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![Q&A with the IIA and Qontigo: ESG indices need to balance regulatory needs, investment objectives through customized solutions](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/IIA-ESG-survey-Arun-and-Rick-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Q&A with the IIA and Qontigo: ESG indices need to balance regulatory needs, investment objectives through customized solutions
Rick Redding of the Index Industry Association (IIA) and Qontigo’s Arun Singhal discuss what role indices will play in an asset-management industry increasingly veering towards sustainability considerations in the portfolio-construction process.
![The role of indices and data analytics in sustainable investing](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/The-role-of-indices-and-data-analytics-in-sustainable-investing_intro_esg-900x350.jpg)
Sustainability indices and analytics are crucial catalysts for investors to transition from ‘brown’ to ‘green’ portfolios. However, the shift is being hindered, among other things, by inconsistent national legislations and lack of proper ESG disclosures from companies. Regulators have a key role to play to overcome these obstacles.
![Sustainable evolution puts index design on center stage](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/sustainableevolutionputsindexdesignoncenterstage_intro_jpeg-900x350.jpg)
As sustainable investing’s uptake continues to gather pace, index-based solutions have gained investors’ favor as a simple, low-cost and transparent way to implement sustainable strategies.
![Practitioners’ panel discusses growth of exchange-traded ESG derivatives, outlook for next generation of solutions](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/PO472-ESG-landscape-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Practitioners’ panel discusses growth of exchange-traded ESG derivatives, outlook for next generation of solutions
A webinar organized by Risk.net and Eurex addressed the surge in interest in ESG derivatives and explored what lies ahead for the market amid increasing regulation and continued improvements in data and index design.
![STOXX Willis Towers Watson Climate Transition Indices: A comprehensive solution to manage companies’ risk in the economy’s journey to net zero](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/WTW-STOXX-indices-first-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
STOXX Willis Towers Watson Climate Transition Indices: A comprehensive solution to manage companies’ risk in the economy’s journey to net zero
The STOXX Willis Towers Watson Climate Transition Indices (CTIs) are an innovative new family of indices designed to manage climate transition risk through a forward-looking, bottom-up analysis of the impact on company valuations from moving to a low-carbon economy. The indices help address risks and opportunities arising from climate transition in a transparent, systematic way and result in portfolios consistent with the Paris Agreement goals.
![BlackRock’s Sperandeo on responsible investing — and how indices can help make active decisions and measure impact](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/SPerandeo-BlackRock-APG-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
BlackRock’s Sperandeo on responsible investing — and how indices can help make active decisions and measure impact
Manuela Sperandeo, BlackRock’s EMEA Head of Sustainable Indexing, discusses her firm’s investment mandate tracking the iSTOXX APG World Responsible Low-Carbon SDI Index, and explains how using indices can enhance transparency, efficiency and predictability in the construction process of a climate-aware and sustainable portfolio.
![Stocks fall for first month in eight in September amid inflation fears](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Federal-Reserve-intro-900x350.jpg)
The STOXX Global 1800 Index falls 4% in month when measured in dollars and including dividends. The US Federal Reserve indicates it may raise interest rates as early as next year amid signs that a spike in inflation could last longer than previously thought. US and European stocks drop in the month, led by Momentum, basic-resources and high-dividend shares.
![When 40 is the New 30 – What DAX Gains Following Enlargement](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/when40isthenew30whatdaxgainsfollowingenlargement_intro-900x350.jpg)
A Qontigo analysis shows that the DAX enlargement contributed to the German benchmark’s diversification, decrease in concentration, stability and market representation, and resulted in relatively limited changes to style exposures. In most cases, those changes were not of significant nature.
![Q&A with FlexShares: Quality and ESG as risk-control tools for EM Low-Vol, High-Dividend strategies](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Quality-and-ESG-as-Risk-Control-Tools-for-EM-Low-Vol-High-Dividend-Strategies-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Q&A with FlexShares: Quality and ESG as risk-control tools for EM Low-Vol, High-Dividend strategies
We talk to Abhishek Gupta, FlexShares’ Senior Quantitative Strategist, about the company’s new ETFs covering low volatility and high dividend strategies in emerging markets. The funds, which track STOXX indices, include Northern Trust Asset Management’s proprietary quality and ESG screens, as well as climate filters, aimed at helping improve risk-adjusted returns.
![Key Sustainability Trends in 5 Minutes](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Key-Sustainability-Trends-in-5-Minutes_intro-image-900x350.jpg)
Anna Georgieva is part of the Qontigo Sustainable Investment Team. As someone who has seen firsthand the evolution of the sustainability space we sat down with Anna to get her thoughts on the intersection of financial markets and ESG and what to look out for in the coming months.
![Qontigo’s Seegopaul and Gu: ‘iSTOXX APG Responsible Investment Indices Designed for New Era of Sustainability’](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Qontigo-on-APG-intro-900x350.jpg)
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Qontigo’s Seegopaul and Gu: ‘iSTOXX APG Responsible Investment Indices Designed for New Era of Sustainability’
The iSTOXX APG World Responsible Investment Indices were designed to ‘layer in’ various sustainability filters in order to measure the effect on risk and returns of each individual ESG criteria on a developed-markets global equities portfolio. Hamish Seegopaul and Yurong Gu explain how the new indices came about and discuss the value of the collaboration with the Netherlands’ APG and with BlackRock.
![New STOXX Global ESG Leaders Announced](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Global-ESG-Leaders-2021-intro-900x350.jpg)
The results of the STOXX Global ESG Leaders Index’s annual review are out. Qontigo’s broadest benchmark tracking the highest ESG-scoring companies now comprises 410 constituents: 270 from Europe, 79 from North America and 61 from Asia/Pacific.