Company Profile

STOXX Ltd. is owned by Deutsche Börse AG and SIX Group AG. Launched in 1998, in advance of the completion of the European Economic and Monetary Union, the introduction of the Euro and the creation of the Eurozone, the STOXX indices have become Europe's leading indices in a fast and impressive success story. By consistently responding to market requirements, STOXX Ltd. further expanded its strategy beyond Europe. STOXX Ltd. operates as a globally integrated index provider, covering the world markets, developing, maintaining, distributing and marketing a comprehensive global family of strictly rules-based and transparent indices.

The indices of STOXX Ltd. 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.

The market has chosen the STOXX indices as the standard for European equity index, exchange-listed products: three of the top Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) in Europe and 30 percent of all assets under management are based on STOXX indices. Beside its leading role as Europe's number one index provider in the ETF segment, STOXX Ltd. holds Europe's number one and the world's number three position in the derivatives segment.