Xtrackers by DWS’ Sebastian Schiele on enhanced indexing
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Sebastian Schiele, DWS Global Head, Index Mandates & Solutions, Xtrackers by DWS
May 2026
In this exclusive interview, Sebastian explains enhanced indexing and where it fits between passive and active strategies. He discusses the different types of enhanced indexing approaches that are available and why they are gaining traction with Australian institutional investors. Sebastian also covers how enhanced indexing can help investors meet objectives, like decarbonisation and the global trends he is seeing in the adoption of enhanced indexing strategies.
Watch the full interview which covers:
00:15 - What is Enhanced Indexing, and why is it gaining traction with Australian institutional investors?
00:48 - Where does Enhanced Indexing fit between passive and active strategies?
01:21 - What are the different types of Enhanced Indexing approaches available?
02:36 - How can Enhanced Indexing help investors meet additional objectives like sustainability or decarbonisation?
03:35 - What global trends are you seeing in the adoption of Enhanced Indexing?
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Sebastian Schiele, DWS Global Head, Index Mandates & Solutions, Xtrackers by DWS
Sebastian is the DWS Global Head, Index Mandates & Solutions at Xtrackers by DWS. His team has global responsibility for creating bespoke index and rules based investment solutions for and with asset owners, asset managers and intermediaries across wrappers. The team’s area of expertise ranges from traditional and smart beta to the integration of fundamental and sustainability objectives into index-linked and rules-based investment portfolios.
The Xtrackers Mandates & Solutions team help clients gain index or rules based exposure with a particular focus on customised, client-specific implementation. Strategies are deployed across segregated mandates, ETFs and index funds, and the team interfaces directly with Product and Portfolio Management colleagues, driving solutions design and implementation with maximum flexibility for clients.
Sebastian joined the Xtrackers Passive team in 2009 with a background in banking and asset management consulting, he holds an M.Sc. in Finance from Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, a CFA UK Certificate in Climate and Investing and is an EFFAS Certified ESG Analyst.
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