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![Introducing STOXX ESG-X](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/nature-esg-intro-image-4-900x350.png)
Historically, market capitalization-weighted indices have been the tool for asset owners to benchmark and construct their investment portfolios.
![The market portfolio’s hidden factors](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/abstract-tech-intro-image-2_small-900x350.jpg)
When it comes to evaluating the success of equity portfolios or constructing a traditional passive investment strategy, the go-to instrument has usually been the market capitalization-weighted index.
![Minimum Variance’s Prowess in Risk Protection](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/city-intro-image-900x350.png)
October’s market move is the type of event that can determine a portfolio performance for the entire year. The sharp pullback in stocks has underscored the benefits of a low-volatility strategy: holding the less risky parts of the market has often been worth the price of missing out on the beta rallies.
![PRI’s New Rules Reinforce Sustainability Progress](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/nature-esg-intro-image-3-900x350.jpg)
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), the UN-backed group that works to advance sustainability in the asset-management industry, announced earlier this year that it is establishing new minimum requirements for membership.
![October Brings Market Shock](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/abstract-finance-intro-image-2-900x350.png)
Equity markets sold off by the most in six years in October, amid investor concerns that rising bond yields and a slowdown in China will stymie global growth.
![GC Pooling Deferred Rate Turns Five](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cityskape-intro-image-900x350.jpg)
This month, the STOXX® GC Pooling EUR Deferred Funding Rate (GC Pooling Deferred), a benchmark of overnight borrowing costs in Europe, turned five years old, as did the full STOXX GC Pooling money market curve.
![Active Vs. Passive Returns: A Barometer](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/city-intro-image-6-900x350.png)
The first edition of Morningstar’s European Active/Passive Barometer shows the extent to which active managers in the region have underperformed their passive peers in recent years, suggesting the active-management industry must contend not only with high costs but with poor returns too.
![Thematic Investing: Q&A with STOXX’s Inderpal Gujral](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/conference-intro-image-3-900x350.png)
Inderpal Gujral, Head of Product at STOXX, discussed ideas on thematic investing at the Inside ETFs event that was held in London on Oct. 1–2, 2018.
![Equity Risk Premia with Academic Foundation](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/abstract-color-intro-image-900x350.png)
Factor investing has gained enormous traction in recent years as a transparent and low-cost way to exploit widely-acknowledged sources of market-excess returns, so-called risk premia.
![ESG Surveys Point to Widespread Adoption](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/nature-esg-intro-image-2-900x350.png)
Socially responsible investing (SRI) has in recent years become a major consideration in the asset-management industry. Three recent surveys help shed light on the high level of adoption among both institutional and retail investors.
![Stocks Post Gains in Calm September](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/city-intro-image-4-900x350.png)
Global equity indices rose in September, helped by a continued bull market in US shares, a multi-month jump for Japanese stocks and a mild rebound in Europe.
![The New Faces of Risk Management](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/factory-intro-image-900x350.png)
September 2018 marked the tenth anniversary of Lehman Brothers’ collapse, an event that epitomizes the traumatic happenings of 2008.