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![Dispersion Trading in Focus: Q&A with Optiver and Ellipsis AM](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Dispersion-Trading-intro-900x350.jpg)
Dispersion trading caught the attention of many in 2020 amid a marked divergence between different types of stocks (‘work-from-home’ vs. ‘reopening’ businesses) and factors (growth vs. value). We caught up with experienced market participants at Optiver and Ellipsis AM to find out more about how best to trade and exploit such market backdrops.
![STOXX Introduces Innovative Single Stock Indices Designed for Citi](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Citi-Single-stocks-intro-900x350.jpg)
The offering breaks fresh ground in indexing and brings a smart and robust strategy to enhance structured products at a time when the implied dividends market has challenged the industry. The indices, which have been exclusively licensed to Citi, enable the structured-product issuer to remove any single-name dividend risk from their books and deliver more attractive product terms to clients and end investors.
![BlackRock’s Sperandeo: How We Engage with Qontigo to Help Investors Prepare their Portfolios for a Net-Zero World](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Net-Zero-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Index / ETFs
BlackRock’s Sperandeo: How We Engage with Qontigo to Help Investors Prepare their Portfolios for a Net-Zero World
Manuela Sperandeo, BlackRock’s Head of Sustainable Indexing for EMEA, explains why the world’s largest asset manager has placed sustainability as its new standard for investing, and how working with an index provider helps it best serve its clients’ responsible-investing goals.
![Science-Based Targets – A Key Piece in the Climate-Alignment Puzzle](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/SBT-intro-900x350.jpg)
Science-based emissions-reduction targets (SBTs) help verify that a company has embarked on a pathway to reduce its carbon footprint and get aligned with climate action efforts. The inclusion of SBTs in indices provides an efficient solution to investors wishing to adopt a responsible approach in the face of the global warming crisis.
![Stock Rally Continues in April as STOXX Global 1800 Breaks Record](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/April-2021-market-wrap-original-intro-900x350.jpg)
Global index rises 4.5% in month amid ongoing expectations for a post-pandemic economic recovery. Gains are led by US and European markets, and by Momentum stocks, which came back in favor after a lackluster first quarter.
![Qontigo’s ‘Enhance’ sustainable index category – optimizing ESG investing](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Enhance-ESG-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Qontigo’s ‘Enhance’ sustainable index category – optimizing ESG investing
In this post, we explore the second category in Qontigo’s index-based sustainability solutions: our ‘Enhance’ ESG offering. The category is made up of STOXX and DAX indices that aim to maximize the sustainability profile of portfolios, given investors’ needs to balance risk, return and ESG integration.
![Qontigo’s ‘Exclude’ Sustainable Index Category – An Efficient Starting Point to ESG Investments](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/PO430-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Qontigo’s ‘Exclude’ Sustainable Index Category – An Efficient Starting Point to ESG Investments
We look at the STOXX index families that make up the first category in Qontigo’s index-based sustainability solutions. Our ‘Exclude’ category – consisting of the STOXX ESG-X, ESG Broad Market and ESG blue-chip indices – helps investors incorporate a varied degree of responsible engagement and risk mitigation into portfolios.
![Sustainability Impact of Investments Calls for Redefined View of Asset Management, Says Qontigo’s Bocquet](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Rodolphe-Sustainable-Forum-2021-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Sustainability Impact of Investments Calls for Redefined View of Asset Management, Says Qontigo’s Bocquet
The growth of ESG impact as a fundamental variable in investing means investors need to reconsider where their portfolios’ new efficient frontier lies, Qontigo’s Global Head of Sustainable Investment says during a panel at the Sustainable Investment Forum Europe 2021.
![Q&A: What do Eurex’s new futures on STOXX Factor Indices offer?](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Industry-Neutral-Factor-QA-intro-900x350.jpg)
The new futures track 12 STOXX® Industry Neutral Ax Factor Indices covering the European and US markets, which employ an optimized methodology to control factor exposures, diversification and tradability. Zubin Ramdarshan from Eurex and Qontigo’s Hamish Seegopaul explain why the futures offer a unique vehicle for market participants seeking factor-based strategies.
![Raising Your Responsible Investment Strategy? Explore Qontigo´s Expanded STOXX Sustainability Index Solutions](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ESG-Ecosystem-1-original-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Raising Your Responsible Investment Strategy? Explore Qontigo´s Expanded STOXX Sustainability Index Solutions
Our comprehensive and flexible STOXX ESG indices range has grown to address investors’ varied sustainability needs and ambitions. Thanks to an open-architecture platform that integrates the best available ESG data, Qontigo’s index-based sustainability solutions provide the transparent and robust index characteristics you need to optimize your portfolio’s impact.
![Eurex to Introduce Micro Futures on EURO STOXX 50 and DAX Indices](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Micro-futures-intro-900x350.jpg)
The new listings respond to a global demand trend: smaller contract values offer a larger number of investors efficient access to the liquid derivatives market and enable more accurate hedging and trading strategies.
![Stocks Extend Gains in March, Led by Value Shares, Europe](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/March-2021-wrap-original-intro-900x350.jpg)
STOXX Global 1800 Index advances 3.3% in month amid ongoing expectations for a post-pandemic economic recovery. Investors continue their switch into Value stocks, and away from the Momentum style.