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![The time is ripe for investors in China to embrace a green financial system](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/PO572-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
The time is ripe for investors in China to embrace a green financial system
Following a push from local authorities and significant evolution in ESG data disclosure, investors can now access reliable corporate information and invest in Chinese companies leading in sustainability.
![World, investors gear up action to combat biodiversity loss and related risks](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/PO573-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
World, investors gear up action to combat biodiversity loss and related risks
This month’s UN COP15 biodiversity summit will accelerate the discussion around nature loss and advance the notion that mismanagement of investment portfolios’ biodiversity impact entails risks. On a positive note, innovation in datasets now allow the integration of biodiversity metrics in investment strategies and indices, opening the possibility of similar progress in this field as has occurred in recent years with climate action.
![Capitalizing on early lifecycle innovation through thematic investing](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/PO568-intro-900x350.jpg)
Revenue-based thematic indices allow investors to target the companies benefitting from disruptive and structural economic trends. But how can investors access the earlier stages of those trends, and harness the upside of higher growth rates?
![Corporate engagement as an index provider: a real possibility](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/PO566-intro-900x350.jpg)
In the race to net-zero and the era of sustainable investing, indices can have a bigger role than just channeling capital to specific goals. At Qontigo we believe we must engage with index constituents to encourage best practices in climate alignment and explain the impact that climate-related metrics can have on index composition.
![Macroeconomic exposures of style indices: What you don’t know could hurt you](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/PO565-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Factor Investing
Macroeconomic exposures of style indices: What you don’t know could hurt you
We look into the economic risks of employing factor-style strategies such as those in the STOXX Factor Indices, by screening them through Axioma’s Macroeconomic Projection model. The findings show that some styles have more economic exposure than others, and that macro variables can be correlated with industry, country and style factors, to different degrees.
![Qontigo whitepaper examines the sustainability accomplishments of ESG funds](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PO560-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Qontigo whitepaper examines the sustainability accomplishments of ESG funds
ESG funds can target very different objectives and their names mean very different things. So, what, in reality, are their overall achievements when it comes to broad sustainability metrics? What active risk are investors taking on to accomplish them? And can optimization help balance sustainability and risk? A new whitepaper from Qontigo examines these matters.
![iSTOXX APG World Responsible Indices: significant sustainability with low active risk](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PO561-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
iSTOXX APG World Responsible Indices: significant sustainability with low active risk
This article aims to provide an update on the responsible-investing characteristics of the iSTOXX APG World Responsible Indices, and reaffirm that the process continues to create indices with substantial improvement in sustainability criteria without straying too much from the parent benchmark.
![Qontigo’s Mehrotra: Innovation cutting across entire ESG data spectrum — from sources to uses](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PO558-climate-week-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Qontigo’s Mehrotra: Innovation cutting across entire ESG data spectrum — from sources to uses
Saumya Mehrotra from Qontigo’s Sustainable Investment team joined a panel of experts during the recent Sustainable Investment Forum North America in New York, to discuss how ESG data and applications are evolving. In her words, while sustainability information is becoming more specialized, so are investors’ approaches to it.
![New thematic futures improve trading and risk management in growing investment space — Q&A with Eurex and Qontigo](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PO553-thematic-future-3rd-option-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Thematic Investing
New thematic futures improve trading and risk management in growing investment space — Q&A with Eurex and Qontigo
We caught up with Zubin Ramdarshan, Head of Equity & Index Product Design at Eurex, and Yang Wang, Head of Thematic Index R&D at Qontigo, to learn more about the first-ever listing of thematics derivatives at the Frankfurt-based exchange.
![Q&A with WTW’s David Nelson: Managing a portfolio’s climate transition risk with a forward-looking focus](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PO540-WTW-QA-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Q&A with WTW’s David Nelson: Managing a portfolio’s climate transition risk with a forward-looking focus
“Counting molecules of carbon is the essential first step to tackling climate change, but it’s only the start,” says the director at WTW’s Climate and Resilience Hub. He explains why investors should focus on a company’s current climate-transition risk by understanding what the impact will be on its future cash flows.
![Thematic investing offers alternative approach amid market volatility](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/PO533-intro-900x350.jpg)
This year’s market volatility and macro shocks have raised a challenge to the thematic investing boom, but also offer a chance to reappraise the benefits of the investment approach. Overall, the funds continue to attract net inflows as investors seek alternatives to traditional sector-based portfolios in their search for long-term outperformance.
![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.