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About Qontigo ×

Qontigo operates as a financial intelligence firm, born from the 2019 strategic combination of Axioma, DAX, and STOXX, and is part of the Deutsche Börse Group. This formation followed Deutsche Börse's acquisition of Axioma, a transaction in which General Atlantic also became a strategic partner by investing approximately $720 million. In November 2023, a further evolution occurred when Qontigo's index business was merged with Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) to form the new ISS STOXX group, majority-owned by Deutsche Börse. The initial CEO of Qontigo was Sebastian Ceria, who previously founded Axioma in 1998 after leaving a tenured position as a professor at Columbia Business School.

The company's core business revolves around providing sophisticated tools for investment management, integrating world-class indices with advanced analytics. Its clients are primarily on the buy-side and include financial product issuers, capital owners, and asset managers globally. Qontigo's business model is diversified, generating revenue through subscriptions, the licensing of its indices for use in products like ETFs, and consulting services for customized solutions. The firm addresses key market trends such as the growth in passive investing, the need for modernized technology infrastructure in investment management, and the increasing demand for customized investment solutions.

Qontigo's product suite is comprehensive, offering premier market data through its well-known index families, STOXX and DAX, combined with the portfolio construction and risk analytics capabilities of Axioma. A key offering is the STOXX Factor Index suite, which leverages Axioma's factor risk models to provide investors with enhanced clarity on factor exposures while ensuring tradability. The firm places a significant emphasis on sustainable investing, developing solutions that allow clients to integrate Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria into their portfolios. This includes a range of ESG-screened indices, climate benchmarks aligned with the Paris Agreement, and biodiversity-focused index suites launched in partnership with ISS. To enhance its offerings, Qontigo partners with specialized data providers, such as a 2022 collaboration with CEPRES to model risk for private market assets within its Axioma Risk platform.