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![Stocks rebound in October on hopes for Fed’s policy pivot](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/PO564-intro-900x350.jpg)
The STOXX Global 1800 index rose 7.1% in dollars last month, after falling to a two-year low. While most economists rightly forecast the Federal Reserve’s fourth consecutive hike of 75 basis points on Nov. 2, speculation grew during October that the central bank could indicate it would slow the pace of monetary tightening.
![LGIM switches to iSTOXX World Min Vol ESG index for pension fund mandate](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/PO551-intro-900x350.jpg)
The customized index is an optimized solution that balances multiple investment objectives and uses various inputs, including LGIM’s proprietary ESG data.
![iSTOXX APG World Responsible Investment indices recognized at Dutch pension awards](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PO563-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
iSTOXX APG World Responsible Investment indices recognized at Dutch pension awards
Dutch pension fund manager APG, which co-designed the responsible-investment indices with Qontigo, has received an award from Pensioen Pro for its pioneering work following the introduction of the indices.
![Qontigo whitepaper examines the sustainability accomplishments of ESG funds](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PO560-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Qontigo whitepaper examines the sustainability accomplishments of ESG funds
ESG funds can target very different objectives and their names mean very different things. So, what, in reality, are their overall achievements when it comes to broad sustainability metrics? What active risk are investors taking on to accomplish them? And can optimization help balance sustainability and risk? A new whitepaper from Qontigo examines these matters.
![iSTOXX APG World Responsible Indices: significant sustainability with low active risk](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PO561-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
iSTOXX APG World Responsible Indices: significant sustainability with low active risk
This article aims to provide an update on the responsible-investing characteristics of the iSTOXX APG World Responsible Indices, and reaffirm that the process continues to create indices with substantial improvement in sustainability criteria without straying too much from the parent benchmark.
![Qontigo data shows extent of climate strategies’ dominance in ESG passive ETFs space](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PO556-ESG-flows_intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Qontigo data shows extent of climate strategies’ dominance in ESG passive ETFs space
While ETF strategies focusing on the environment and general ESG have captured 39 billion euros this year, little to no money has gone to funds targeting principally social and governance issues, according to data from Qontigo’s Market Intelligence Team.
![Qontigo’s Mehrotra: Innovation cutting across entire ESG data spectrum — from sources to uses](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PO558-climate-week-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Qontigo’s Mehrotra: Innovation cutting across entire ESG data spectrum — from sources to uses
Saumya Mehrotra from Qontigo’s Sustainable Investment team joined a panel of experts during the recent Sustainable Investment Forum North America in New York, to discuss how ESG data and applications are evolving. In her words, while sustainability information is becoming more specialized, so are investors’ approaches to it.
![Video: Saumya Mehrotra speaks about Qontigo’s role in our clients’ journey to sustainable integration](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/green-trees-office-building-park-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Video: Saumya Mehrotra speaks about Qontigo’s role in our clients’ journey to sustainable integration
At the Sustainable Investment Forum North America 2022, Saumya Mehrotra, Associate Principal, Sustainable Investment shares how the combination of our open ESG data and architecture, index platform and analytic capabilities enable our clients on their journey to full sustainability integration.
![Stocks extend rout in September as central banks tighten monetary policy further](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PO557-March-2022-intro-900x350.jpg)
The STOXX Global 1800 index dropped 9.3% in dollars last month, taking its retreat in 2022 to 25.5%. The Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and Bank of England increased the cost of borrowing in the month, with the first two hiking by a larger-than-average 75 basis points.
![BlackRock and STOXX collaboration: iShares multi-factor ETFs track STOXX indices to deliver consistent, risk-managed exposure for a portfolio’s core](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PO534-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Factor Investing
BlackRock and STOXX collaboration: iShares multi-factor ETFs track STOXX indices to deliver consistent, risk-managed exposure for a portfolio’s core
Lukas Smart, Head of US iShares Sustainable and Factors Product Segments, and Arun Singhal, Global Head of Index Product Management at STOXX, discuss the recent update to BlackRock’s multi-factor offering and the outlook for factor investing.
![New thematic futures improve trading and risk management in growing investment space — Q&A with Eurex and Qontigo](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PO553-thematic-future-3rd-option-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Thematic Investing
New thematic futures improve trading and risk management in growing investment space — Q&A with Eurex and Qontigo
We caught up with Zubin Ramdarshan, Head of Equity & Index Product Design at Eurex, and Yang Wang, Head of Thematic Index R&D at Qontigo, to learn more about the first-ever listing of thematics derivatives at the Frankfurt-based exchange.
![New STOXX Global ESG Leaders index constituents announced](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PO554-intro-900x350.jpg)
The outcome of the STOXX Global ESG Leaders’ annual review is out. Qontigo’s broadest benchmark tracking the highest ESG-scoring companies now comprises 425 constituents: 280 from Europe, 79 from North America and 66 from Asia/Pacific.