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![Stocks extend rout in September as central banks tighten monetary policy further](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PO557-March-2022-intro-900x350.jpg)
The STOXX Global 1800 index dropped 9.3% in dollars last month, taking its retreat in 2022 to 25.5%. The Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and Bank of England increased the cost of borrowing in the month, with the first two hiking by a larger-than-average 75 basis points.
![BlackRock and STOXX collaboration: iShares multi-factor ETFs track STOXX indices to deliver consistent, risk-managed exposure for a portfolio’s core](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PO534-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Factor Investing
BlackRock and STOXX collaboration: iShares multi-factor ETFs track STOXX indices to deliver consistent, risk-managed exposure for a portfolio’s core
Lukas Smart, Head of US iShares Sustainable and Factors Product Segments, and Arun Singhal, Global Head of Index Product Management at STOXX, discuss the recent update to BlackRock’s multi-factor offering and the outlook for factor investing.
![New thematic futures improve trading and risk management in growing investment space — Q&A with Eurex and Qontigo](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PO553-thematic-future-3rd-option-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Thematic Investing
New thematic futures improve trading and risk management in growing investment space — Q&A with Eurex and Qontigo
We caught up with Zubin Ramdarshan, Head of Equity & Index Product Design at Eurex, and Yang Wang, Head of Thematic Index R&D at Qontigo, to learn more about the first-ever listing of thematics derivatives at the Frankfurt-based exchange.
![New STOXX Global ESG Leaders index constituents announced](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PO554-intro-900x350.jpg)
The outcome of the STOXX Global ESG Leaders’ annual review is out. Qontigo’s broadest benchmark tracking the highest ESG-scoring companies now comprises 425 constituents: 280 from Europe, 79 from North America and 66 from Asia/Pacific.
![New iSTOXX Metaverse index to underlie thematic ETF from LGIM](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/LGIM-Metaverse-1-intro-900x350.jpg)
The new fund was listed on Sept. 7 and replicates the iSTOXX® Access Metaverse, an index tailored around a custom methodology aimed at tracking the key beneficiaries of a nascent theme in our modern world.
![Scout24 to join DAX ESG Target index as Hellofresh exits; Siemens Energy enters DAX ESG Screened](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PO552-DAX-ESG-Review-Sept-2022-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Benchmarks
Scout24 to join DAX ESG Target index as Hellofresh exits; Siemens Energy enters DAX ESG Screened
Changes were announced as part of the September regular review of the DAX 50 ESG, DAX ESG Target, DAX ESG Screened and DAX indices.
![Turning negative into a positive: SDI AOP platform expands dataset to include information on companies’ products and services that are inconsistent with achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PO549-SDI-AOP-original-2-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Turning negative into a positive: SDI AOP platform expands dataset to include information on companies’ products and services that are inconsistent with achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform (SDI AOP) helps investors assess companies’ contributions to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. With the latest enhancement to its dataset, investors can also imbed information around products and services that have a negative impact.
![Stocks resume pullback in August on outlook for higher interest rates](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PO-Aug-22-Market-wrap-intro-900x350.jpg)
The STOXX Global 1800 index dropped 4.1% in dollars last month, taking its retreat in 2022 to 17.9%. Investors are bracing for even tighter monetary policy as central banks fight higher-for-longer inflation.
![Nomura AM lists currency-hedged EURO STOXX 50, DAX ETFs in Tokyo](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Nomura-AM-lists-currency-hedged-EURO-STOXX-50-DAX-ETFs-in-Tokyo_intro.png)
The funds track yen-hedged versions of the two European flagship benchmarks and come amid increasing Japanese demand for foreign assets.
![Investors’ integration of ESG grows despite volatility, market pullback: IIA survey](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PO547-IIA-ESG-survey-2022-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Investors’ integration of ESG grows despite volatility, market pullback: IIA survey
About 85% of respondents in the Index Industry Association (IIA)’s second annual ESG survey indicated ESG has become more of a priority for their firms in the past year, even as equity prices fell and energy markets were roiled by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
![New DAX review timeline to reduce trading risk for index trackers](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PO546-intro-900x350.jpg)
In modifying how DAX composition changes are fixed and publicized every quarter, Qontigo is providing index trackers more visibility and a more stable base upon which to trade the changes and replicate the index.
![Q&A with WTW’s David Nelson: Managing a portfolio’s climate transition risk with a forward-looking focus](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PO540-WTW-QA-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Q&A with WTW’s David Nelson: Managing a portfolio’s climate transition risk with a forward-looking focus
“Counting molecules of carbon is the essential first step to tackling climate change, but it’s only the start,” says the director at WTW’s Climate and Resilience Hub. He explains why investors should focus on a company’s current climate-transition risk by understanding what the impact will be on its future cash flows.