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Index | ESG & Sustainability
The future of mobility: thematic investing in the clean transport revolution
The goals of the Paris Agreement depend inexorably on the decarbonization of the transport sector and, therefore, on the widespread adoption of electric cars. Investors can join the clean transportation megatrend through targeted thematic strategies.
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Qontigo publishes guide for SFDR-aligned Sustainable Investment methodology
Our Sustainable Investments team has produced a document detailing the methodology for reporting the sustainable investment percentage of STOXX and DAX indices. The rules are aligned with the spirit of the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and are designed, among other things, to bring specificity and flexibility when constructing sustainable portfolios.
Stocks rose in April following better-than-expected economic and earnings reports, and amid signs that inflation in key regions continues to cool.
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Green efficient frontiers: Minimizing the risk impact of exclusions in sustainable portfolios
A new whitepaper from Qontigo’s research team explores the benefits of constructing an exclusions portfolio with an optimizer, which helps limit active risk and frees up capital to allocate towards sustainability or performance objectives.
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 | ESG & Sustainability
New sustainability tool from SDI AOP allows users to analyze their investment portfolios
The Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform (SDI AOP) and Qontigo, its exclusive distribution partner, have announced the launch of the SDI Dashboard. The new tool allows investors to upload their investment portfolios and analyse them across a range of SDG-related parameters.
Our analysis shows how an optimized sustainability index can decrease active risk and free up more of the risk budget to be allocated to the desired sustainability metric(s), making the resulting portfolio a suitable replacement for a traditional benchmark.
At a recent IPE webinar, experts from Qontigo and DWS discussed how investors can build a sustainable strategy considering their impact objectives, tracking error budgets and the need to comply with evolving regulation.
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Paris-aligned STOXX indices licensed to four German states for multi-billion ‘dark green’ pension mandate
Baden-Württemberg, Brandenburg, Hesse, and North Rhine-Westphalia are heightening the responsible profile of state pension funds by adopting customized versions of STOXX Paris-aligned benchmark indices for their investments.
Index | News (incl. corporate)
Paris-aligned ESG STOXX indices licensed to four German pension funds
Qontigo has licensed the global STOXX ESG Länder PAB Index family to four German federal states. PAB (Paris-aligned Benchmark) stands for the most ambitious EU regulation regarding fossil exclusion criteria and greenhouse gas decarbonization for index providers.
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.