LONDON, February 26 /PRNewswire/ --

Morningstar, Inc. (Nasdaq: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today announced it has rebranded Tenfore Systems Limited under the Morningstar name. Morningstar acquired Tenfore in December 2008, adding real-time data feeds to Morningstar's lineup of global investment information offerings.

Morningstar Quotes(TM) real-time feeds provide pricing data from more than 160 sources around the world, covering all major equity exchanges and indexes, as well as foreign exchange and treasury markets. Coverage also includes futures, options, commodities, and precious metals. Another key offering is Morningstar(R) QuoteSpeed(TM), a market data workstation with a customisable interface that displays real-time market data, charts, market news, and more. Morningstar now serves more than 500 real-time data clients worldwide, including brokerages, banks, trading firms, buy-side institutions, financial information and technology providers, corporations, and retail investors.

As part of Morningstar, we're able to provide our clients with access to Morningstar's wide range of investment data and research, which complements our real-time stock quotes from nearly all the world's major stock exchanges, said Gordon Bloor, chief executive officer of the Morningstar Real-Time Data business. By leveraging Morningstar's existing client base and global reach, we can provide key data feeds to institutional clients around the world.

For more information about Morningstar's acquisition, please visit http://global.morningstar.com/Tenfore. Information about Morningstar Quotes and Morningstar QuoteSpeed is available at http://global.morningstar.com/realtime.

Morningstar has been operating in Europe since 2000. In 2007, Morningstar acquired the fund data business of Standard and Poor's, significantly strengthening its global database and offerings to investors. In 2008, Morningstar acquired Fundamental Data Limited, a leading provider of data on closed-end funds in the UK as well as Hemscott's data, media, and investor relations Web site businesses.

Morningstar tracks more than 28,000 investment funds available to UK investors, including unit trusts, exchange-traded funds, offshore funds, life and pension funds, hedge funds, and closed-ended investment trusts. It also offers comprehensive fundamental data on all publicly listed companies in the UK, and financial data and director biographies on more than 2,500 UK-quoted companies and 400,000 private companies.

About Morningstar, Inc.

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offers an extensive line of Internet, software, and print-based products and services for individuals, financial advisors, and institutions. Morningstar provides data on more than 300,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time pricing data on more than 4 million global equities, commodities, derivatives, indexes, and foreign currencies. The company has operations in 19 countries and minority ownership positions in companies based in three other countries.

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Media Contact: Helen Traverso, +44(0)207-256-3809 or helen.traverso@morningstar.com

Helen Traverso of Morningstar, Inc., +44(0)207-256-3809, helen.traverso@morningstar.com