Morningstar's young gun

Morningstar co-head of fund research Tim Murphy has been named Money Management Young Achiever of the Year 2011.

In making its decision, the judging panel was impressed with Murphy’s tertiary qualifications and achievements within the financial services industry.

In 2001, Murphy graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Finance (Macquarie University), from where he joined Commonwealth Bank’s graduate program. From 2002-05, Murphy gained experience in a number of roles, including corporate credit analysis at Commonwealth Bank and HSBC, mortgage securitisation at Macquarie Bank, and equity derivatives trading at Optiver. During this time he also completed his Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting.

Murphy joined Morningstar in the second half of 2005 as a fund research analyst. In 2007, the company sent him to London to train a team of new analysts that had been hired for Morningstar’s expansion of fund research in Europe. Returning to Australia, Murphy was promoted to senior research analyst and in 2009 he was again promoted to co-head of fund research, which he holds today.

In this role, Murphy has joint leadership of Morningstar’s fund research business in Australia and New Zealand and is responsible for Morningstar’s consulting relationships with dealer group clients.

In 2009, Murphy added to his qualifications by graduating with a Master of Applied Finance (Macquarie University), which included an exchange program at Copenhagen Business School, earning him the right to use the CFA designation in 2010.

Macquarie University has also invited Murphy as a guest lecturer in its Master of Applied Finance program in the area of Equity Funds Management.

In what was a tightly contested category, the judges also paid tribute to the three finalists: Matthew Dellit (Professional Investment Services), Finn Kelly (Wealth Enhancers) and Matthew Parrella (Finovia).