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![STOXX Global ESG Leaders Index: Methodology and Composition](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/shutterstock_1791896945-main-900x350.jpg)
A new whitepaper examines the methodology behind the benchmark of ESG corporate leaders and analyzes its composition following the latest annual review.
![Conversation with BCI: New Platform Can Help Accelerate SDI Adoption in the Americas](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/SDI-Blog-Images_4-900x350.png)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Conversation with BCI: New Platform Can Help Accelerate SDI Adoption in the Americas
We caught up with Jennifer, the Vice President of ESG at the Canadian investment manager.
![New Global ESG Leaders Announced](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ESG-Leaders-2020-ORIGINAL-2-e1600866746484-900x350.jpg)
Results of the annual review of STOXX’s broadest benchmark tracking the highest ESG-scoring companies are out.
![Q&A with Qontigo & Eurex: Impact of ICB Classification Changes](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/qandawithqontigoandeureximpactonicbclassificationchanges_intro-900x350.png)
On Sep. 21 Qontigo will implement announced changes to the sectorial classification structure of STOXX indices following the first major overhaul of the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB) in years.
![Low Volatility Strategies: Why the Wheels Came Off (Temporarily) in 2020](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/low-vol-paper-PO-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Portfolio Risk Management
Low Volatility Strategies: Why the Wheels Came Off (Temporarily) in 2020
A new Qontigo paper on global Low Volatility strategies compares 2020 returns with those over the longer term.
![Health Care and Banks Trade Places in Europe](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/healthcareandbankstradeplacesineurope_intro-900x350.jpg)
The COVID-19 crisis has accentuated long-term trends in the European equity market, with Health Care solidifying its dominance in the STOXX® Europe 600 Index, and Banks shedding further ground.
![STOXX Indices Incorporate New ICB Framework](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ICB-changes-1-intro-1400x350-1-900x350.jpg)
Qontigo will implement announced changes to the sectorial classification structure of STOXX indices following the first major overhaul of the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB) in years.
![Study Shines Light on Smart Beta’s Effectiveness and Capacity](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/study-shines-light-intro-e1600863065380-900x350.jpg)
The cost of implementing factor strategies appears at only a fraction of the premia they generate, suggesting they can take significant inflows before reaching full capacity.
![Global Index Climbs to Record in August as US Stocks Outperform](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/GlobalIndexClimbstoRecordinAugustasUSStocksOutperform_intro-900x350.png)
The STOXX® Global 1800 Index posted its best August on record, climbing to an all-time high, as investors raised their expectations that an economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is gaining momentum.
![US Benchmark Reaches Record High as European Stocks Struggle in Pandemic Recovery](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/US-Benchmark-reaches-intro-e1600806837638-900x350.jpg)
Index | Benchmarks
US Benchmark Reaches Record High as European Stocks Struggle in Pandemic Recovery
While investors in US stocks last week had reasons to celebrate, those holding European shares were feeling less cheerful.
![Delivery Hero to Replace Wirecard in DAX](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/dax-delivery-hero-intro-e1600863076556-900x350.jpg)
Delivery Hero SE, the food-delivery company whose shares have more than trebled in the past three years, will join Germany’s blue-chip DAX® on Aug. 24. The stock will replace Wirecard AG, the processor of electronic payments that filed for insolvency in June.
![ESG Integration on Eurozone Stocks Has Topped Exclusions Returns in 2020](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/finance-abstract-ticker-intro-image-900x350.png)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
ESG Integration on Eurozone Stocks Has Topped Exclusions Returns in 2020
A new Qontigo index study analyzes this year’s outperformance of the EURO STOXX 50 ESG Index, which excludes stocks based on controversial activities and low ESG scores