2006 Best Benefits Top 10 Winners to Be Unveiled October 16.Judges Select Companies that Excel in Employee Benefits DES MOINES, Iowa “Des Moines” redirects here. For other uses, see Des Moines (disambiguation). Des Moines (pronounced /dɪˈmɔɪn/ in English, -- The Principal 10 Best Companies for Employee Financial SecurityCo2006 will be announced Oct. 16, 2006. The national recognition program, now in its fifth year, honors growing businesses (five to 1,000 employees) that excel in selecting, managing and providing a benefits program that ensures employees' long-term financial security. The winners and their approach to benefits in today's changing environment will be unveiled October 16 at www.principal.com. The winners were selected by an independent panel of renowned employee benefit experts who worked with Mathew Greenwald & Associates, a premier market research company. A complete list of the judges can be found at http://www.principal.com/theprincipal10best/judges.htm Journalists who would like direct notification of the 2006 winners can contact Terri Hale, Senior Media Relations Consultant, The Principal, 515.283.8858, hale.terri@principal.com or Sonja Sorrel, Media Relations Consultant, The Principal, 515.362.2431, sorrel.sonja@principal.com . About the Principal Financial Group The Principal Financial Group([R])(The Principal ([R]))1 is a leader in offering businesses, individuals and institutional clients a wide range of financial products and services, including retirement and investment services, life and health insurance, and banking through its diverse family of financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. companies and national network of financial professionals. A member of the Fortune 500, the Principal Financial Group has $206.0 billion in assets under management Assets Under Management (AUM) is a term used by financial services companies in the mutual fund and money management or investment management business to gauge how much money they are managing. 2and serves some 16.3 million customers worldwide from offices in Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. and the United States. Principal Financial Group, Inc. is traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors PFG PFG Principal Financial Group PFG Performance Food Group (Richmond, VA) PFG Pinnacle Financial Group PFG Plasma Flood Gun PFG Planning for Growth PFG Pasty Faced Geek PFG Perfluoroguanidine . For more information, visit www.principal.com. 1 "The Principal Financial Group" and "The Principal" are registered service marks of Principal Financial Services, Inc., a member of the Principal Financial Group. 2 As of June 30, 2006 |
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