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![APG’s Van Dijk: iSTOXX APG World RI Indices Bring Rules-Based Index Solution to Active Investment Framework](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/apg-intro-900x350.jpg)
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APG’s Van Dijk: iSTOXX APG World RI Indices Bring Rules-Based Index Solution to Active Investment Framework
Ronald van Dijk, Deputy CIO at APG Asset Management, discusses how the recently launched iSTOXX APG World Responsible Investment Indices help pension funds and other investors incorporate different layers of sustainability ambitions on portfolios in an innovative, flexible and transparent way.
![Beyond ESG: From ‘How Does Sustainability Affect My Portfolio’ to ‘How Does My Portfolio Affect the World?’](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Beyond-ESG-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Beyond ESG: From ‘How Does Sustainability Affect My Portfolio’ to ‘How Does My Portfolio Affect the World?’
ESG integration, sustainability, and impact investing…While there may be overlap in the meanings of these terms, they each represent a distinct approach to “doing well while doing good” in investor portfolios.
![Qontigo Summit Addresses Ascent of Sustainability in Investments, Need to Optimize Impact](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Summit-Background_1400X350-with-legend_listing.jpg)
Corporate | Index | ESG & Sustainability
Qontigo Summit Addresses Ascent of Sustainability in Investments, Need to Optimize Impact
Sustainability has moved from a tangential consideration to a crucial criterion in portfolio construction. A line-up of experts told this year’s Qontigo Investment Intelligence Summit how this evolution is re-shaping the entire investment landscape.
![An Analysis of Index Impact from New ICB Classification](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Diana-whitepaper-Nov2020-intro-900x350.jpg)
The recent Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB) revamp has introduced slight risk-profile adjustments at a portfolio’s sector level. A new Qontigo study unveils the extent of the changes.
![The STOXX Europe 600 Paris-Aligned Benchmark](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/thestoxxeurope600paris_intro-e1600863222786-900x350.jpg)
Melissa Brown discusses the STOXX® Europe 600 Paris-Aligned Benchmark Index, and the strategy driving a higher return and lower volatility than its benchmark.
![Unfazed UK Stocks Reach Record Ahead of Brexit](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/abstract-finance-intro-image-3_small-900x350.jpg)
The countdown to Britain’s yet-unmanaged departure from the European Union is causing anxiety across the country – with the stock market appearing as one noticeable exception.
![Q&A: Credit Suisse’s Froehlich on Multi-Premia Investing](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/abstract-finance-intro-image-900x350.png)
Last August, Credit Suisse Asset Management (Switzerland) Ltd. launched the first index fund tracking the EURO STOXX® Multi Premia Index, a multi-factor strategy based on cutting-edge research.
![Stocks Wrap Up Best Quarter Since 2010](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/us-economy-intro-image-900x350.png)
Global stocks wrapped up their best calendar quarter in over eight years in March, as the Federal Reserve halted its interest-rate increases, and expectations strengthened for a trade truce between the US and China.
![The Power of Factor Diversification](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ESGX-research-report-july-2020-900x250.jpg)
The growing popularity of smart-beta products has fueled the debate around whether their advantages and potential performance can prevail across different market environments.
![An Equal-Weighted Industries Strategy](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/risky-stocks-are-getting-sheaper-intro_small-900x350.jpg)
Equal-weight index strategies have gained in popularity and capital flows in recent years as a way for investors to diversify risk at the stock level.
![2019 Market Outlook II – Dollar Down, Risk Up?](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/20180112_As-the-US-Market-Gyrates-Not-All-Sectors-Suffer-Equally-900x307.jpg)
Bank of America Merrill Lynch is among brokers saying the euro will likely recoup its losses against the dollar in 2019,1 as the Federal Reserve slows down the pace of tightening and the European Central Bank (ECB) gradually removes monetary support.
![The market portfolio’s hidden factors](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/abstract-tech-intro-image-2_small-900x350.jpg)
When it comes to evaluating the success of equity portfolios or constructing a traditional passive investment strategy, the go-to instrument has usually been the market capitalization-weighted index.