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![VSTOXX futures see increased activity amid market pullback and ahead of French elections](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/VSTOXX-article-Feb-2022-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Benchmarks
VSTOXX futures see increased activity amid market pullback and ahead of French elections
The futures’ price and trading volume have jumped this year. If the French presidential elections this April were to trigger market volatility as did the vote five years ago, activity in VSTOXX futures could pick up further in coming weeks.
![Unscheduled change in MDAX – February 8, 2022](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DAXreform2020-intro-900x350.jpg)
In connection with a takeover, the free float of alstria office REIT AG has dropped below ten percent and the company will be deleted from the MDAX.
![Stocks tumble in January amid expectations of higher US rates](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/PO495-Jan-2022-market-wrap-intro-900x350.jpg)
The STOXX Global 1800 index fell 5.5% in dollars and 4.1% in euros last month, the worst January since 2016, as investors assessed the potential impact of interest-rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. US, Momentum and Quality shares led losses, while dividend and Value stocks appeared as relative winners.
![Monthly Index News: January 2022](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/abstract-lines-intro-900x350.jpg)
Stocks tumbled last month, posting their weakest showing since March 2020 and the worst January since 2016, as investors assessed the potential impact of higher US interest rates.
![Unscheduled adjustment of ADVA Optical Networking SE in SDAX – January 31, 2022](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DAXreform2020-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Index / ETFs
Unscheduled adjustment of ADVA Optical Networking SE in SDAX – January 31, 2022
Qontigo’s global index provider STOXX Ltd. has announced an unscheduled adjustment to the SDAX index.
![Q&A with Eurex: Switching OTC swaps to a capital-efficient alternative under Uncleared Margin Rules](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/PO488-2nd-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Index / ETFs
Q&A with Eurex: Switching OTC swaps to a capital-efficient alternative under Uncleared Margin Rules
Designed to facilitate equity financing, Eurex is introducing new equity total return futures (ETRFs) that replicate popular OTC equity swaps and incorporate the benefits of an exchange-listed product. Stuart Heath from Eurex explains what advantages ETRFs bring to banks and investors, and describes the role of indices in creating the new contracts.
![Europe’s SFDR: A challenge worth meeting](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EU-flag-SFDR-intro-900x350.jpg)
It appears onerous and sometimes confusing, but the European Union’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) aims to enhance and protect participation in sustainable investments — a cause well worth the trouble.
![APG, BlackRock and the SDI AOP: Ways to align portfolios with the UN SDGs](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/UN_SDG-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
APG, BlackRock and the SDI AOP: Ways to align portfolios with the UN SDGs
Aligning portfolios with the UN Sustainable Development Goals is a fast-growing segment of responsible investing (RI), one with a different profile and outcome to ESG or climate considerations. A recent webinar explored how investors can employ the SDGs for portfolio management, index construction, reporting and more, using the Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform (SDI AOP).
![Ossiam’s Lacroix: Maximizing the benefits of an ESG index strategy with an equal-weight approach](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/PO491-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Index / ETFs
Ossiam’s Lacroix: Maximizing the benefits of an ESG index strategy with an equal-weight approach
We talk to Paul Lacroix, Ossiam’s Head of Structuring, about the switch of index underlying the Ossiam STOXX® Europe 600 Equal Weight NR ETF, and why an equal-weighted ESG strategy can boost both the ESG profile and price returns of a portfolio.
![Unscheduled free float adjustment in MDAX – Jan. 20, 2022](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/10yearssincethegfcisgrowthinindexingjustthebeginning_intro-e1600865860707-900x350.jpg)
Qontigo’s global index provider STOXX Ltd. has announced an unscheduled adjustment to the MDAX index.
![Kiwoom AM lists South Korea’s first DAX ETF](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Seoul-intro-900x350.jpg)
The exchange-traded fund started trading on the Korean Stock Exchange on December 22 and provides domestic investors direct exposure to Europe’s biggest economy and a means of geographic and industry diversification.
![An ‘impossible product’? Comparing Europe’s dissonant ESG fund labels](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Ecolabels-intro-900x350.jpg)
Fund issuers seeking to design sustainable-investment products to be distributed across European markets face an uphill struggle because of widely diverging national and regional frameworks. A new Qontigo whitepaper highlights the intricacy of Europe’s ESG labeling landscape and provides some recommendations that may help overcome its pitfalls.