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![Flexible approach in use of ESG data is key driver in advancing sustainability indices](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/PO485-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Index / ETFs
Flexible approach in use of ESG data is key driver in advancing sustainability indices
Variety in ESG data can enrich investment strategies and provide an edge in performance. Qontigo’s open-architecture approach is to find and leverage the most robust sustainability information available, with no limitation to any single provider, for each investing case.
![A CVaR Scenario-Based Framework for Minimizing Downside Risk in Multi-Asset Class Portfolios](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/impactoftheglobalrisk_intro_updated-e1600864560643-900x350.png)
Index | Portfolio Construction
A CVaR Scenario-Based Framework for Minimizing Downside Risk in Multi-Asset Class Portfolios
In this research, we show a two-phase scenario-based CVaR hedging approach to help minimize downside risk in MAC portfolios.
![Deutsche Wohnen SE joins MDAX](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/SPerandeo-BlackRock-APG-intro-900x350.jpg)
Qontigo’s global index provider STOXX Ltd. has announced changes to the DAX index family, which will become effective on 20 December 2021.
![Stocks drop in November amid emergence of Omicron virus variant](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/PO482-intro-900x350.jpg)
On November 26, the STOXX Global 1800 Index fell the most since September 2020 after South Africa reported the existence of a new variant of the COVID-19 virus that may have a higher infection risk than previous types. Value and Travel & Leisure stocks led the retreat during the month.
![Unscheduled adjustment in DAX – Dec. 2, 2021](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/SBT-intro-900x350.jpg)
2 December 2021 – Qontigo’s global index provider STOXX Ltd. has announced an unscheduled change to the DAX index.
![Monthly Index News: November 2021](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/mac_06042021_intro-900x350.png)
Stocks fell in November, with indices reverting gains in the month’s last three sessions, as the emergence of the Omicron variant raised concerns the COVID-19 pandemic may continue to undermine the global economy.
![Changes in composition of the STOXX Europe 600 Index](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/inflation2021blogpost_intro-900x350.png)
December 1, 2021 – Qontigo has announced the new composition of the STOXX Europe 600 Index.
![Q&A with State Street and Qontigo: ESG ETFs evolving alongside investors’ deeper sustainability commitment](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/shutterstock_1160751550-1.jpg)
Index | Index / ETFs
Q&A with State Street and Qontigo: ESG ETFs evolving alongside investors’ deeper sustainability commitment
Rebecca Chesworth, Senior Equities Strategist at State Street Global Advisors SPDR ETFs; and Hamish Seegopaul, Head of R&D for ESG and Quantitative Indices at Qontigo, discuss the change in underlying index for the SPDR® STOXX Europe 600 ESG Screened UCITS ETF and how clients’ ESG needs are shaping the product offering.
![A Goldilocks path to achieving sustainability and impact](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/agoldilockspathtoachievingsustainabilityandimpact_intro-900x350.jpg)
Sustainable investing strategies vary. Some investors, for example, simply want to improve ESG alignment. Others seek to maximize their impact on society, by investing in those companies that contribute the most to certain goals. While the metrics that underlie these approaches have some overlap, there is not perfect correlation, in terms of how metrics are defined, how portfolios are constructed, what is being targeted, etc.
![Impact investing: a guide to quantifying companies’ societal effects through the UN SDGs](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ClarityAI-November-2021-paper-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Impact investing: a guide to quantifying companies’ societal effects through the UN SDGs
Using the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a framework for an impact-measurement approach can help understand and quantify companies’ real-world impact, a new whitepaper from Qontigo and Clarity AI argues. Such an approach enables investors to bridge an important gap at a time when impact has emerged as a key investment pillar, right next to risk and returns.
![Quantifying corporate societal impact using United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Clarity-and-Qontigo-WP-1-list.png)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Quantifying corporate societal impact using United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
This is the second in a series of Qontigo and Clarity AI research papers, which focuses on the challenge of measuring impact as a key means of bridging the gap between impact investment theory and practice.