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STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group’s index business, and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, today announced that it has been named “Most Innovative ETF Index Provider Europe” in 2015 by exchangetradedfunds.com. This is the seventh consecutive year that STOXX has received this award, which was presented at the 12th Annual ETF Global Awards Dinner and Workshop hosted by exchangetradedfunds.com in New York on Apr. 21. Award winners were determined by votes cast in the industry and statistical rankings conducted by well-known ETF analysts, making the results an accurate representation of the views of the industry.
“Winning this award for the seventh time in a row is a great honor as it shows that market participants constantly value the contribution our indices make to the industry,” said Matteo Andreetto, chief executive officer, STOXX Limited. “Innovative and differentiated development is key to our business. Therefore we entered a new asset class with the launch of the EURO STOXX 50 Corporate Bond Index earlier this month. By creating this index, we translated the success factors of our flagship index EURO STOXX 50 to the fixed income space. The EURO STOXX 50 Corporate Bond Index is designed to act as an underlying for exchange-traded funds and derivatives.”
As of Mar. 31, 2016, 256 ETFs globally with USD 97.5 billion in assets under management were based on STOXX and DAX indices. STOXX is the marketing agent for the indices of Deutsche Boerse since 2010.
For further information, please see www.stoxx.com.
