STOXX’s European benchmarks offer transparent and liquid exposure to the region, and are at the center of a wide ecosystem of derived investment strategies and products. Those characteristics have made the indices the top choice for issuers of investable products.

They have strong profitability, low volatility and have been quietly leading gains in the European equity market. The GRANOLAS – a group of 11 large, international companies – may have the right attributes for the current macro environment, argues Goldman Sachs.

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.