【CFA Society Japan x ETFGI Joint Seminar in collaboration with Women in ETFs】　 　

Global ETFs at an Inflection Point: Structural Trends, Regional Shifts, and the Road to 2030

※Please note that the venue for this seminar differs from our usual location.
The seminar will be held at Conference Square M Plus (Middle 1+2), Mitsubishi Building 10F, Marunouchi.
Please do not confuse this venue with FINE TOKYO, where we normally hold our seminars.

Date: June 1st (Monday), 2026, 19:00-20:30
Venue:  Conference Square M Plus, Middle1+2,
Mitsubishi Bldg. 10F, 2-5-2, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005
URL  https://www.marunouchi-h-c.jp/building/2/conference
Language: English
Topics: Investment Products and Asset Classes, Investment Management Strategies
Speaker:           
Deborah Fuhr (Managing Partner of ETFGI)
Rob Langrick, CFA (Chief Product Advocate, CFA Institute)
Fee:  CFA Society Japan Member (Regular/Affiliate/Associate/Professional member), CFA
Institute Member of other societies: Free
CFA Program Candidate: 2,000yen
Non-member: 3,000yen
PL Credit:1.5
(※This is a Global Passport accredited event.)　
 

Outline

19:00-19:50 Presentation by Deborah Fuhr
19:50-20:10 Presentation by Rob Langrick
20:10-20:30 Q&A

[Deborah Fuhr]
•     Global ETF assets have surpassed $21 trillion, reflecting sustained multi year growth 
•     Net inflows have remained positive for 82 consecutive months,  through multiple market cycles, reinforcing ETFs as core investment infrastructure
•     ETFs as Portfolio Infrastructure, Not Just Products
•     Rapid Growth of Active ETFs
•     Regional Expansion and Globalisation of ETF Usage
•     Rising Retail Adoption in the UK and Europe
•     Competitive Landscape: Scale and Specialisation
•     Outlook to 2030: What Comes Next -   Under a bullish scenario, the global ETF industry could reach $60 trillion in assets by the end of 2030

[Rob Langrick]
•     Growth in index investing and ETFs. Dynamics of the ETF market.
•      Factors driving index investing and popularity of ETFs. Wealth management platforms.
•      Active ETFs, "Smart Beta" ETFs, and Indexed ETFs.
 

Speaker's biography

Deborah Fuhr (Managing Partner of ETFGI) 　
 
Deborah Fuhr is the managing partner of ETFGI, a leading independent research, event, and consultancy firm in the global ETF and Exchange Traded Products (ETP) industries, which she founded in 2012. She is also the editorial director, producer, and presenter at ETF TV, a show providing monthly insights into the ETF and ETP markets, co-founded in June 2019. 

Previously, Ms. Fuhr was the Global Head of ETF Research and Implementation Strategy at BlackRock, Inc. (2008-2011) and a managing director leading the Investment Strategies Group at Morgan Stanley (1997-2008). She began her career as an associate at Greenwich Associates. 

Ms. Fuhr has served in various prestigious roles, including as an independent trustee of the Renaissance Capital Greenwich Funds and WEBs ETF Trust and the SYNTAX ETF TRUST. She was on the board of WisdomTree (May 2022 – August 2023) and was made a Fellow of CFA UK in January 2020. 

Her numerous accolades include being named among the “100 Most Influential Women in Finance” by Financial News and receiving the ETF.com 2018 lifetime achievement award. She has also contributed to various financial publications and authored the appendix on International ETFs in the CFA Research Foundation book, “The Comprehensive Guide to ETFs.” 

Ms. Fuhr is a co-founder and Board member of Women in ETFs Inc and of Women in ETFs Europe LTD and co-president of Women in ETF EMEA, a non-profit started in 2014 where she champions gender diversity and empowerment. 

She holds a BS degree from the University of Connecticut and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.


Rob Langrick, CFA (Chief Product Advocate, CFA Institute)

Rob Langrick, CFA, CIPM, is Chief Product Advocate for CFA Institute based out of the New York office. He was previously GM of the CFA Program and before that Head of Practice Analysis, overseeing annual curriculum updates to the CFA Program. Before joining CFA Institute, he led Bloomberg’s finance education division where he built and launched Bloomberg’s certification product, which has now garnered over 1M designation holders. He began his career as a sell-side equity research analyst in London and after earning his MBA from Dartmouth worked in the private equity diligence unit of Bain & Company in New York.
 

Registration

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