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![IIA’s Rick Redding: ‘Indices continue to evolve; their core benefits remain’](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/PO515-Rick-Redding-intro-900x350.jpg)
The Index Industry Association (IIA) provides education and advocacy on behalf of independent index providers worldwide, CEO Rick Redding explains to Qontigo’s blog. With the transformation of the role and shape of indices in full swing, he sees huge possibilities for the industry and for investors ahead – as well as key challenges.
![Monthly Index News: April 2022](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/theyearofinvestingdefensively_intro-900x350.png)
Stocks tumbled in April by the most since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic as investors’ expectations grew that the Federal Reserve and other central banks will need to raise interest rates faster and higher to fight inflation.
![Want to incorporate SDG exposures into your portfolios? There’s no such thing as a (risk) free lunch, but here’s a way to do it…](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/WTW-STOXX-indices-first-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Want to incorporate SDG exposures into your portfolios? There’s no such thing as a (risk) free lunch, but here’s a way to do it…
This paper focuses on creating SDG portfolios that maximize exposure to one, two or all SDGs. The study shows that it is quite possible to create a portfolio that significantly improves the exposure to SDGs without taking on too much active risk. An optimizer can help manage that active risk.
![Qontigo launches STOXX USA ETF Industry Index and licenses it to Kiwoom](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/mac_08062021_intro-1_small-900x350.jpg)
Qontigo has licensed the STOXX® USA ETF Industry Index to Kiwoom Asset Management in Korea to be used as an underlying for an exchange-traded fund (ETF). This new index is the first to track the US ETF market through a thematic approach.
![Results of annual Emerging and Developed Markets classification review for STOXX indices](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/PO480-original-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Index / ETFs
Results of annual Emerging and Developed Markets classification review for STOXX indices
Qontigo announced the results of the annual Country Classification review for STOXX indices.
![Monthly Index News: March 2022](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/bondvalueblogpost_intro-900x350.png)
Stocks rebounded in March from two months of losses, helped by expectations of a resolution to the war in Ukraine. Basic-resources and energy companies paced gains for a second consecutive month.
![Dividend index futures reflect lasting effect on European banks from Ukraine crisis](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/PO508-divi-futures-2022-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Index / ETFs
Dividend index futures reflect lasting effect on European banks from Ukraine crisis
Futures on the EURO STOXX Banks Dividend Points Index are trading between 7.9% and 23% below their pre-war prices, depending on the maturity, even as equity prices recover. Traders have raised expectations that a slowing economy may hit lenders’ ability to continue or increase their payments to shareholders.
![Ukraine crisis: Looking at recent market performance through a thematic investing lens](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/PO507-Smart-City-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Thematic Investing
Ukraine crisis: Looking at recent market performance through a thematic investing lens
The war in Ukraine has hit the various business sectors in the equity market in different ways. In contrast, themes such as infrastructure, clean energy transition and cybersecurity have emerged as outperformers. A new whitepaper from Qontigo’s Applied Research team analyzes this divergent performance and what it says about asset-allocation approaches.
![Podcast: Index tracking does not equal passive](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/esg-indices-enhansing-profile-intro-e1600863112643-900x350.jpg)
Arun Singhal, joined The Podfolio podcast to discuss index investing, and the emergence of smart beta strategies that blur the line between active and passive approaches.
![Thematic investing in the current climate – A more focused approach to sustainable and future-proof investing](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/esg-green-building-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Thematic Investing
Thematic investing in the current climate – A more focused approach to sustainable and future-proof investing
The Russian invasion of Ukraine spooked equity investors around the world, but losses were not distributed equally across all sectors, with some industries even exhibiting positive returns. This opens up opportunities for more focused strategies such as thematic investing.
![Japan-focused low carbon STOXX index licensed to Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd.](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/asia-street-intro-image-900x350.jpg)
Index | Index / ETFs
Japan-focused low carbon STOXX index licensed to Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd.
Qontigo has licensed the iSTOXX MUTB Japan Low Carbon Risk 30 Index to Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd. (MUMSS).