Principal Financial

The View from Inside a Midsize M&A Deal
M&A

The View from Inside a Midsize M&A Deal

Principal Financial CFO Deanna Strable gives the lowdown on the firm's recent $1.2 billion acquisition of Wells Fargo's retirement business.
By David McCann | October 15, 2019
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Wells Fargo to Sell Retirement Unit for $1.2B
M&A

Wells Fargo to Sell Retirement Unit for $1.2B

The sale to Principal Financial reflects Wells Fargo strategy of divesting smaller business lines in the wake of its fake-accounts scandal.
By Matthew Heller | April 9, 2019
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Special Report: The New Digital Workforce
Workforce Management

Special Report: The New Digital Workforce

Robotic process automation emerges from the back office to take on core finance tasks.
By David McCann | September 28, 2018
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RPA: Seeing is Believing
Tech

RPA: Seeing is Believing

Principal Financial finds early success piloting RPA in treasury and tax.
By David McCann | September 28, 2018
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Principal Financial to Buy Fintech Company
M&A

Principal Financial to Buy Fintech Company

Acquiring RobustWealth will provide Principal with automated rebalancing and other services, as well as almost $1 billion in new assets under management.
By William Sprouse | May 31, 2018
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No Finance Experience? No Problem
People

No Finance Experience? No Problem

Principal Financial Group's CFO, on the job less than a year, had spent her career running businesses rather than finance teams.
By David McCann | January 2, 2018
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