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Global stocks extended their positive streak in April, adding a fourth month, with some regional benchmarks reaching record highs, as the outlook for the world’s economy improved and a majority of companies’ earnings beat estimates.

Minimum-variance strategies – which aim to reduce swings in portfolio prices and typically consider both share-price volatility and intra-stock correlation – have gained much traction since the global financial crisis. 

Minimum variance strategies have gained significant traction especially since the global financial crisis. They aim at reducing or minimizing variance, i.e. the square of volatility as measured by standard deviation, or, in this case, price fluctuations of portfolio prices around their mean.

A recent report by State Street Global Advisors examined this behavior, which refers to low-volatility stocks’ long-run outperformance even if they take on less risk — i.e. have lower beta — than the broader market.

18 this year, a new chapter in responsible investing opened up with the listing of futures on three European environmental, social and governance (ESG) benchmark indices.

Derivatives trading on EURO STOXX® Sector Indices has reached a record high at a time when shifts in macroeconomic conditions are set to influence the performance of the key banking industry.

Responsible investing expanded 34% worldwide between 2016 and the end of 2017, according to the latest data from the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA).

Global stocks wrapped up their best calendar quarter in over eight years in March, as the Federal Reserve halted its interest-rate increases, and expectations strengthened for a trade truce between the US and China.

STOXX Ltd. has been named ‘Most Innovative Index Provider’ by etfexpress for an eighth year, a mention awarded by readers of the digital news publisher.  

European investors increased their use of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) further last year, according to an annual survey from Greenwich Associates, with more of them resorting to the funds to pursue environmental, social and governance (ESG) and smart-beta strategies.  

Two recently-launched indices enhance investors’ possibilities in passive options-based strategies. The EURO STOXX 50® Short Strangle Index and the EURO iSTOXX® 50 Collar Index represent two sophisticated and popular strategies among traders and hedge funds.

The growing popularity of smart-beta products has fueled the debate around whether their advantages and potential performance can prevail across different market environments.