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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * TRUSCOTT WILLIAM F   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC [AMP] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) CEO, Global Asset Management (Last) (First) (Middle) GENERAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE, 1098 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CENTER 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/26/2018 (Street) MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55474 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 01/26/2018   M   56,688 A $ 65.31 67,058 D   Common Stock 01/26/2018   F   36,380 D $ 173.13 10,370 (1) D   Common Stock 01/26/2018   A   6,027 (2) A $ 0 16,397 D   Common Stock 01/26/2018   S   31,379 D $ 173.6418 (3) 29,856 (1) I By LLC Common Stock               271.559 (4) I By 401(k) Plan

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Employee Stock Option (right to buy)

$ 65.31

01/26/2018

M

56,688

(5)

02/05/2023

Common Stock

56,688

$ 0

0

D

Employee Stock Option (right to buy)

$ 179.84

01/26/2018

A

30,958

(6)

01/26/2028

Common Stock

30,958

$ 0

30,958

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
TRUSCOTT WILLIAM F GENERAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE 1098 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CENTER MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55474			CEO, Global Asset Management

Signatures

/s/ Thomas R. Moore for William Fredrick Truscott		01/30/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The balances reflect the transfer of the shares remaining following the forfeiture of shares to satisfy tax withholding upon exercise to the reporting person's indirect LLC holdings.
(2)	Restricted stock unit award, granted under the Ameriprise Financial 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan, will vest in three equal installments on January 26, 2019, January 26, 2020, and January 26, 2021.
(3)	Reflects the weighted average price of 31,379 shares of common stock of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. sold by the reporting person in multiple transactions on January 26, 2018 with sale prices ranging from $173.315 to $174.10 per share. The reporting person undertakes to provide upon request by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
(4)	Estimate of the number of shares held in the reporting person's account in the Ameriprise Financial Stock Fund under the Ameriprise Financial 401(k) plan as of January 26, 2018. This plan uses unit accounting and the number of shares that a participant is deemed to hold varies with the price of Ameriprise stock.
(5)	Fully vested.
(6)	One-third of the options vest after one year; one-third of the options vest after two years and the final options vest three years from January 26, 2018.

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