impact to pretax income of $73 million related to a 10% equity price decline and an estimated positive net impact to pretax income of $2 million related to a 100 basis point increase in interest rates as of December 31, 2020. The change in interest rate exposure as of March 31, 2021 compared to December 31, 2020 was driven by variable annuity riders, specifically GMWB, primarily due to changes in market rates.
Net impacts shown in the above table from GMWB riders result largely from differences between the liability valuation basis and the hedging basis. Liabilities are valued using fair value accounting principles, with risk margins incorporated in contractholder behavior assumptions and with discount rates increased to reflect a current market estimate of our risk of nonperformance specific to these liabilities. Our hedging is based on our determination of economic risk, which excludes certain items in the liability valuation including the nonperformance spread risk.
Actual results could differ materially from those illustrated above as they are based on a number of estimates and assumptions. These include assuming that implied market volatility does not change when equity prices fall by 10% and that the 100 basis point increase in interest rates is a parallel shift of the yield curve. Furthermore, we have not tried to anticipate changes in client preferences for different types of assets or other changes in client behavior, nor have we tried to anticipate all strategic actions management might take to increase revenues or reduce expenses in these scenarios.
The selection of a 100 basis point interest rate increase as well as a 10% equity price decline should not be construed as a prediction of future market events. Impacts of larger or smaller changes in interest rates or equity prices may not be proportional to those shown for a 100 basis point increase in interest rates or a 10% decline in equity prices.
Fair Value Measurements
We report certain assets and liabilities at fair value; specifically, separate account assets, derivatives, embedded derivatives and most investments and cash equivalents. Fair value assumes the exchange of assets or liabilities occurs in orderly transactions and is not the result of a forced liquidation or distressed sale. We include actual market prices, or observable inputs, in our fair value measurements to the extent available. Broker quotes are obtained when quotes from pricing services are not available. We validate prices obtained from third parties through a variety of means such as: price variance analysis, subsequent sales testing, stale price review, price comparison across pricing vendors and due diligence reviews of vendors. See Note 11 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on our fair value measurements.
Fair Value of Liabilities and Nonperformance Risk
Companies are required to measure the fair value of liabilities at the price that would be received to transfer the liability to a market participant (an exit price). Since there is not a market for our obligations of our variable annuity riders, fixed deferred indexed annuities, structured variable annuities, and IUL insurance, we consider the assumptions participants in a hypothetical market would make to reflect an exit price. As a result, we adjust the valuation of variable annuity riders, fixed deferred indexed annuities, structured annuities, and IUL insurance by updating certain contractholder assumptions, adding explicit margins to provide for profit, risk and expense, and adjusting the rates used to discount expected cash flows to reflect a current market estimate of our nonperformance risk. The nonperformance risk adjustment is based on observable market data adjusted to estimate the risk of our life insurance company subsidiaries not fulfilling these liabilities. Consistent with general market conditions, this estimate resulted in a spread over the LIBOR swap curve as of March 31, 2021. As our estimate of this spread widens or tightens, the liability will decrease or increase. If this nonperformance credit spread moves to a zero spread over the LIBOR swap curve, the reduction to future net income would be approximately $334 million, net of DAC, DSIC, unearned revenue amortization, the reinsurance accrual and income taxes (calculated at the statutory tax rate of 21%), based on March 31, 2021 credit spreads.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Overview
We maintained substantial liquidity during the three months ended March 31, 2021. At March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, we had $5.5 billion and $6.8 billion, respectively, in cash and cash equivalents excluding CIEs and other restricted cash on a consolidated basis.
At March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the parent company had $905 million and $1.1 billion, respectively, in cash, cash equivalents, and unencumbered liquid securities. Liquid securities predominantly include U.S. government agency mortgage back securities. Additional sources of liquidity include a line of credit with an affiliate up to $1.0 billion and an unsecured revolving committed credit facility for up to $750 million that expires in October 2022. Management’s estimate of liquidity available to the parent company in a volatile and uncertain economic environment as of March 31, 2021 was $2.3 billion which includes cash, cash equivalents, unencumbered liquid securities, the line of credit with an affiliate and a portion of the committed credit facility.
Under the terms of the committed credit facility, we can increase the availability to $1.0 billion upon satisfaction of certain approval requirements. Available borrowings under this facility are reduced by any outstanding letters of credit. At March 31, 2021, we had no
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outstanding borrowings under this credit facility and had $1 million of outstanding letters of credit. Our credit facility contains various administrative, reporting, legal and financial covenants. Compliance with these covenants is not currently impaired by the COVID-19 pandemic, and we remain in compliance with all such covenants at March 31, 2021.
