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![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.
![New thematic index tracks US companies caring for world’s oceans](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/shutterstock_513361699-900x350.jpg)
The iSTOXX® USA Ocean Care 40 Index follows on the success of the EURO iSTOXX® Ocean Care 40 Index and tracks companies whose operations and programs are helping stem the degradation of the world’s water bodies, marine ecosystems and the environment.
![Monthly Index News: January 2022](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/abstract-lines-intro-900x350.jpg)
Stocks tumbled last month, posting their weakest showing since March 2020 and the worst January since 2016, as investors assessed the potential impact of higher US interest rates.
![Monthly Index News: December 2021](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/blue-chart-volatility-intro-900x350.jpg)
Stocks rose in December and wrapped their third consecutive year of double-digit gains, as fears of economic disruption stemming from the Omicron coronavirus variant abated.
![Monthly Index News: November 2021](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/mac_06042021_intro-900x350.png)
Stocks fell in November, with indices reverting gains in the month’s last three sessions, as the emergence of the Omicron variant raised concerns the COVID-19 pandemic may continue to undermine the global economy.
![Five years of iShares thematic ETFs: looking back and ahead](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Five-years-of-iShares-thematic-ETFs-looking-back-and-ahead_intro-900x350.jpg)
In the fifth anniversary of the launch of the first thematic ETFs resulting from the collaboration between BlackRock and Qontigo, we reflect on the performance of seven strategies covered in this partnership: Automation & Robotics, Ageing Population, Digitalization, Electric Vehicles, Digital Security, Healthcare Innovation and Smart City Infrastructure.
![Monthly Index News: October 2021](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/erm_09232021_intro-900x350.jpg)
Stocks rebounded strongly from their September losses during October, as companies reported broadly better-than-expected third-quarter earnings.
![Monthly Index News: September 2021](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/mac_05212021_intro-900x350.jpg)
Stocks posted their first monthly decline since January during September as rising prices from food to energy stoked concerns that central banks may have to raise interest rates just as an economic recovery is losing steam.