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In this whitepaper, we show how portfolios can be built that provide more attractive sustainability characteristics – without taking on too much risk.
This whitepaper evaluates two thematic investment strategies – STOXX® Global Ageing Population (“Ageing Population”) and STOXX® Global Millennials (“Millennials”) – which seek exposure to these two distinct generations.
Index | ESG & Sustainability
The Best Bang for Your Climate-Aware Buck (Or Pound, Euro, Yen – You Name It)
In this paper we attempt to answer the following questions: in which region can you make the most impact, and how much active risk is required to achieve your climate goals?
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Risk, Return and Sustainability: Qontigo ESG Target Indices Provide an Optimal Solution
While sustainable investing is not a new concept, its growing popularity means a sharper focus is needed on how to achieve sustainability goals without sacrificing returns or taking on too much unintended risk.
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Beyond ESG: From ‘How Does Sustainability Affect My Portfolio’ to ‘How Does My Portfolio Affect the World?’
ESG integration, sustainability, and impact investing…While there may be overlap in the meanings of these terms, they each represent a distinct approach to “doing well while doing good” in investor portfolios.
Index | Portfolio Risk Management
Low Volatility Strategies: Why the Wheels Came Off (Temporarily) in 2020
Low Volatility strategies have a deservedly good reputation for offering investors equity-like returns with less risk.
Index | Portfolio Risk Management
Low Volatility Strategies: Why the Wheels Came Off (Temporarily) in 2020
A new Qontigo paper on global Low Volatility strategies compares 2020 returns with those over the longer term.
In this video, Melissa Brown, Qonitgo’s Head of Applied Research, analyzes the performance of the new STOXX Europe 600 PAB and comapres it to the STOXX Europe 600 index.
Melissa Brown discusses the STOXX® Europe 600 Paris-Aligned Benchmark Index, and the strategy driving a higher return and lower volatility than its benchmark.
Index | ESG & Sustainability
The STOXX Europe 600 Paris-Aligned Benchmark: A Better Path to Success?
The STOXX® Europe 600 Paris-Aligned Benchmark Index was launched in June 2020. In backtested data since March 2018, we find that the strategy has offered a higher return and lower volatility versus its benchmark. This paper drills down into some of the factors driving those results.
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Introducing STOXX® Factor and ESG-X Factor Indices: Get More From Your Premia Exposures
STOXX Factor Indices are designed for investors who want to reap factor premia while avoiding the noise that pervades many other such products that allow undesired exposures.
The EURO STOXX 50® ESG Index was launched last year as an environmental, social and governance (ESG) version of the EURO STOXX 50® Index, the blue-chip Eurozone benchmark. The ESG index incorporates both standard exclusions and integrates companies’ ESG scores into stock selection. In other words, it excludes companies engaged in controversial activities and those with low ESG scores, and […]