Index

Qontigo announced today the appointment of Axel Lomholt as Chief Product Officer, Indices & Benchmarks, with overall responsibility for the STOXX and DAX index portfolio.

The diversity of sustainability priorities means there can be no one-size-fits-all approach to ESG ETF products, says Qontigo’s Anna Georgieva and Saumya Mehrotra

The STOXX Global 1800 Index climbs 5.4% in month when measured in dollars and including dividends, led by US and European markets. Factor, thematic and dividend strategies struggle to catch up with strong showing from benchmarks.

Qontigo has joined the Net Zero Financial Service Providers Alliance (NZFSPA), thus committing to the attainment of net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 or sooner.

B3, operator of the Brazilian stock exchange, will list futures on the two European blue-chip indices in December. The new products will give local investors direct access to the European market without leaving their home exchange.

Qontigo and B3 announced that Qontigo has licensed two flagship European indices to be listed as futures contracts on the Brazilian exchange.

Lyxor ETF Germany and Austria’s Head of Product Development & Engineering explains how the change in the underlying index for the Lyxor 1 STOXX® Europe 600 UCITS ETF means the fund now complies with sustainability labels and meets the responsible criteria of retail and institutional European investors.

Stocks rebounded strongly from their September losses during October, as companies reported broadly better-than-expected third-quarter earnings.

Rick Redding of the Index Industry Association (IIA) and Qontigo’s Arun Singhal discuss what role indices will play in an asset-management industry increasingly veering towards sustainability considerations in the portfolio-construction process.

Qontigo’s global index provider STOXX Ltd. has announced an unscheduled adjustment to the MDAX index. The free float of Hella GmbH & Co KGaA changed by more than 10 percentage points.

Sustainability indices and analytics are crucial catalysts for investors to transition from ‘brown’ to ‘green’ portfolios. However, the shift is being hindered, among other things, by inconsistent national legislations and lack of proper ESG disclosures from companies. Regulators have a key role to play to overcome these obstacles.

As sustainable investing’s uptake continues to gather pace, index-based solutions have gained investors’ favor as a simple, low-cost and transparent way to implement sustainable strategies.