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INVESTORS DIVERSIFIED SERVICES INC.

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INVESTORS DIVERSIFIED SERVICES INC. Ameriprise Financial began as Investors Syndicate in 1894. A few of the company's key milestones include:

   1894 - John Tappan founds Investors Syndicate in Minneapolis, Minnesota
   1937 - Company assets reach $100 million
   1940 - Investors Syndicate introduces one of the first mutual funds, the 
          Investors Mutual Fund, giving clients new investing options and 
          two advantages: diversification and professional management. By 
          the 1960s, Investors Mutual Fund is the largest balanced mutual 
          fund in the world.
   1949 - Investors Syndicate changes its name to Investors Diversified 
          Services, Inc. (IDS)
   1958 - IDS founds the Investors Syndicate Life Insurance and Annuity 
          Company (now known as RiverSource Life Insurance Company)
   1974 - the IDS Centre (now IDS Center) is opened in downtown Minneapolis 
          as the company's headquarters
   1979 - IDS became a wholly owned subsidiary of Alleghany Corporation 
          pursuant to a merger
   1984 - American Express completes acquisition of IDS Financial Services 
          from Alleghany Corporation; company renamed as American Express 
          Financial Advisors (AEFA)
   1986 - IDS acquires Wisconsin Employers Casualty Company of Green Bay 
          and renames it IDS Property Casualty Insurance Company
   1994 - IDS reaches $100 billion in assets and conducts business under 
          the American Express brand
   2001 - American Express Financial Corporation builds a new headquarters 
          in downtown Minneapolis
   2003 - American Express Financial Corporation acquires London-based 
          Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings
   2005 - American Express Financial Corporation spins off and becomes 
          an independent company named Ameriprise Financial, Inc.; begins 
          trading on the NYSE under the ticker symbol AMP
   2006 - Ameriprise Financial launches Ameriprise Bank, FSB
   2007 - Ameriprise Financial debutes at 297 on the FORTUNE 500 list
   2008 - Ameriprise Financial acquires H&R Block Financial Advisors for 
          $315 million, and the asset management firm J. & W. Seligman & Co. 
          for $400 million; declines U.S. Government financial assistance
   2009 - Ameriprise Financial acquires long-term asset management business 
          of Columbia Management for $1.2 billion from Bank of America
   2010 - Ameriprise Financial completes 116 years of existence and its fifth 
          anniversary as an independent public company
   2011 - Ameriprise Financial takes its proprietary Dream > Plan > Track > 
          approach to Financial Planning to consumers in India

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