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8 High-Yield Dividends To Research Now
Paul Zimbardo • Mon, May 20 • 7 Comments
Sun Life Financial Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, May 9
Sun Life Financial Inc. - Shareholder/Analyst Call
Wed, May 8
Sun Life Financial announces election of directors

PR Newswire (May 8, 2013)
Réal Raymond elected to the Sun Life Financial Board of Directors

PR Newswire (May 8, 2013)
Sun Life Financial declares quarterly dividends on Common and Preferred Shares payable in Q2 2013

PR Newswire (May 8, 2013)
Sun Life Financial Reports First Quarter 2013 Results

PR Newswire (May 8, 2013)
Sun Life Financial Inc. announces intention to redeem Series 2008-2 Subordinated Unsecured 5.12% Fixed/Floating Debentures due 2018

PR Newswire (May 8, 2013)
Sun Life Financial Names Terry Mullen Senior Vice President, U.S. Distribution

Business Wire (May 6, 2013)
Sun Life Financial Ranks Top Ten Most Costly Stop-Loss Catastrophic Claims

Business Wire (May 2, 2013)
Sun Life Financial to hold 2013 Annual Meeting and host first quarter 2013 earnings conference call

PR Newswire (Apr 23, 2013)
Sun Life Financial and Khazanah Nasional Berhad complete acquisition of CIMB Aviva

PR Newswire (Apr 12, 2013)
Sun Life Financial announces appointment of Chief Actuary

PR Newswire (Apr 4, 2013)
Sun Life Financial's 2012 Annual Report and 2013 Management Information Circular now available

PR Newswire (Mar 25, 2013)
Dividend Growth For Americans
Cranky • Thu, Mar 21 • 37 Comments
Canadian Dividends In ETF Form
Cranky • Thu, Mar 14 • 12 Comments
Sun Life Financial Offers Group Dental with United Concordia® Alliance Network

Business Wire (Mar 5, 2013)
6 Ex-Dividends To Consider And Avoid This Week
Paul Zimbardo • Mon, Feb 25 • 6 Comments
Why MetLife Is A Best Insurance Bet
Being Unordinary • Sun, Feb 24 • 3 Comments
Sun Life Financial's CEO Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Feb 14

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Sun Life Financial Bounces Back To A Profit
Albert Alfonso • Tue, Nov 13, 2012
Market Volatility Highlights Sun Life's Dividend Payout
Streetwise Blog • Wed, Nov 30, 2011
Moody's Weighs Downgrade Of Sun Life U.S.
Streetwise Blog • Wed, Oct 19, 2011
Desjardins Securities Analyst: Expect Poor Results From Canadian Lifecos
FP Trading Desk • Thu, Oct 23, 2008
Citigroup Analyst: Sun Life Financial's Slide Could Lead to Acquisition
FP Trading Desk • Wed, Sep 24, 2008 • 1 Comment
Sun Life Financial: Then, and Now
The Moneygardener • Mon, Apr 14, 2008
Sun Life Dividend Raised, Again
The Moneygardener • Fri, Feb 15, 2008
Morningstar Expects Sun Life To Expand Presence Overseas
FP Trading Desk • Thu, Nov 1, 2007
Citigroup: Sun Life Investor Day Yields Little New Info
FP Trading Desk • Tue, Jun 26, 2007
Desjardins: Sun Life Financial Currently a Buying Opportunity
FP Trading Desk • Tue, May 15, 2007
Analysts Cautious After Sun Life Financial's 'Record' Quarter
FP Trading Desk • Wed, May 2, 2007
Desjardins: Sun Life's New Retirement Income Product To Have Positive Impact
FP Trading Desk • Mon, Apr 16, 2007

