Morningstar

38 results about this entity

Period: 30 May 2006 - 05 Mar 2024

Morningstar appoints two tech execs

Morningstar, Inc. (MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today announced the appointment of Mitch Shue to chief technology officer and James Rhodes to chief data officer.

Morningstar to acquire PitchBook

Morningstar, Inc. (MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire PitchBook Data, Inc.

Morningstar invests $10m in PitchBook Data

PitchBook Data, Inc., a trusted resource for research, data, and technology for professionals in the private equity, venture capital, and M&A markets, has raised $10 million in financing from existing investor Morningstar, Inc., nearly doubling the strength of PitchBook’s balance sheet and bringing Morningstar’s ownership stake to about 20%.

Euronext to offer Morningstar data feed to listed companies

Euronext, the primary exchange in the Euro zone, today announced a new agreement with Morningstar, a leading provider of independent investment research, to give all listed companies on Euronext and Alternext markets in Paris access to www.MorningstarPro.fr.

Morningstar names Matt Fellowes chief innovation officer

Morningstar, Inc. (MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, has named Matt Fellowes, 40, chief innovation officer.

Bloomberg leads the way as market data spending sees modest growth

Global spending on market data and analysis rose a modest 2.34% in 2012, with Bloomberg narrowly beating out rival Thomson Reuters to gain the biggest slice of the pie, according to a report from Burton-Taylor International Consulting.

PFM site HelloWallet raises $12m

Personal finance management (PFM) outfit HelloWallet has raised $12 million in a series b funding round led by Morningstar and TD Fund.

Microsoft bundles Bundle into MSN Money

Microsoft has relaunched its MSN Money Web site with a fresh design and new tools, including Bundle, the social spending comparison tool developed in conjunction with Citibank and Morningstar.

Citi-backed social money comparison site Bundle launches

Bundle, a social media site backed by Citi, Microsoft and Morningstar that draws together financial information from across the US and puts it into a comparison tool that shows millions of spending trends across the country, has launched in beta.

Morningstar faces Internet espionage suit

NewRiver, a US software provider to the brokerage industry, has filed a lawsuit against Morningstar, alleging the investment research provider unlawfully accessed its Web-based data warehouse.

Morningstar buys Tenfore for £13.5m

Chicago-based investment research provider Morningstar has moved into the real-time market data business with the acquisition of Tenfore Systems for around £13.5 million in cash.

Nyse Euronext launches best execution performance measurement tool

TransAtlantic exchange operator Nyse Euronext has launched TradeCheck, an online service designed to measure best execution performance across 18 European exchanges and markets.

Gresham, Metavante and Morningstar lead Finextra50 higher

Better-than-expected earnings results for US firms Morningstar and Metavante, along with a positive outlook at UK-based Gresham Computing, helped push the Finextra50 index up 2.2 per cent to 87.69 in its anniversary week.

Financial technology stocks rally, led by Morningstar and Vasco

The Finextra50 Financial Technology index closed last week at 103.52, increasing just slightly after posting a 4.71% rise the previous week. Morningstar and Vasco Data Security were the biggest gainers, rising 20% and 19% respectively over the past two weeks.

Finextra50 ends week down despite big gains for CheckFree and Morningstar

The Finextra50 Financial Technology Index fell by .53% this week to finish at 97.53. Big gains from CheckFree, Morningstar, Mphasis and Fininfo, were tempered by losses from Linedata Services, Computershare and Temenos.

Finextra50 ends first week slightly down

The Finextra50 Financial Technology Index closed down .84% at 99.17 on Friday, as fintech stocks in general dipped slightly following the previous week's exuberance.

Finextra launches Finextra50 fintech index

The Finextra50 Financial Technology Index is a free-float value weighted index of the world's leading companies that provide technology-based products and services to the financial services industry. It was set at an indexed value of 100 at market close on Friday 4th May 2007. Our weekly update on the index's movements will provide a framework for analysing trends in the financial technology market, particularly vendor consolidation - a trend that shows no sign of slowing down.

Tenfore buys CMS WebView data feed business

Struggling market data technology vendor CMS WebView has sold its data feed business to Tenfore Systems. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.