{"id":535604,"date":"2021-09-08T08:34:22","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T12:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/morningstar-acquires-moorgate-benchmarks-to-fuel-indexing-growth-and-disruption\/"},"modified":"2021-09-08T08:34:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T12:34:22","slug":"morningstar-acquires-moorgate-benchmarks-to-fuel-indexing-growth-and-disruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/morningstar-acquires-moorgate-benchmarks-to-fuel-indexing-growth-and-disruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Morningstar Acquires Moorgate Benchmarks to Fuel Indexing Growth and Disruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-newslines\">\n<h2 class=\"xn-hedline\">Acquisition enhances Morningstar&#8217;s ability to provide customized, personalized index solutions and underscores global expansion, particularly in Europe.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"xn-distributor\">PR Newswire<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"xn-location\">CHICAGO<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 8, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3282275-1&amp;h=1957489976&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.morningstar.com%2F&amp;a=Morningstar%2C+Inc.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Morningstar, Inc.<\/a> (Nasdaq: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today announced\u00a0the acquisition of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3282275-1&amp;h=2294183102&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmoorgatebenchmarks.com%2F&amp;a=Moorgate+Benchmarks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Moorgate Benchmarks<\/a>, a privately held European-based global provider of index design, calculation, and administration. ETFS Capital provided seed funding to Moorgate Benchmarks in 2019 and had been its sole external investor. With this transaction, Moorgate Benchmarks becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Morningstar. Financial terms were not disclosed. <\/p>\n<p>Pairing Moorgate Benchmarks&#8217; advanced index design, calculation and administration technology and processes with Morningstar&#8217;s\u00a0data, research,\u00a0and unique Morningstar-led index\u00a0intellectual property\u00a0will give investors more customized and personalized indexes, delivered faster.\u00a0Moorgate&#8217;s respected executive team,\u00a0talented\u00a0employee base, advanced technology,\u00a0and intellectual property\u00a0are now part of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3282275-1&amp;h=2364818688&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Findexes.morningstar.com%2F&amp;a=Morningstar+Indexes%C2%A0team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Morningstar Indexes\u00a0team<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The index industry today needs disruption, with a number of entrenched players who aren&#8217;t providing enough value and innovation to investors for the fees they charge. Moorgate Benchmarks&#8217; advanced technology, index calculation process, and strong reputation in <span class=\"xn-location\">Europe<\/span> will help us address this issue head on,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Ron Bundy<\/span>, president of Morningstar Indexes. &#8220;The capabilities that Moorgate Benchmarks brings will help accelerate our goal of becoming a leading global index provider by providing more value to the end investor.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Moorgate\u00a0Benchmarks&#8217;\u00a020 employees, based in\u00a0the UK\u00a0and\u00a0Germany,\u00a0will immediately\u00a0become part of Morningstar Indexes.\u00a0In addition to his role as Moorgate Benchmarks chief executive officer, Tobias\u00a0Sproehnle\u00a0will become head of Morningstar Indexes in <span class=\"xn-location\">Europe<\/span>, reporting to <span class=\"xn-person\">Ron Bundy<\/span>. The additional members of the Moorgate Benchmarks executive team \u2013 <span class=\"xn-person\">Gareth Parker<\/span> and Mark\u00a0Pralle, will join the Morningstar Indexes leadership team and report to\u00a0Sproehnle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s exciting to be joining forces with Morningstar, a firm which brings incredible access to data, enormous global market insights, and a strong reputation for doing right by investors,&#8221; said Sproehnle. &#8220;We have already built a strong rapport and respect for the Morningstar Indexes team in our work together over the past year, and I am personally excited to play a larger role in fueling innovation in the industry to benefit our clients and the broader investment community.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The addition of Moorgate\u00a0Benchmarks\u00a0expands Morningstar Indexes&#8217; ability to service European clients. Moorgate has a strong\u00a0European presence,\u00a0and its founders are recognized leaders in the European indexing community.\u00a0&#8220;Moorgate\u00a0Benchmarks\u00a0and Morningstar Indexes\u00a0also\u00a0share a common mission\u00a0and culture, which was an important factor in the acquisition,&#8221; said Bundy. &#8220;We are both &#8216;challenger brands&#8217;\u00a0in the highly competitive global index industry and\u00a0are\u00a0focused on doing things differently to deliver more value to the\u00a0end investor.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>About Morningstar, Inc.