News & Research

Stocks fell in November, with indices reverting gains in the month’s last three sessions, as the emergence of the Omicron variant raised concerns the COVID-19 pandemic may continue to undermine the global economy.

We sat down with Olivier d’Assier, Head of Applied Research for APAC, to discuss the development of Qontigo’s ROOF Scores and how these scores can be leveraged to drive enhanced portfolio performance.

December 1, 2021 – Qontigo has announced the new composition of the STOXX Europe 600 Index.

Rebecca Chesworth, Senior Equities Strategist at State Street Global Advisors SPDR ETFs; and Hamish Seegopaul, Head of R&D for ESG and Quantitative Indices at Qontigo, discuss the change in underlying index for the SPDR® STOXX Europe 600 ESG Screened UCITS ETF and how clients’ ESG needs are shaping the product offering.

Share prices and sovereign yields fall, as Omicron variant triggers flight to safety; Sliding stocks and COVID concerns boost credit-risk premia; FX effect makes non-USD assets seem more correlated.

US investors play defense ahead of the holidays; Emerging market investors not compensated for higher risk; Turkish lira plunges on rising regulatory risk.

Investor sentiment ended the week at its low, with developed Europe and developed world investor sentiment narrowly avoiding a return to the bearish zone.

Siepe shares its view on the partnership, the significance of the solution, and the key trends it is helping to address among its hedge fund, asset management and asset owner clients.

Sustainable investing strategies vary. Some investors, for example, simply want to improve ESG alignment. Others seek to maximize their impact on society, by investing in those companies that contribute the most to certain goals. While the metrics that underlie these approaches have some overlap, there is not perfect correlation, in terms of how metrics are defined, how portfolios are constructed, what is being targeted, etc.

Europe toughens COVID restrictions, spurring safe-haven flows; Euro continues to drop as monetary policies diverge; Safe-haven flows drive down portfolio risk.

Investors shunning dividend yield; European trading declines amid new COVID restrictions; US dollar strengthens.

Sentiment among developed-markets investors continued its timid recovery from bearish to neutral last week, with Japanese investors attempting a solo ascent on the bullish zone.