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![Monthly Index News: October 2022](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mac_07092021_iintro-1_small-900x350.jpg)
The STOXX® Global 1800 index rebounded from a two-year low last month on investors’ expectations that the Federal Reserve may soon slow down the pace of interest-rate hikes.
![Monthly Index News: September 2022](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/blog_generating-alpha-with-active-tax-management_vfinal_intro-900x350.png)
In September, stocks suffered the worst monthly selloff since March 2020, with the STOXX® Global 1800 index erasing all of its gains from the northern hemisphere’s summer, as central banks around the world pushed ahead with more interest-rate hikes.
![BlackRock and Qontigo’s collaboration: iShares multi-factor ETFs track STOXX indices to deliver consistent, risk-managed exposure for a portfolio’s core](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PO534-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Factor Investing
BlackRock and Qontigo’s collaboration: iShares multi-factor ETFs track STOXX indices to deliver consistent, risk-managed exposure for a portfolio’s core
Lukas Smart, Head of US iShares Sustainable and Factors Product Segments, and Arun Singhal, Qontigo’s Global Head of Index Product Management, discuss the recent update to BlackRock’s multi-factor offering and the outlook for factor investing.
![Monthly Index News: August 2022](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/IIA-ESG-survey-Arun-and-Rick-intro-900x350.jpg)
Stocks resumed losses in August after central bankers said they are not done raising interest rates as they combat record-high inflation.
![Monthly Index News: July 2022](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/PO488-2nd-intro-900x350.jpg)
Stocks jumped by the most in 20 months in July as investors focused on better-than-forecast earnings reports and on expectations that the Federal Reserve may slow down the pace of interest-rate increases.
![Not so fast. Factor investing is alive and doing well!](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/PO538-original-2-900x350.jpg)
A new white paper from Qontigo analyzes the components of a multi-factor alpha forecast in a universe of US stocks. The alpha has enhanced market returns over the last 20 years, with 2021 showing the best annual results.
![Unpacking the alpha components behind the STOXX U.S. Equity Factor Index](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/shutterstock_1735474220-900x350.jpg)
The recent launch of the STOXX U.S. Equity Factor Index, which underlies the iShares U.S. Equity Factor ETF (LRGF), highlights the real-world performance benefits of a factor-based approach that seeks to manage risk relative to a capitalization-weighted benchmark.
![Monthly Index News: June 2022](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/SPerandeo-BlackRock-APG-intro-900x350.jpg)
Stocks tumbled in June, with the STOXX® Global 1800 index sliding into a bear market, on concern the world’s major economies may be headed for a recession while central banks are fighting runaway inflation.
![BlackRock’s Ang on sustainability alpha signals: ESG and factors as ‘best friends’](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/andrew-ang_1-NY-Summit-2022_intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Factor Investing
BlackRock’s Ang on sustainability alpha signals: ESG and factors as ‘best friends’
ESG and climate metrics can be used as signals to generate alpha either on a stand-alone basis or to strengthen traditional style factors, BlackRock’s Andrew Ang explained during the Qontigo Investment Intelligence Summit.
![Monthly Index News: May 2022](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/LBBW-intro-900x350.jpg)
A rebound in the month’s last week helped the STOXX® Global 1800 index record a small positive return for May, as investors continue to assess the impact on markets of rising interest rates in the US and elsewhere.
![Qontigo launches modern STOXX multifactor indices to underlie iShares ETFs managed by BlackRock](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/PO525-2nd-intro-1-900x350.jpg)
Index | Factor Investing
Qontigo launches modern STOXX multifactor indices to underlie iShares ETFs managed by BlackRock
The STOXX Equity Factor Indices offer diversified exposure to five equity risk premia factors – Quality, Value, Momentum, Low Size and Low Volatility — through an enhanced multifactor approach designed for core portfolio allocation. Powered by STOXX’s indexing capabilities and Axioma’s risk models and portfolio optimizer, the indices deliver balanced, well-researched style factor exposures seeking long-term outperformance.
![IIA’s Rick Redding: ‘Indices continue to evolve; their core benefits remain’](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/PO515-Rick-Redding-intro-900x350.jpg)
The Index Industry Association (IIA) provides education and advocacy on behalf of independent index providers worldwide, CEO Rick Redding explains to Qontigo’s blog. With the transformation of the role and shape of indices in full swing, he sees huge possibilities for the industry and for investors ahead – as well as key challenges.