U.S. Bancorp understands what it takes to build, manage and preserve our clients' wealth. From sensitive and personalized family financial management and estate planning to sophisticated corporate trust transactions to expert advice on investments, we prepare clients for today's realities and tomorrow's goals.
The Private Client Group works with affluent individuals and families, professional service corporations and non-profit organizations as a bank within a bank, providing tailored programs to meet specialized needs. Recognizing that many more U.S. Bank customers could benefit from the financial planning, investment management, personal trust and private banking expertise of The Private Client Group, this group is building stronger bank-wide partnerships with other U.S. Bank lines of business to identify Private Client Group referral opportunities.
Built on our strong technology platform and superior management, Corporate Trust Services is leveraging its distribution and scale following our two most recent acquisitions. We reported to you last year about our acquisition of the State Street corporate trust business, and in June 2004 we completed the acquisition of National City's corporate trust division, a transaction that brought the bank $34 billion in assets under administration and 3,800 corporate clients throughout the Midwest. It is our sixth corporate trust acquisition since 1999, reflecting our approach of acquisitions to grow revenue and businesses capable of competing with anyone.
U.S. Bancorp Asset Management, Inc., a subsidiary of U.S. Bank National Association, serves as the investment advisor to the First American Funds. It provides investment management services to individuals and institutions including corporations, foundations, pension funds, public funds, and retirement plans. The firm has offices in 24 states. Asset Management distribution is expanding through increased penetration of the Institutional Market and third-party distribution. In 2004, U.S. Bancorp Asset Management launched two new mutual funds—the First American Inflation Protected Securities Fund and the First American U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund. A retirement (R) share class was also added to a number of funds in the fund family.
