Index / ETFs

In this special report with ETF Stream, STOXX reviews the fundamentals of buffer strategies and their appeal in times of volatility, and analyzes the strategies’ performance compared with other defensive approaches.

This year’s gathering in Frankfurt had much to cover, from the state of the global economy and geopolitics to the relentless expansion of AI and expectations for Germany’s new pension savings accounts. STOXX took part in an in-depth session that explored a range of indices that go beyond traditional benchmarks.

Global stocks ended October lower after a technology sell-off on the month’s final session erased earlier gains. Investors worried about slowing earnings growth and the sector’s heavy spending on AI.

On October 29, 2001, UBS Asset Management launched its ETF business with a fund tracking the EURO STOXX 50, the benchmark for Eurozone blue chips. To mark the 25th anniversary, we take stock of the index’s changing composition and evolution through market booms and busts.

STOXX Ltd., part of the ISS STOXX group and a leading provider of benchmark and customized index solutions for global institutional investors, today announced an unscheduled adjustment to the MDAX. Following the spin-off of tk accelis Group AG & Co. KGaA from thyssenkrupp AG, an adjustment of the index is required.

Assets invested in passive ETFs tracking equity indices from all providers rose 17.7% to EUR 14.2 trillion in the three months through June, boosted by share prices and inflows. Funds tracking a STOXX or DAX index increased assets by 12.9% over the period, with thematic and factor strategies recording inflows.

STOXX Ltd., part of the ISS STOXX group and a leading provider of benchmark and customized index solutions for global institutional investors, has announced an unscheduled adjustment to the SDAX Index.

Stocks fell in September as rising bond yields pressured equity valuations and raised concerns that economic growth could slow. US indices outperformed European ones over the month as technology stocks rose.

STOXX Ltd., part of the ISS STOXX group and a leading provider of benchmark and customized index solutions for global institutional investors, has announced an unscheduled adjustment to the SDAX Index.

STOXX Ltd., part of the ISS STOXX group of companies and leading provider of benchmark and custom index solutions to global institutional investors, today announced the new composition of the DAX blue-chip indices.

Global equity indices rose in August, as better-than-expected earnings from US technology companies offset concerns about rising bond yields and geopolitical tensions in the Persian Gulf.

STOXX Ltd., part of the ISS STOXX group of companies and a leading provider of benchmark and custom index solutions to global institutional investors, today announced the regular annual review of the STOXX Blue-Chip Indices, among them the EURO STOXX 50, STOXX Europe 50, and the STOXX Eastern Europe 50 indices. All changes will be effective with the opening of European markets on September 21, 2026.