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New Quarterly Report from Morningstar and PitchBook Brings Transparency to Rapidly Expanding Evergreen Fund Universe
CHICAGO & SEATTLE, December 18, 2025--Morningstar, Inc. (Nasdaq: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment insights, and PitchBook, a Morningstar company and a leading private capital market intelligence provider, today announced the launch of "The Evergreen Fund Landscape" report, a new quarterly research series offering comprehensive analysis of the performance, fund flows, fee structures, and emerging trends shaping evergreen private market funds in the United States, also known as
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