Deutsche Börse launches information portal for sustainable securities/STOXX introduces Global ESG Leaders indices

Deutsche Börse’s Xetra division and STOXX today announced the introduction of an information portal for sustainable securities, as well as the launch of the STOXX Global ESG Leaders indices.

The information portal for sustainable securities is aimed at private and institutional investors. The portal helps investors to make their individual investment decisions according to standard sustainability criteria. The information portal enables investors to develop their own strategies for sustainable investments in a transparent way and to assess the sustainability of existing investments. The portal also enables companies to filter their activities in line with the ESG criteria: environmental, social and governance considerations.

The information portal covers all investment classes, from equities to ETFs, investment funds and certificates. The STOXX Global ESG Leaders index family offers indicators for 1800 European public limited companies, transparently and neutrally, using the well-known ESG criteria. These key sustainability data were provided by Sustainalytics, a leading global provider of ESG research and analysis, with nearly 20 years of experience in the responsible investment (RI) and socially responsible investment (SRI) markets. Investors can use the portal to select and weight these equities according to their personal investment preferences and sustainability criteria.

“The information portal for sustainable securities is a further important step in our efforts to provide transparency on the capital markets, especially in the sustainable investment segment which is seeing increasing demand from private and institutional investors,” said Rainer Riess, Managing Director at Deutsche Börse AG and responsible for the Xetra business unit.

About Xetra

This business unit of Deutsche Börse provides listing, trading and clearing services for issuers, intermediaries and investors. Xetra provides efficient access to the capital markets, supports the latest trading techniques and provides an ever-growing range of tradable securities. The trading system of the same name sets the highest standards in terms of reliability, security, speed and innovation. Xetra offers the highest liquidity, transparency and cost efficiency to more than 250 European banks and brokerage firms from 19 countries. Approximately 500,000 securities are currently traded using Xetra technology, more than on any other trading platform. Xetra® is a registered trademark of Deutsche Börse AG.

About STOXX Limited
STOXX Ltd. is a global index provider, currently calculating a global, comprehensive index family of over 3,700 strictly rules-based and transparent indices. Best known for the leading European equity indices EURO STOXX 50, STOXX Europe 50 and STOXX Europe 600, STOXX Ltd. maintains and calculates the STOXX Global Index family which consists of total market, broad and blue-chip indices for the regions Americas, Europe, Asia, and Pacific, the sub-regions Latin America and BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China), as well as global markets.

The STOXX indices are licensed to over 400 companies around the world as underlyings for Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), Futures & Options, Structured Products and passively-managed investment funds. Three of the top Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) in Europe and 30 percent of all assets under management are based on STOXX indices. STOXX Ltd. holds Europe's number one and the world's number three position in the derivatives segment. In addition, STOXX Ltd. is the marketing agent for the indices of Deutsche Boerse AG and SIX Group AG, amongst them the DAX and the SMI indices.
STOXX Ltd. is part of Deutsche Boerse AG and SIX Group AG.

About Sustainalytics
Sustainalytics is a leading global provider of environmental, social and governance (ESG) research and analysis for investors and financial institutions. We provide a global perspective, underpinned by nearly 20 years of local experience and expertise in the responsible investment market. Sustainalytics’ index expertise includes the design, development and maintenance of the Jantzi Social Index, which it launched in 2000, and support of the S&P/TSX Clean Technology Index, which was launched in 2010. Sustainalytics strives to continuously provide high-quality solutions and commits to remain responsive to the current and future needs of our clients. Recently, Sustainalytics was voted Best ESG Research House by IPE/TBLI. Sustainalytics is headquartered in Amsterdam and has offices in Boston, Frankfurt, Madrid and Toronto.