UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 2008
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Check Here if Amendment / /; Amendment Number:
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This Amendment (Check only one.): / / is a restatement.
/ / adds new holdings entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Sun Life Financial Inc.
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Address: 150 King Street West
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 1J9
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Form 13F File Number: 28-05799
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The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by
whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is
authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true,
correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items,
statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of
this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: J.M.A. Anderson
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Title: Executive Vice-President and Chief Investment Officer
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Phone: 416-979-6217
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Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/ J.M.A. Anderson Toronto, Ontario February 11, 2009
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[Signature] [City, State] [Date]
Report Type (Check only one.):
/ / 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting
manager are reported in this report.)
/ / 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report,
and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
/X/ 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this
reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by
other reporting manager(s).)
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
[If there are no entries in this list, omit this section.]
Form 13F File Number Name
28-06597 McLean Budden
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28-04968 MFS
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 2
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Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 220
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Form 13F Information Table Value Total: US$1,664,419
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(thousands)
List of Other Included Managers:
Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all
institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed,
other than the manager filing this report.
[If there are no entries in this list, state "NONE" and omit the column headings
and list entries.]
No. Form 13F File Number Name
1 28-12046 Sun Capital Advisers LLC.
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2 28-12047 Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
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[Repeat as necessary.]
FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE - DECEMBER 31, 2008
COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COLUMN 6 COLUMN COLUMN 8
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VALUE SHRS OR SH/ PUT/ INVESTMENT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DISCRETION MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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3M Corporation COM 88579Y101 2,549 44,293 SH SHARED 1 44,293
3M Corporation COM 88579Y101 954 16,577 SH SHARED 2 16,577
Acme Packet Inc COM 004764106 4,249 807,815 SH SHARED 1 807,815
