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Index | ESG & Sustainability
Natural capital ‘wake-up call’: Understanding portfolios’ impact and dependencies on biodiversity
As biodiversity garners increased attention and data availability expands, understanding its effect on portfolios becomes paramount. In our first edition of Perspectives, we spotlight how ISS ESG’s innovative methodologies can help assess a portfolio’s impact and natural capital dependencies.
Momentum begets momentum, until it doesn’t; European risk’s recent decline drops it to near a 10-year low.
Analytics | Portfolio Risk Management
Multi-Asset Class Risk Monitor Highlights | Week Ended March 22, 2024
Downward inflation surprise sways BoE further toward cutting rates; BoJ raises rates for first time in 17 years…and the yen plummets; Joint stock and bond rally boosts portfolio risk.
This modest uplift in sentiment comes on the heels of the interest rate decision meetings conducted by several major central banks the week prior, which did not yield any negative surprises.
The investment product has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The underlying index follows a best-in-sector selection methodology and has a unique blue-chip focus that selects assets based on specific crypto-market criteria for quality.
Index | New product launches
STOXX Licences First Crypto Blue Chip Index, Co-developed with Bitcoin Suisse, to Valour Inc.
STOXX Ltd., part of the ISS STOXX GmbH group of companies and a leading provider of benchmark and custom index solutions to global institutional investors, has licensed the STOXX Digital Asset Blue Chip Index to Valour Inc. The index, which marks STOXX’s entry into the digital asset space, will serve as an underlying for an exchange traded product (ETP) listed on Xetra, a leading trading venue for ETFs & ETPs in Europe. The index was developed in partnership with crypto-financial services provider Bitcoin Suisse.
China among the worst performers and riskiest markets; US small caps much riskier than large caps; Large stocks with momentum preferred in developed markets.
Analytics | Portfolio Risk Management
Multi-Asset Class Risk Monitor Highlights | Week Ended March 15, 2024
Upward inflation surprise leads traders to discount another Fed rate cut; But euro bond markets remain undeterred, pushing risk premia to 2-year low; Lower equity volatility and correlations reduce portfolio risk.
Investor sentiment continues to be largely influenced by the policy decisions of leading central banks, including the Fed, the ECB, the BoE, the BoJ, and the BoC.
The products offer market participants liquid exposure to an industry whose sales are booming on demand from artificial intelligence, mobile gadgets and electronic vehicles.
STOXX is expanding its range of DAX indices with the introduction of UCITS- and 10%-capped indices. The alternative capped indices are tailored to asset managers who must meet strict investment thresholds.
Index | Events, Conferences & Webinars
Futurization and the role of indices in a growing derivatives market
A panel at the recent Eurex Derivatives Forum in Frankfurt discussed the growing market for listed derivatives and why indices are key in the transition from OTC to exchange trading. Futurization is linked to the customization of strategies, and experts said they see both growing.