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In June, stocks had their second-best month this year on optimism that the global economy is weathering a slowdown and that inflation is easing.

The IIA published their third annual ESG Global Survey of Asset Managers, revealing that widening factors, expanding asset classes, and emerging tech are driving a maturing ESG landscape.

Recent market developments and investing trends have prompted investors to reconsider their investment allocations. Factors assist investors in understanding the present market and informing their investment decisions. Melissa Brown, Managing Director of Applied Research, joins two experts to discuss factor investing in this video.

Melissa Brown joined Bloomberg Markets to discuss the narrow equity market rally and why equities are doing so well despite an anticipated recession. Additionally, we also talked about the recent trading volume uptick and expectations for the upcoming FOMC meeting.

As asset owners take more control of their investments, one group of participants is providing fellow institutions with a novel way to meet their ESG mandates and obligations. SDI AOP has partnered with global index and analytics provider Qontigo to make its own SDI data available to other institutions and asset managers.

Changes were announced as part of the June regular review of the DAX 50 ESG, DAX 50 ESG+, DAX ESG Target, DAX ESG Screened and DAX indices.

Qontigo’s global index provider STOXX Ltd. has announced the new composition of the DAX index family, which will become effective on 19 June 2023.

The STOXX Global 1800 index lost 1.1% last month and the STOXX World AC dropped 0.9%. European, energy and high-dividend shares were among the worst performers.

Qontigo has announced the new composition of the STOXX Europe 600 Index. This is an amendment of the previous changes in composition of the STOXX Europe 600 Index, announced on June 1, 2023.

Global equity indices retreated in May, dragged lower by European and Asian shares. In the US, better-than-expected earnings from technology companies overshadowed concerns about a government default and ongoing interest rate hikes.

Qontigo has announced the new composition of the STOXX Europe 600 Index. Effective as of the opening of European markets on June 19, 2023, these stocks will be added to and deleted from the index and its respective size and sector indices.

At the Sustainable Investment Forum Europe 2023, Antonio Celeste, Director, Sustainable Product Management at Qontigo spoke about sustainability, greenwashing, and biodiversity. Watch the whole interview here: