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Index | ESG & Sustainability
Expert view: Unpacking the new Xtrackers biodiversity ETFs and their ISS STOXX indices
As DWS launched the Xtrackers Biodiversity Focus SRI UCITS ETFs, we sat down with experts from Xtrackers, ISS ESG and STOXX to explore what’s driving investor interest in biodiversity strategies and how they can comprehensively integrate natural-world data and considerations into portfolios.
Index | Factor Investing
Multifactor strategies: Proving their worth in the factor investment landscape
A new study from specialists at BlackRock and STOXX explores the potential benefits of low tracking-error, multifactor portfolios. While factor investing has historically been dominated by single-factor strategies with relatively strong tilts, the authors show that diversification across multiple factors with smaller tilts and less tracking error can pay off in the long run.
Index | Listed Derivatives
Eurex introduces options on EURO STOXX 50 index dividend futures, expanding popular derivatives offering
Mid-curve options on dividend futures give market participants a more targeted instrument, with quarterly expirations, to gain exposure on the direction of European dividend payments.
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Q&A with BlackRock’s Moufti: Capturing the upside from essential metals miners
Omar Moufti, Thematics and Sectors Product strategist at BlackRock, says the transition to a low-carbon economy is just one of the forces propelling the copper and lithium industries, and explains why investing in the miners’ stocks may be an attractive long-term proposition for investors.
Index | Listed Derivatives
New STOXX Europe 600 SRI futures on Eurex broaden sustainable derivatives offering for investors
Eurex will launch futures on the STOXX Europe 600 SRI (Socially Responsible Investing), an index with extended exclusions as well as emissions and best-in-class ESG filters. The offering follows the successful adoption of similar contracts on the STOXX EUROPE 600 ESG-X, launched in 2019.
Analytics | Portfolio Risk Management
Taming the Factor Zoo: Using Themes to decipher ETF strategies
In the beginning, there was only beta. Then in the 70s, the multi-factor concept was born. And investment managers (eventually) caught on to the fact that factors are particularly useful to explain persistent drivers of risk and return. But as time went on, the numbers of factors grew and grew and now, there are hundreds. Sometimes, you can have too much of a good thing.
Analytics | Portfolio Risk Management
What’s in store for 2024? 5 risks and opportunities to look out for
We have compiled a list of five considerations, derived from our proprietary risk analytics and models, along with other market intelligence, to help guide your 2024 views.