8 High-Yield Dividends To Research Now
Paul Zimbardo • Mon, May 20 • 7 Comments
Dividend Growth For Americans
Cranky • Thu, Mar 21 • 37 Comments
Canadian Dividends In ETF Form
Cranky • Thu, Mar 14 • 12 Comments
6 Ex-Dividends To Consider And Avoid This Week
Paul Zimbardo • Mon, Feb 25 • 6 Comments
Why MetLife Is A Best Insurance Bet
Being Unordinary • Sun, Feb 24 • 3 Comments
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Wall Street Breakfast • Thu, Oct 25, 2012 • 169 Comments
7 Stocks For A High-Income Dividend Portfolio Averaging 7%
Kevin Quon • Tue, Oct 23, 2012 • 3 Comments
Earnings Analysis: UnitedHealth Group
CapitalCube • Wed, Oct 17, 2012
The Best Dividends On August 28, 2012
Dividend Screen • Mon, Aug 27, 2012
4 Higher Capitalized High-Yield Stocks Go Ex-Dividend Next Week
Dividend Screen • Sat, Aug 25, 2012 • 2 Comments
The Best Dividends On August 27, 2012
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7 Discounted Large Cap Stocks With Analyst Rating Of Buy Or Better
ZetaKap • Thu, Aug 23, 2012
12 Large Caps With Over 3% Yield Going Ex-Dividend Next Week
StockPandit • Mon, Aug 20, 2012
7 Canadian Dividend Stocks For U.S. Investors
Plan B Economics • Fri, Aug 10, 2012 • 9 Comments
Canadian Insurers: Is Now The Time To Get In While You Still Can?
Stock Jackal • Fri, Jun 29, 2012 • 2 Comments
Hedging 5 B-Rated Or Better Stocks With Trailing Yields Over 6%
David Pinsen • Tue, May 29, 2012
11 Higher Capitalized High-Yield Stocks Going Ex-Dividend This Week (May 21-27, 2012)
Dividend Screen • Mon, May 21, 2012 • 2 Comments
Stocks With Dividend Yield Over 5% Going Ex-Dividend (May 21-25, 2012)
StockPandit • Wed, May 16, 2012 • 5 Comments
Impending Bidding War For ING's Asian Life Insurance Arm
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5 Dividend Plays: 2 Good And 3 Middle Of The Road
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Sun Life Financial Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, May 9
Sun Life Financial Inc. - Shareholder/Analyst Call
Wed, May 8
Sun Life Financial's CEO Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Feb 14
Sun Life Financial Management Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Nov 8, 2012
Sun Life Financial's CEO Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Sun, Aug 12, 2012
Sun Life Financial Inc. Q1 2010 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, May 6, 2010
Sun Life Financial Inc. Q4 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
Sun Life Financial Inc. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Oct 30, 2007

Sun Life Financial announces election of directors

PR Newswire (May 8, 2013)
Réal Raymond elected to the Sun Life Financial Board of Directors

PR Newswire (May 8, 2013)
Sun Life Financial declares quarterly dividends on Common and Preferred Shares payable in Q2 2013

PR Newswire (May 8, 2013)
Sun Life Financial Reports First Quarter 2013 Results

PR Newswire (May 8, 2013)
Sun Life Financial Inc. announces intention to redeem Series 2008-2 Subordinated Unsecured 5.12% Fixed/Floating Debentures due 2018

PR Newswire (May 8, 2013)
Sun Life Financial Names Terry Mullen Senior Vice President, U.S. Distribution

Business Wire (May 6, 2013)
Sun Life Financial Ranks Top Ten Most Costly Stop-Loss Catastrophic Claims

Business Wire (May 2, 2013)
Sun Life Financial to hold 2013 Annual Meeting and host first quarter 2013 earnings conference call

PR Newswire (Apr 23, 2013)
Sun Life Financial and Khazanah Nasional Berhad complete acquisition of CIMB Aviva

PR Newswire (Apr 12, 2013)
Sun Life Financial announces appointment of Chief Actuary

PR Newswire (Apr 4, 2013)
Sun Life Financial's 2012 Annual Report and 2013 Management Information Circular now available

PR Newswire (Mar 25, 2013)
Sun Life Financial Offers Group Dental with United Concordia® Alliance Network

Business Wire (Mar 5, 2013)
Sun Life Financial declares quarterly dividends on Common and Preferred Shares payable in Q1 2013

PR Newswire (Feb 13, 2013)
Sun Life Financial Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Results

PR Newswire (Feb 13, 2013)
Sun Life Financial hosts fourth quarter 2012 earnings conference call

PR Newswire (Jan 30, 2013)
PVI Sun Life Receives Licence for Life Insurance Operations

PR Newswire (Jan 28, 2013)
Sun Life Financial and Khazanah Nasional Berhad agree to purchase CIMB Aviva

PR Newswire (Jan 17, 2013)
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Sun Life Financial to host investor conference call

PR Newswire (Dec 17, 2012)
Sun Life Financial to sell U.S. annuity business for US$1.35 billion

PR Newswire (Dec 17, 2012)

