-- Ameriprise Financial Inc. is issuing approximately $300 million in senior unsecured notes. -- We are assigning our 'A' rating on Ameriprise Financial's new debt issuance. -- The other ratings on Ameriprise Financial and its subsidiaries are unaffected. -- The outlook remains negative, based on continued equity market pressures on the business model and earnings profile. NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) June 3, 2009--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today said it assigned its 'A' rating on Ameriprise Financial Inc.'s approximately $300 million senior unsecured notes. Our other ratings on Ameriprise Financial and its subsidiaries are unaffected. The outlook remains negative. The issuance has a scheduled maturity in 2019. "We expect the company to use proceeds from the notes to prefund
