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![Qontigo Becomes a Principles for Responsible Investment Signatory](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PRI-intro-900x350.png)
Qontigo has become a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), the United Nations-supported proponent of responsible investing, underscoring Qontigo’s commitment to advance sustainability in the global investment community.
![Qontigo Joins Swiss Sustainable Finance](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ssf-original-intro-900x350.jpg)
SSF promotes the sustainable development of finance as a conduit for a safe and positive-impact world.
![MDAX Turns 25](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MDAX-25-years_intro-900x350.jpg)
The index for German mid-sized stocks turns 25 today, in a year that sees important changes to its methodology.
![Qontigo Names Brian McArthur-Muscroft as Chief Financial Officer](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/introducing-factor-indices-intro-900x350.jpg)
Qontigo announced today the appointment of Brian McArthur-Muscroft as Chief Financial Officer. McArthur-Muscroft was formerly CFO of Micro Focus International plc, the British multinational software and information technology company, where he also served as a member of the board of directors since 2018.
![Qontigo Summit Explores Climate Change Risk for Investors, Regulators](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Summit-Background_1400X350-with-legend_listing.jpg)
Climate change was at the center of Qontigo’s Investment Intelligence Summit last month, in the week of the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement, as investors and supervisors discussed the impact of a changing environment on financial markets.
![Stocks Cap Dramatic Year with December Gains](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2020-market-wrap-intro-1-900x350.jpg)
STOXX Global 1800 Index ends 16.9% higher in 2020 after rising 4.3% in December. Momentum stocks shone throughout the year, while Europe, Value and banking shares were left far behind.
![Monthly Index News: December 2020](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MALASIA-buildings-chart-intro-900x350.jpg)
The STOXX® Global 1800 Index rose 4.3% in dollars in December, cementing a second straight year of double-digit percentage gains, as investors raised expectations that policy support and vaccines will help economies overcome the COVID-19-induced slump.
![Tesla’s delayed S&P 500 entry highlights rise of profit metric](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Financial-times.png)
Deutsche Börse has announced similar requirements for new entrants to the Dax index.
![STOXX Europe 600 ESG-X Futures Reach 1 Million Traded Contracts Milestone](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/1mln-contracts-600-ESGX-futures-Dec2020-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
STOXX Europe 600 ESG-X Futures Reach 1 Million Traded Contracts Milestone
The futures, part of the broader ESG derivatives family traded on Eurex, reach records as investors turn to ESG-compliant instruments to manage portfolios.
![Q&A with Qontigo & Eurex: Impact of ICB Classification Changes – 2nd Part](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2nd-QA-ICB-intro-900x350.jpg)
We talked to Qontigo’s Stephan Flaegel and Randolf Roth of Eurex about the new Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB) structure and its impact on indices and related derivatives.
![Qontigo Summit Addresses Ascent of Sustainability in Investments, Need to Optimize Impact](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Summit-Background_1400X350-with-legend_listing.jpg)
Corporate | Index | ESG & Sustainability
Qontigo Summit Addresses Ascent of Sustainability in Investments, Need to Optimize Impact
Sustainability has moved from a tangential consideration to a crucial criterion in portfolio construction. A line-up of experts told this year’s Qontigo Investment Intelligence Summit how this evolution is re-shaping the entire investment landscape.
![Climate Impact Investing Is Coming On Fast… What Portfolio Managers Need to Know — and Do — to Successfully Adapt](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/climateimpactinvesting_intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Climate Impact Investing Is Coming On Fast… What Portfolio Managers Need to Know — and Do — to Successfully Adapt
There is no denying the impact of climate change — and associated regulatory realities — on the business of investment management. For portfolio managers, it is essential to understand how to successfully adapt and prepare for what some call the “mother of all correlated risks”. Here we expose — in three parts — what portfolio managers need to know when switching to a fully Paris Aligned Benchmark (PAB) portfolio from a current market-cap weighted (CWB) portfolio.