HONG KONG, Jan. 28, 2015—Morningstar Asia Limited, a subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), has appointed Adam Grabow vice president of buy side and advisor sales. Grabow will oversee sales and business development for Morningstar’s equity research, manager research, and investment management offerings for advisor and buy-side clients in Asia, with a focus on Hong Kong and Singapore. Grabow recently relocated to Singapore from Morningstar’s headquarters in Chicago to take on this new role for Morningstar.

Nick Cheung, CEO of Morningstar Asia, said, “We are excited that Adam is joining our team in Singapore to help support our growing business in Asia. Morningstar has had a presence in the region for nearly 15 years, and the sales and business development expertise Adam brings will help us better serve our clients’ need for global investment research and management solutions.”

Grabow has more than two decades of sales experience. Before joining Morningstar in 2013, he worked for DeMatteo Monness, a boutique broker/dealer; J.P. Morgan; and Merrill Lynch Asset Management. Grabow holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Colorado and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He served in the United States Navy from 1993 to 2013.

About Morningstar Asia and Morningstar, Inc.

Morningstar Asia Limited is a subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc., a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offers an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors. Morningstar provides data on approximately 479,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 13 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $169 billion in assets under advisement and management as of Sept. 30, 2014. The company has operations in 27 countries.

Morningstar expanded to Asia in April 2000 and has grown its business into Japan, Korea, India, mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong. The Asia operations not only offer timely information on mutual funds, but also insightful and independent analyses, unbiased fund ratings, and sophisticated analytical tools to help both individual and professional investors make better investment decisions.

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