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  • Sun Life Financial appoints industry veteran Timothy Deacon as new CFO

    26 March 2024

    Deacon joins from Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

  • Nippon Life invests in renewable energy infrastructure in US

    21 October 2021

    Through JV investment with Sun Life Financial

  • Sun Life Financial generates $430m in IPO

    13 October 2021

    For its 12.5% holdings in Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC

  • Did the Fed kill the bond market?

    02 July 2020

    Hopes were high at the end of March for investors to profit from the Fed's QE intervention and access a rejuvenated credit sector. The once-in-a-lifetime returns have, however, swiftly disappeared, and investors are back to staring at the ghost of bond market past. So what next? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Sun Life buys 80% stake in London's InfraRed Capital

    19 December 2019

    Move to expand investments in real estate and infrastructure

  • Fossil fuel exclusion proves a slow burn for US insurers

    03 October 2019

    US insurers say they are ready to stop investing in climate-harming coal. But only one has divested from the fossil fuel to date. Could Chubb’s move be the start of a wider transition by US insurers away from fossil fuels or is it empty talk? Sarfraz Thind reports.

  • Investing in venture debt: pros and cons

    20 August 2019

    David Turner looks at why venture debt might be an attractive investment for insurers, bearing in mind the constraints around size of the deals and the regulatory treatment incurred.

  • Sun Life posts higher income in Q2 but hit by declining interest rates

    01 August 2019

    Portfolio skewed towards higher-rated debt

  • Sun Life merges investment arms into standalone asset manager

    24 June 2019

    SLC Management will manage fixed income and real estate investments of the Sun Life general account

  • UK with-profit funds record average returns of 6.22% in 2017

    24 October 2018

    According to a survey of 52 funds across 20 insurers