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![Defensive Strategies that Shine in Volatile Times](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/defencive-strategies-intro-900x350.jpg)
As volatility spikes to historically high levels, we review the performance of two index-based strategies designed to mitigate the impact of market drawdowns.
![Qontigo Launches Weight Loss Market Index](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Market-Screener-1.png)
Qontigo has launched a new market benchmark targeting companies “addressing the rising obesity levels in the global population” that are also set to benefits from health trends among millennials.
![Stocks Post Worst Month, Quarter Since 2008 in March](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/stocks-post-worth-month-march-2020-list-900x350.jpg)
The STOXX Global 1800 Index slumps 13% in month, paring an earlier drop of as much as 25%, as large parts of the global economy come to a standstill to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
![Monthly Index News: March 2020](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/assetcorrelationsandportfolioriskwhatadifferenceaquartermakes_intro-e1600865794712-900x350.jpg)
We have expanded our Monthly Index News Report to include the new STOXX Factor Indices and add recently launched thematic indices. There is now also a section covering the flagship DAX indices.
![ETF Express Names Qontigo’s STOXX Best European Index Provider 2020](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/card-bg-13-900x350.png)
Qontigo’s index provider STOXX was named Best European Index Provider at this year’s ETF Express Awards. This year’s award marks the tenth time that STOXX has been selected as an ETF Express winner.
![Monthly Index News: February 2020](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/axiomaroofscoreweeklyhighlights_intro-e1600865608596_small-900x350.jpg)
Stocks plunged by the most in almost eight years during February, as a fast and widely spreading Coronavirus stoked concerns about a global economic slowdown.
![STOXX<sup>®</sup> USA 500 ESG-X Index](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/us-economy-intro-image-900x350.png)
Following on from the successful derivatives launches in 2019, STOXX Ltd. (now part of Qontigo) has recently licensed the STOXX® USA 500 ESG-X Index as an underlying for listed futures on Eurex.
![Growing Demand in Indexing: Views from the US and Asia](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/USA-Asia-list.png)
The continued growth in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and other passive-type investments was a defining feature of the year that ended.
![iSTOXX Italy Small Mid Cap Index Licensed To Sella SGR](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/card-bg-2-900x350.png)
Qontigo has licensed the iSTOXX Italy Small Mid Cap Index to the Italian asset manager Sella SGR.
![Eurex Launches US ESG Futures Amid Derivatives Expansion](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/the-Wall-Street-Journal.png)
The German stock-market company said the Eurex STOXX USA 500 ESG-X Futures contract screens out thermal-coal mining, coal-fired power plants, controversial weapons.
![Monthly Index News: January 2020](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/whattoexpectfromthesecin2019_intro-e1600865770292-900x350.jpg)
In January, stocks posted their first monthly decline since August, as fears that the coronavirus may dent travel and consumption in China and beyond rattled markets.
![STOXX Factor Indices: Targeted Factor Exposures with Managed Liquidity and Risk Profiles](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/introducing-factor-indices-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Factor Investing
STOXX Factor Indices: Targeted Factor Exposures with Managed Liquidity and Risk Profiles
The STOXX Factor Index suite is comprised of five single-factor indices and a multifactor index engineered to deliver the excess returns associated with each factor using a diversified index of securities with carefully managed exposure, liquidity and risk characteristics.