Acme Packet Inc COM 004764106 1,636 311,097 SH SHARED 2 311,097
Acme Packet Inc COM 004764106 5,916 1,200,000 SH SHARED 1 1,200,000
AERCAP HOLDINGS NV
Total COM N00985106 506 168,096 SH SHARED 1 168,096
AERCAP HOLDINGS NV
Total COM N00985106 196 65,176 SH SHARED 2 65,176
Alexandria Real Estate
Equit COM 015271109 10,078 167,017 SH SHARED 1 167,017
Alexandria Real Estate
Equit COM 015271109 407 6,745 SH SHARED 2 6,745
Allstate Corp COM 020002101 795 24,275 SH SHARED 2 24,275
Altria Group Inc COM 02209S103 936 62,166 SH SHARED 1 62,166
Altria Group Inc COM 02209S103 350 23,209 SH SHARED 2 23,209
American Express Co COM 025816109 673 36,294 SH SHARED 2 36,294
Amgen Inc COM 031162100 3,991 69,102 SH SHARED 1 69,102
Amgen Inc COM 031162100 1,490 25,808 SH SHARED 2 25,808
Analog Devices Inc COM 032654105 796 41,867 SH SHARED 2 41,867
AT&T Inc COM 00206R102 5,792 203,223 SH SHARED 1 203,223
AT&T Inc COM 00206R102 2,166 75,986 SH SHARED 2 75,986
AvalonBay Communities Inc COM 053484101 5,135 84,760 SH SHARED 1 84,760
AvalonBay Communities Inc COM 053484101 258 4,265 SH SHARED 2 4,265
Bank of America Corp COM 060505104 3,539 251,338 SH SHARED 1 251,338
Bank of America Corp COM 060505104 1,317 93,514 SH SHARED 2 93,514
Bank of Nova Scotia COM 064149107 393,909 14,450,867 SH SHARED 1 14,450,867
BE AEROSPACE INC COM 073302101 2,401 312,170 SH SHARED 1 312,170
Best Buy Company Inc COM 086516101 934 33,228 SH SHARED 2 33,228
Biogen Idec Inc COM 09062X103 5,730 120,308 SH SHARED 1 120,308
Biogen Idec Inc COM 09062X103 2,155 45,249 SH SHARED 2 45,249
Boeing Company COM 097023105 2,087 48,911 SH SHARED 1 48,911
Boeing Company COM 097023105 781 18,297 SH SHARED 2 18,297
Bookham Inc COM 09856E105 723 1,607,740 SH SHARED 1 1,607,740
Bookham Inc COM 09856E105 281 623,846 SH SHARED 2 623,846
Bookham Inc COM 09856E105 1,936 4,400,000 SH SHARED 1 4,400,000
Boston Scientific COM 101137107 9,800 1,250,000 SH SHARED 1 1,250,000
Boston Scientific Corp COM 101137107 5,825 752,598 SH SHARED 1 752,598
Boston Scientific Corp COM 101137107 2,184 282,150 SH SHARED 2 282,150
BP Amoco Plc COM 055622104 5,296 113,297 SH SHARED 1 113,297
BP Amoco Plc COM 055622104 2,005 42,892 SH SHARED 2 42,892
BRE Properties Inc COM 05564E106 1,960 70,064 SH SHARED 1 70,064
BRE Properties Inc COM 05564E106 273 9,765 SH SHARED 2 9,765
Bristol-Myers Squibb COM 110122108 3,221 138,544 SH SHARED 1 138,544
Bristol-Myers Squibb COM 110122108 1,205 51,847 SH SHARED 2 51,847
BROADCOM CORP-CL A COM 111320107 1,990 117,269 SH SHARED 1 117,269
BROADCOM CORP-CL A COM 111320107 746 43,949 SH SHARED 2 43,949
Brocade Communications
Sys COM 111621306 2,901 1,025,093 SH SHARED 1 1,025,093
Brocade Communications
Sys COM 111621306 1,126 397,763 SH SHARED 2 397,763
Chevron Corporation COM 166764100 12,361 167,102 SH SHARED 1 167,102
Chevron Corporation COM 166764100 4,646 62,803 SH SHARED 2 62,803
Ciena Corp COM 171779309 970 144,799 SH SHARED 2 144,799
Coca-Cola Company COM 191216100 3,532 78,022 SH SHARED 1 78,022
Coca-Cola Company COM 191216100 1,320 29,148 SH SHARED 2 29,148
Concurrent Computer Corp COM 206710402 832 244,716 SH SHARED 1 244,716
Concurrent Computer Corp COM 206710402 328 96,569 SH SHARED 2 96,569
ConocoPhillips COM 20825C104 3,086 59,580 SH SHARED 1 59,580
ConocoPhillips COM 20825C104 1,157 22,328 SH SHARED 2 22,328
Cosi Inc COM 22122P101 230 800,817 SH SHARED 1 800,817
Cosi Inc COM 22122P101 89 309,909 SH SHARED 2 309,909
CVS Caremark Corporation COM 126650100 3,727 129,674 SH SHARED 1 129,674
CVS Caremark Corporation COM 126650100 1,392 48,440 SH SHARED 2 48,440
Developers Diversified
