Sun Life Financial to hold investor conference call

TORONTO, Dec. 11, 2011 /CNW/ - Sun Life Financial will hold an investor conference call on Monday, December 12, 2011, at 8:00 a.m. ET. The conference call will be hosted by Dean A. Connor, President and Chief Executive Officer, who will provide a strategic update on the Company to investors, followed by a question and answer session.

The conference call will be available via live audio webcast (http://www.media-server.com/m/p/s327btqm) and by telephone. To access the conference call by telephone, dial 416-644-3416 (Toronto), or 1-800-814-4860 (Canada/U.S.). Individuals participating in the call in a listen-only mode are encouraged to connect via the webcast.

The investor conference call will be archived and made available until December 26, 2011. To listen to a replay of the conference call, dial 416-640-1917 (Toronto) or 1-877-289-8525 and enter access code 4496444. The archive of the audio webcast will also be available on the Company's website at www.sunlife.com/PresentationsForInvestors.

About Sun Life Financial

Sun Life Financial is a leading international financial services organization providing a diverse range of protection and wealth accumulation products and services to individuals and corporate customers. Chartered in 1865, Sun Life Financial and its partners today have operations in key markets worldwide, including Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, India, China and Bermuda. As of September 30, 2011, the Sun Life Financial group of companies had total assets under management of $459 billion. For more information please visit www.sunlife.com.

Sun Life Financial Inc. trades on the Toronto (TSX), New York (NYSE) and Philippine (PSE) stock exchanges under the ticker symbol SLF.

Note to Editors: All figures in Canadian dollars.