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![The future of school and play: STOXX Global Digital Entertainment and Education Index](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Digital-Entertainment-Intro-image-1-900x350.jpg)
Index | Thematic Investing
The future of school and play: STOXX Global Digital Entertainment and Education Index
The STOXX Global Digital Entertainment and Education Index captures the global digital transformation of entertainment and education – a long-term structural change. The individual characteristics of the stocks in this index are what set it apart: the Specific Return factor made the largest positive contribution to the seven-year return of all the indices in the study.
![iShares thematic ETF targets transformational move to digital in entertainment and education](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/PLAY1_intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Thematic Investing
iShares thematic ETF targets transformational move to digital in entertainment and education
The new fund tracks the STOXX Global Digital Entertainment and Education Index, one of the latest additions to the STOXX Thematic indices suite and to a growing partnership in innovative thematic solutions between Qontigo and BlackRock.
![STOXX Global Digital Entertainment and Education Index licensed for new iShares Thematic UCITS ETF](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/sectorrotationjustonpauseorahintofthenewnormal_intro_small-900x350.jpg)
Index | Thematic Investing
STOXX Global Digital Entertainment and Education Index licensed for new iShares Thematic UCITS ETF
Qontigo has licensed the STOXX Global Digital Entertainment and Education Index to BlackRock as an underlying benchmark for an iShares ETF, the latest addition to a growing range of innovative thematic solutions available to European investors.
![WTW: Why it is key to manage a portfolio’s climate-transition risk beyond carbon emissions](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/PO532-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
WTW: Why it is key to manage a portfolio’s climate-transition risk beyond carbon emissions
At the recent Qontigo Investment Intelligence Summit, WTW’s climate experts discussed how investors can better grasp a company’s climate-transition risk by looking forward to the future impact on its cash flows, rather than backwards at its carbon footprint.
![How moves in bond yield curves affect the International Real Estate Index](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/po5353-intro-900x350.jpg)
A new Qontigo white paper analyzes the effect of changes in term spreads, or the difference between long- and short-term sovereign bond yields, on the performance of the iSTOXX Developed and Emerging Markets ex USA PK VN index. The findings show a rise in term spreads has, overall, helped returns for the global real estate index since 2019, but the relationship varies depending on regional exposure and period.
![Term spread effects on the International Real Estate Index](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/real-estate-index_intro-900x350.jpg)
Term spreads have risen in multiple regions around the globe, as long-term sovereign yields soared amid rising (expected and actual) inflation but central banks took longer to raise short-term interest rates. The impact of this on international real estate has mostly been positive over the past two-and-a-half years.
![First thematic futures at Eurex launch new avenue for booming investment segment](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Thematic-futures-June-2022-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Thematic Investing
First thematic futures at Eurex launch new avenue for booming investment segment
Eurex has listed futures on three STOXX thematic indices that have a technology focus: breakthrough healthcare, digitalization and digital security. The centrally cleared derivatives complement a growing thematics ecosystem that includes ETFs, helping investors better manage portfolios.
![Eurex launches first futures on thematic indices](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/SBT-intro-900x350.jpg)
Eurex, one of the world’s leading derivatives exchanges, has introduced a new segment with the launch of its first thematic index futures.
![Bloomberg Daybreak Asia: Qontigo’s d’Assier: Central Banks Won’t Help Investors](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Bloobmerg-daybreak-asia.jpg)
Index | Portfolio Risk Management
Bloomberg Daybreak Asia: Qontigo’s d’Assier: Central Banks Won’t Help Investors
Olivier d’Assier, Qontigo Head of APAC Applied Research, speaks in “Bloomberg Daybreak Asia” with Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud-Watts. He says the message from central banks to investors is clear: “Help is definitely not coming”. He discusses how this will play out in the markets and other risks to sentiment.
![Unscheduled component changes in SDAX and TecDAX](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/PO_518-intro-900x350.jpg)
Due to the breach of basic criteria (timely publication of Quarterly Statement or Quarterly Financial Report, as outlined in section 5.1.2 in the Guide to the DAX Equity Indices) Nordex SE will be deleted from the SDAX and TecDAX.
![GEA Group to join DAX ESG Target as Delivery Hero exits](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/PO529-intro-900x350.jpg)
Changes were announced as part of the June regular review for the DAX 50 ESG, DAX ESG Target and DAX indices.
![How efficient an inflation hedge is real estate?](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/PO528-inflation-real-estate-intro-900x350.jpg)
A new Qontigo white paper runs the numbers on the iSTOXX Developed and Emerging Markets ex USA PK VN, a global real estate index, to understand the relationship between expected inflation in the US, Europe and the UK, and index returns. The findings show that the sector has represented a good overall inflation hedge over the last couple of years, although regional and portfolio considerations can create exceptions.