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![New iSTOXX Metaverse index to underlie thematic ETF from LGIM](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/LGIM-Metaverse-1-intro-900x350.jpg)
The new fund was listed on Sept. 7 and replicates the iSTOXX® Access Metaverse, an index tailored around a custom methodology aimed at tracking the key beneficiaries of a nascent theme in our modern world.
![Monthly Index News: August 2022](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/IIA-ESG-survey-Arun-and-Rick-intro-900x350.jpg)
Stocks resumed losses in August after central bankers said they are not done raising interest rates as they combat record-high inflation.
![BlackRock’s iShares launches tech-focused thematic ETF of ETFs powered by STOXX indices](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PO539-3rd-option-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Thematic Investing
BlackRock’s iShares launches tech-focused thematic ETF of ETFs powered by STOXX indices
The Australia-listed iShares Future Tech Innovators ETF seeks exposure to companies driving the technological innovation that’s disrupting our modern world, by investing in six thematic ETFs. Target investments include the themes of automation & robotics, breakthrough healthcare and digitalization.
![Monthly Index News: July 2022](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/PO488-2nd-intro-900x350.jpg)
Stocks jumped by the most in 20 months in July as investors focused on better-than-forecast earnings reports and on expectations that the Federal Reserve may slow down the pace of interest-rate increases.
![Qontigo named Best Index Provider for thematic ETFs in Asia by The Asset](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/awards-intro-image-2-900x350.png)
Qontigo has won the Triple A ‘Best Index Provider for ETFs, Asia: Thematic’ Award 2022 for its STOXX indices.
![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.
![Monthly Index News: June 2022](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/SPerandeo-BlackRock-APG-intro-900x350.jpg)
Stocks tumbled in June, with the STOXX® Global 1800 index sliding into a bear market, on concern the world’s major economies may be headed for a recession while central banks are fighting runaway inflation.
![The future of school and play: a look at the STOXX Global Digital Entertainment and Education Index](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/PO537-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Thematic Investing
The future of school and play: a look at the STOXX Global Digital Entertainment and Education Index
We examine the composition and profile of the STOXX Global Digital Entertainment and Education Index, a thematic index that underlies a new iShares ETF, for investors interested in understanding the portfolio’s composition and drivers of returns.
![The future of school and play: STOXX Global Digital Entertainment and Education Index](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Digital-Entertainment-Intro-image-1-900x350.jpg)
Index | Thematic Investing
The future of school and play: STOXX Global Digital Entertainment and Education Index
The STOXX Global Digital Entertainment and Education Index captures the global digital transformation of entertainment and education – a long-term structural change. The individual characteristics of the stocks in this index are what set it apart: the Specific Return factor made the largest positive contribution to the seven-year return of all the indices in the study.
![iShares thematic ETF targets transformational move to digital in entertainment and education](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/PLAY1_intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Thematic Investing
iShares thematic ETF targets transformational move to digital in entertainment and education
The new fund tracks the STOXX Global Digital Entertainment and Education Index, one of the latest additions to the STOXX Thematic indices suite and to a growing partnership in innovative thematic solutions between Qontigo and BlackRock.
![STOXX Global Digital Entertainment and Education Index licensed for new iShares Thematic UCITS ETF](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/sectorrotationjustonpauseorahintofthenewnormal_intro_small-900x350.jpg)
Index | Thematic Investing
STOXX Global Digital Entertainment and Education Index licensed for new iShares Thematic UCITS ETF
Qontigo has licensed the STOXX Global Digital Entertainment and Education Index to BlackRock as an underlying benchmark for an iShares ETF, the latest addition to a growing range of innovative thematic solutions available to European investors.
![First thematic futures at Eurex launch new avenue for booming investment segment](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Thematic-futures-June-2022-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Thematic Investing
First thematic futures at Eurex launch new avenue for booming investment segment
Eurex has listed futures on three STOXX thematic indices that have a technology focus: breakthrough healthcare, digitalization and digital security. The centrally cleared derivatives complement a growing thematics ecosystem that includes ETFs, helping investors better manage portfolios.