Deborah Fuhr, Founder & Managing Partner, ETFGI joins us for a fireside chat about the work she is doing to further the evolution of the ETF industry. To begin, Ms. Fuhr sheds some light on the arc of her career. It’s an ‘aha moment’ and it is her work history and background that provides an enlightening answer to the question “Who is Deborah Fuhr?”
From her early days at Greenwich Associates to her rapid ascent to the high echelons of Wall Street and The City in London, we get to understand from her why she was ultimately motivated to launch ETFGI, and her mission. She also launched Women in ETFs to bring together people in the ETF industry across the globe to champion our goals of actively choosing equality, diversity, and inclusion.
Deborah Fuhr has a had a front row seat in the investment, and ETF business, since it’s beginnings, in executive roles, leading teams at Morgan Stanley and Blackrock/Barclays Global Investors, specifically in the earliest days of the first prominent ETF companies.
Fast forward to present, and ETFGI provides global ETF market research and consulting across all markets to a repertoire of the most prominent ETF companies, pensions and financial institutions.
We get to talking about the interesting trends that are shaping the way the world invests, the way we invest, and the attitudes that are shaping this long-term trend. Deborah Fuhr also sheds light on some of the ways in which ETF formations have been evolving away from once having been wrappers for passive index investing, into being an innovative wrapper for just about every kind of investment vehicle.
Finally we discuss WE, or Women in ETFs, its mission, and its success in championing the opportunities and benefits of equality, diversity, and inclusion in the ETF industry.