News & Research

The STOXX Global 1800 index added 7.1% in dollars last month, matching its performance in October. The benchmark has still lost 14.5% in 2022, poised for its worst year since 2008.

December 1, 2022 – Qontigo has announced the new composition of the STOXX Europe 600 Index

The Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform (SDI AOP) and Qontigo, its exclusive distribution partner, have announced the launch of the SDI Innovation Outlook. The new dataset provides forward looking information, by analyzing the alignment of companies’ patent portfolios with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

European stocks rally despite yield curve inversion; Dovish Fed minutes depress dollar; Ongoing stock-market recovery reduces portfolio risk, but diversification remains limited

Qontigo Head of APAC Applied Research, Olivier d’Assier, discusses investor sentiment and his latest market outlook with Yousef Gamal El-Din on “Bloomberg Daybreak Middle East.”

US stock prices and risk both rise, defying their typical inverse relationship; Developed Market currency risk has surged in November; Magnitude of Emerging Markets and Developed Asia ex-Japan style factor returns is higher than expected.

Investor sentiment was little changed last week, remaining negative in the US, global developed and global emerging markets; becoming slightly more positive in Europe and Japan; turning bearish in Asia ex-Japan; and staying bearish in China.

Qontigo has been busy in the past two years enhancing the DAX rulebook, to bolster the quality of constituent companies, bring selection criteria in line with international standards and improve representativeness of the underlying markets. Serkan Batir, Qontigo’s Managing Director for Indices, says the overhaul helps ensure the benchmark is fit for purpose in an evolving financial landscape.

“Supply chain disruptions from lockdowns (in China) would not only hurt Chinese manufacturers but regional ones as well… The absence of positive news means investors will stay away instead of participating in bargain-hunting,” said Olivier d’Assier, Head of Applied Research, APAC at Qontigo.

Market returns mixed as dispersion trends reverse; Momentum leads, High Vol lags.

US curve inversion intensifies after hawkish Fed comments; UK tax rises and spending cuts prop up Gilts and pound; Higher equity and FX volatilities boost portfolio risk.

The first collaboration between Postal Savings Bank of China and Qontigo will allow the lender’s clients to access a portfolio of large Chinese equities chosen for their sustainability scores and optimized to limit deviations from the benchmark in terms of risk and industry allocation.