Columbia Management Integration With Ameriprise Likely Done By '11
September 30 2009 - 9:31AM
Dow Jones News
The integration of Columbia Management into Ameriprise Financial
Inc. (AMP) will likely be completed by the end of 2011, according
to an Ameriprise slide show Wednesday.
Bank of America Corp. (BAC) agreed to sell the stock and bond
mutual fund business of its Columbia Management unit to Ameriprise
for as much as $1.2 billion. The transaction is expected to close
in the spring.
-By Jessica Papini, Dow Jones Newswires; 212-416-2172;
jessica.papini@dowjones.com