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![Navigating Europe’s equities and sustainable investing landscape](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/PO596-intro-900x350.jpg)
At a recent IPE webinar, experts from Qontigo and DWS discussed how investors can build a sustainable strategy considering their impact objectives, tracking error budgets and the need to comply with evolving regulation.
![Eurex Derivatives Forum: Thematic strategies are ‘next step’ in futures segment](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/PO598-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Events, Conferences & Webinars
Eurex Derivatives Forum: Thematic strategies are ‘next step’ in futures segment
A panel at the annual conference organized by the derivatives exchange, held last week, discussed the drivers behind the boom in thematic investing. As thematic ETFs continue to lure inflows, demand will also move on to listed derivatives, the experts said.
![European financial stocks hit hardest by banking turmoil](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/europeanfinancialscrisisblog_intro-900x350.jpg)
The collapse of a Californian bank triggered a rapidly-spreading banking crisis, with Europe suffering the brunt of it. European Banks, Financial Services firms and Insurers have fallen more than their US counterparts, while the risk of each one of those sectors in Europe has jumped.
![Bank credit spread contagion – how bad could it get?](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/PO597-intro-900x350.jpg)
The recent collapse of several banks has sparked fears of a 2011-style “doom loop,” in which losses in the financial sector spread to the wider economy. So far, contagion has been limited, but a further deterioration in credit quality could result in drawdowns across all sectors.
![Paris-aligned STOXX indices licensed to four German states for multi-billion ‘dark green’ pension mandate](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/PO595-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Paris-aligned STOXX indices licensed to four German states for multi-billion ‘dark green’ pension mandate
Baden-Württemberg, Brandenburg, Hesse, and North Rhine-Westphalia are heightening the responsible profile of state pension funds by adopting customized versions of STOXX Paris-aligned benchmark indices for their investments.
![Taking a closer look at structured products in an increasingly complex world](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/po594-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Events, Conferences & Webinars
Taking a closer look at structured products in an increasingly complex world
Two panels at the SRP Europe Conference 2023 discussed the role of index design in building structured products for a changing market landscape. Topics covered include rising interest rates and volatility, and growing demand for sustainability and thematic investment strategies.
![Q&A: Building customized, sustainable portfolios based on the STOXX World indices](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/shutterstock_2180019465_900x350.jpg)
Index | Benchmarks
Q&A: Building customized, sustainable portfolios based on the STOXX World indices
The modular STOXX World indices allow investors to flexibly build portfolios covering a broad and liquid universe of stocks, slicing and dicing the world’s equity markets along regions, countries, market capitalization and sectors.
![Asset-owner panel discusses drivers, merits of integrating SDGs into investment portfolios](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/PO579-1-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Asset-owner panel discusses drivers, merits of integrating SDGs into investment portfolios
The exchange during a recent Savvy Investor webinar centered around ways to measure companies’ contribution towards achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and use those metrics in investment processes.
![Porsche, Daimler Truck, Siemens Energy among companies joining DAX ESG indices](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/PO593-intro-900x350.jpg)
Changes were announced as part of the March regular review of the DAX 50 ESG, DAX 50 ESG+, DAX ESG Target, DAX ESG Screened and DAX indices.
![STOXX Global 1800 index drops in February; European stocks buck trend](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/PO588-intro-900x350.jpg)
The STOXX Global 1800 index fell 2.3% in dollars but climbed 0.1% in euros in February. Better-than-expected US economic reports in the month raised concerns that the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates further and for longer.
![Qontigo expands STOXX multifactor indices for iShares ETFs by BlackRock](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/PO525-2nd-intro-900x350.jpg)
Four new indices have been added to the STOXX Equity Factor suite, which offers diversified multifactor exposure to five equity style risk premia sources. Powered by STOXX’s indexing capabilities and Axioma’s risk models and portfolio optimizer, the indices deliver balanced and well-researched factor exposures, seeking long-term outperformance.
![Why have emerging markets become less risky than their developed counterparts?](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/EM3-intro-900x350.jpg)
Since late 2021, the STOXX Emerging Markets 1500 index has shown lower forecast and realized volatility than the STOXX Global 1800, a benchmark for developed economies. Using Axioma’s Factor Risk Models, a new whitepaper from Qontigo’s Applied Research team investigates the drivers of this anomaly.