The Group of Companies

The Sun Life Investment Management group of institutional investment management companies comprises Bentall Kennedy Group in North America, Prime Advisors, Inc. and Ryan Labs Asset Management Inc. in the United States, and Sun Life Institutional Investments (Canada) Inc. in Canada. These operations have combined third-party assets under management of $60 billion as of March 31, 2018. Sun Life Investment Management is supported by the investment division of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada that manages $146 billion in assets under management for the Sun Life Financial group of companies as of March 31, 2018.*

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Sun Life Institutional Investments (Canada) Inc. is a Canadian registered portfolio manager, investment fund manager, exempt market dealer and in Ontario, a commodity trading manager. Sun Life Institutional Investments (Canada) Inc. specializes in managing private asset class pooled funds and liability driven investing strategies for defined benefit pension plans and other institutional investors in Canada through its affiliation with Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada. Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Sun Life Institutional Investments (Canada) Inc. has $5 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2018.*

Bentall Kennedy

Bentall Kennedy is one of North America's leading real estate investment advisors and one of its foremost providers of real estate services. Primarily headquartered in Toronto, Vancouver, and Seattle, Bentall Kennedy is a recognized global leader in Responsible Property Investing, ranked among the top firms around the globe in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), the broadest measure of governance quality and sustainability performance in the global real estate industry, for the sixth consecutive year since GRESB was launched. Bentall Kennedy is a member of UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and has received the Energy Star Partner of The Year --Sustained Excellence Award for the past six years. Bentall Kennedy has $23 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2018.*

Prime Advisors, Inc.

Prime Advisors Inc. has offices in Redmond, Washington, and Windsor, Connecticut, and is a federally registered investment advisory firm focused primarily on managing investment grade bond portfolios for the insurance industry. Since 1988, Prime has worked to create integrated investment strategies, linking its clients' financial goals with current capital market opportunities. Prime understands that no single approach or one set of guidelines applies to every company. Prime's Disciplined ApproachSM to the complexities of managing insurance company investment portfolios gives a unique ability to develop customized solutions that integrate investment strategy with the realities of an insurance company's operations. Prime's mandate to focus on principal protection through proprietary risk management tools and attention to credit exposure has garnered interest from institutional investors seeking individualized separate account management. Prime Advisors has $22 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2018.*

Ryan Labs

Ryan Labs Asset Management is based in New York City and specializes in managing fixed income portfolios for institutional clients, principally in the United States. Its platform includes liability driven investing strategies managed versus a Custom Liability Index® and total return strategies managed against traditional fixed income benchmarks. In 1991, Ryan Labs Asset Management became the first asset manager to create a custom liability index with daily valuation and manage a bond portfolio versus this index.  Ryan Labs Asset Management has $10 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2018.*

The Sun Life Investment Management group of companies is supported by Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada's investment business. This business is based primarily in Canada and the United States and has over 200 investment professionals who manage $146 billion in assets for the Sun Life Financial group of companies as of March 31, 2018.* Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada has a long history in public and private markets, as well as LDI providing the long-term predictable cash flows that have enabled it to meet its obligations to policyholders. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada's investment business manages the investment process and investments for Sun Life Institutional Investments (Canada) Inc. clients as well as Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada's own general account.

*The information on this website is in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted.