Morningstar to pay $3.5M for conflicts of interest violations
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Jaclyn Jaeger2020-05-18T19:43:00
Morningstar Credit Ratings has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle SEC charges for violating a conflict of interest rule designed to separate credit ratings and analysis from sales and marketing efforts.
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