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Mr. Geoff M.
Balzano is Chief Executive Officer at Morningstar Investment Management Europe Ltd., Morningstar Europe Ltd., and OBSR Advisory Services Ltd.
He is responsible for strategy and operations for all of Morningstar’s business lines in the UK market.
Since relocating to London in 2007, he has overseen the rapid growth of Morningstar UK, doubling the number of employees working in the UK business to some 300.
He has also overseen several company acquisitions that have extended Morningstar’s data and research capabilities available to the UK market, including the acquisition of OBSR in 2010.
Since then, he has worked side by side with the OBSR research and consulting teams to integrate the businesses, and to gain operational benefit from Morningstar’s global research operations.
He is actively engaging with OBSR’s Adviser, Asset Management and Insurance clients throughout the UK, and has lead Morningstar’s response to a number of industry challenges, including the readying of the company’s adviser software products and research for the UK’s Retail Distribution Review.
Mr. Balzano holds a bachelor’s degree in History and Asian studies from Indiana University and a Master’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance and Marketing from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
Anciens postes connus de Geoff M. Balzano
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Morningstar UK Ltd.
 Morningstar UK Ltd. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Morningstar U.K. opened in London in 2000 and launched its investing Web site in 2001. The Web site offers access to and objective information on more than 9,000 funds available to individual investors in the U.K. The site also offers independent editorial content produced by Morningstar analysts and journalists based in London and around the world. In addition to its investing site, Morningstar U.K. provides a range of innovative products and services to advisers and institutions, including Morningstar® Adviser Workstation™, a comprehensive, Web-based investment planning system and Morningstar Direct™, a Web-based institutional platform providing access to Morningstar's global databases and investment research. | Directeur Général | 14/01/2015 |
Morningstar Europe Ltd.
 Morningstar Europe Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Morningstar Europe Ltd. is the Great Britain-based investment research subsidiary of Morningstar Holland BV, ultimately owned by Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN) in the US. Headquartered in London, the firm was founded in 2000 and provides investment research services to European retail and institutional investors. Morningstar Europe takes a rigorous bottom-up approach by evaluating the fundamental factors that drive the investments they cover. Their global coverage uses the same consistent research framework in every region where Morningstar analysts are evaluating investments. | Directeur Général | 01/03/2014 |
Morningstar Investment Management Europe Ltd.
 Morningstar Investment Management Europe Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Morningstar Investment Management Europe Ltd. (MIME) is the Great Britain-based asset management subsidiary of Morningstar Investment Management LLC, which is owned by Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN) in the US. Headquartered in London, MIME was founded in 2006 and provides discretionary investment management and advisory services to individual and institutional clients. | Directeur Général | 01/03/2014 |
| OBSR Advisory Services Ltd. | Directeur Général | 01/03/2014 |
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Morningstar Europe Ltd.
Morningstar Europe Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Morningstar Europe Ltd. is the Great Britain-based investment research subsidiary of Morningstar Holland BV, ultimately owned by Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN) in the US. Headquartered in London, the firm was founded in 2000 and provides investment research services to European retail and institutional investors. Morningstar Europe takes a rigorous bottom-up approach by evaluating the fundamental factors that drive the investments they cover. Their global coverage uses the same consistent research framework in every region where Morningstar analysts are evaluating investments. | Finance |
Morningstar Investment Management Europe Ltd.
Morningstar Investment Management Europe Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Morningstar Investment Management Europe Ltd. (MIME) is the Great Britain-based asset management subsidiary of Morningstar Investment Management LLC, which is owned by Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN) in the US. Headquartered in London, MIME was founded in 2006 and provides discretionary investment management and advisory services to individual and institutional clients. | Finance |
| OBSR Advisory Services Ltd. | Finance |
Morningstar UK Ltd.
Morningstar UK Ltd. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Morningstar U.K. opened in London in 2000 and launched its investing Web site in 2001. The Web site offers access to and objective information on more than 9,000 funds available to individual investors in the U.K. The site also offers independent editorial content produced by Morningstar analysts and journalists based in London and around the world. In addition to its investing site, Morningstar U.K. provides a range of innovative products and services to advisers and institutions, including Morningstar® Adviser Workstation™, a comprehensive, Web-based investment planning system and Morningstar Direct™, a Web-based institutional platform providing access to Morningstar's global databases and investment research. | Finance |
