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Principal Financial Group

(PFG) is in the Health Care Industry

Market Cap:$8.1B

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$9.9B

Public
US

Dow Jones Description

The Principal Financial Group (The Principal ) is a leading global financial company offering businesses, individuals and institutional clients a wide range of financial products and services. Our range of products and services includes retirement solutions, life and health insurance, wellness programs, and investment and banking products through our diverse family of financial services companies and national network of financial professionals.

Number of Employees 16,234

Contact Information

711 High St

Des Moines, Iowa 50392-0001

principal.com

(515) 247-5111

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers: 524114

Company News

Recent Events

Swift Transportation Selects the Principal Financial Group for Retirement Plan Services

12/02/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Principal Financial Group, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries

11/25/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Swift Transportation Selects The Principal for Retirement Plan Services

11/24/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran LLC reiterates Principal Financial Group at 'in line'

11/23/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Morgan Stanley cuts Principal Financial Group to 'equal-weight'

11/21/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Taking Some Bite Out of Dental Insurance Costs

11/18/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Long-time Principal exec to retire

11/18/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Other - View Story
Raymond James Upgrades Principal Financial Group PFG to Strong Buy

11/03/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Principal Financial Group Posts 3Q 2009 Results

11/05/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Banco do Brasil and Principal Financial to acquire Mapfre Nossa Caixa's pension portfolios

10/28/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Principal Financial Group, Inc. Announces Preferred Dividend

10/26/09 - Stock Split / Dividend - View Story
New Health Care Provider Network Available in Middle Tennessee

10/07/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Sector Snap: Insurance companies rise

10/06/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
BRIEF-RESEARCH ALERT-UBS resumes coverage of US life insurers

10/06/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Principal Financial downgraded at Bernstein

9/21/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Nippon Life to invest $500 million in U.S. insurer Prudential

9/17/09 - New Investment - View Story
The Principal Offers New Health Care Provider Network in Georgia

9/16/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
New Health Care Provider Network Available in Georgia

9/14/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Principal Financial Group Posts Second Quarter 2009 Results

8/07/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

mutual fund and principal financial group - All News and Analysis

Washington Mutual Completes Sale of Mutual Fund Subsidiary to the Principal Financial Group

- 2007-01-03

SEATTLE -- Washington Mutual, Inc. (NYSE:WM) announced today that it has completed the transaction with the Principal Financial Group[R] for the sale of the capital stock of WM Advisors, Inc. -- investment manager of the WM Group of Funds -- and its subsidiaries. The transaction was completed on December 31,...

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The Principal Financial Group Announces Agreement To Acquire Leading Mutual Fund Manager, WM Advisors; Acquisition Positions The Principal for Further Success in Capturing Individual Retirement Assets as the Nation's Baby Boomers Retire

- 2006-07-25

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Principal Financial Group, Inc. Schedules a Conference Call for July 26, 2006

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Washington Mutual To Sell Mutual Fund Subsidiary To the Principal Financial Group

- 2006-07-25

SEATTLE -- Washington Mutual, Inc. (NYSE:WM) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with the Principal Financial GroupR for the sale of the capital stock of WM Advisors, Inc., -- investment manager of the WM Group of Funds -- and its subsidiaries for $740 million in cash,...

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Principal Financial Group to Enter China with Fund Management Joint Venture; Partners with China Construction Bank to Market Mutual Funds in China

- 2005-08-08

DES MOINES, Iowa -- The Principal Financial GroupR (NYSE:PFG) announced today that it has entered into a joint venture agreement with China Construction Bank CCB to market mutual funds in the People's Republic of China. CCB-Principal Asset Management Company, Ltd. will be 65 percent owned by China Construction Bank, 25...

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The Principal Financial Group Unveils Expanded Mutual Fund Family for Individual Investors; Principal Lifetime funds and Preferred Securities Among 33 Investment Options Backed By 14 Managers

- 2005-08-01

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Individual investors and their financial professionals now have access to a broader array of mutual funds--including popular lifetime funds and unique preferred securities options--from the Principal Financial GroupR, the nation's 401k leader and total retirement solutions innovator. The Principal has introduced new A and B share...

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