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Brett Horn
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We continue to be impressed with Sun Life’s transformation into a safer company.

Given the headwinds the company faces, we think Sun Life’s second-quarter results were solid. Operating income fell to CAD 474 million in the quarter, compared with CAD 731 million last year. The low interest rate continues to weigh on the business, although it is being partially offset by the weakening in the Canadian dollar. Still, the company generated an annualized operating ROE of 10.1% for the quarter, which we consider to be a good result for a no-moat franchise facing adverse industry co...
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Sun Life Financial Inc.

Sun Life Financial is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is an international financial services organization providing a range of protection and wealth accumulation products and services to individuals and corporate customers in Canada, the U.S., the U.K., Ireland, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, India, China, Australia, Singapore, Vietnam and Bermuda. Co. manages its operations in four business segments: Sun Life Financial Canada, Sun Life Financial United States, MFS Investment Management and Sun Life Financial Asia.

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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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