New product launches

Sparinvest and STOXX Ltd. today announced Sparinvest’s launch of an Exchange Traded Mutual Fund (the Fund) tracking the newly developed iSTOXX Europe Total Market Defense Enhanced Index.

The new iShares fund offers precise exposure to European companies expected to benefit from the region’s historic ramp-up in military investments. The launch marks another collaboration in thematic ETFs between BlackRock and STOXX.

STOXX Ltd. today announced its expanding collaboration with BlackRock, with BlackRock’s launch of the iShares Europe Defence UCITS ETF (DFEU), which tracks the STOXX® Europe Targeted Defence index.

The index selects European companies from ICB’s Aerospace and Defense Sector that have revenues from specific defense activities, seeking a focused strategy on the military re-equipment theme.

Triodos Investment Management (Triodos IM) and STOXX Ltd., part of the ISS STOXX group of companies, today announced the launch of the iSTOXX Triodos Developed Markets Impact Index.

The underlying index is designed to reflect a hypothetical portfolio in which an investor buys the EURO STOXX 50 benchmark and simultaneously sells a EURO STOXX 50 ATM call option, generating additional income for the holder at the cost of giving up on stock gains.

STOXX Ltd., part of the ISS STOXX group of companies, and Global X ETFs Europe, a leading provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), today announce their expanding collaboration with the launch of the Global X EURO STOXX 50 Covered Call UCITS ETF now tracking the EURO STOXX 50® Covered Call ATM Index.

Amundi, Europe’s leading asset manager , and STOXX Ltd., part of the ISS STOXX group of companies, announce a new collaboration to provide investors with an Amundi ETF solution – co-designed by two major European players – focused on European strategic autonomy in the field of defense.

For US dollar-based investors, euro weakness has curbed returns from the record rally in European stocks. A strategy that systematically hedges against declines in the common currency, on the other hand, has significantly enhanced those returns. Two ETFs from Amundi allow investors access to said strategies.

Three iShares ETFs will switch to multifactor indices designed by STOXX and BlackRock, expanding an existing collaboration. The indices implement optimized strategies targeting risk premia while controlling for risk, and additionally screen out companies based on controversial activities and carbon emissions.

STOXX Ltd., today announced its expanding collaboration with BlackRock, with iShares STOXX World Equity Multifactor UCITS ETF, iShares STOXX Europe Equity Multifactor UCITS ETF, iShares STOXX US Equity Multifactor UCITS ETF now tracking the STOXX Developed World Equity Factor Screened index, the STOXX Developed Europe Equity Factor Screened index, and the STOXX US Equity Factor Screened index respectively.

The STOXX Global AI Infrastructure and STOXX Global AI Adopters and Applications thematic indices allow investors targeted exposure to companies in different stages and involvement in AI, as the technology is deployed. The indices employ a combination of revenues and patents screens to select both established businesses as well as innovators.