Sun Life Financial U.S. President, Wes Thompson, to speak at 2010 UBS GlobalFinancial Services Conference

TORONTO, May 7 /CNW/ - Sun Life Financial U.S. President, Wes Thompson, will be speaking about the growth opportunities in the Company's U.S. operations at this year's UBS Global Financial Services Conference.

Date:        Wednesday, May 12, 2010
    Time:        9:30 a.m. ET
    Hosted by:   UBS
    Location:    The Waldorf Astoria, New York City

To listen to the speech via live audio webcast and to view the presentation slides, please visit www.sunlife.com/UBSConference2010. The webcast and presentation slides will be archived on Sun Life's website following the event.

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 March 31, 2010, the Sun Life Financial group of companies had total assets under management of $435 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.