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Douglas to leave Morningstar

July 20, 2018

Chris Douglas: departing Morningstar head of manager research Asia-Pacific

Chris Douglas, the widely-respected Morningstar head of manager research Asia-Pacific, is to leave the firm after 12 years.

Douglas, who served in various roles with the research house including a two-year stint at the firm’s Chicago HQ, will join the Auckland-based MyFiduciary as a principal in September.

“I’m leaving Morningstar on very good terms,” he said. “And they’ve started a recruitment process for my replacement both internally and externally. They’re still committed to servicing the NZ market.”

MyFiduciary is a governance and consulting firm headed by Ross Fowler and two former NZ Superannuation Fund senior investment specialists, Aaron Drew and David Rae.

In a note to clients, Morningstar global practice leader, Grant Kennaway and head of Australasia, Jamie Wickham, said: “In the interim, Chris will continue to lead the team and Tim will become more involved where necessary, until such time as a replacement Director of Ratings is hired.

“… It goes without saying that we are sorry to see him go. But he leaves the team in really good shape – a strong bench of senior analysts with a depth of experience and close integration into our global manager research group.”

Douglas said the move was prompted mainly by a desire to cut down on trans-Tasman travel to spend more time with his young family in Auckland.

“I also wanted to do something more in my home market,” he said.

Kennaway and Wickham, said in the client note that NZ “remains important” to Morningstar.

“Our manager research team will continue to come to New Zealand to cover your funds; and we will maintain our on the ground presence to ensure we are tapped into the local industry,” the note says.

Douglas formally finishes at Morningstar at the end of August.

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