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Brett Horn, CFA
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Great-West Takes Out Costs in First Quarter

Great-West turned in a solid first quarter, in our view. Net income improved to $731 million from $591 million last year. However, stripping out the impact of tax reform and other one-item items, adjusted annualized ROE held steady at 14%, suggesting underlying results remain stable. We see nothing in the quarter to alter our long-term view and will maintain our CAD 36 fair value estimate and no-moat rating.
Canada saw a fairly strong 24% year-over-year increase in net income. The company has ma...
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Great-West Lifeco Inc.

Great-West Lifeco is a financial services holding company with interests in the life insurance, health insurance, retirement savings, investment management and reinsurance businesses. Co. has operations in Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia through The Great-West Life Assurance Company, London Life Insurance Company, The Canada Life Assurance Company, Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company and Putnam Investments, LLC. Co., through its operating subsidiaries, provides protection and savings products that are distributed through multiple sales channels. Products are marketed under the Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life brands.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Brett Horn, CFA

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