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Iowa Bankers Association seeks Money Smart essay contest entries

Students in grades six to 12 can now enter either the Money Smart Kid or Money Smart Teen Essay Contest and compete for a chance to win up to $1,000 to help boost their college …

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Bankers Trust announces four senior leadership promotions

Bankers Trust has promoted a few members of the bank’s senior leadership team. Tina Smith Fritz, chief operations officer, was promoted to executive vice president. Mike Wilson, chief lending officer, was promoted to executive vice …

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FGL Holdings announces $2.7 billion merger with Fidelity National Financial

FGL Holdings, the parent company of Des Moines-based annuity provider and life insurer Fidelity & Guaranty Life, announced it has entered into a merger agreement with Fidelity National Financial Inc., a leading title insurance company. …

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American Equity, Principal rank high for customer satisfaction by J.D. Power

J.D. Power has ranked American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. among the top five annuity companies in its 2019 U.S. Life Insurance Study. The study marked the first year that the annuity provider category was …

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Sammons Financial announces new unifying brand

Sammons Financial Group Inc. is introducing a new marketing name and brand image to provide an updated look and feel. The new oak leaf imagery unifies the distinct lines of business under a common theme, …

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Guest Opinion: The retirement conundrum

Retirement (the “R” word) is hard for both organizations and employees. Yet, retirement is an important transition and it is often handled poorly by organizational leaders. Older workers don’t want to mention the word for …

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CFO of the Year: Tammi Guldenpfennig

Tammi Guldenpfennig has played a key role in the growth that Kemin Inc. has experienced during her 30 years with the company. 

When Guldenpfennig joined Kemin in 1990, the Des Moines-based nutritional ingredients manufacturer had …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: A history of coronavirus outbreaks and the stock market

The recent outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus (the virus emanated from Wuhan, China) is now starting to hit the financial markets both here and abroad. If we look back in history according to Yahoo finance, the most …

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Bank of America seeks applicants for Student Leaders paid internship program

Bank of America is accepting applications for its expanded Student Leaders internship program, which last summer was offered for the first time in Greater Des Moines. This year the program will again offer paid internships …

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Principal affiliate seeks to further expand its CLO portfolio

Principal Financial Group has been actively building its portfolio of collateralized loan obligations over the past two years through the efforts of one of its boutique investment firms, Post Advisory Group.

 In September 2017, the …