In addition, we have access to collateralized borrowings, which may include repurchase agreements and Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) advances. Our subsidiaries, RiverSource Life Insurance Company (“RiverSource Life”), and Ameriprise Bank, FSB are members of the FHLB of Des Moines, which provides access to collateralized borrowings. We had $200 million of borrowings from the FHLB, which is collateralized with commercial mortgage backed securities and residential mortgage backed securities for both March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020. We believe cash flows from operating activities, available cash balances and our availability of revolver borrowings will be sufficient to fund our operating liquidity needs and stress requirements.
We continue to monitor and respond to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Our risk management strategy is designed to provide proactive protection during stress events such as the current pandemic. We believe our process is working as intended, and our liquidity and capital resources have remained a source of balance sheet strength during the three months ended March 31, 2021.
Dividends from Subsidiaries
Ameriprise Financial is primarily a parent holding company for the operations carried out by our wholly-owned subsidiaries. Because of our holding company structure, our ability to meet our cash requirements, including the payment of dividends on our common stock, substantially depends upon the receipt of dividends or return of capital from our subsidiaries, particularly our life insurance subsidiary, RiverSource Life, our face-amount certificate subsidiary, Ameriprise Certificate Company (“ACC”), AMPF Holding Corporation, which is the parent company of our retail introducing broker-dealer subsidiary, Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC (“AFS”) and our clearing broker-dealer subsidiary, American Enterprise Investment Services, Inc. (“AEIS”), our transfer agent subsidiary, Columbia Management Investment Services Corp., our investment advisory company, Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, and Ameriprise International Holdings GmbH, which is the parent company of Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Sàrl. The payment of dividends by many of our subsidiaries is restricted and certain of our subsidiaries are subject to regulatory capital requirements.
Actual capital and regulatory capital requirements for our wholly owned subsidiaries subject to regulatory capital requirements were as follows:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
|
|
Actual Capital
|
|
Regulatory Capital Requirements
|
|
March 31, 2021
|
|
December 31, 2020
|
March 31, 2021
|
|
December 31, 2020
|
|
(in millions)
|
RiverSource Life (1)(2)
|
$
|
4,522
|
|
|
$
|
5,021
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
$
|
993
|
|
RiverSource Life of NY (1)(2)
|
240
|
|
|
323
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
42
|
|
ACC (4)(5)
|
368
|
|
|
387
|
|
|
337
|
|
|
362
|
|
Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Sàrl (6)
|
601
|
|
|
445
|
|
|
205
|
|
|
204
|
|
Ameriprise Bank, FSB (4) (7)
|
672
|
|
|
658
|
|
|
217
|
|
|
543
|
|
AFS (3)(4)
|
153
|
|
|
134
|
|
|
#
|
|
#
|
Ameriprise Captive Insurance Company (3)
|
41
|
|
|
41
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
8
|
|
Ameriprise Trust Company (3)
|
43
|
|
|
42
|
|
|
38
|
|
|
37
|
|
AEIS (3)(4)
|
148
|
|
|
122
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
25
|
|
RiverSource Distributors, Inc. (3)(4)
|
13
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
#
|
|
#
|
Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc. (3)(4)
|
10
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
#
|
|
#
|
N/A Not applicable as only required to be calculated annually.
# Amounts are less than $1 million.
(1) Actual capital is determined on a statutory basis.
(2) Regulatory capital requirement is the company action level and is based on the statutory risk-based capital filing.
(3) Regulatory capital requirement is based on the applicable regulatory requirement, calculated as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
(4) Actual capital is determined on an adjusted GAAP basis.
(5) ACC is required to hold capital in compliance with the Minnesota Department of Commerce and SEC capital requirements.
(6) Actual capital and regulatory capital requirements are determined in accordance with U.K. regulatory legislation. The regulatory capital requirements at March 31, 2021 represent calculations at December 31, 2020 of the rule based requirements, as specified by FCA regulations.
(7) Regulatory capital requirement is based on minimum requirements for well capitalized banks in accordance with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”). Beginning in the first quarter of 2021, Ameriprise Bank transitioned to the Simplified Supervisory Formula Approach (“SSFA”) for risk-weighting non-agency securitized investments, resulting in a significant reduction in risk-weighted assets and an improvement in regulatory capital ratios that were already in a well-capitalized position.
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In addition to the particular regulations restricting dividend payments and establishing subsidiary capitalization requirements, we take into account the overall health of the business, capital levels and risk management considerations in determining a strategy for payments to our parent holding company from our subsidiaries, and in deciding to use cash to make capital contributions to our subsidiaries.
During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the parent holding company received cash dividends or a return of capital from its subsidiaries of $621 million (including $250 million from RiverSource Life) and contributed cash to its subsidiaries of $34 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the parent holding company received cash dividends or a return of capital from its subsidiaries of $510 million (including $250 million from RiverSource Life) and contributed cash to its subsidiaries of $141 million (including $100 million to Ameriprise Bank, FSB).
