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• The Principal Financial Group Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-11-03

  Earnings Call ExcerptThe Principal Financial Group PFG Q3 2009 Earnings Call November 03, 2009; 10:00 am ET Executives Larry Zimpleman - Chief Executive Officer Terry Lillis - Chief Finanical Officer Dan Houston - Executive Vice President, US Asset Accumulation Julia Lawler - Chief Investment Officer Jim McCaughan -...

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• Principal Financial Group Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-02-10

  Question-and-Answer Session Operator Our first question comes from the line of Andrew Kligerman – UBS. Andrew Kligerman – UBS Yes real quickly, good morning. The interest rate swaps, $200 million statutory derivative gain there, one of your competitors had a similar gain this morning and they’ve kind...

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• Principal Financial Group, Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-04

  Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions Your first question comes from the line of Nigel Dally of Morgan Stanley. Nigel Dally – Morgan Stanley Great. Thank you. Good morning. First question, can you discuss the rationale behind the $250 million funding agreement with the Federal Home Loan Bank? Was...

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• The Principal Financial Group Ranks High on Annual List of Innovative Users of Technology

  - 2008-09-19

  DES MOINES, Iowa -- The Principal Financial Group([R]) has once again made the InformationWeek 500 - a prestigious list of the most innovative users of information technology in the United States. The Principal([R]) ranked 9th this year, marking the fourth consecutive year The Principal([R]) has been recognized in the top...

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• Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: National Semiconductor Corp., Watsco, Inc., Principal Financial Group, Genta Incorp. and United Therapeutics Corp

  - 2008-08-21

  CHICAGO -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: NSM), Watsco, Inc. (NYSE: WSO), Principal Financial...

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• Principal Financial Group, Inc. Chairman and CEO to Speak at Merrill Lynch Insurance Investor Conference

  - 2008-02-06

  DES MOINES, Iowa -- Principal Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: PFG) announces that J. Barry Griswell, Chairman and CEO, will present at the Merrill Lynch Insurance Investor Conference on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 11:45 a.m. EST in New York. The presentation provides an insight on the company's strategy to drive...

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• As Housing Market Tumbles, Americans Plan to Hang On To Their Homes During Retirement — at Least at First

  - 2007-09-12

  Thoughts About Long-Term Financial Future Keep Americans Awake at Night DES MOINES, Iowa -- Against the backdrop of the current rocky housing market, the majority of American retirees (73 percent) say they'll hang on to what may be one of their biggest assets -- their homes -- rather than...

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• Workers and Retirees Tighten Their Belts, According to Latest Principal Financial Well-Being Index

  - 2007-03-12

  Penny-wise Americans say they'll save, not spend, tax refunds and bonuses DES MOINES, Iowa -- With the clock ticking before the April 17th tax filing deadline, a majority of workers say they are counting on receiving a federal or state tax refund for 2006, according to the latest Principal...

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• Workers Cite Biggest Financial Planning Regrets: Saving Too Little, Too Late in Early Working Years, According to Latest Principal Financial Well-Being Index

  - 2006-09-13

  DES MOINES, Iowa -- When it comes to saving for retirement, are American workers and retirees a day late and a dollar short? According to the latest Principal Financial Well-Being IndexSM, nearly half of American adult workers (45 percent) and a third of retirees (32 percent) surveyed indicated that their...

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• Employees Embrace New Automated, ''Do-It-for-Me'' Retirement Services; Yet Americans Remain Overly Optimistic about the Income Their Retirement Savings Will Provide, According To Latest Principal Financial Well-Being Index

  - 2006-06-12

  DES MOINES, Iowa -- Working Americans are embracing new "do-it-for-me" automated retirement savings solutions such as automatic 401k plan enrollment, deferral step-up programs and simplified lifecycle funds. According to the latest Principal Financial Well-Being IndexSM, more than half of workers (59%) now agree that employees should be automatically enrolled into...

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