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Investing has transformed radically since STOXX Ltd. was born. After a quarter-century of change, we continue to innovate with a growing family of indexing solutions that are as smart as they are accurate and reliable.
Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”), a leading provider of corporate governance and responsible investment solutions, fund intelligence, and events and editorial content for institutional investors and corporations, today announced the completion of its transaction to add Qontigo’s index business under the newly created “ISS STOXX” group of companies. The Qontigo index business will be rebranded “STOXX.”
The ETFs allow investors to consider the risks and opportunities presented by rising biodiversity-related liabilities. The core strategies are based on a multi-step framework designed by ISS ESG and STOXX, which not only applies screens to exclude companies that negatively impact biodiversity but also provides increased exposure to those more aligned with the preservation of the world’s natural capital.
The publication explores the integration of biodiversity considerations in an investment process at a time of emerging nature-related risks for investors. The authors review what metrics are available to measure companies’ biodiversity impact, and describe in detail the four-step process behind the ISS STOXX Biodiversity indices and its results at a portfolio level.
Rene Reyna and Brett Boor of Invesco explain the drivers behind the choice of index underlying for three ETFs tracking technology themes. Ladi Williams from Index Product Management at STOXX joins the conversation to discuss what investors and product issuers want when it comes to thematic indices.
The international body’s framework is a step forward in the adoption of nature-focused metrics. It can help companies address biodiversity issues and guide investors in the construction of portfolios. We compare the TNFD’s recommended process to that of the ISS STOXX® Biodiversity indices.
ISS ESG takes stock of progress this year in new rules on corporate sustainability disclosure, with Europe at the center of action. The data, analytics and solutions provider concludes that regulation change is accelerating, raising reporting requirements for companies and investors alike.
As the sustainability landscape continues to grow and change, there is a pressing need for evolving data that helps investors to better understand the sustainability outcomes associated with their investments. The SDI AOP has set out to address this, with continuously growing datasets updated quarterly, to assess companies’ contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. James Leaton, Research Director of the SDI AOP, discusses the latest platform developments led by its asset-owner led community.
At a recent IPE webinar, experts from STOXX, ISS ESG and DWS discussed how biodiversity impact is becoming a new risk consideration for portfolio managers amid tightening regulation and client demand. Participants also examined the new ISS STOXX Biodiversity indices as a framework to tackle nature-related risks and opportunities.
The AI revolution is taking place now – a look inside the STOXX Global Artificial Intelligence index
Looking at business lines’ revenues allows the index to tap those companies benefitting from growing demand for the AI ecosystem — from computing applications to chips, and from data to cloud computing. As AI has its “iPhone moment,” we explore what’s in an AI index portfolio.
Philips Pensioenfonds, in collaboration with index and analytics provider Qontigo and asset manager BlackRock, has successfully aligned its € 370 million emerging markets equity portfolio with several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The mandate, managed by BlackRock, tracks a custom equity benchmark, the iSTOXX® PPF Responsible SDG Emerging Markets Index.
A new Qontigo article revisits the concept of tracking error, a metric that’s gaining even more attention amid the growth of sustainable portfolios. Hamish Seegopaul, Global Head for Index Product Innovation at Qontigo, addresses some key questions, including: How should the various degrees of tracking error be interpreted? Does the metric tell us much in terms of the future? And can we control this?