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The new STOXX ESG-X Factor Indices offer investors both factor exposure and sustainability screens without giving up performance.

The EURO STOXX 50® ESG Index was launched last year as an environmental, social and governance (ESG) version of the EURO STOXX 50® Index, the blue-chip Eurozone benchmark. The ESG index incorporates both standard exclusions and integrates companies’ ESG scores into stock selection. In other words, it excludes companies engaged in controversial activities and those with low ESG scores, and […]

Qontigo has licensed the new DAX® 50 ESG Index to Lyxor Asset Management as an underlying for an exchange-traded fund that was listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange today.

As volatility spikes to historically high levels, we review the performance of two index-based strategies designed to mitigate the impact of market drawdowns.

Three new indices tracking the modern trends of pet care, video gaming and the fight against obesity are the latest addition to a thematics family that seeks to capture long-term growth.

The STOXX Global 1800 Index slumps 13% in month, paring an earlier drop of as much as 25%, as large parts of the global economy come to a standstill to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Concerns about a sharp economic downturn coupled with tumbling oil prices send European indices to their first 20% decline since 2016.

Stocks plunged by the most in over eight years during February, as a fast and widely spreading Coronavirus stoked concerns the global economy will suffer a slowdown. 

The continued growth in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and other passive-type investments was a defining feature of the year that ended.

A new ETF tracking the ESG-compliant version of the iconic Eurozone index facilitates an enhanced responsible investment strategy, says the executive.

Stocks rose for a fourth consecutive month in December, extending indices’ record-breaking rally this year, as the US and China struck an initial trade deal and reports pointed to an acceleration in the global economy.

A decade-long bull market defied the odds and grew stronger in 2019, as investors took on risk despite growing geopolitical headwinds.