Asset Management Industry | Financial Services Sector | Mr. Daniel Joseph Houston CEO | CXA Exchange | US74251V1026 ISIN |
US Country | 19,800 Employees | 2 Dec 2024 Last Dividend | - Last Split | 23 Oct 2001 IPO Date |
Principal Financial Group, Inc., founded in 1879 and headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, is a global financial investment management and insurance company. It offers a broad range of financial products and services to both individual and institutional clients across the globe. The company is organized into three main segments: Retirement and Income Solutions, Principal Asset Management, and Benefits and Protection. Through these divisions, Principal Financial Group addresses the retirement, investment, and insurance needs of its clients, attempting to secure their financial future in a changing market landscape.
This segment caters to various retirement planning and financial needs, offering products like 401(k) and 403(b) plans, defined benefit plans, nonqualified executive benefit plans, employee stock ownership plans, and equity compensation. It also provides individual retirement accounts (IRAs), investment products, mutual funds, individual variable annuities, registered index-linked annuities, bank products, and trust and custody services. This wide array of offerings aims to help individuals and organizations manage retirement savings and income efficiently.
This division specializes in managing assets across a diverse set of investment classes including equity, fixed income, real estate, and alternative investments. It provides asset allocation, stable value management, and other structured investment strategies, catering to a range of investment objectives. The segment also focuses on offering pension accumulation products and services, asset management for mutual funds, and income annuities. Additionally, it serves the international markets with voluntary savings plans in locations such as Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Asia, China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and Southeast Asia, illustrating Principal's global reach in financial management services.
The Benefits and Protection segment offers specialty benefits including group dental and vision insurance, group life insurance, and both group and individual disability insurance. It also manages benefits for group dental, disability, and vision. For individuals, it provides life insurance products like universal life, variable universal life, indexed universal life, and term life insurance. Moreover, it delivers insurance solutions tailored to the needs of small and medium-sized businesses, their owners, and their employees. This comprehensive approach aims to protect clients' health, life, and income against unforeseen events.