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The STOXX® Minimum Variance Indices are designed to achieve the lowest return volatility in a given investable universe.

With US demand for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategies on the rise, it is timely to look at the recent performance of the STOXX® USA 500 ESG-X Index. 

Earlier in the year, STOXX introduced the EURO STOXX 50® ESG Index, a second-generation environmental, social and governance (ESG) version of the iconic EURO STOXX 50® Index that follows standard investment exclusions and integrates companies’ ESG scores into stock selection.   

The STOXX® Global 1800 Index rose 2.1% in dollar terms1 during the month, following a 1.8% drop in August, wrapping a 0.7% advance in the third quarter.

Following a small contraction in Germany’s economy in the second quarter, many economists predict that this quarter the country will enter its first official recession in six years.

STOXX has announced the results of the annual review of the STOXX® Global ESG Leaders Index, with the number of companies in the benchmark of sustainability champions reaching a record high.

With a growing, wealthier and more urbanized world population, waste is becoming an increasingly dangerous problem with environmental, social and economic consequences. 

Stocks fell in August as the trade war between the US and China escalated and concerns grew that a global economic slowdown may lead to a recession. 

In May, STOXX introduced a fully-fledged ESG-X Index family comprised of versions of established benchmarks that exclude companies based on standard environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles. 

The prospect of further monetary stimulus has raised questions about the performance of Eurozone banks just as the sector has once again fallen to near record low levels.

As more data on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors becomes available and widely adopted, so does the debate grow about the efficiency and materiality of this information, and how best to use it while investing.  

OXX Ltd. on Jul. 31 was recognized as index administrator under the European Union’s Benchmarks Regulation (BMR), a rules framework devised to ensure the accuracy and integrity of indices in the region.