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Threadneedle will remain our primary international investment management platform. Threadneedle manages four Open
Ended Investment Companies (‘‘OEICs’’) and one Societe d’Investissement A Capital Variable (‘‘SICAV’’) offering. The four
OEICs are Threadneedle Investment Funds ICVC (‘‘TIF’’), Threadneedle Specialist Investment Funds ICVC (‘‘TSIF’’),
Threadneedle Focus Investment Funds (‘‘TFIF’’) and Threadneedle Advantage Portfolio Funds (‘‘TPAF’’). TIF, TSIF, TFIF and
TPAF are structured as umbrella companies with a total of 52 (33, 14, 2 and 3, respectively) sub funds covering the
world’s bond and equity markets. The SICAV is the Threadneedle (Lux) SICAV (‘‘T(Lux)’’). T(Lux) is structured as an umbrella
company with a total of 29 sub funds covering the world’s bond, commodities and equity markets. In addition,
Threadneedle manages 13 unit trusts, 10 of which invest into the OEICs, 6 property unit trusts and 1 property fund of
funds.
The following table presents the mutual fund performance of our retail Columbia and Threadneedle funds:
December 31,
2010 2009
Mutual Fund Performance
Columbia
Equal Weighted Mutual Fund Rankings in top 2 Lipper Quartiles(1)
Equity—12 month 68% 51%
Fixed income—12 month 58% 65%
Equity—3 year 52% 42%
Fixed income—3 year 79% 72%
Equity—5 year 67% 63%
Fixed income—5 year 76% 58%
Asset Weighted Mutual Fund Rankings in top 2 Lipper Quartiles(2)
Equity—12 month 62% 72%
Fixed income—12 month 61% 80%
Equity—3 year 73% 50%
Fixed income—3 year 67% 63%
Equity—5 year 78% 69%
Fixed income—5 year 63% 58%
Threadneedle
Equal Weighted Mutual Fund Rankings in top 2 Morningstar Quartiles(1)
Equity—12 month 77% 38%
Fixed income—12 month 40% 60%
Equity—3 year 79% 90%
Fixed income—3 year 50% 80%
Equity—5 year 93% 89%
Fixed income—5 year 50% 78%
(1) Equal Weighted Rankings in Top 2 Quartiles: Counts the number of funds (RiverSource Class A and Columbia Class Z) with above
median ranking divided by the total number of funds. Asset size is not a factor.
(2) Asset Weighted Rankings in Top 2 Quartiles: Sums the assets of the funds with above median ranking (RiverSource Class A and
Columbia Class Z) divided by the total sum of RiverSource Class A assets and Columbia Class Z assets. Funds with more assets will
receive a greater share of the total percentage above or below median.
Beginning in the second quarter of 2010, mutual fund performance rankings are based on the performance of Class A
fund shares for legacy RiverSource (including Seligman and Threadneedle) branded funds and on Class Z fund shares for
legacy Columbia branded funds, as the majority of fund assets managed within the funds of each fund family are generally
held in the designated share class. Prior to the second quarter of 2010, the mutual fund performance rankings were
based solely on the performance of the legacy RiverSource Class A fund shares. Aggregated data show only actively-
managed mutual funds by affiliated investment managers. Aggregated data do not include mutual funds sub-advised by
advisors not affiliated with Ameriprise Financial, Inc., RiverSource S&P 500 Index Fund and Columbia Money Market Fund.
Aggregated equity rankings include Columbia Portfolio Builder Series and other balanced and asset allocation funds that
invest in both equities and fixed income securities. Columbia Portfolio Builder Series funds are funds of mutual funds that
may invest in third-party sub-advised funds.
We also offer Separately Managed Accounts, Individually Managed Accounts, management of Institutional Owned Assets,
management of collateralized debt obligations, sub-advisory services for certain Columbia and Threadneedle mutual funds,
hedge funds and RiverSource Trust Collective Funds and separate accounts for Ameriprise Trust Company clients.
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