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Index | Thematic Investing
New STOXX thematic index tracking Europe’s booming luxury-goods industry licensed to Samsung Asset Management for first-of-kind ETF
The index’s targeted focus allows investors to accurately capture one of the strongest-growing themes of late, as Gen Z and Asian consumers increase spending on luxury products.
Index | Index / ETFs
Qontigo licenses the STOXX® Europe Luxury 10 index to Samsung AM, as European luxury goods market rebounds
Qontigo has licensed the STOXX® Europe Luxury 10 index to Samsung Asset Management, to serve as an underlying index for an inaugural ETF listing on the Korean Exchange. The index comprises ten of the largest European companies in the luxury goods sector, including some of the world’s most iconic premium brands: Dior, Hermès, LVMH and Moncler.
Despite its main association with online gaming and social media, the Metaverse is also providing a virtual platform for industries to employ technologies aimed at improving efficiency, controlling supply chains and monitoring risk-management processes. The STOXX Global Metaverse Index is designed to capture the pioneers developing those applications.
Axel Lomholt, Chief Product Officer for Indices & Benchmarks at Qontigo, explains how technology and data innovation are buoying thematic investing, and what it takes to be at the research frontline in thematic strategies.
Stocks rose in March, rebounding from losses in the month’s first half, as investors raised expectations the Federal Reserve may soon pause its interest rate hikes following the collapse of three lenders in the US.
Citigroup has expanded its suite of thematic structured products linked to STOXX indices that are adapted for participation products.
Index | Events, Conferences & Webinars
Eurex Derivatives Forum: Thematic strategies are ‘next step’ in futures segment
A panel at the annual conference organized by the derivatives exchange, held last week, discussed the drivers behind the boom in thematic investing. As thematic ETFs continue to lure inflows, demand will also move on to listed derivatives, the experts said.
Index | Events, Conferences & Webinars
Taking a closer look at structured products in an increasingly complex world
Two panels at the SRP Europe Conference 2023 discussed the role of index design in building structured products for a changing market landscape. Topics covered include rising interest rates and volatility, and growing demand for sustainability and thematic investment strategies.
US and Asian stocks fell in February, as better-than-expected economic reports in the US signaled the Federal Reserve has room to continue raising interest rates. European shares climbed when measured in euros.
Using Axioma’s Macroeconomic Projection Model, we decompose the risk factors that drove returns in the STOXX Global Broad Infrastructure between 2020 and 2022. The results show the index had a positive exposure to the risk model’s inflation factors, meaning it stood to benefit from rising global inflation expectations.
Stocks jumped in January as expectations built up that inflation worldwide may have peaked and that any recession in key developed economies may be mild.