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Opening Cross: ‘Key’ Issues: Major to Minor, Minor to Major
If the sheer entertainment value of TV’s Lip-Synch Battle doesn’t have you singing along and mastering your pitch changes and switching between major and minor keys, then take my word for it: watching The Rock lip-synching to Taylor Swift’s Shake it Off…
Style Research, Morningstar Ally on Fund Comparison Tool
The Peer Insights tool will allow investors to compare similar funds at a more granular level.
SIX Nets Shapiro for Sales
With more than 20 years in market data sales, Shapiro has worked at FactSet, Morningstar, Tenfore, Thomson Financial and ILX.
Smartkarma Launches Investment Research ‘Collaboration Marketplace'
The startup believes its volumes of contributors and consumers are now sufficient to move from beta to live production.
Morningstar Names Senior Research Execs
Reorganizations of the vendor's manager research teams by region and asset class have resulted in a series of new roles and appointments.
Morningstar Taps Lewis for Product Management
Lewis will be responsible for expanding the vendor's coverage of exchange-traded and contributed data across multiple asset classes.
FTSE Russell Goes for Ghosh in Canada
The former Morningstar sales exec will help FTSE Russell strengthen its brand in Canada through cross-selling.
Data Vet London Moves to Merrill Corp
The former Morningstar and Interactive Data exec has taken a new role at electronic reporting services vendor Merrill.
Morningstar Invests Extra $10M in PitchBook
Seattle-based PitchBook will use the fundingto expand its coverage, add features, and hire more staff.
Data Vet Duane Joins App Configuration Co DynamicIQ
Eoin Duane joins DynamicIQ after 20 years in the data and financial tecnology industries.
Morningstar's Wickham Returns to Australia in Asia Pacific-Wide Product Role
In his new role, Wickham will run product and client solutions for Asia-Pacific clients, based in Australia.
Euronext, Morningstar Ally for Investment Portal
The agreement initially covers France, but will ultimately cover data on Euronext's other markets.
Morningstar Adds Data, Tools to Web Platform
New content and capabilities include full Level 2 data, expanded index constituent data, and a look-up API.
Morningstar Adds Corporate Actions Data to Web Platform
Additions part of providing end-to-end data solution
YCharts Raises $6M for Sales Expansion
Increased investment will enable YCharts to build out its sales and account management functions to respond to growing demand.
Freedom Index Pursues Distribution Partners to Boost Index Uptake
Not-for-profit index provider the Freedom Index Company is seeking partners to distribute its free-of-charge indexes, in a bid to grow its customer base among the asset management community.
OneMarketData, Morningstar Ally on Cloud Tick Data Analysis Platform
Morningstar's data will give OneMarketData clients access to tick-level data from more than 150 markets.
Morningstar Names HelloWallet CEO Chief Innovation Officer
HelloWallet founder will also retain his existing responsibilities.
OTCGH Preps Market Data Screens for EOXLive Brokerage Platform
EOX Holdings, the market data arm of over-the-counter energy and commodities broker consortium OTC Global Holdings (OTCGH), is preparing to launch market data pages on its EOXLive electronic brokerage platform, to make it easier for brokerage customers…
Morningstar Shuffles Investment, Research Execs
Chicago-based market data and investment research provider Morningstar has appointed Daniel Needham president of the vendor's Morningstar Investment Management group, effective Monday, Feb. 2, in addition to his existing responsibilities as chief…
Opening Cross: In Data, as in Baseball, a Great Captain Unites His Team
Whether you’re a Yankee or Red Sox supporter, you have to take your hat off to Yankees captain Derek Jeter: in his last game at Yankee Stadium, he not only made a respectful exit in front of a sold-out crowd of home fans, but also saved the day with a…
Morningstar Begins Historical Tick Database Revamp
The real-time data business of Chicago-based data and investment research provider Morningstar is in the middle of a project to make its database of historical tick data more flexible and accessible to different types of users and use cases.
FT Taps Morningstar for Print Price Data
The Financial Times has enlisted the UK arm of Chicago-based data and investment research provider Morningstar to supply the price data in the back pages of its daily Companies & Markets section, as part of a new look for the newspaper, starting today,…
Morningstar IM Promotes Earnshaw, Hires Fane
Morningstar Investment Management, the consulting arm of Chicago-based investment research and data vendor Morningstar, has appointed Diane Earnshaw head of UK Consulting, and has hired Edward Fane as senior investment consultant and portfolio manager to…