Realty COM 251591103 149 30,514 SH SHARED 1 30,514
Developers Diversified
Realty COM 251591103 33 6,724 SH SHARED 2 6,724
Dominion Resources Inc COM 25746U109 3,168 88,398 SH SHARED 1 88,398
Dominion Resources Inc COM 25746U109 1,183 32,998 SH SHARED 2 32,998
DOMTAR CORP COM 257559104 327 195,647 SH SHARED 2 195,647
Douglas Emmett Inc-w/i COM 25960P109 285 21,830 SH SHARED 1 21,830
Douglas Emmett Inc-w/i COM 25960P109 63 4,803 SH SHARED 2 4,803
Dow Chemical Company COM 260543103 1,383 91,664 SH SHARED 1 91,664
Dow Chemical Company COM 260543103 518 34,303 SH SHARED 2 34,303
Dupont (EI) Nemours and
Co COM 263534109 2,221 87,799 SH SHARED 1 87,799
Dupont (EI) Nemours and
Co COM 263534109 830 32,801 SH SHARED 2 32,801
Eastgroup Properties COM 277276101 5,030 141,362 SH SHARED 1 141,362
Eastgroup Properties COM 277276101 368 10,341 SH SHARED 2 10,341
Eastman Kodak Co COM 277461109 1,174 178,445 SH SHARED 2 178,445
Eastman Kodak Co COM 277461109 2,740 400,000 SH SHARED 1 400,000
EMC Corporation COM 268648102 3,791 350,000 SH SHARED 1 350,000
Emerson Electric Co COM 291011104 4,399 120,153 SH SHARED 1 120,153
Equitable Resources Inc COM 294549100 4,382 130,624 SH SHARED 1 130,624
Equitable Resources Inc COM 294549100 1,662 49,542 SH SHARED 2 49,542
Equity Residential
Properties COM 29476L107 7,229 242,436 SH SHARED 1 242,436
Equity Residential
Properties COM 29476L107 295 9,889 SH SHARED 2 9,889
Exelon Corporation COM 30161N101 3,368 60,566 SH SHARED 1 60,566
Exelon Corporation COM 30161N101 1,256 22,591 SH SHARED 2 22,591
Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231G102 16,330 204,564 SH SHARED 1 204,564
Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231G102 6,083 76,194 SH SHARED 2 76,194
Fedex Corp COM 31428X106 1,991 31,037 SH SHARED 1 31,037
Fedex Corp COM 31428X106 744 11,595 SH SHARED 2 11,595
FINISAR Corporation COM 31787A101 533 1,299,487 SH SHARED 1 1,299,487
General Elec Co COM 369604103 9,153 540,000 SH SHARED 1 540,000
General Electric Company COM 369604103 2,250 138,911 SH SHARED 2 138,911
Genworth Financial Inc. COM 37247D106 6,539 2,286,200 SH SHARED 1 2,286,200
Goldman Sachs Group Inc COM 38141G104 2,570 30,454 SH SHARED 1 30,454
Goldman Sachs Group Inc COM 38141G104 959 11,363 SH SHARED 2 11,363
HALOZYME THERAPEUTICS INC COM 40637H109 2,816 502,900 SH SHARED 1 502,900
HALOZYME THERAPEUTICS INC COM 40637H109 1,058 188,990 SH SHARED 2 188,990
HCP Inc COM 40414L109 528 19,000 SH SHARED 1 19,000
HCP Inc COM 40414L109 116 4,167 SH SHARED 2 4,167
Highwoods Properties Inc COM 431284108 6,029 220,344 SH SHARED 1 220,344
Highwoods Properties Inc COM 431284108 456 16,680 SH SHARED 2 16,680
Honeywell International
Inc COM 438516106 2,746 83,629 SH SHARED 1 83,629
Honeywell International
Inc COM 438516106 1,027 31,293 SH SHARED 2 31,293
INSULET CORP COM 45784P101 2,918 378,008 SH SHARED 1 378,008
INSULET CORP COM 45784P101 1,099 142,409 SH SHARED 2 142,409
Intel Corp COM 458140100 2,442 166,563 SH SHARED 1 166,563
International Paper Co COM 460146103 2,336 197,946 SH SHARED 1 197,946
International Paper Co COM 460146103 549 46,564 SH SHARED 2 46,564
Ishares MSCI UTD KINGD 464286699 7,251 591,884 SH SHARED 1 591,884
Ishares MSCI UTD KINGD 464286699 1,686 143,500 SH SHARED 1 143,500
Ishares MSCI FRANCE 464286707 2,414 115,700 SH SHARED 1 115,700
Ishares MSCI GERMAN 464286806 467 25,300 SH SHARED 1 25,300
Ishares MSCI MEXICO 464286822 882 26,400 SH SHARED 1 26,400
Ishares MSCI JAPAN 464286848 5,723 616,706 SH SHARED 1 616,706
IShares MSCI EAFE IDX 464287465 19,238 428,838 SH SHARED 2 428,838
