Morningstar Research Services LLC (Chicago)

Name: Morningstar Research Services LLC
Address: 22 West Washington Street, Chicago, IL, 60602
Telephone: (312) 696-6000

Morningstar Research Services LLC is a related adviser based in Chicago. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2016 and has operated in the jurisdiction of Illinois.

Morningstar Research Services provides selection of other advisers and investment research on securities - generic advice. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Morningstar Research Services LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and fixed fees. Flat-fee based compensation is the most transparent and the one you can safely predict in advance. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Morningstar Research Services serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Morningstar Research Services is other investment advisers with 4 clients and $0 of assets under management. Among the 8 most similar advisory firms, Morningstar Research Services has the highest percentage of other investment advisers out of all clients.

None of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Morningstar Research Services doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Morningstar Research Services LLC

The company employs 150 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 100 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm compensates employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Inc. Morningstar	Sole member	1 Jul 2016	75% - 100%	36-3297908
Donald Scott Schilling	Chief compliance officer and corporate secretary	1 Jul 2016	Other	2659998
Haywood Burton Kelly	Co-president	1 Jul 2016	Other	6721339
Jeffrey Barry Ptak	Head of manager research	1 Jul 2016	Other	4974843
Michael John Holt	Head of equity research	1 Jul 2016	Other	6718705
Elizabeth Collins	Head of equity research	1 Jan 2018	Other	6930862
Marc Demoss	Co-president	1 Mar 2018	Other	6929427
Lori Ann Loftus	Chief compliance officer & secretary	1 Nov 2018	Other	4649994

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 1 indirect owner.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Joseph Daniel Mansueto	Shareholder	1 Apr 1984	50% - 75%	4470721

Based in Chicago

The principal office where Morningstar Research Services LLC performs its advisory services is located at 22 West Washington Street, Chicago, IL 60602, which is also the mailing address of the firm. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number (312) 696-6000. The normal business hours are 9:00am to 5:00pm central on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at corporate1.morningstar.com.