Deborah Fuhr

 


Deborah Fuhr
Managing Partner & Co-founder
ETFGI


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

Deborah Fuhr is the managing partner and co-founder of ETFGI, an independent research and
consultancy firm launched in 2012 in London offers a number of subscription services:   

  • ETFGI Basic Global ETFs and ETPs Annual research service
  • ETFGI Global Institutional Users of ETFs and ETPs Landscape report *
  • ETFGI Global Active ETF ETFs and ETPs Landscape report
  • ETFGI Global Smart Beta Equity ETF ETFs and ETPs Landscape report
  • ETFGI Global Currency Hedged ETFs and ETPs Landscape report *
  • ETFGI Global Leverage and Inverse ETFs and ETPs Landscape report *
  • ETFGI Global EM and FM ETFs and ETPs Landscape report *
  • ETFGI China ETFs and ETPs Landscape report *
  • ETFGI Trends in ETF Adoption by fund platforms in the UK report*
  • Custom reports and analysis
  • Consulting services
  • ETFGI Weekly Newsletter – Premium*
  • ETFGI Weekly Newsletter (free subscription) 
  • New publication/service
  • ETFs Global Markets Roundtables 2018 *

Previously, she served as global head of ETF research and implementation strategy and as a managing
director at BlackRock/Barclays Global Investors from 2008 – 2011. Deborah also worked as a managing
director and head of the investment strategy team at Morgan Stanley in London from 1997 – 2008, and
as an associate at Greenwich Associates.  

Deborah Fuhr was named Recipient of 100 Women in Finance’s 2017 European Industry Leadership Award. 
Deborah was the recipient of the 2014 William F. Sharpe Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding and
lasting contributions to the field of index investing, the Nate Most Greatest Contributor to the ETF industry
award at the 11th annual ExchangeTradedFunds.com awards dinner in 2015, the ETF.com
Lifetime achievement award in 2015.  She has been named as one of the “100 Most Influential Women in
Finance” by Financial News over several years, most recently in 2016, and as one of the “
10 to Watch in 2014” by Rep. magazine and wealthmanagement.com. Deborah won the award
for the Greatest Overall Contribution to the development of the Global ETF industry in the 
ExchangeTradedFunds.com survey in 2011 and 2008 and received an award for her contribution to the
ETF sector at the annual closed end funds and ETF event in New York and was featured in the
Investors Chronicle’s list of “150 people that can make you money” in 2010.    

Deborah frequently writes articles for various publications including: Financial News, ETFI Asia,
CityWire, FT Advisor, Pensions and Investments, IPE: Investments and Pensions Europe, Focus -World
Federation of Exchanges and the Financial Times.

Deborah is one of the founders and on the board of Women in ETFs, one of the founders and on the board of
Women in ETFs EMEA chapter, is on the board of Cancer Research UK’s ‘Women of Influence’ initiative
to support female scientists. She is on the editorial board of the Journal of Indexes (United States),
Journal of Indexes (Europe), and Money Management Executive; the advisory board for the
Journal of Index Investing; and the investment panel of experts for Portfolio Adviser, the FTSE ICB
Advisory Committee, the International Advisory Committee for the Egyptian Exchange, and the
University of Connecticut School of Business International Advisory Board. She holds a BS degree
from the University of Connecticut and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at
Northwestern University. 


See Deborah speak on ETF's: Challenge, Opportunity or Both? on Monday, June 10.