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![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.
![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.
![Monthly Index News: May 2022](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/LBBW-intro-900x350.jpg)
A rebound in the month’s last week helped the STOXX® Global 1800 index record a small positive return for May, as investors continue to assess the impact on markets of rising interest rates in the US and elsewhere.
![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.
![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.
![Monthly Index News: April 2022](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/theyearofinvestingdefensively_intro-900x350.png)
Stocks tumbled in April by the most since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic as investors’ expectations grew that the Federal Reserve and other central banks will need to raise interest rates faster and higher to fight inflation.
![New thematic ETF tracks booming ETF industry](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ETF-industry-intro-900x350.jpg)
The exchange-traded fund offers exposure to an industry whose phenomenal growth has only accelerated in recent years. The underlying STOXX USA ETF Industry tracks US companies with the highest revenue exposure to businesses involved in the design, issuance, sale and trading of ETFs worldwide.
![Eurex introduces first futures on thematic indices](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/thematic-futures-intro-900x350.jpg)
The futures will track four STOXX thematic indices that have a technology focus: Automation & Robotics, Breakthrough Healthcare, Digitalization and Digital Security. The centrally-cleared derivatives will complement a growing thematics ecosystem that includes ETFs, helping investors better manage portfolios.