Global Markets’ style risk climbs, as total risk keeps falling; China market flat for the year-to-date; Trading activity still in a summery mood, except in Japan and China.

Qontigo announced the results of the annual review of the STOXX® Global ESG Leaders Index, which tracks the leading companies with respect to environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria.

As the DAX indices complete the biggest reform in their three-decade history, we talk to Stephan Flaegel, Chief Product Officer, Indices and Benchmarks, at Qontigo, to hear what the new rules mean for the flagship DAX and how quality, simplicity and alignment with international standards were key drivers in the overhaul.

Ronald van Dijk, Deputy CIO at APG Asset Management, discusses how the recently launched iSTOXX APG World Responsible Investment Indices help pension funds and other investors incorporate different layers of sustainability ambitions on portfolios in an innovative, flexible and transparent way.

In our latest whitepaper, Inflation and Its Impact on the Stock-Bond Correlation, we examined the historical interaction of equity and bond-market returns over the last 60 years to identify the main triggers of shifts in their relative directions—especially situations that might prompt the two asset classes to persistently move together. We identified three possible scenarios.

In this paper, we examine the historical interaction of equity and bond-market returns—both in the recent past and over the last 70 years—in an effort to identify the main triggers of shifts in their relative directions.

With DAX increasing its composition from 30 stocks to 40, we review the changes to the DAX® ESG Target Index, a sustainable version of the flagship German benchmark.

Sparked by inflation fears, stocks and bonds fall; Bund curve steepens, as ECB raises growth forecast but maintains rate outlook; Index linkers offset equity losses, cutting portfolio risk.