
Adrian Atkins
Senior Equity Analyst
Morningstar
Morningstar
Adrian Atkins is a senior equity analyst for Morningstar Australasia Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. He covers the utilities and transport (excluding airlines) sectors across Australia and New Zealand.
Before joining Morningstar in 2007, Adrian worked in corporate credit ratings at a major global ratings agency and in equity research at Aspect Huntley, which was acquired by Morningstar in 2004.
Atkins has a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering and a master's degree in commerce (Hons), majoring in finance and economics, both from the University of Sydney.
Lochlan Halloway is a strategist, Australia and New Zealand, for Morningstar*. He provides broad analysis of the Australian and New Zealand stock markets based on intrinsic valuations generated by our equity research team. Halloway also contributes to fundamental research on ASX-listed companies, namely in the consumer, industrials, and basic materials sectors.
Before joining Morningstar in 2023, Halloway was an adviser at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. He previously worked as an economist at Westpac.
Halloway holds a Bachelor of Economics (Hons and University Medal) from the University of Sydney and a master’s degree in financial economics from the University of Oxford.
*Morningstar Australasia Pty Ltd (“Morningstar”) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc.
Mathew Hodge, CFA, is a regional director, ANZ, for Morningstar*. His primary responsibility is to help the team to perform and efficiently communicate fundamental equity research with our clients in mind. His responsibilities include setting priorities for the team, hiring, people management, providing feedback, career development and promoting our research to the business and clients. Fundamental to the role is creating and maintaining an inclusive environment where the team can do its best work. He also helps develop and implement research methodologies on an ad-hoc basis.
Prior to mid-2021, Hodge was a director on the team and covered the metals and mining sector, including the large-cap global majors. Prior mid-2019, he was a senior resources analyst covering the metals and mining sector. Hodge joined Morningstar equity research via the acquisition of Aspect Huntley in 2006. In addition, Hodge has sat on Morningstar's economic moat committee since 2014. More recently, he led the refresh of our capital allocation methodology in 2020 and was the inaugural chair of the subsequently formed capital allocation committee.
Prior to joining Aspect Huntley in 2001 previously worked in mining, principally as a mining engineer in underground coal. Hodge studied mining engineering at the University of New South Wales and worked as a mining engineer in underground coal. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.
* Morningstar Australasia Pty Ltd (“Morningstar”) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc.
Ashley has worked in the Finance Industry for 20 years with his last role as Director of Institutional Sales at S&P Global. His role at S&P Global was servicing the Funds Management Industry providing data, analytical services and research. Prior to S&P Global Ashley spent 9 years at BT Financial Group as a Senior Research Analyst covering managed funds and listed equities for the wealth manager. He also began his career in Superannuation at Russell Investments within a customer services role. Ashley is a Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA).
WEBINAR
Thursday, 24 July 2025 | 12:30 p.m. - 1 p.m. (Sydney time)
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Tune into this exciting webinar to hear Morningstar’s Adrian Atkins, Senior Equities Analyst and Lochlan Halloway, Market Strategist, present the equity market outlook for Australia.
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