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Sector: Financial

Industry: Life Insurance

Country: Canada

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Thursday, May 23, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday’s open: AAP, AINV, ALKS, BKE, BONT, DLTR, GME,HRL, QSII, RL, SLF, TD Comment!
Wednesday, May 22, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Thursday’s open: AAP, AINV, ALKS, BKE, BONT, DLTR, GME,HRL, QSII, RL, SLF, TD Comment!
Thursday, May 9, 11:00 AM Sun Life Financial (SLF) declares $0.36/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 4.95%. For shareholders of record May 29. Payable June 28. Ex-div date May 28. (PR) 3 Comments [Dividends]
Wednesday, May 8, 6:11 PM Sun Life Financial (SLF): Q1 EPS of $0.75 beats by $0.09. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
Wednesday, February 13, 11:27 PM Sun Life Financial Inc (SLF) declares $0.36/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 4.81%. For shareholders of record Feb. 27. Payable Mar. 28. Ex-div date Feb. 25. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Sunday, January 13, 5:31 AM U.K. insurer Aviva (AV) and Singapore listed CIMB Group (CIMDF.OB) have reportedly agreed to sell their Malaysian insurance JV to a consortium of Canada's Sun Life Financial (SLF) and Malaysian state investor Khazanah Nasional for 1.7B ringgit ($563M). The winning bid beat Manulife (MFC) after an 8-month auction. The sale is part of Aviva's strategy of exiting non-core ops. Comment! [Financials, M&A]
Monday, December 17, 2012, 8:04 AM Sun Life (SLF) gets rid of a headache, agreeing to sell its U.S. annuity business to Delaware Life Holdings for $1.35B. "This transaction ... significantly advances our strategy of reducing Sun Life's risk profile and earnings volatility." Conference call is set for 8:30 ET. (PR) 1 Comment [Financials, M&A]
Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 9:31 AM Going where the money is, insurers - including Prudential, Sun Life, and Manulife - line up to get a bigger piece of the growing Southeast Asian life insurance business. CIMB Group - Malaysia's 2nd largest bank - is drawing bids for the sale of its stake in a JV with Aviva, and AMMB Holdings is expected to get keen interest for a 30% piece of its life insurance operations. Comment! [Financials]
Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 6:49 PM Sun Life Financial Inc (SLF) declares C$0.36/share quarterly dividend. For shareholders of record Nov. 28. Payable Dec. 31. Ex-div Nov. 26. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Friday, October 26, 2012, 2:56 PM Regulators call for insurers to set aside more capital to back their non-agency MBS holdings, raising the level to 3.2% of carrying value from 2.7%. Insurers naturally disagree, arguing regulators are failing to account for the improving housing market. Backing up the new rules is a report from Pimco, whose Bill Gross might be happy to buy any of the MBS the insurers might decide to sell! Comment! [Financials]
Thursday, October 25, 2012, 5:44 AM Sun Life Financial (SLF) is looking to sell its U.S. annuities operations, which may bring in over $1B, Bloomberg reports. The Canadian insurer has drawn interest mainly from investment firms, including Guggenheim Partners, and could choose a potential buyer for exclusive talks within a few days. Comment! [M&A, Financials]
Friday, September 14, 2012, 10:18 AM The life insurance industry has its outlook cut to negative by Moody's thanks to the expectation (certainly reinforced in the last 24 hours) "that interest rates will remain in the low single digits for the next few years ... continu(ing) to erode insurers' earnings and revenues." The Fed has one word for the insurers: Leverage. 2 Comments [Financials]
Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 6:41 PM Sun Life Financial (SLF) declares $0.36/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 6.40%. For shareholders of record Aug 29. Payable Sep 28. Ex-div date Aug 27. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 10:53 AM Most life insurance firm CFOs expect barely visible interest rates for several more years - not good when your business model depends on a healthier rate of return. The question is, first, how are they preparing for this environment, and second, are they protected if wrong and rates instead rise sharply? 1 Comment [Financials]
Friday, June 15, 2012, 11:38 AM Sun Life Financial's (SLF +2%) money management unit, MFS, brought in $2.5B in stock and bond mutual fund assets in May, beating nearly all of its giant competitors. MFS has suffered years of outflows, but has begun to turn around as performance has improved. Comment! [Financials]
Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 5:24 PM "Unless you owned a company in Japan to see this up close and personal, you'd never have believed we'd be where we are today," says an insurance exec of the difficulties low long-term rates are posing for life insurers. Some firms are making adjustments, others (MET) shifting focus to emerging markets, and others (ING, AV) looking to exit the market altogether. 7 Comments [Financials]

