New thematic index is part of a growing partnership between Qontigo and BlackRock

The STOXX® Global Digital Entertainment and Education Index is one of the latest additions to the STOXX Thematic Indices suite and to a growing partnership in innovative thematic solutions between Qontigo and BlackRock. As part of this collaboration, Qontigo licensed the index to BlackRock as an underlying for a new iShares UCITS ETF. The PLAY ETF was launched on June 30, 2022.

Hamish Seegopaul
Managing Director, Product R&D, Qontigo

"The transition to online and technology-focused learning and entertainment was already gathering momentum before COVID-19 and has only accelerated since then. Both activities are bringing about a paradigm shift that is, for investors, best captured through a thematic strategy."

The iShares Digital Entertainment & Education ETF (PLAY) aims to track the beneficiaries of two accelerating structural trends of our modern society, as the public changes the way it consumes media and accesses learning. Spending on digital entertainment and education has strongly outpaced more traditional businesses in those sectors and is expected to continue doing so. Check out our blog to learn more about:

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The future of school and play: STOXX Global Digital Entertainment and Education Index

The STOXX Global Digital Entertainment and Education Index captures the global digital transformation of entertainment and education – a long-term structural change. The individual characteristics of the stocks in this index are what set it apart: The Specific Return factor made the largest positive contribution to the seven-year return of all the indices in the study.

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