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![The Low-Volatility Premium Offered by Minimum-Variance Strategies](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/abstract-color-intro-image-900x350.png)
Minimum-variance strategies – which aim to reduce swings in portfolio prices and typically consider both share-price volatility and intra-stock correlation – have gained much traction since the global financial crisis.
![The low volatility premium – An analysis of factor exposures of minimum variance strategies](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/usroofportfoliosh12022update_intro-900x350.png)
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The low volatility premium – An analysis of factor exposures of minimum variance strategies
Minimum variance strategies have gained significant traction especially since the global financial crisis. They aim at reducing or minimizing variance, i.e. the square of volatility as measured by standard deviation, or, in this case, price fluctuations of portfolio prices around their mean.
![STOXX Announces Results Of Annual Emerging And Developed Markets Classification Review – Sep 23, 2019](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/card-bg-4-900x350.jpg)
Index | Index / ETFs
STOXX Announces Results Of Annual Emerging And Developed Markets Classification Review – Sep 23, 2019
ZUG (September 23, 2019), out of the 65 countries in the STOXX index universe, 25 are classified as developed markets, and 21 are classified as emerging markets.
![Low Volatility’s Edge in Europe](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cityskape-intro-image-900x350.jpg)
A recent report by State Street Global Advisors examined this behavior, which refers to low-volatility stocks’ long-run outperformance even if they take on less risk — i.e. have lower beta — than the broader market.
![Active Market Debut for ESG Futures](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/nature-esg-intro-image-5-900x350.jpg)
18 this year, a new chapter in responsible investing opened up with the listing of futures on three European environmental, social and governance (ESG) benchmark indices.
![STOXX Receives “Most Innovative Index” Award By SRP Asia](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/card-bg-6-900x350.jpg)
STOXX Ltd. has won the award “Most Innovative Index Asia-Pacific 2019” by Structured Retail Products (SRP). The award recognizes the innovation in the thematic space that STOXX is consistently pursuing.
![STOXX Sector Index Derivatives Trading Thrives](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/city-intro-image-6-900x350.png)
Derivatives trading on EURO STOXX® Sector Indices has reached a record high at a time when shifts in macroeconomic conditions are set to influence the performance of the key banking industry.
![Sustainable Investing Grows 34% in Two Years, GSIA Says](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/lobby-intro-image-900x350.jpg)
Responsible investing expanded 34% worldwide between 2016 and the end of 2017, according to the latest data from the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA).
![Monthly Index News: March 2019](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Qontigo-Page-Heading-900x350.jpg)
Global stocks wrapped up their best calendar quarter in over eight years, as the Federal Reserve halted its interest-rate increases, and expectations strengthened for a trade truce between the US and China.
![Stocks Wrap Up Best Quarter Since 2010](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/us-economy-intro-image-900x350.png)
Global stocks wrapped up their best calendar quarter in over eight years in March, as the Federal Reserve halted its interest-rate increases, and expectations strengthened for a trade truce between the US and China.
![STOXX Named ‘Most Innovative Index Provider’ by Etfexpress](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/card-bg-11-1-900x350.jpg)
STOXX Ltd. has been named ‘Most Innovative Index Provider’ by etfexpress for an eighth year, a mention awarded by readers of the digital news publisher.
![ESG, Factor Strategies Drive Demand for ETFs](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/city-intro-image-5-900x350.png)
European investors increased their use of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) further last year, according to an annual survey from Greenwich Associates, with more of them resorting to the funds to pursue environmental, social and governance (ESG) and smart-beta strategies.