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FS Investments, a leading alternative asset manager with approximately $24 billion in assets under management, has hired Robert Stark as Senior Managing Director of Corporate Development.

Lara Rhame, FS Investments’ Chief U.S. Economist, was recognized as a recipient of the Philadelphia Business Journal’s 2018 Women of Distinction Award.

FS Investments hosts CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion Check Your Blind Spots national tour to educate visitors about diversity, inclusion and unconscious bias.

FSIC announced its operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2018, and that its board of directors has declared its second quarter 2018 regular distribution.

For the third year in a row, FS Investments hosted the American Heart Association’s Navy Yard Goes Red event at its headquarters. The event raised funds for the Heart Association’s national Go Red For Women initiative, an effort that advocates for more research and swifter action for women’s heart health through coordinated educational programming, fundraising and events annually.

Lara Rhame, FS Investments senior economist, spoke on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas” and Bloomberg Markets AM to discuss retail sales, consumer spending and economic growth expectations.

In an interview with Reuters’ Leela Parker Deo, FS Investments’ Marc Yaklofsky explained how a rising interest rate environment in 2017 might affect BDCs as an asset class. “This rising rate tide should lift all BDC boats, it’s just a question of magnitude,” he said.

As guest host on Bloomberg Surveillance, FS Investments economist Lara Rhame shared her perspectives on how 2017 may shape up for the economy and interest rates.

Lara Rhame, FS Investments senior economist, spoke on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas” to discuss U.S. economic data as retail sales came in lower than expected in the face of rising wholesale prices.

John Waggoner published this article about a talk given by FS Investment’s Brody Browe at the InvestmentNews Alternative’s Conference.