New training content for Adviser Workstation

by Alexander Wells on 13 May 2015

In order to help advisers get up to speed using Morningstar Adviser Workstation, and discover the features that can assist with managing a practice, we are currently in the process of updating the training content.  Visit the new support & training page for screenprints, video clips and more at /training/training-essentials/

Below is an example of content, in this case how security alerts can be set up:

 Security alerts

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Latest edition of Morningstar Magazine

by Alexander Wells on 04 Feb 2015

In the new February/March issue of Morningstar Magazine you can see how fees can be a consistent predictor of performance, if a company can be measured solely by its stock returns and whether ETFs or index funds offer investors the cheapest price tags.

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Read the latest Morningstar Magazine

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Latest edition of Morningstar Magazine

by Alexander Wells on 29 Jan 2015

In the new December/January issue of Morningstar Magazine you can see how history will view the fund industry’s current embrace of alternatives, how investors are finding the long-term growth in Africa hard to ignore and how accelerated stock-price increases can lead to drops and poor future performance.

Morningstar Magazine January 2015

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Global Investment Summary October

by Alexander Wells on 15 Oct 2014

In this month’s Global Investment Summary you can read about the Financial Outlook for UK commercial property, that bond yields are generally forecast to head higher over the next year and that global GDP is now unlikely to exceed last year’s 3.0%

Read the full Global Investment Summary

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Latest edition of Morningstar Magazine

by Alexander Wells on 06 Oct 2014

In the new Oct/Nov issue of Morningstar Magazine you can read about Morningstar’s evalutation tools, if active funds have a future and why some financial decisions can’t be handled by an algorithm.

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Morningstar OBSR Global Fund Ratings Update October

by Alexander Wells on 02 Oct 2014

Following the Morningstar OBSR Analyst Ratings Meeting on 11th September 2014, we have changed the Ratings awarded to the following funds:

– BlackRock Global Funds US Basic Value

– Davis Value

We have awarded a new Rating to the following fund

– Polar Capital North American

Click here to read the complete Global Fund Ratings Update

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Latest Morningstar Global Investment Summary

by Alexander Wells on 18 Sep 2014

Every month Morningstar issues the Global Investment Summary, a report which details the current economic global outlook.

While there is little doubt that global growth in the latter half of 2014 should show a decent improvement on a very variable first half, more recent data suggests that the US and China will be the key locomotives of world growth in the second. It had earlier been hoped that a more synchronised recovery would enable the world economy to achieve above trend growth in the later part of the year but this now appears unlikely. Read full report

Read previous versions of the Global Investment Summary

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Morningstar Investment Conference 2014

by Alexander Wells on 11 Sep 2014

Click the video below to see some highlights from the Morningstar Investment Conference 2014

https://vimeo.com/morningstarvideo/review/98957953/2850cbf4ff

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Morningstar OBSR Global Fund Ratings Update

by Alexander Wells on 09 Sep 2014

Following the Morningstar OBSR Analyst Ratings Meeting on 14th August 2014, we have changed the Ratings awarded to the following funds…

(Click the link below to access the latest fund ratings report)

http://media.morningstar.com/uk/fund-ratings-update/september.pdf

Posted in: IFA News and Commentary, Morningstar OBSR Commentary, Research,

True Cost of Retirement

by Alexander Wells on 27 Aug 2014

In the latest issue of the Morningstar Magazine you can read about why common assumptions of how much income a retiree will need don’t always work.

Retirement is the most expensive lifetime “purchase” made by most people. Therefore, it makes sense to understand how much retirement is actually going to cost, but it’s a complex calculation. We will briefly explore some common assumptions used when estimating the cost of retirement – such as generic replacement rates of 70% or 80%, the idea that retirement spending increases annually by inflation, and that retirement lasts 30 years – and find that these assumptions often do not pan out.

Read the full article – True cost of retirement__

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