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![Measuring the implied risk tolerance of SDG-optimized portfolios](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/SDG-July-2022-intro-900x350.jpg)
The ROOF methodology can capture the ‘sentiment’ of a portfolio relative to its benchmark. We run ROOF scores to determine the risk appetite of investors holding four portfolios aligned with respective Sustainable Development Goals.
![MIT Prof. Rigobon: Dealing with confusion and incongruity in the ‘ESG data zoo’](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Roberto-rigobon-NY-Summit-2022-2-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
MIT Prof. Rigobon: Dealing with confusion and incongruity in the ‘ESG data zoo’
MIT Professor of Applied Economics Roberto Rigobon took the stage at the recent Qontigo Investment Intelligence Summit in New York to explain how inconsistencies in measurement, scope and priorities are leading to vast discrepancies in ESG ratings. To avoid confusion and mismanagement, he said, decision-makers must strive to understand what’s behind the data and carefully choose what best fits their goals.
![WTW: Why it is key to manage a portfolio’s climate-transition risk beyond carbon emissions](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/PO532-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
WTW: Why it is key to manage a portfolio’s climate-transition risk beyond carbon emissions
At the recent Qontigo Investment Intelligence Summit, WTW’s climate experts discussed how investors can better grasp a company’s climate-transition risk by looking forward to the future impact on its cash flows, rather than backwards at its carbon footprint.
![Market woes bring opportunity to assess virtues of thematic investing](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/PO522-thematics-3-intro-900x350.jpg)
The market volatility and macroeconomic disruptions of 2022 have raised a challenge to the thematic investing boom, but also offer a chance to reappraise the benefits of the investment approach.
![BlackRock’s Ang on sustainability alpha signals: ESG and factors as ‘best friends’](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/andrew-ang_1-NY-Summit-2022_intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Factor Investing
BlackRock’s Ang on sustainability alpha signals: ESG and factors as ‘best friends’
ESG and climate metrics can be used as signals to generate alpha either on a stand-alone basis or to strengthen traditional style factors, BlackRock’s Andrew Ang explained during the Qontigo Investment Intelligence Summit.
![Ever more sophisticated data fueling rise in thematic index strategies, panel tells Qontigo summit](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/PO_518-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Thematic Investing
Ever more sophisticated data fueling rise in thematic index strategies, panel tells Qontigo summit
The Qontigo Investment Intelligence Summit held on May 5 was the stage for a discussion around index-based thematic investing. Two industry experts — from BlackRock and Qontigo — explained why assets are flowing into thematics and why the strategies can best target the upside of a world undergoing structural change.
![Climate Transition Indices – A risk profile analysis](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/PO517-intro-900x350.jpg)
A new Qontigo whitepaper analyzes the risk characteristics and factor exposures of the STOXX Willis Towers Watson Climate Transition Indices (CTIs). The study helps investors understand the implications of a portfolio that is aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement and that manages the risks and opportunities from moving to a low-carbon economy.
![IIA’s Rick Redding: ‘Indices continue to evolve; their core benefits remain’](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/PO515-Rick-Redding-intro-900x350.jpg)
The Index Industry Association (IIA) provides education and advocacy on behalf of independent index providers worldwide, CEO Rick Redding explains to Qontigo’s blog. With the transformation of the role and shape of indices in full swing, he sees huge possibilities for the industry and for investors ahead – as well as key challenges.
![Q&A with SILEX: Ocean Care indices as targeted sustainability strategy for structured products](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/PO494-Ocean-Care-USA-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Thematic Investing
Q&A with SILEX: Ocean Care indices as targeted sustainability strategy for structured products
As the EURO iSTOXX Ocean Care 40 is named Index of the Year by SRP, we dive deeper into the drivers behind the launch of the thematic index. We talk to Céline Jaquelin, responsible for French Institutional Clients at SILEX, Qontigo’s partner in the design of the Ocean Care indices.
![Webinar: ESG fund labeling — ‘friend or foe’ of the sustainability transition?](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Ecolabels-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Webinar: ESG fund labeling — ‘friend or foe’ of the sustainability transition?
On February 24, Qontigo and Responsible Investor hosted a webinar to discuss the state of play in Europe’s ESG fund labeling landscape. A panel of experts analyzed the aims of the labels, their intersection with broader European regulation, and what it all means for the ultimate goal of achieving a more sustainable economy.
![Podcast: Index tracking does not equal passive](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/esg-indices-enhansing-profile-intro-e1600863112643-900x350.jpg)
Arun Singhal, joined The Podfolio podcast to discuss index investing, and the emergence of smart beta strategies that blur the line between active and passive approaches.
![For investors in Korea, a case for European diversification](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Options2-intro-900x350.jpg)
As the outlook for Technology stocks appears uncertain, we look at the risk-management benefits for Korean investors of adding a little DAX exposure to a KOSPI portfolio.