Ishares Tr COM 464287465 150,380 3,309,425 SH SHARED 1 3,309,425
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 2,551 42,633 SH SHARED 1 42,633
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 960 16,047 SH SHARED 2 16,047
JP Morgan Chase COM 46625H100 5,574 176,787 SH SHARED 1 176,787
JP Morgan Chase COM 46625H100 2,081 66,004 SH SHARED 2 66,004
Kimberly-Clark Corp COM 494368103 3,198 60,642 SH SHARED 1 60,642
Kimberly-Clark Corp COM 494368103 1,194 22,636 SH SHARED 2 22,636
Kimco Realty Corp COM 49446R109 9,669 528,941 SH SHARED 1 528,941
Kimco Realty Corp COM 49446R109 359 19,644 SH SHARED 2 19,644
Lexington Realty Trust COM 529043101 6,591 1,318,110 SH SHARED 1 1,318,110
Lexington Realty Trust COM 529043101 175 34,904 SH SHARED 2 34,904
Lincoln National Corp COM 534187109 406 21,547 SH SHARED 2 21,547
Lowe's Companies COM 548661107 2,775 128,963 SH SHARED 1 128,963
Lowe's Companies COM 548661107 1,037 48,165 SH SHARED 2 48,165
Macerich Company COM 554382101 5,348 294,488 SH SHARED 1 294,488
Macerich Company COM 554382101 168 9,278 SH SHARED 2 9,278
Macy's Inc COM 55616P104 849 82,002 SH SHARED 2 82,002
Marvell Technology Group COM G5876H105 4,361 653,794 SH SHARED 1 653,794
Marvell Technology Group COM G5876H105 1,633 244,825 SH SHARED 2 244,825
Marvell Technology Group
Ltd COM G5876H105 6,345 900,000 SH SHARED 1 900,000
Mattel Inc COM 577081102 3,131 195,682 SH SHARED 1 195,682
Mattel Inc COM 577081102 1,173 73,329 SH SHARED 2 73,329
Medical Properties Trust
Inc COM 58463J304 9,516 1,508,123 SH SHARED 1 1,508,123
Medical Properties Trust
Inc COM 58463J304 434 68,851 SH SHARED 2 68,851
Merck & Co Inc COM 589331107 3,075 101,139 SH SHARED 1 101,139
Merck & Co Inc COM 589331107 1,149 37,788 SH SHARED 2 37,788
Merck & Co Inc COM 589331107 4,176 135,000 SH SHARED 1 135,000
Merge Healthcare Inc COM 589499102 1,316 1,028,171 SH SHARED 1 1,028,171
Merge Healthcare Inc COM 589499102 534 417,494 SH SHARED 2 417,494
Merrill Lynch & Co Inc COM 590188108 662 56,843 SH SHARED 1 56,843
Merrill Lynch & Co Inc COM 590188108 244 20,928 SH SHARED 2 20,928
Microsoft Corp COM 594918104 2,417 124,314 SH SHARED 1 124,314
Motorola Inc COM 620076109 3,080 695,150 SH SHARED 1 695,150
Mrv Communications Inc COM 553477100 2,230 2,896,634 SH SHARED 1 2,896,634
Mrv Communications Inc COM 553477100 907 1,178,210 SH SHARED 2 1,178,210
MRV Communications Inc COM 553477100 3,847 5,417,703 SH SHARED 1 5,417,703
Nationwide Health Pptys
Inc COM 638620104 1,085 37,783 SH SHARED 1 37,783
Nationwide Health Pptys
Inc COM 638620104 239 8,310 SH SHARED 2 8,310
OPNEXT COM 68375V105 2,979 1,850,000 SH SHARED 1 1,850,000
OPNEXT INC COM 68375V105 837 478,250 SH SHARED 1 478,250
OPNEXT INC COM 68375V105 747 426,754 SH SHARED 2 426,754
Penn Real Estate
Investment Tr COM 709102107 4,883 655,436 SH SHARED 1 655,436
Penn Real Estate
Investment Tr COM 709102107 113 15,110 SH SHARED 2 15,110
Pepsico Inc COM 713448108 3,289 60,054 SH SHARED 1 60,054
Pepsico Inc COM 713448108 1,231 22,478 SH SHARED 2 22,478
Pfizer Inc COM 717081103 3,653 206,277 SH SHARED 1 206,277
Pfizer Inc COM 717081103 1,363 76,955 SH SHARED 2 76,955
Philip Morris
International COM 718172109 2,705 62,166 SH SHARED 1 62,166
Philip Morris
International COM 718172109 1,010 23,209 SH SHARED 2 23,209
Plum Creek Timber Co
Common COM 729251108 9,937 286,033 SH SHARED 1 286,033
Plum Creek Timber Co
Common COM 729251108 484 13,938 SH SHARED 2 13,938
Powershares QQQ Nasdaq
100 COM 73935A104 13,757 445,500 SH SHARED 1 445,500
Principal Financial Group COM 74251V102 1,503 66,592 SH SHARED 1 66,592
