OBSR rebrands with Morningstar tag

OBSR (Old Broad Street Research)'s research and consulting businesses have been rebranded as Morningstar OBSR.

The move is the next step in the integration of the two companies following Morningstar’s acquisition of OBSR in April 2010. OBSR is also retiring its AAA, AA, and A rating scale and adopting the Morningstar Analyst Rating five-tier scale, with immediate effect. The Morningstar OBSR positive ratings are now Gold, Silver, or Bronze in addition to its ‘Neutral’ and ‘Negative’ ratings. This completes the alignment of the Morningstar Analyst Ratings throughout all of the markets, the group said. Richard Romer-Lee, co-founder of OBSR and now managing director of Morningstar’s European i...