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The EURO STOXX® Banks and STOXX® Europe 600 Banks indices climbed 80.3% and 67% respectively in 2025, the best performance among 20 ICB Supersectors and best year since 1987. In spite of strong gains in recent years, the banking sector remains significantly below the levels reached just before the global financial crisis.

The Deka STOXX Future Water ESG UCITS ETF was launched today and tracks the STOXX Future Water ESG index. The strategy allows investors to participate in opportunities linked to this scarce natural resource and the forward-looking investment theme it underpins.

STOXX Ltd. today announced the expansion of its collaboration with Deka Investment GmbH (“Deka”), with the launch of an ETF targeting companies leading in water management and innovation.

European stocks helped drive global indices to a monthly gain in December, capping a third straight year of double-digit returns on expectations of sustained economic growth.

The 25-year-old iShares STOXX Europe 50 UCITS ETF (DE) will be renamed to reflect its new index, which offers exposure to a smaller number of mega-caps in the broad European region.

The iShares Core Multifactor ETF suite was introduced in June 2022. We spoke with Priya Panse, CFA, lead strategist for BlackRock’s US Factor ETFs, to discuss what defines a modern, risk-controlled multifactor strategy.

STOXX Ltd., part of the ISS STOXX GmbH group of companies and a leading provider of benchmark and custom index solutions to institutional investors, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Milan-based ECPI S.R.L., from Confluence Technologies. ECPI is an established and cutting-edge provider of sustainability indices, data, and analytics to the institutional investor community.

The launches follow on from the roll-out three years ago of ETFs tracking yen-hedged versions of the two European flagship benchmarks, and come amid rising interest in European equities.

STOXX Ltd., part of the ISS STOXX group of companies, and Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd., Japan’s largest ETF issuer, today announced their expanding collaboration with Nomura’s launch of two ETFs respectively tracking STOXX’s flagship EURO STOXX 50® and DAX® benchmark indices in euros. The ETFs will list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on December 17th.

The underlying STOXX Global Quantum Computing index selects companies through a unique systematic process of scanning candidates’ patents, annual reports and corporate websites.

STOXX Ltd. today announced its expanding collaboration with BlackRock, with BlackRock’s launch of the iShares Quantum Computing UCITS ETF, which tracks the STOXX Global Quantum Computing index.

Changes are part of the December regular review of the DAX 50 ESG, DAX 50 ESG+, DAX 30 ESG, DAX ESG Target, DAX ESG Screened, MDAX ESG+, MDAX ESG Screened and DAX indices.