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The STOXX World AC index added 1.4% last month in US dollars and 4% in euros. US stocks and Value indices led the advance.

Stocks rose for a fourth consecutive month in July amid optimism that the worst of new trade tariffs will be avoided and as companies reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings.

NH-Amundi, the Korean asset manager jointly owned by NongHyup Financial Group and Amundi, the leading European asset manager, today announced a new collaboration with STOXX, a leading European provider of benchmark and custom index solutions, to launch the HANARO Europe Defense ETF in the Korean market.

‘Made for Germany’ initiative from 61 firms, nearly half of which are DAX constituents, was presented to Chancellor Friedrich Merz as means to foster innovation, employment and competitiveness. The announcement comes amid the government’s spending plans to boost economic growth and investors’ mounting interest in German stocks this year.

Ladi Williams, Head of Thematics and Strategy Index Product Management at STOXX, explains how the index provider has catered to the specific needs and objectives of ETF managers in devising a series of indices targeting the defense sector.

DWS and STOXX have collaborated in the launch of ETFs tracking the ISS STOXX® Biodiversity indices. The product specialist discusses ongoing trends in climate and biodiversity investing, and why data is enabling a more thorough assessment of companies’ impact on our natural world.

So-called buffer ETFs offer investors exposure to the market’s ups and downs, with limits on both directions — hence providing potential gains and protection. A new STOXX whitepaper explores the relative performance of a hypothetical European buffer index over the short and long term to assess its benefits and drawbacks.

A new STOXX whitepaper explores the relative performance behind a hypothetical European buffer index to assess its benefits and drawbacks. Using the EURO STOXX 50® benchmark as an underlying asset, the study analyzes the types of market drawdowns in which buffer strategies can perform the best, and how that performance evolves over the longer term.

ETFs tracking a STOXX or DAX index received a net EUR 23.4 billion in the first half of the year as the EURO STOXX 50, STOXX Europe 600, DAX and MDAX surged. Nearly 44% of all net flows into EMEA-focused equity funds over the period went to those tracking STOXX and DAX indices.

Saumya Mehrotra, from STOXX’s Index Product Management team, recently talked to the Index Industry Association (IIA) for their ‘Index Minutes’ video series. She described the basics and the evolution of sustainability indices, and explained why index providers are at the core of sustainable investing.

Ladi Williams, Head of Thematics and Alternative Strategies at STOXX, explains in an article on ETF Stream how we have catered to the specific needs and objectives of ETF managers in devising a series of indices targeting the defense sector.

STOXX Ltd., part of the ISS STOXX group of companies and leading provider of benchmark and custom index solutions to global institutional investors, today announced the following unscheduled changes to the SDAX, HDAX and TecDAX.