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February 2007
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Recap of Previous
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Morningstar
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Release Notes |
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Morningstar to Acquire S&P's Mutual Fund Data Business |
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On Feb. 22, Morningstar announced plans to acquire Standard & Poor's mutual fund data business. We expect the acquisition to close in March, and believe it will significantly strengthen our global database and offerings to clients. Please click here to read a letter from our chairman and CEO, Joe Mansueto, which outlines the benefits of the accquisiton http://global.morningstar.com/SPclient. For more information, please see our press release and general questions and answers at http://global.morningstar.com/SP. |
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Q4 2006 Fund Category Review |
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This quarter's fund category review began on Feb. 15 for funds with one year of history or less. Fund families with proposed category changes received an e-mail with details on any funds with proposed category changes. New categories will be effective with February month-end processing and can be viewed on our Websites the third business day of March, March 5. |
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Enhanced Portfolio Statistics |
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Morningstar is modifying our portfolio statistics to incorporate the economic impact of short positions and derivatives. The implementation for this project has been changed from March month-end to May month-end in order to give fund families more time to comply with the reporting template and to allow clients to prepare to accept data in the new format. The template and methodology have been updated with the new timeline, but otherwise the content is the same. There will be small schema changes for Licensed Data Feeds in order to deliver both long and short statistics for funds. On March 13 and 14, Morningstar will host Web-based interactive meetings for U.S. clients to discuss the methodology and the required schema changes. Invitations will be sent out shortly. If you cannot attend, please contact your relationship manager to receive the new schema and test files. |
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NASD Text Box Rule |
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Morningstar has the data required to meet the requirements of the recent amendments to NASD Rules 2210-11 concerning mutual fund performance sales material. Test files for Licensed Data Feeds are available now. Please contact your relationship team for more information. In addition, Investment Profile pages will include the relevant data points in our April deliveries of March 31, 2007 data. Details on the amendments can be foundhere. |
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Morningstar Indexes Yearbook 2007�Request Your Copy |
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Which sectors and styles performed the best in 2006? What is the best way to passively invest in commodity markets? Is there a middle ground between market cap and fundamentally weighted indexes? For answers to these questions and more, get your complimentary copy of Morningstar Indexes Yearbook 2007�our annual review of the US equity markets and our latest research results on commodity indexes, and alternative index weighting schemes--plus a new look at benchmarking active manager performance. To request your copy, please provide your complete mailing address here. |
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Morningstar Direct(SM) Version 3.1 Launched |
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This quarter's fund category review began on Feb. 15 for funds with one year of history or less. Fund families with proposed category changes received an e-mail with details on any funds with proposed category changes. New categories will be effective with February month-end processing and can be viewed on our Websites the third business day of March, March 5. |
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Recap of Previous Announcements |
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Morningstar to Launch Family of Fixed-Income Indexes |
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Morningstar announced plans to launch a family of investor-friendly fixed income indexes with a focus on transparency and investability. In addition to serving as tools for portfolio benchmarking and performance measurement, the Morningstar Indexes can be licensed to institutions for the creation of investment vehicles. We expect to launch these indexes in stages beginning in the first quarter of 2007. The initial indexes will cover the core fixed income categories of U.S. Treasury and corporate bonds. For more information on Morningstar Indexes visit http://indexes.morningstar.com. |
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NASD Text Box Rule |
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Morningstar has the data required to meet the requirements of the recent amendments to NASD Rules 2210-11 concerning mutual fund performance sales material. Test files for Licensed Data Feeds will be available by mid-February. Please contact your relationship team for more information. In addition, Investment Profile pages will include the relevant data points in our April deliveries of March 31, 2007 data. Details on the amendments can be found here. |
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Morningstar to Launch Family of Fixed-Income Indexes |
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Morningstar announced plans to launch a family of investor-friendly fixed income indexes with a focus on transparency and investability. In addition to serving as tools for portfolio benchmarking and performance measurement, the Morningstar Indexes can be licensed to institutions for the creation of investment vehicles. We expect to launch these indexes in stages beginning in the first quarter of 2007. The initial indexes will cover the core fixed income categories of U.S. Treasury and corporate bonds. For more information on Morningstar Indexes visit http://indexes.morningstar.com. |
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Morningstar News |
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Morningstar�On the Road with Don Phillips |
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Watch this space for more information about our upcoming road show, featuring our managing director, Don Phillips. We will be visiting New York, Boston, and San Francisco during May 2007. We hope you will be able to attend one of these sessions to hear about current and upcoming Morningstar research initiatives and to share your thoughts with us. We will provide more information once our plans are finalized. |
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Space Still Available�Ibbotson Asset Allocation Conference |
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Ibbotson is now a Morningstar company, and the Ibbotson Asset Allocation Conference will be held March 8-9, in Miami, FL, at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa. Please click here for full details and registration information. |
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Morningstar at Industry Shows |
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Morningstar will exhibit at the following shows. We hope to see you there. |
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� Opal Financial Group Global Asset Allocation Summit in Santa Barbara, CA, Feb. 25-27 |
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� National Association for Variable Annuities (NAVA) Marketing Conference in Tucson, AZ, Feb. 25-28 |
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� American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA) 401(k) Sales Summit in San Diego, CA, Feb. 25-27 |
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� Fondsprofessionell Messe, Vienna, Austria, March 6-7 |
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� Norwegian Mutual Fund Association, Oslo Norway, March 22 BCA Messe Kongress in Wiesbaden, Germany, March 28-29 |
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� Association of Investment Management Sales Executives (AIMSE) in Scottsdale, AZ, April 29-May 1 |
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� Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) Spring Professional Development Conference in Phoenix, AZ, April 26-29 |
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� Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) 60th Annual Conference in New York City,
April 29-May 2 |
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� Money Management Institute (MMI) Annual Convention, Washington, D.C.
May 2-3 |
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� Investment Company Institute (ICI) General Membership Meeting Washington, D.C. May 9 - 11 |
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� Risparmio Italia in Rimini, Italy, May 17-18 |
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� National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) Annual Conference Orlando, FL,
June 3-6 |
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Data Questions |
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Contact your account team or our data quality department:
U.S.
E-mail: dataquestions@morningstar.com
Phone: +1 312-696-6600
Fax: +1 312-696-6019
Mailing address:
Data Questions
Morningstar, Inc.
225 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
USA
Europe
E-mail: dataquestions.uk@morningstar.com
Phone: +44 20 3107 0070
Fax: +44 20 3107 0001
Mailing address:
Data Question
Morningstar Europe
1 Oliver's Yard,
55-71 City Road, London EC1Y 1HQ
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