Sun Life Capital Management (U.S.) LLC (Wellesley Hills)

Name: Sun Life Capital Management (U.S.) LLC
Address: One Sun Life Executive Park, Wellesley Hills, MA, 02481 5699
Telephone: 781-446-1177

Sun Life Capital Management (U.S.) LLC is a large advisory firm based in Wellesley Hills. It manages $35.49 billion of regulatory assets for 29 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2019.

Sun Life Capital Management (U.S.) provides portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, selection of other advisers, and mortgage and real estate advisory and administrative services. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Sun Life Capital Management (U.S.): assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Sun Life Capital Management (U.S.) LLC is $35.49 billion. $32.57 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $30.38 billion in discretionary accounts and $5.11 billion in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $1.13 billion each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $2.56 billion.

Investments

The firm invests in other assets the most. They account for 38% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is government bonds, which make up 5% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in non-investment grade corporate bonds form 1% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Sun Life Capital Management (U.S.) LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and fixed fees. Compensation based on assets under management promotes a long-term relationship between a client and the adviser and helps align mutual interests. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Sun Life Capital Management (U.S.) serves?

The firm provides services to insurance companies and corporations or other businesses. The largest group of clients of Sun Life Capital Management (U.S.) is insurance companies with 27 clients and $35.47 billion of assets under management. Among the 10 most similar advisory firms, Sun Life Capital Management (U.S.) has the highest percentage of insurance companies out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $35.49 billion for 29 clients. 28% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Sun Life Capital Management (U.S.) doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Sun Life Capital Management (U.S.) LLC

The company employs 79 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 96 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm compensates employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Inc. Sun Life Assurance Company Of Canada U.S. Operations Holdings	Sole member	1 Dec 2004	75% - 100%	04-3401283
John Thomas Donnelly	President and manager, and head of strategic initiatives, slc management	1 May 2009	Other	4357247
Randolph Brill Brown	Cio, sun life & head of insurance asset management, slc management	1 Feb 2016	Other	1399450
Colleen Louise Kallas	Secretary	1 Nov 2017	Other	6910605
Amy Susan Marjani	Director, chief compliance officer	1 Feb 2018	Other	2420495
Marlene Frances Van Den Hoogen	Svp, chief financial and operations officer, treasurer, and manager, board of managers	1 May 2019	Other	7118002

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 3 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Sun Life Financial Inc.	Sole shareholder	1 Dec 2004	75% - 100%	98-0226074
Sun Life Global Investments Inc.	Sole shareholder	1 Dec 2004	75% - 100%	none
Sun Life 2007 1 Financing Corp.	Sole shareholder	1 Nov 2016	75% - 100%	98-0645594

Based in Wellesley Hills

The principal office where Sun Life Capital Management (U.S.) LLC performs its advisory services is located at One Sun Life Executive Park, Wellesley Hills, MA 02481 5699, which is also the mailing address of the firm. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 781-446-1177 or by fax 781-304-5569. The normal business hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at slcmanagement.com.