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Deutsche Börse’s index provider Qontigo and its derivatives exchange Eurex are adapting their offering to the upcoming new classification of industrial sectors.

Qontigo announced today the appointment of Courtney Scharff as Global Head of Strategic Partnerships.

Former FTSE Russell and MSCI executive brings extensive experience in index and analytics sales to Qontigo.

Financial intelligence provider Qontigo, part of Deutsche Börse Group, has announced the appointment of Stephan Flägel as Global Head of Indices & Benchmarks, effective as of December 2, 2019.

Deutsche Börse Group is expanding its portfolio with a newly created growth company, Qontigo – a financial intelligence innovator and leader in the modernisation of investment management, from risk to return.

Deutsche Börse AG (Deutsche Börse) and Axioma, Inc. (Axioma) announced that Axioma has agreed to be acquired by Deutsche Börse for USD 850 million cash and debt free (around USD 820 million equity value) and will be combined with Deutsche Börse’s index businesses (STOXX® and DAX®) valued at EUR 2.6 billion. 

Axioma announced today the appointment of Amaury Dauge as President. Dauge will also continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer, a position he has held since joining Axioma in June 2016.

STOXX has won the “Best Index Provider Japan” award from The Asset.

STOXX Ltd. has again won the award “Most Innovative Index Provider” in 2017 by etfexpress. STOXX has received this title for the eighth time since 2010. Award winners are selected based on votes cast by readers of etfexpress, namely market participants from the index and ETF business.

In “An Aussie sense of style”, Axioma’s latest paper on smart beta products, we take a look at the inherent compromise between delivering target factor purity versus maximizing factor exposure.