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Deborah Fuhr

The global ETF industry marks its 36th anniversary, celebrating more than three decades of innovation since the launch of the world’s first ETF

LONDON — March 12, 2025 — The global ETF industry marks its 36th anniversary, celebrating more than three decades of innovation since the launch of the world’s first exchange-traded fund. On March 9, 1990, the Toronto Index Participation Shares (TIPS) were listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange in Canada, tracking the TSE 35 Index, laying the foundation for a product that has transformed how investors access markets. From that single listing, ETFs have evolved into a cornerstone of global investing—offering transparency, liquidity, cost efficiency, and broad market access—and today span equities, fixed income, commodities, Active strategies, and digital assets across markets worldwide.
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​ETFGI is a wholly independent research and consultancy firm providing services to leading global institutional and professional investors, the global exchange traded fund and exchange traded product ecosystem, its regulators and its advisers. ETFGI produces extensive ETF-specific analysis covering over 4,700 ETFs and ETPs, across 9,500 exchange listings from over 200 providers on 50 stock exchanges. ETFGI leverages extensive industry experience, unparalleled industry contacts and rigorous analysis to deliver proprietary research on the global ETF and ETP industry.

We provide services to both new and experienced institutional and professional investors interested in using ETFs and ETPs and better understanding the industry, product, regulatory and company specific data points.

We publish industry data and statistics and identify trends within the industry on a global, regional and country basis and offer a comprehensive and searchable global database which covers over 4,700 ETFs and ETPs, exceeding 9500 stock exchange listings on assets of in excess of US$1.7 trillion, from over 200 providers on 55 exchanges and are available to assist you with any research of a custom nature.

ETFGI also offers a full range of consulting services covering the spectrum of the exchange traded exposure universe from data and analytics to product structuring, due diligence on products and service providers, from distribution and capital market challenges to governance and the regulatory environment.

ETFGI partner Deborah Fuhr is one of the industry's leading commentators and an early identifier of the significance of the evolving industry over seventeen years ago. Together with our trusted industry partners and our partnership associates, ETFGI offers expertise on all aspects of ETFs and other exchange traded exposures.

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