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Eight of the STOXX thematic indices underlie respective iShares ETFs from BlackRock, with total assets of USD 8.9 billion. They can be used as underlyings for ETFs, mutual funds, structured products and exchange-traded derivatives. The indices seek to identify the beneficiaries of such megatrends using a revenue-based or artificial-intelligence selection process. They include breakthrough healthcare, automation and robotics, digitalization, and smart city infrastructure, to name a few themes. Each one represents a cross-industry concept and can be categorized within three ‘megatrends’: socio-demographics, sustainability and technological progress. The themes have been appropriately chosen considering their scope and durability, and to avoid fads. 2 Qontigo’s STOXX® Thematics family, meanwhile, now counts over two dozen indices targeting structural and forward-looking themes disrupting our modern societies (Figure 1). Thematic funds represent 2.7% of all assets under management in equity funds globally, up from 0.8% ten years ago. Thematic strategies have been one of the fastest-growing investment segments of recent years 1, both for the broader industry as well as for Qontigo, manager of STOXX and DAX indices. Overall, the funds continue to attract net inflows as investors seek alternatives to traditional sector-based portfolios in their search for long-term outperformance. This year’s market volatility and macro shocks have raised a challenge to the thematic investing boom, but also offer a chance to reappraise the benefits of the investment approach.