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ESG & Sustainability
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The STOXX® Global 1800 Index rose 4.3% in dollars in December, cementing a second straight year of double-digit percentage gains, as investors raised expectations that policy support and vaccines will help economies overcome the COVID-19-induced slump.
Index | ESG & Sustainability
STOXX Europe 600 ESG-X Futures Reach 1 Million Traded Contracts Milestone
The futures, part of the broader ESG derivatives family traded on Eurex, reach records as investors turn to ESG-compliant instruments to manage portfolios.
Corporate | Index | ESG & Sustainability
Qontigo Summit Addresses Ascent of Sustainability in Investments, Need to Optimize Impact
Sustainability has moved from a tangential consideration to a crucial criterion in portfolio construction. A line-up of experts told this year’s Qontigo Investment Intelligence Summit how this evolution is re-shaping the entire investment landscape.
ESG & Sustainability
Climate Impact Investing Is Coming On Fast… What Portfolio Managers Need to Know — and Do — to Successfully Adapt
There is no denying the impact of climate change — and associated regulatory realities — on the business of investment management. For portfolio managers, it is essential to understand how to successfully adapt and prepare for what some call the “mother of all correlated risks”. Here we expose — in three parts — what portfolio managers need to know when switching to a fully Paris Aligned Benchmark (PAB) portfolio from a current market-cap weighted (CWB) portfolio.
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Climate Impact Investing Is Coming On Fast…What Portfolio Managers Need to Know to Make the Transition
There is no denying the impact of climate change — and associated regulatory realities — on the business of investment management.
Liquidity provider Optiver conducts an environmental, social and governance (ESG) ‘pulse check’ of derivatives markets, by examining the performance of the most traded ESG future in Europe on multiple liquidity and commercial metrics.
A new Qontigo whitepaper examines this year’s outperformance of the ESG benchmark for German equities relative to the DAX and HDAX indices.
In this paper, we have narrowed our focus and analyzed the performance of the DAX® 50 ESG Index over the period from March 20, 2020 (the end date of our analysis last time and which was around the beginning of the recovery from the market distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic) until November 13, 2020. Our findings show that the DAX® 50 ESG Index has outperformed during this period, with the sustainability criteria applied as part of the index methodology contributing favorably to returns.
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Eco Money: Outlook for upcoming launches around ESG, SDI, and SDG-driven indices in Asia
Prime Time’s Rachel Kelly speaks to Rick Chau, Head of Asia Pacific for Index and Analytics at Qontigo, an index, financial intelligence and risk analytics firm, about his firm’s role in the recently launched Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform.
Corporate | Index | ESG & Sustainability
Join Us at the Qontigo Investment Intelligence Summit on Dec. 9
Our annual event will be held virtually this year and focus on the ever-growing topic of sustainable investment. A line-up of experts will discuss the regulatory drivers and practical applications of integrating ESG considerations in portfolios.
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Sustainable Investing: A new dawn (Savvy Investor Special Report, 2020)
This Special Report explores some of the threats our planet is currently facing and discusses ways in which sustainability can help to save it. It also outlines how economies and companies can shift to more sustainable models.
The STOXX® Global 1800 Index surged 12.9% in dollars in November, its largest monthly increase since data begins in 2004, as three drugs manufacturers announced their experimental vaccines are widely effective in preventing the COVID-19 virus.