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A new whitepaper examines the methodology behind the benchmark of ESG corporate leaders and analyzes its composition following the latest annual review.
Analytics | Index | ESG and Climate
Conversation with BCI: New Platform Can Help Accelerate SDI Adoption in the Americas
We caught up with Jennifer, the Vice President of ESG at the Canadian investment manager.
Results of the annual review of STOXX’s broadest benchmark tracking the highest ESG-scoring companies are out.
On Sep. 21 Qontigo will implement announced changes to the sectorial classification structure of STOXX indices following the first major overhaul of the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB) in years.
Analytics | Index | Portfolio Risk Management
Low Volatility Strategies: Why the Wheels Came Off (Temporarily) in 2020
A new Qontigo paper on global Low Volatility strategies compares 2020 returns with those over the longer term.
The COVID-19 crisis has accentuated long-term trends in the European equity market, with Health Care solidifying its dominance in the STOXX® Europe 600 Index, and Banks shedding further ground.
Analytics | ESG and Climate
Conversation with AustralianSuper: Sustainable Development Goals more relevant than ever
AustralianSuper, the largest pension fund in Australia, is also one of the four global asset managers who launched the Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform (SDI AOP) this year.
Analytics | Portfolio Risk Management
Stress Testing the US Presidential Election: A framework for quantifying market reaction to an unpredictable outcome
With the US presidential election now less than seven weeks away, many clients have been asking us how to forecast market returns ahead of this pivotal event. It’s a fair question, but a challenging one, to be sure.
Qontigo will implement announced changes to the sectorial classification structure of STOXX indices following the first major overhaul of the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB) in years.
Analytics | ESG and Climate
Entis: Artificial and Human Intelligence Combine to Identify Sustainable Development Investments
As thematic investing is gaining momentum, investors are confronted with the question of how to identify companies that are relevant to a specific theme.
Analytics | Portfolio Construction
Want to Know What’s in Store for the Global Economy? Don’t Look to the US Stock Market…
The spectacular “recovery” of US blue-chip stock indices is frequently cited as an indication that investors are betting on a swift, “V-shaped” global recovery from the coronavirus crisis.
Officially launched in July this year, the Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform (SDI AOP) aims to standardize and create greater efficiencies for financial institutions looking to invest in the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
