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Eric Compton
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Libra's Implications for Our Financial Services Coverage: We're Not Worried Just Yet

Facebook has announced plans for Libra, its new digital currency set to launch in 2020, making it the first major company to attempt to bring cryptocurrency into the retail mainstream. Overall, we are not yet worried about a negative impact on economic moats in financial services.
Libra is a cryptocurrency that will be built using blockchain technology. It will be run by a consortium, with Facebook as the lead until the end of 2019, at which point all members will have equal power. It will start...
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Citigroup Inc.

Citigroup is a financial services holding company whose businesses provide consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, trade and securities services and wealth management. The company operates via two primary business segments: Global Consumer Banking, which provides banking services to retail customers through retail banking, Citi-branded cards and Citi retail services; and Institutional Clients Group, which includes banking and markets and securities services.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Eric Compton

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