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![Term spread effects on the International Real Estate Index](jpg/real-estate-index_intro-900x350.jpg)
Term spreads have risen in multiple regions around the globe, as long-term sovereign yields soared amid rising (expected and actual) inflation but central banks took longer to raise short-term interest rates. The impact of this on international real estate has mostly been positive over the past two-and-a-half years.
![The International Real Estate Index — A hedge against expected inflation](jpg/sperandeo-blackrock-apg-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
The International Real Estate Index — A hedge against expected inflation
Real estate has long had the reputation of being at least a partial hedge against inflation, since both rental income and property values typically respond positively to inflationary pressures. The iSTOXX Developed and Emerging Markets ex USA PK VN Index has lived up to this reputation historically and is continuing to do so in the current inflationary environment.
![Holding the world in your portfolio and considering climate transition risks](jpg/wtw-climate-indices-wp_intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Holding the world in your portfolio and considering climate transition risks
The STOXX WTW Climate Transition Indices are a new approach to managing climate risk that offer investors a systematic and transparent way to incorporate climate transition risk into their investment decisions.
![Thematic investing in the current climate – A more focused approach to sustainable and future-proof investing](jpg/esg-green-building-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Thematic Investing
Thematic investing in the current climate – A more focused approach to sustainable and future-proof investing
The Russian invasion of Ukraine spooked equity investors around the world, but losses were not distributed equally across all sectors, with some industries even exhibiting positive returns. This opens up opportunities for more focused strategies such as thematic investing.
![A CVaR Scenario-Based Framework for Minimizing Downside Risk in Multi-Asset Class Portfolios](png/impactoftheglobalrisk_intro_updated-e1600864560643-900x350.png)
Index | Portfolio Construction
A CVaR Scenario-Based Framework for Minimizing Downside Risk in Multi-Asset Class Portfolios
In this research, we show a two-phase scenario-based CVaR hedging approach to help minimize downside risk in MAC portfolios.
![Climate Impact Investing Is Coming On Fast… What Portfolio Managers Need to Know — and Do — to Successfully Adapt](jpg/climateimpactinvesting_intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Climate Impact Investing Is Coming On Fast… What Portfolio Managers Need to Know — and Do — to Successfully Adapt
There is no denying the impact of climate change — and associated regulatory realities — on the business of investment management. For portfolio managers, it is essential to understand how to successfully adapt and prepare for what some call the “mother of all correlated risks”. Here we expose — in three parts — what portfolio managers need to know when switching to a fully Paris Aligned Benchmark (PAB) portfolio from a current market-cap weighted (CWB) portfolio.
![Introducing STOXX<sup>®</sup> Factor and ESG-X Factor Indices: Get More From Your Premia Exposures](jpg/lobby-intro-image-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Introducing STOXX® Factor and ESG-X Factor Indices: Get More From Your Premia Exposures
STOXX Factor Indices are designed for investors who want to reap factor premia while avoiding the noise that pervades many other such products that allow undesired exposures.