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![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.
![Stocks tumble most since 2020 in April amid interest-rate concerns](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/PO516-April-2022-market-wrap-intro-900x350.jpg)
The STOXX Global 1800 index fell 8.2% in dollars last month, taking its retreat in 2022 to 13.2%. US technology shares slumped 12.9% in month, the worst showing since November 2008.
![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.
![Amundi switches ETF index to STOXX Europe 600 ESG Broad Market](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Amundi-index-switch-intro-900x350.jpg)
The newly named AMUNDI STOXX EUROPE 600 ESG UCITS ETF DR fund meets increasing client demand for responsible-investing principles and will be classified as Article 8 under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).
![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.
![Stocks rebound in March on hopes of Ukraine conflict resolution](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/PO510-intro-900x350.jpg)
The STOXX Global 1800 index rose 2.7% in dollars last month, with basic-resources and energy companies leading gains for a second consecutive month. The benchmark is still down 5.5% for 2022.
![Dividend index futures reflect lasting effect on European banks from Ukraine crisis](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/PO508-divi-futures-2022-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Index / ETFs
Dividend index futures reflect lasting effect on European banks from Ukraine crisis
Futures on the EURO STOXX Banks Dividend Points Index are trading between 7.9% and 23% below their pre-war prices, depending on the maturity, even as equity prices recover. Traders have raised expectations that a slowing economy may hit lenders’ ability to continue or increase their payments to shareholders.
![Unlocking the return potential in factor investing](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/introducing-factor-indices-intro-900x350.jpg)
For years, factor investing has demonstrated its potential to outperform the general market.
![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.
![Webinar: ESG fund labeling — ‘friend or foe’ of the sustainability transition?](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Ecolabels-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Webinar: ESG fund labeling — ‘friend or foe’ of the sustainability transition?
On February 24, Qontigo and Responsible Investor hosted a webinar to discuss the state of play in Europe’s ESG fund labeling landscape. A panel of experts analyzed the aims of the labels, their intersection with broader European regulation, and what it all means for the ultimate goal of achieving a more sustainable economy.
![Podcast: Index tracking does not equal passive](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/esg-indices-enhansing-profile-intro-e1600863112643-900x350.jpg)
Arun Singhal, joined The Podfolio podcast to discuss index investing, and the emergence of smart beta strategies that blur the line between active and passive approaches.