In 2009, RiverSource established an agreement to protect its exposure to Genworth Life Insurance Company (“GLIC”) for its reinsured LTC. In 2016, substantial enhancements to this reinsurance protection agreement were finalized. The terms of these confidential provisions within the agreement have been shared, in the normal course of regular reviews, with our domiciliary regulator and rating agencies. GLIC is domiciled in Delaware so in the event GLIC were subjected to rehabilitation or insolvency proceedings, such proceedings would be located in (and governed by) Delaware laws. Delaware courts have a long tradition of respecting commercial and reinsurance affairs as well as contracts among sophisticated parties. Similar credit protections to what we have with GLIC have been tested and respected in Delaware and elsewhere in the United States, and as a result we believe our credit protections would be respected even in the unlikely event that GLIC becomes subject to rehabilitation or insolvency proceedings in Delaware. Accordingly, while no credit protections are perfect, we believe the correct way to think about the risks represented by our counterparty credit exposure to GLIC is not the full amount of the gross liability that GLIC reinsures, but a much smaller net exposure to GLIC (if any that might exist after taking into account our credit protections). Thus, management believes that our agreement and offsetting non LTC legacy arrangements with Genworth will enable RiverSource to recover on all net exposure in all material respects in the event of a rehabilitation or insolvency of GLIC.
Dividends Paid to Shareholders and Share Repurchases
We paid regular quarterly dividends to our shareholders totaling $129 million and $126 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. On April 26, 2021, we announced a quarterly dividend of $1.13 per common share. The dividend will be paid on May 21, 2021 to our shareholders of record at the close of business on May 10, 2021.
In August 2020, our Board of Directors authorized us to repurchase up to $2.5 billion of our common stock through September 30, 2022. As of March 31, 2021, we had $1.9 billion remaining under this share repurchase authorizations. We intend to fund share repurchases through existing working capital, future earnings and other customary financing methods. The share repurchase program does not require the purchase of any minimum number of shares, and depending on market conditions and other factors, these purchases may be commenced or suspended at any time without prior notice. Acquisitions under the share repurchase program may be made in the open market, through privately negotiated transactions or block trades or other means. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, we repurchased a total of 1.7 million shares of our common stock at an average price of $218.54 per share.
Cash Flows
Cash flows of CIEs and restricted and segregated cash and cash equivalents are reflected in our cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, investing activities and financing activities. Cash held by CIEs is not available for general use by Ameriprise Financial, nor is Ameriprise Financial cash available for general use by its CIEs. Cash and cash equivalents segregated under federal and other regulations is held for the exclusive benefit of our brokerage customers and is not available for general use by Ameriprise Financial.
Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities decreased $5.9 billion to net cash used in operating activities of $1.0 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $4.9 billion for the prior year period primarily reflecting a $3.7 billion decrease in policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims, net, a $1.6 billion decrease in net income and a $480 million decrease in cash from changes in brokerage deposits.
Investing Activities
Our investing activities primarily relate to our Available-for-Sale investment portfolio. Further, this activity is significantly affected by the net flows of our investment certificate, fixed annuity and universal life products reflected in financing activities.
Net cash used in investing activities increased $769 million to $809 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $40 million for the prior year period primarily reflecting a $716 million increase in cash used for purchases of Available-for-Sale securities, a $505 million decrease in net cash flows related to investments of consolidated investment entities, partially offset by a $541 million decrease in proceeds from sales of Available-for-Sale securities and a $914 million increase in proceeds from maturities, sinking fund payments and calls of Available-for-Sale securities.
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Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities decreased $195 million to $433 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $628 million for the prior year period primarily reflecting a $1.8 billion decrease in cash from changes in banking deposits, a $750 million decrease in repayments of our senior notes, and a $323 million decrease in net cash flows from investment certificates, partially offset by a $797 million increase in borrowings by consolidated investment entities, a $300 million increase in net cash flows related to purchased options with deferred premiums and a $101 million increase in net cash flows related to policyholder account balances.
Contractual Commitments
There have been no material changes to our contractual obligations disclosed in our 2020 10-K.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We provide asset management services to investment entities which are considered to be VIEs, such as CLOs, hedge funds, property funds and other private funds, which are sponsored by us. We consolidate certain CLOs. We have determined that consolidation is not required for hedge funds, property funds and other private funds, which are sponsored by us. Our maximum exposure to loss with respect to our investment in these non-consolidated entities is limited to our carrying value. We have no obligation to provide further financial or other support to these investment entities nor have we provided any support to these investment entities. See Note 4 to our Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on our arrangements with these investment entities.