Principal Financial Group COM 74251V102 568 25,169 SH SHARED 2 25,169
Procter & Gamble Co COM 742718109 5,611 90,770 SH SHARED 1 90,770
Procter & Gamble Co COM 742718109 2,096 33,908 SH SHARED 2 33,908
Prologis COM 743410102 5,687 409,407 SH SHARED 1 409,407
Prologis COM 743410102 213 15,302 SH SHARED 2 15,302
Public Storage COM 74460D109 3,103 39,028 SH SHARED 1 39,028
Public Storage COM 74460D109 440 5,540 SH SHARED 2 5,540
Qwest Communications Intl
Inc COM 749121109 4,136 1,136,196 SH SHARED 1 1,136,196
Qwest Communications Intl
Inc COM 749121109 1,578 433,413 SH SHARED 2 433,413
Rackable Systems Inc COM 750077109 3,432 871,123 SH SHARED 1 871,123
Rackable Systems Inc COM 750077109 1,331 337,932 SH SHARED 2 337,932
Rackable Systems Inc COM 750077109 3,668 940,500 SH SHARED 1 940,500
Regency Centers Corp COM 758849103 5,256 112,538 SH SHARED 1 112,538
Regency Centers Corp COM 758849103 311 6,664 SH SHARED 2 6,664
Schering Plough Corp COM 806605101 10,998 635,000 SH SHARED 1 635,000
Schering-Plough Corp COM 806605101 6,259 367,554 SH SHARED 1 367,554
Schering-Plough Corp COM 806605101 2,353 138,147 SH SHARED 2 138,147
Simon Property Group Inc COM 828806109 11,708 220,365 SH SHARED 1 220,365
Simon Property Group Inc COM 828806109 606 11,403 SH SHARED 2 11,403
SL Green Realty Corp COM 78440X101 4,573 176,545 SH SHARED 1 176,545
SL Green Realty Corp COM 78440X101 299 11,528 SH SHARED 2 11,528
SPDR Trust COM 78462F103 509,338 5,479,111 SH SHARED 1 5,479,111
Target Corp COM 87612E106 4,234 122,613 SH SHARED 1 122,613
Telabs Inc COM 879664100 4,093 993,462 SH SHARED 1 993,462
Telabs Inc COM 879664100 1,588 385,489 SH SHARED 2 385,489
Time Warner Inc COM 887317105 2,341 232,682 SH SHARED 1 232,682
Time Warner Inc COM 887317105 878 87,270 SH SHARED 2 87,270
United Technologies Corp COM 913017109 3,280 61,194 SH SHARED 1 61,194
United Technologies Corp COM 913017109 1,227 22,891 SH SHARED 2 22,891
Unitedhealth Group Inc COM 91324P102 2,159 81,167 SH SHARED 1 81,167
Unitedhealth Group Inc COM 91324P102 808 30,375 SH SHARED 2 30,375
UnumProvident Corp COM 91529Y106 2,796 150,305 SH SHARED 1 150,305
US Bancorp COM 902973304 1,823 72,892 SH SHARED 1 72,892
Ventas Inc COM 92276F100 10,395 309,647 SH SHARED 1 309,647
Ventas Inc COM 92276F100 430 12,818 SH SHARED 2 12,818
Verizon Communications
Inc COM 92343V104 2,790 82,296 SH SHARED 1 82,296
Verizon Communications
Inc COM 92343V104 488 14,395 SH SHARED 2 14,395
Verso Paper Corp COM 92531L108 347 353,958 SH SHARED 1 353,958
Viacom Inc-class B COM 92553P201 1,889 99,121 SH SHARED 1 99,121
Viacom Inc-class B COM 92553P201 706 37,027 SH SHARED 2 37,027
Vicor Corp COM 925815102 2,236 338,256 SH SHARED 1 338,256
Vicor Corp COM 925815102 871 131,731 SH SHARED 2 131,731
Vicor Corp COM 925815102 3,647 579,783 SH SHARED 1 579,783
Vornado Realty Trust COM 929042109 10,499 173,971 SH SHARED 1 173,971
Vornado Realty Trust COM 929042109 423 7,003 SH SHARED 2 7,003
Wal-Mart Stores Inc COM 931142103 4,209 75,073 SH SHARED 1 75,073
Wal-Mart Stores Inc COM 931142103 1,571 28,028 SH SHARED 2 28,028
Wellpoint Inc COM 94973V107 2,013 47,786 SH SHARED 1 47,786
Wellpoint Inc COM 94973V107 752 17,853 SH SHARED 2 17,853
Wells Fargo & Co COM 949746101 6,568 222,784 SH SHARED 1 222,784
Wells Fargo & Co COM 949746101 2,443 82,868 SH SHARED 2 82,868
Weyerhaeuser Co COM 962166104 7,985 260,853 SH SHARED 1 260,853
Weyerhaeuser Co COM 962166104 447 14,612 SH SHARED 2 14,612
Williams Cos Inc COM 969457100 5,685 374,000 SH SHARED 1 374,000
Wyeth COM 983024100 3,077 82,033 SH SHARED 1 82,033
Wyeth COM 983024100 1,149 30,639 SH SHARED 2 30,639