Deborah Fuhr is the managing partner and co-founder of ETFGI, an independent research and consultancy firm launched in 2012 offering paid for research subscription services on trends in the global ETF and ETP industry, the users and its eco-system.

ETFGI's annual research subscription service provides within 10 days of the end of each month: 1) an over 350 page report of charts and analysis on the global ETF and ETP industry covering fund flows, provider, index provider, exchange and broker rankings basis, 2) a monthly directory of ETFs and ETPs and 3) access to the ETFGI database web tool to find and compare ETFs and ETPs across various characteristics.

ETFGI Institutional users of ETFs and ETPs in 2013 report subscription service: discusses trends and provides analysis of the 3,590 institutional investors in 52 countries and the 6, 480 mutual funds in 46 countries that reported using ETFS/ETPs listed around the world in 2013. (source: ThomsonReuters/Lipper database of regulatory filings from over 70 countries and global mutual fund holdings.)

She was the Global Head of ETF Research and Implementation Strategy and Managing Director at BlackRock/BGI from 2008 - 2011, a Managing Director and head of the Investment Strategy team at Morgan Stanley in London from 1997 - 2008.

Deborah Fuhr will be the recipient of the 2014 William F. Sharpe Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding and lasting contributions to the field of index investing. ETFGI won Best ETF Research 2012 in the ETF Express awards. In 2013, 2012, 2009, 2008 and 2007, Ms Fuhr was named as one of the Top 100 women in Finance, by Financial News. Ms Fuhr is one of the founders of Women in ETFs.