<\/b>\u00a0<br \/>Morningstar,\u202fInc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Europe<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span>, and <span class=\"xn-location\">Asia<\/span>. The Company offers an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers and owners, retirement plan providers and sponsors, and institutional investors in the debt and private capital markets. Morningstar provides data and research insights on a wide range of investment offerings, including managed investment products, publicly listed companies, private capital markets, debt securities, and real-time global market data. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries, with approximately\u202f$251 billion in assets under advisement and management as of <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 30, 2021<\/span>. The Company has operations in\u202f29 countries. For more information, visit\u202f<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3282275-1&amp;h=3115005069&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.morningstar.com%2Fcompany&amp;a=www.morningstar.com%2Fcompany\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.morningstar.com\/company<\/a>. Follow Morningstar on Twitter @MorningstarInc.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>About\u00a0Moorgate Benchmarks<\/b>\u00a0<br \/>Moorgate Benchmarks&#8217; mission is to enable index providers and product issuers to create new products that deliver true choice to all investors. Experts in designing,\u00a0managing\u00a0and calculating indices for clients; streamlining operations using leading-edge technology; and implementing best practice governance systems to meet EU Benchmarks Regulation, the firm is challenging an industry ripe for disruption.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Moorgate Benchmarks was founded in 2018 by <span class=\"xn-person\">Gareth Parker<\/span> and Tobias\u00a0Sproehnle.\u00a0Mark\u00a0Pralle,\u00a0director and the company&#8217;s CTO,\u00a0joined in 2019. The company is independent and\u00a0employee-owned.\u00a0For more information, visit\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3282275-1&amp;h=3845656735&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.moorgatebenchmarks.com%2F&amp;a=www.moorgatebenchmarks.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.moorgatebenchmarks.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b><br \/>\n          <i>Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements<\/i><br \/>\n        <\/b><br \/>\n        <b><br \/>\n          <i>\u202f<\/i><br \/>\n        <\/b>\u00a0<br \/><i>This press release contains forward-looking statements as that term is used in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on our current expectations about future events or future financial performance. Forward-looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain, and often contain words such as &#8220;may,&#8221; &#8220;could,&#8221; &#8220;expect,&#8221; &#8220;intend,&#8221; &#8220;plan,&#8221; &#8220;seek,&#8221; &#8220;anticipate,&#8221; &#8220;believe,&#8221; &#8220;estimate,&#8221; &#8220;predict,&#8221; &#8220;potential,&#8221; or &#8220;continue.&#8221; These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the events we discuss not to occur or to differ significantly from what we expect.<\/i>\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n        <i>For us, these risks and uncertainties include, among others, failing to maintain and protect our brand, independence, and reputation; liability for any losses that result from an actual or claimed breach of our fiduciary duties or failure to comply with applicable securities laws; liability related to cybersecurity and the protection of confidential information, including personal information about individuals; compliance failures, regulatory action, or changes in laws applicable to our credit ratings operations, or our investment advisory, ESG, and index products; prolonged volatility or downturns affecting the financial sector, global financial markets, and global economy and its effect on our revenue from asset-based fees and credit ratings business; the impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic and government actions in response thereto on our business, financial condition, and results of operations; inadequacy of our operational risk management and business continuity programs in the event of a material disruptive event; failing to respond to technological change, keep pace with new technology developments, or adopt a successful technology strategy; failing to differentiate our products and services and continuously create innovative, proprietary and insightful financial technology solutions; liability relating to the information and data we collect, store, use, create, and distribute or the reports that we publish or are produced by our software products; trends in the financial services industry, including fee compression within the asset and wealth management sectors and increased industry consolidation; an outage of our database, technology-based products and services, or network facilities or the movement of parts of our technology and data infrastructure to the public cloud and other outsourced providers; the failure of acquisitions and other investments to be efficiently integrated and produce the\u00a0results we anticipate; the failure to recruit, develop, and retain qualified employees; challenges faced by our non-U.S. operations, including the concentration of data and development work at our offshore facilities in <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">India<\/span>; our indebtedness could adversely affect our cash flows and financial flexibility; and the failure to protect our intellectual property rights or claims of intellectual property infringement against us.