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![Global Stocks Rally Pulls Forward for Seventh Straight Month in August](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Aug-2021-market-wrap-intro-900x350.jpg)
The STOXX® Global 1800 Index gains 2.5% in dollars in August, lifting this year’s advance to 17.5%, amid economic optimism and expectations that interest rates will remain low. The VSTOXX® index, the gauge of European equity volatility, remains higher than it was before COVID-19 hit financial markets in the first quarter of 2020.
![Impact Investing: What Is It, and How Can Investors Get It Right?](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Impact-Investing-What-Is-It-and-How-Can-Investors-Get-It-Right-900x350.png)
Impact investing is growing as a means to generate positive, real-world change. But defining, measuring and standardizing it is no easy task. A joint whitepaper from Qontigo and Clarity AI looks at some of the frameworks that are taking on these challenges and helps shed light on the way forward for the strategy.
![Northern Trust Asset Management’s Huemmer on Quality Factor ESG Strategies and Finding the Perfect Index Partnership](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Interview-Northern-Trust-Huemmer-on-Quality-Factor-ESG-Strategies-900x350.png)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Northern Trust Asset Management’s Huemmer on Quality Factor ESG Strategies and Finding the Perfect Index Partnership
Chris Huemmer, Northern Trust Asset Management’s Senior Investment Strategist, discusses his firm’s innovative ETFs tracking multi-factor, ESG and climate strategies, and the role of an index provider in wrapping up a holistic investment approach.
![Well-Off Baby Boomers vs. Tech-Savvy Millennials: A Performance Analysis of Thematic Investing in Age Cohorts](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Generation-gap-list.jpg)
Index | Thematic Investing
Well-Off Baby Boomers vs. Tech-Savvy Millennials: A Performance Analysis of Thematic Investing in Age Cohorts
A new Qontigo whitepaper compares the composition, risk profile and performance of the STOXX® Global Millennials and STOXX® Global Ageing Population indices, two thematic indices that help investors target companies most exposed to these two very distinct cohorts.
![STOXX SRI Indices: Target the Best ESG and Emissions Performers](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/STOXX-SRI-Indices-Target-the-Best-ESG-and-Emissions-Performers-900x350.png)
The STOXX SRI (Socially Responsible Investing) indices are part of Qontigo’s index-based sustainability solutions framework, which grew this year to address investors’ varied ESG needs and ambitions. The SRI indices seek to improve the ESG profile of the portfolio and lower its carbon emissions.
![Trading in STOXX Europe 600 ESG-X Futures at Eurex Tops 1 Mln Contracts This Year](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ESGX-futures-AUg-2021_intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Trading in STOXX Europe 600 ESG-X Futures at Eurex Tops 1 Mln Contracts This Year
The futures are the world’s most popular sustainability-focused derivatives and have seen increasing demand as investors and traders turn to ESG-compliant instruments to hedge and manage portfolios. The ESG derivatives space at Eurex has beaten records in daily and monthly traded contracts this year.
![Why Artificial Intelligence Outperformed Digital Security – A Factor Analysis of Technology-Oriented Thematic Indices](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Diana-Tech-Thematic-Whitepaper-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Thematic Investing
Why Artificial Intelligence Outperformed Digital Security – A Factor Analysis of Technology-Oriented Thematic Indices
A new Qontigo whitepaper analyzes the risk, performance and returns attribution of four indices tracking technology themes, uncovering specific characteristics of the portfolios and differences vis-à-vis the broader technology sector and the overall market.
![Global Stocks Post Sixth Straight Monthly Gain in July amid Economic Optimism](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/July-2021-market-wrap-intro-900x350.jpg)
The STOXX® Global 1800 Index gains 1.6% in dollars in July as investors’ optimism about economic and earnings growth outweighs concerns that a new variant of the COVID-19 virus may slow down the recovery. Asian stocks fall as China tightens regulation over some industries.
![Value of Sustainable Assets Outpaces Market Growth, Led by US Surge: GSIA Biennial Report](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PO450-GSIA-report-2020-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Value of Sustainable Assets Outpaces Market Growth, Led by US Surge: GSIA Biennial Report
The world’s share of responsibly managed assets continued to expand in the two years through 2019, according to one of the most comprehensive industry studies. US-based ESG assets jumped 42% during the period. In Europe, sustainable assets dropped amid higher standards of what constitutes an ESG investment.
![IIA Survey Points to Continued Strong Growth for ESG Assets, Key Role for ESG Indices](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IIA-ESG-survey-2021-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
IIA Survey Points to Continued Strong Growth for ESG Assets, Key Role for ESG Indices
The first annual ESG survey from the Index Industry Association (IIA) shows asset managers are preparing for sustainability principles to take a more significant role across their portfolios. It also points to significant challenges including the lack of data standardization, and says indices have a critical role to play in facilitating the adoption of ESG strategies.
![EURO STOXX 50 ESG: Exploring effect of new index methodology](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/EURO-STOXX-50-ESG-JULY-2021-intro-900x350.jpg)
Changes to the ESG index follow a market consultation and were undertaken to keep the methodology and index aligned with evolving sustainability practices and new guidelines from regulators. A Qontigo analysis shows the new rules didn’t significantly affect the country or industry allocation of the resulting portfolio.
![From Institutions to Sovereign Wealth Funds, Here’s Who Owns the DAX](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DAXreform2020-intro-900x350.jpg)
An annual study by IHS Markit and the German Investor Relations Association reveals a diverse and global structure in DAX shares ownership. In a volatile 2020, US- and UK-based institutional investors increased their presence in the German benchmark’s stock universe, while domestic investors continued to pull out.