What is it?
Shareholders have the right and responsibility to vote on certain aspects of a company's business. Mutual funds hold shares of companies and its unit holders are entitled to exercise their voting rights. This is most often done through the use of proxies. A proxy is the legal transfer of a shareholder's right to vote to the professionals who manage their investments.
Our approach
Sun Life Global Investments requires its investment sub-advisors to have proxy voting policies in place. These serve as guidelines for voting proxies in the best interests of shareholders.
Each year, we provide the voting records of our mutual funds that hold voting securities. These are available on our website by August 31 for the previous period (July 1 – June 30).
Can't find a proxy voting record of a fund?
Some funds invest in non-voting securities or in units of investment funds. Funds launched after June 30 will have their proxy records disclosed by August 31 of the subsequent annual period.
Proxy voting records - as of June 30, 2022
Sun Life BlackRock Canadian Composite Equity Fund
Sun Life BlackRock Canadian Equity Fund
Sun Life Dynamic Equity Income Fund
Sun Life Dynamic Strategic Yield
Sun Life Schroder Emerging Markets Fund (Formerly, Sun Life Excel Emerging Markets Fund)
Sun Life KBI Global Dividend Private Pool (Formerly, Sun Life Global Dividend Private Pool)
Sun Life KBI Sustainable Infrastructure Private Pool
Sun Life Granite Enhanced Income Portfolio
Sun Life Granite Income Portfolio
Sun Life JPMorgan International Equity Fund
Sun Life MFS Canadian Equity Fund
Sun Life MFS Diversified Income Fund (formerly Sun Life MFS Dividend Income Fund)
Sun Life MFS Global Growth Fund
Sun Life MFS Global Total Return Fund
Sun Life MFS Global Value Fund
Sun Life MFS International Opportunities Fund
Sun Life MFS International Value Fund
Sun Life MFS Low Volatility International Equity Fund
Sun Life MFS Low Volatility Global Equity Fund
Sun Life MFS U.S. Equity Fund
Sun Life MFS U.S. Growth Fund
Sun Life MFS U.S. Mid Cap Growth Fund
Sun Life MFS U.S. Value Fund
Sun Life Nuveen Flexible Income Fund
Sun Life Real Assets Private Pool
Sun Life Schroder Global Mid Cap Fund
Contact us
Available on request
Unit holders can obtain the current proxy voting policies and procedures of SLGI Asset Management Inc.
Please call 1-877-344-1434 or email info@sunlifeglobalinvestments.com
We also offer accessible PDF versions for each fund available on demand. Please email marketing@sunlifeglobalinvestments.com should you require an accessible PDF version.
