SECURITIES
                             AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT



                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                        Date of Report: JANUARY 18, 2007
                        (Date of earliest event reported)



                         PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


       DELAWARE                       1-16725                  42-1520346
(State or other jurisdiction    (Commission file number)    (I.R.S. Employer
    of incorporation)                                     Identification Number)


                     711 HIGH STREET, DES MOINES, IOWA 50392
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                 (515) 247-5111
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Check  the  appropriate  box  below  if the  Form  8-K  filing  is  intended  to
simultaneously  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
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    230.425)
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ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

This report is filed quarterly to disclose  Principal Global  Investors'  assets
under management,  prior to the availability of Principal Financial Group, Inc's
(The  Principal(R))  quarterly  earnings  release.  As  of  December  31,  2006,
Principal  Global  Investors had $201.3 billion in  securities,  real estate and
other investment assets under management.

Principal  Global  Investors is the asset  management arm of the Principal,  and
includes the asset  management  operations of the following  subsidiaries of the
Principal:  Principal Global  Investors,  LLC;  Principal Real Estate Investors,
LLC; Spectrum Asset Management,  Inc.; Post Advisory Group, LLC; Columbus Circle
Investors,  Edge Asset  Management,  Inc.;  Principal Global Investors  (Europe)
Limited; Principal Global Investors (Singapore) Ltd.; Principal Global Investors
(Australia)  Ltd.;  and  Principal  International,  Inc. and its  majority-owned
affiliates.


                               SIGNATURE


Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                               PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.


                               By:     /s/ THOMAS J. GRAF
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                               Name:    Thomas J. Graf
                               Title:   Senior Vice President - Investor
                                        Relations



Date:    January 18, 2007



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