Index / ETFs

Stocks rose in July amid signs that global inflation is easing and that the US economy may avoid a recession.

Hamish Seegopaul, Global Head for Index Product Innovation, and Brian Zimmer, Chief Technology Officer, share their thoughts on the potential impact of artificial intelligence on the index industry in the latest issue of The Financial Technologist from Harrington Starr.

Qontigo’s global index provider STOXX Ltd. has announced unscheduled component changes in the MDAX, SDAX and TecDAX indices.

Christoph Schon from our Applied Research team recently joined an ETF Stream roundtable on thematic ETFs. Together with colleagues from the industry they discussed the importance of index construction and theme selection.

In June, stocks had their second-best month this year on optimism that the global economy is weathering a slowdown and that inflation is easing.

The IIA published their third annual ESG Global Survey of Asset Managers, revealing that widening factors, expanding asset classes, and emerging tech are driving a maturing ESG landscape.

Qontigo’s global index provider STOXX Ltd. has announced the new composition of the DAX index family, which will become effective on 19 June 2023.

Global equity indices retreated in May, dragged lower by European and Asian shares. In the US, better-than-expected earnings from technology companies overshadowed concerns about a government default and ongoing interest rate hikes.

Qontigo has announced the new composition of the STOXX Europe 600 Index. Effective as of the opening of European markets on June 19, 2023, these stocks will be added to and deleted from the index and its respective size and sector indices.

Thematic indices can offer diversification and market-beating returns, in some cases by using innovative index methodologies, says Christoph Schon at Qontigo.

Philips Pensioenfonds, in collaboration with index and analytics provider Qontigo and asset manager BlackRock, has successfully aligned its € 370 million emerging markets equity portfolio with several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The mandate, managed by BlackRock, tracks a custom equity benchmark, the iSTOXX® PPF Responsible SDG Emerging Markets Index.

ISS ESG, the sustainable investment arm of Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), and Qontigo, a leading global provider of innovative index, analytics and risk solutions, today announced the release of the ISS STOXX Biodiversity Index Suite to mark the U.N.’s International Day for Biological Diversity.