Independent investment research provider, Morningstar’s COO, Tao Huang, is stepping down from his role by the end of the month. He will continue to serve as a management advisor to the firm. Huang was also in charge of information technology, corporate sales at Logical Information Machines, which Morningstar bought in 2009. Huang has been the firm’s COO since 2000 and has held variety of roles in the firm since 1990.

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