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$INTX $SLF and $PTR are tomorrow's best yielding ex-dividend stocks - http://stks.co/gWox - 8 shares with 3.23%
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Paul Zimbardo
8 High-Yield #Dividends To Research Now http://seekingalpha.com/a/uzx3 $AVA $COP $HE $NTI $PAAS $SLF $TRI $TYG #Stocks #News #Investing
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James Sands
IIF portfolio radar screen update: http://bit.ly/PFpDzk $TAL $TGH $SLF $PRU $MFC
Apr 26, 12:50 AM
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James Sands
Anyone know if there are any withholding taxes or other taxes associated with an investment in $SLF in a Roth IRA account?
Apr 24, 7:34 PM
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Ocean Man: You can ask your broker not to withhold on most Canadian stocks in a Roth.
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James Sands: Thanks Ocean Man, will look into it tomorrow.
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James Sands
Adding $SLF to the radar for dividend consideration and growth.
Apr 23, 2:15 PM
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Paul Zimbardo
High Yielding Stocks Going Ex-Dividend This Week http://bit.ly/ZJ9CkZ $BTE $LMT $LO $PSEC $SLF $TEG #Stocks #Dividends #News
Feb 27, 12:40 PM
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losbronces: Too late for $SLF, went ex-divi on the 25th.
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Paul Zimbardo
6 Ex-Dividends To Consider And Avoid This Week http://seekingalpha.com/a/q5d7 $BTE $LMT $LO $PSEC $SLF $TEG #Stocks #Dividends #News
Feb 25, 1:06 PM
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$LMT $SLF and $D are the best yielding large cap stocks going ex-dividend next week - http://stks.co/dLYC - I like $MCD $UNP and $PEP
Feb 23, 4:36 AM
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$MCC $EPAX and $SIX are the best yielding ex-dividend stocks for Monday - http://stks.co/aLaS - I like $SON $DNB and $SLF
Feb 22, 4:33 AM
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Michael Bryant
Other dividend stocks to watch is $HCI, $SLF, $SIX, $TAN, $NTE, & $FUN. http://on-msn.com/WnUguV
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James Sands
Anyone know if there are any withholding taxes or other taxes associated with an investment in $SLF in a Roth IRA account?
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Ocean Man: You can ask your broker not to withhold on most Canadian stocks in a Roth.
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James Sands: Thanks Ocean Man, will look into it tomorrow.
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Paul Zimbardo
High Yielding Stocks Going Ex-Dividend This Week http://bit.ly/ZJ9CkZ $BTE $LMT $LO $PSEC $SLF $TEG #Stocks #Dividends #News
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losbronces: Too late for $SLF, went ex-divi on the 25th.
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O. Young Kwon
TANER ETF Model [TEM] Momentum 13/3/2012 (Monday): (1-2-3) <$TIP $SLF $VWO> i Shares Barclays TIPS Bond ETF ($TIP) <c>
12/2/12
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O. Young Kwon: Click: http://seekingalpha.com/p/p9e3 For "The Daily TANER Momentum" <c>
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O. Young Kwon: (The numbers are terms in months.) For The TANER System and its four Models, read my article. Link:http://seekingalpha.com/a/hitr yk
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John Cofran
out of $SLF and cut $NYCB by 50%
12/28/11
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John Cofran: i have losses in $NYCB, so i am selling before year end to use the losses to offset gains in other stocks... i am still long 4,000 shares
12/28/11
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sstonerm3: gotcha. Did the same thing only a little earlier than you.
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tunaman4u2
Europe is closed mini-rally... good times. I'm done with just ACI & AA add to longs today. BTU, SLF, FCX, CHK next
11/23/11
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Chris Lau: Nat gas prices are the first to fall steeply when world economies are at the edge of recession thus CHK @ 22.56
11/25/11
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tunaman4u2: Not when oil is surging past $100
11/25/11
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Dr. Kris
Dimming: Sun Life's ($SLF) credit rating may be stellar but its stock has been slumping, off nearly 40% since Feb. to new low @ $21.
11/7/11
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Hillbilly Stock Star: That's because of stupid commercials! LOL! Poor accounting IMO.
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tunaman4u2
Still thinking about SLF with 6.5% dividend
11/3/11
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bdubya13: i like it
11/3/11
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tunaman4u2
SLF down again, now yielding 6.5%, anybody considering it? Whats behind decline?
11/3/11
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tunaman4u2: The rest of the market doesn't care about it why should only SLF?
11/3/11
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Energysystems: lol that's true, but logic isn't in play these days. Same reason afl dropped and popped recently. overblown worries, slf will ride it out
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