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![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.
![Q&A with SILEX: Ocean Care indices as targeted sustainability strategy for structured products](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/PO494-Ocean-Care-USA-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Thematic Investing
Q&A with SILEX: Ocean Care indices as targeted sustainability strategy for structured products
As the EURO iSTOXX Ocean Care 40 is named Index of the Year by SRP, we dive deeper into the drivers behind the launch of the thematic index. We talk to Céline Jaquelin, responsible for French Institutional Clients at SILEX, Qontigo’s partner in the design of the Ocean Care indices.
![Monthly Index News: March 2022](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/bondvalueblogpost_intro-900x350.png)
Stocks rebounded in March from two months of losses, helped by expectations of a resolution to the war in Ukraine. Basic-resources and energy companies paced gains for a second consecutive month.
![Ukraine crisis: Looking at recent market performance through a thematic investing lens](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/PO507-Smart-City-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Thematic Investing
Ukraine crisis: Looking at recent market performance through a thematic investing lens
The war in Ukraine has hit the various business sectors in the equity market in different ways. In contrast, themes such as infrastructure, clean energy transition and cybersecurity have emerged as outperformers. A new whitepaper from Qontigo’s Applied Research team analyzes this divergent performance and what it says about asset-allocation approaches.
![Thematic investing in the current climate – A more focused approach to sustainable and future-proof investing](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/esg-green-building-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Thematic Investing
Thematic investing in the current climate – A more focused approach to sustainable and future-proof investing
The Russian invasion of Ukraine spooked equity investors around the world, but losses were not distributed equally across all sectors, with some industries even exhibiting positive returns. This opens up opportunities for more focused strategies such as thematic investing.
![Monthly Index News: February 2022](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/risktakingpaidoffin2020_intro_small-900x350.jpg)
Stocks fell in February as the military conflict in Ukraine and sanctions imposed on Russia prompted investors to sell shares in all industries except basic-resources and energy companies.