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![The diversification benefits of a multi-factor approach: the STOXX Europe 600 Industry Neutral Ax Multi-Factor Index](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/listing_multi-factor.jpg)
Index | Factor Investing
The diversification benefits of a multi-factor approach: the STOXX Europe 600 Industry Neutral Ax Multi-Factor Index
For the past 20 years, a multi-factor strategy as targeted by the STOXX Europe 600 Industry Neutral Ax Multi-Factor Index has fared extremely well, and much of that consistent performance can be traced to the benefit of diversifying across different sources of return premia.
![Q&A with Equileap: ‘women’s rights lagging within ESG evolution’](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/womens-day-2022-intro-900x350.jpg)
There is growing interest in the social pillar of ESG, especially on gender balance – a criterion often overlooked by responsible investors. On the occasion of International Women’s Day, we talked to Equileap’s Diana van Maasdijk about how gender equality is being integrated into portfolios, and why progress on this front is so slow.
![Q&A with Eurex: Switching OTC swaps to a capital-efficient alternative under Uncleared Margin Rules](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/PO488-2nd-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Index / ETFs
Q&A with Eurex: Switching OTC swaps to a capital-efficient alternative under Uncleared Margin Rules
Designed to facilitate equity financing, Eurex is introducing new equity total return futures (ETRFs) that replicate popular OTC equity swaps and incorporate the benefits of an exchange-listed product. Stuart Heath from Eurex explains what advantages ETRFs bring to banks and investors, and describes the role of indices in creating the new contracts.
![Europe’s SFDR: A challenge worth meeting](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EU-flag-SFDR-intro-900x350.jpg)
It appears onerous and sometimes confusing, but the European Union’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) aims to enhance and protect participation in sustainable investments — a cause well worth the trouble.
![APG, BlackRock and the SDI AOP: Ways to align portfolios with the UN SDGs](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/UN_SDG-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
APG, BlackRock and the SDI AOP: Ways to align portfolios with the UN SDGs
Aligning portfolios with the UN Sustainable Development Goals is a fast-growing segment of responsible investing (RI), one with a different profile and outcome to ESG or climate considerations. A recent webinar explored how investors can employ the SDGs for portfolio management, index construction, reporting and more, using the Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform (SDI AOP).
![Ossiam’s Lacroix: Maximizing the benefits of an ESG index strategy with an equal-weight approach](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/PO491-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Index / ETFs
Ossiam’s Lacroix: Maximizing the benefits of an ESG index strategy with an equal-weight approach
We talk to Paul Lacroix, Ossiam’s Head of Structuring, about the switch of index underlying the Ossiam STOXX® Europe 600 Equal Weight NR ETF, and why an equal-weighted ESG strategy can boost both the ESG profile and price returns of a portfolio.
![An ‘impossible product’? Comparing Europe’s dissonant ESG fund labels](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Ecolabels-intro-900x350.jpg)
Fund issuers seeking to design sustainable-investment products to be distributed across European markets face an uphill struggle because of widely diverging national and regional frameworks. A new Qontigo whitepaper highlights the intricacy of Europe’s ESG labeling landscape and provides some recommendations that may help overcome its pitfalls.
![Panel of experts explores challenges and possibilities of fast-growing impact investing market](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Impact-investing-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Panel of experts explores challenges and possibilities of fast-growing impact investing market
How can investors push companies to have a more positive societal impact from their products and operations? And how can that impact be measured? Responsible Investor and Qontigo host a panel of experts who discuss these topics and more.
![Flexible approach in use of ESG data is key driver in advancing sustainability indices](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/PO485-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Index / ETFs
Flexible approach in use of ESG data is key driver in advancing sustainability indices
Variety in ESG data can enrich investment strategies and provide an edge in performance. Qontigo’s open-architecture approach is to find and leverage the most robust sustainability information available, with no limitation to any single provider, for each investing case.
![Q&A with State Street and Qontigo: ESG ETFs evolving alongside investors’ deeper sustainability commitment](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/shutterstock_1160751550-1.jpg)
Index | Index / ETFs
Q&A with State Street and Qontigo: ESG ETFs evolving alongside investors’ deeper sustainability commitment
Rebecca Chesworth, Senior Equities Strategist at State Street Global Advisors SPDR ETFs; and Hamish Seegopaul, Head of R&D for ESG and Quantitative Indices at Qontigo, discuss the change in underlying index for the SPDR® STOXX Europe 600 ESG Screened UCITS ETF and how clients’ ESG needs are shaping the product offering.
![A Goldilocks path to achieving sustainability and impact](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/agoldilockspathtoachievingsustainabilityandimpact_intro-900x350.jpg)
Sustainable investing strategies vary. Some investors, for example, simply want to improve ESG alignment. Others seek to maximize their impact on society, by investing in those companies that contribute the most to certain goals. While the metrics that underlie these approaches have some overlap, there is not perfect correlation, in terms of how metrics are defined, how portfolios are constructed, what is being targeted, etc.
![A view from COP26: navigating the climate transition with investable indices](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Carbon-smoke-intro2-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
A view from COP26: navigating the climate transition with investable indices
A panel at COP26 comprised of sustainability and index experts, including members of Willis Towers Watson and Qontigo, explains how the STOXX Willis Towers Watson Climate Transition Indices (CTIs) help investors manage climate-transition risk and align their investments for the economic transition to net zero.