Forward-Looking Statements
This report 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, acquisition integration, benefits and claims expenses, general and administrative costs, consolidated tax rate, return of capital to shareholders, debt repayment and excess capital position and financial flexibility to capture additional growth opportunities;
•statements of the Company’s position, future performance and ability to pursue business strategy relative to the spread and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the related market, economic, client, governmental and healthcare system response;
•statements about the expected trend in the shift of the variable annuity sales business away from products with living benefit guarantees over time;
•statements about the Company’s announced acquisition of BMO’s European-based asset management business, including the expected timing to close the transaction and the expected AUM of the acquired business;
•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; and
•statements of assumptions underlying such statements.
The words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “optimistic,” “intend,” “plan,” “aim,” “will,” “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “likely,” “forecast,” “on track,” “project,” “continue,” “able to remain,” “resume,” “deliver,” “develop,” “evolve,” “drive,” “enable,” “flexibility,” “scenario,” “case” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements.
Such factors include, but are not limited to:
•the impacts on our business of the COVID-19 pandemic and the related economic, client, governmental and healthcare system responses;
•market fluctuations and general economic and political factors, including volatility in the U.S. and global market conditions, client behavior and volatility in the markets for our products;
•changes in interest rates and periods of low interest rates;
•adverse capital and credit market conditions or any downgrade in our credit ratings;
•effects of competition and the economics of changes in our product revenue mix and distribution channels;
•declines in our investment management performance;
•our ability to compete in attracting and retaining talent, including financial advisors;
•impairment, negative performance or default by financial institutions or other counterparties;
•the ability to maintain our unaffiliated third-party distribution channels and the impacts of sales of unaffiliated products;
•changes in valuation of securities and investments included in our assets;
•the determination of the amount of allowances taken on loans and investments;
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•the illiquidity of our investments;
•effects of the elimination of LIBOR on, and value of, securities and other assets and liabilities tied to LIBOR;
•failures by other insurers that lead to higher assessments we owe to state insurance guaranty funds;
•failures or defaults by counterparties to our reinsurance arrangements;
•inadequate reserves for future policy benefits and claims or for future redemptions and maturities;
•deviations from our assumptions regarding morbidity, mortality and persistency affecting our insurance profitability;
•changes to our reputation arising from employee or advisor misconduct or otherwise;
•interruptions or other failures in our operating systems and networks, including errors or failures caused by third-party service providers, interference or third-party attacks;
•interruptions or other errors in our telecommunications or data processing systems;
• identification and mitigation of risk exposure in market environments, new products, vendors and other types of risk;
• ability of our subsidiaries to transfer funds to us to pay dividends;
• changes in exchange rates and other risks in connection with our international operations and earnings and income generated overseas;
• occurrence of natural or man-made disasters and catastrophes;
• legal and regulatory actions brought against us;
• changes to laws and regulations that govern operation of our business;
• supervision by bank regulators and related regulatory and prudential standards as a savings and loan holding company that may limit our activities and strategies;
• changes in corporate tax laws and regulations and interpretations and determinations of tax laws impacting our products;
• protection of our intellectual property and claims we infringe the intellectual property of others;
•changes in and the adoption of new accounting standards; and
•changes that could give rise to the termination of the purchase agreement with BMO Financial Group or our ability to recognize the expected benefits from the transaction.
Management cautions the reader that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. There may also be other risks that management is unable to predict at this time that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements. 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 undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements. The foregoing list of factors should be read in conjunction with the “Risk Factors” discussion included in Part I, Item 1A of our 2020 10-K.
Ameriprise Financial announces financial and other information to investors through the Company’s investor relations website at ir.ameriprise.com, as well as SEC filings, press releases, public conference calls and webcasts. Investors and others interested in the company are encouraged to visit the investor relations website from time to time, as information is updated and new information is posted. The website also allows users to sign up for automatic notifications in the event new materials are posted. The information found on the website is not incorporated by reference into this report or in any other report or document the Company furnishes or files with the SEC.
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
The information set forth in Part I, Item 2, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Market Risk” in this report is incorporated herein by reference. These disclosures should be read in conjunction with the “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” discussion included as Part II, Item 7A of our 2020 10-K filed with the SEC on February 24, 2021.
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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) designed to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be reported in the Exchange Act filings is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in and pursuant to SEC regulations, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that this information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding the required disclosure. It should be noted that, because of inherent limitations, our company’s disclosure controls and procedures, however well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, and not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met.
Our management, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, our company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at a reasonable level of assurance as of March 31, 2021.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
We implemented a new financial system during the first quarter of fiscal 2021. The new system allows us to maximize financial system functionality, enable a scalable platform and simplify processes for reporting and analytics. As part of the financial system implementation, we enhanced and modified certain existing internal controls within our general ledger, accounts payable, fixed assets, and financial reporting functions. We will continue to monitor and ensure effectiveness of any changes in internal controls. There have been no other changes to our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fiscal quarter to which this report relates that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our company’s internal control over financial reporting.