Deutsche Bank Launches Tradeable Equity Research Index

Deutsche Bank has launched the Solar Europe Index, the first in a series of indexes it has planned for giving investors access to its equity research analysts’ shorter-term investment ideas.

The index comprises European long-only ideas originated from Deutsche’s proprietary Solar (Shorter-term Opportunities within Long-term Analyst Recommendations) equity research stock list.

“The Solar system allows analysts to capture alpha-generating ideas, in addition to the longer-term recommendation system,” says Jonathan Jayarajan, head of structured and commercial products for company research. “The shorter-term nature of Solar recommendations gives analysts greater timing flexibility, with