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Stock and bond prices both fall over inflation concerns; Dollar strengthens as rates rise; Portfolio risk ebbs despite joint stock-bond sell-off.
On Monday, Qontigo’s global index provider STOXX Ltd. announced a component change in the EURO STOXX 50 Index.
Qontigo today announced the new composition of STOXX Benchmarks and their sub and sector indices, among them the STOXX Europe 600 Index, STOXX North America 600 Index, STOXX Asia/Pacific 600 Index and STOXX Global 1800 Index.
Northern Trust partnered with index provider STOXX to develop proprietary benchmarks for the ETFs.
Corporate | ESG and Climate
Qontigo to Expand Sustainable Offering through Partnership with Chinese ESG Data Provider IIGF
Qontigo has announced an exclusive agreement with the International Institute of Green Finance (IIGF), a provider focused on ESG ratings for Chinese companies – across both fixed income and equities.
Every market we track except the UK and Australia have seen a further deterioration in sentiment. The decline in sentiment is not new, however last week, markets finally heeded the call and declined in-line with sentiment.
Developed Markets take a hit, as Emerging Markets remain flat; US tech shares dragged down by threat of rising interest rates; US asset diversification climbs to pre-pandemic levels.
Index | Factor Investing
New ESG-X Select Dividend Indices Combine Income Strategy with Sustainability Screenings
By selecting high-dividend stocks within universes screened for responsible-investing principles, the new suite broadens the possibilities for investors and showcases the versatility of index-based strategies.
Zug (February 26, 2021) – Qontigo’s index provider STOXX was named Best European Index Provider for ESG ETFs at this year’s ETF Express Awards. STOXX indices have now received awards from ETF Express for the eleventh time. Voting for the awards was conducted via an online poll of the entire ETF Express readership of over […]
Analytics | Portfolio Risk Management
Oil-price swings pushing your equity portfolios around? Consider using an Oil Sensitivity metric…
The surge in oil prices since November 2020 has highlighted the challenges—and even opportunities—of measuring and managing the impact of swings in oil prices on portfolios.
Changes to Germany’s flagship benchmarks were announced last November and seek to enhance the quality of component companies.
Upcoming Events
Top 10 Challenges of Credit Construction
Spread and rate term structures are one of the cornerstones of fixed income analytics, with applications in pricing, performance, risk, and investment strategy. However, the construction of these term structures, particularly issuer spread term structures, is very challenging for a variety of reasons.
Do sectors matter in fixed income? Less than you may think…
In this webinar, Christoph Schon will use Axioma’s new Factor-based Fixed Income Risk Model to demonstrate that while sectors do play a role in credit investment management, they do so to a much lesser extent than one might expect.
Qontigo Insight™ Quarterly Multi-Asset Risk Review
The extraordinary market movements of 2020 had a considerable impact on the correlations between major asset classes. In this webinar, Christoph Schon will take a closer look at these relationships and examine how they affected the risk of a global multi-asset class portfolio. He will also explore potential implications for hedging and diversification strategies in the year ahead.
