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Transaction costs play a crucial role for any investor considering adopting sustainable principles in their investments. A new study from ISS LiquidMetrix and STOXX investigates the costs, and cost efficiencies, of shifting a benchmark portfolio of European equities to climate-transition versions.

Invesco has switched the underlying strategies for three US-listed ETFs that target technology themes to the following STOXX indices: STOXX® World AC NexGen Connectivity, STOXX® World AC NexGen Media, and STOXX® World AC NexGen Software Development. The change comes amid strong demand and performance for thematic strategies, particularly those exposed to technologies disrupting the global economy.

If you are a wealth manager, you are unlikely to have had a conversation about the performance of your clients’ portfolios without talking about taxes. Yet, surprisingly, much of the research and discussion about portfolio management is based on pre-tax returns.

As part of STOXX’s 25th anniversary celebrations, we caught up with Stephan Leithner, member of the Executive Board and responsible for Pre- & Post-Trading businesses at Deutsche Börse Group; and with Axel Lomholt, General Manager at STOXX. We got their impressions on STOXX’s growth trajectory and asked them what lies ahead for an indexing industry immersed in full transformation.

Investing has transformed radically since STOXX Ltd. was born. After a quarter-century of change, we continue to innovate with a growing family of indexing solutions that are as smart as they are accurate and reliable.

Daily expirations allow market participants to finetune hedging and accurately implement strategies around specific events such as economic data releases. More than 670,000 EURO STOXX 50 daily options have traded since their August listing.

The STOXX Global 1800 index fell 2.8% last month, ending 9.2% below its 2023 high in July. The STOXX World AC dropped 3%. Losses were widespread, with emerging markets and the Size factor leading the retreat.

The ETFs allow investors to consider the risks and opportunities presented by rising biodiversity-related liabilities. The core strategies are based on a multi-step framework designed by ISS ESG and STOXX, which not only applies screens to exclude companies that negatively impact biodiversity but also provides increased exposure to those more aligned with the preservation of the world’s natural capital.

The STOXX Global Lithium and Battery Producers index inaugurates an innovative dual identification process to selecting stocks, involving revenue and patents. As a key component in batteries, lithium is essential to the clean energy transition and the rollout of consumer electronics.

In 10 charts, Diana Baechle, Principal of Applied Research at Axioma, summarizes the initial market reactions of Israel and the Middle East to the Israel-Hamas war.

The publication explores the integration of biodiversity considerations in an investment process at a time of emerging nature-related risks for investors. The authors review what metrics are available to measure companies’ biodiversity impact, and describe in detail the four-step process behind the ISS STOXX Biodiversity indices and its results at a portfolio level.

Rene Reyna and Brett Boor of Invesco explain the drivers behind the choice of index underlying for three ETFs tracking technology themes. Ladi Williams from Index Product Management at STOXX joins the conversation to discuss what investors and product issuers want when it comes to thematic indices.