<\/i>\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n        <i>A more complete description of these risks and uncertainties can be found in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K. If any of these risks and uncertainties materialize, our actual future results and other future events may vary significantly from what we expect. We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements\u00a0as a result of\u00a0new information or future events.<\/i>\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a92021\u00a0Morningstar, Inc. 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PR Newswire CHICAGO, Sept. 8, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Morningstar, Inc. (Nasdaq: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today announced\u00a0the acquisition of\u00a0Moorgate Benchmarks, a privately held European-based global provider of index design, calculation, and administration. ETFS Capital provided seed funding to Moorgate Benchmarks in 2019 and had been its sole external investor. With this transaction, Moorgate Benchmarks becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Morningstar. Financial terms were not disclosed. Pairing Moorgate Benchmarks&#8217; advanced index design, calculation and administration technology and processes with Morningstar&#8217;s\u00a0data, research,\u00a0and unique Morningstar-led index\u00a0intellectual property\u00a0will give investors more customized and personalized indexes, delivered faster.\u00a0Moorgate&#8217;s respected executive team,\u00a0talented\u00a0employee base, advanced technology,\u00a0and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/morningstar-acquires-moorgate-benchmarks-to-fuel-indexing-growth-and-disruption\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Morningstar Acquires Moorgate Benchmarks to Fuel Indexing Growth and Disruption&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-535604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Morningstar Acquires Moorgate Benchmarks to Fuel Indexing Growth and Disruption - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/morningstar-acquires-moorgate-benchmarks-to-fuel-indexing-growth-and-disruption\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Morningstar Acquires Moorgate Benchmarks to Fuel Indexing Growth and Disruption - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Acquisition enhances Morningstar&#8217;s ability to provide customized, personalized index solutions and underscores global expansion, particularly in Europe. 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PR Newswire CHICAGO, Sept. 8, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Morningstar, Inc. (Nasdaq: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today announced\u00a0the acquisition of\u00a0Moorgate Benchmarks, a privately held European-based global provider of index design, calculation, and administration. ETFS Capital provided seed funding to Moorgate Benchmarks in 2019 and had been its sole external investor. With this transaction, Moorgate Benchmarks becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Morningstar. Financial terms were not disclosed. Pairing Moorgate Benchmarks&#8217; advanced index design, calculation and administration technology and processes with Morningstar&#8217;s\u00a0data, research,\u00a0and unique Morningstar-led index\u00a0intellectual property\u00a0will give investors more customized and personalized indexes, delivered faster.\u00a0Moorgate&#8217;s respected executive team,\u00a0talented\u00a0employee base, advanced technology,\u00a0and &hellip; Continue reading \"Morningstar Acquires Moorgate Benchmarks to Fuel Indexing Growth and Disruption\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/morningstar-acquires-moorgate-benchmarks-to-fuel-indexing-growth-and-disruption\/","og_site_name":"Market Newsdesk","article_published_time":"2021-09-08T12:34:22+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/462798\/morningstar_logo.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Newsdesk","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Newsdesk","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/morningstar-acquires-moorgate-benchmarks-to-fuel-indexing-growth-and-disruption\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/morningstar-acquires-moorgate-benchmarks-to-fuel-indexing-growth-and-disruption\/"},"author":{"name":"Newsdesk","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979"},"headline":"Morningstar Acquires Moorgate Benchmarks to Fuel Indexing Growth and Disruption","datePublished":"2021-09-08T12:34:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/morningstar-acquires-moorgate-benchmarks-to-fuel-indexing-growth-and-disruption\/"},"wordCount":1214,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/morningstar-acquires-moorgate-benchmarks-to-fuel-indexing-growth-and-disruption\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/462798\/morningstar_logo.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/morningstar-acquires-moorgate-benchmarks-to-fuel-indexing-growth-and-disruption\/","url":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/morningstar-acquires-moorgate-benchmarks-to-fuel-indexing-growth-and-disruption\/","name":"Morningstar Acquires Moorgate Benchmarks to Fuel Indexing Growth and Disruption - 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