Morningstar has announced plans to change how they assign Morningstar Analyst Ratings and how they will enhance the Morningstar Sustainability Rating.
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The Morningstar Analyst Rating
The Morningstar Analyst Rating is a forward-looking ratings system that assigns Gold, Silver, Bronze, Negative and Neutral to funds. Morningstar announced they're changing the methodology of these ratings.
The new methodology will place a greater emphasis on fees, account for different share classes, and raise the bar for active strategies. The highest ratings, Gold, Silver and Bronze, will only be given to active strategies that are able to surpass their benchmark and their peers.
The Morningstar Sustainability Rating
The Morningstar Sustainability Rating, which was launched in 2016, will also undergo enhancements which they believe will provide clarity and additional information to make investment decisions. Using Sustainalytics data, the Morningstar Sustainability Rating will be based on company-level absolute ESG risk ratings.
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