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The last two years have been among the most eventful in the blue-chip DAX® index’s three-decade life. Qontigo, which manages the German benchmark and its entire family of indices, has since 2020 pursued DAX’s biggest overhaul since its inception. The aim has been to bolster the quality of constituent companies, bring selection criteria in line with international standards and improve representativeness.

Thematic ETFs have seen their biggest decline in assets globally, as assets plunged 6.9 per cent in Q1 driven by negative investment returns.

Citi has partnered with STOXX Qontigo to develop a series of single stock linked indices in an effort to generate a more efficient structured product universe for financial intermediaries and end investors.

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Northern Trust partnered with index provider STOXX to develop proprietary benchmarks for the ETFs.

Deutsche Börse has announced similar requirements for new entrants to the Dax index.

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Data from Qontigo showed that value and earnings yield have underperformed since the start of crisis, aside from a few days in May.

The Lyxor DAX 50 ESG UCITS ETF (E909) is listed on Xetra with a total expense ratio (TER) of 0.23%. E909 tracks the DAX ESG index, designed by Deutsche Börse-owned Qontigo, which offers investors exposure to 50 companies with the strongest ESG rating.

Qontigo has launched a new market benchmark targeting companies “addressing the rising obesity levels in the global population” that are also set to benefits from health trends among millennials.

The German stock-market company said the Eurex STOXX USA 500 ESG-X Futures contract screens out thermal-coal mining, coal-fired power plants, controversial weapons.

UniCredit has unveiled a pair of Eurozone equity ETFs that deliver a factor-based strategy while incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) screening.