Robert Hoffman, CFA

Managing Director, Credit Wealth Solutions

Robert Hoffman, CFA

Managing Director, Credit Wealth Solutions

Robert Hoffman serves as Managing Director, Credit Wealth Solutions and is the firm’s primary subject matter expert on the corporate credit markets and select alternative investment solutions. He develops key communications and resources to help position and educate on FS Investments’ products. He previously served as the firm’s Head of Investment Research, leading the team that analyzes the fundamentals behind market movements, macroeconomic trends and the performance of specific industries.

Mr. Hoffman has over 20 years of experience in the investment and financial services industry.

Most recently, he was an Executive Director at Nomura Corporate Research and Asset Management, Inc., an asset management firm with approximately $20 billion in assets under management. At Nomura, he was responsible for loan portfolio management and trading, and he and his team managed nearly $3 billion in loan assets for retail and institutional clients. Prior to becoming a portfolio manager, he was a senior credit analyst focusing primarily on first- and second-lien corporate loan issues. He covered a range of sectors including energy and gas, utilities, healthcare, chemicals, technology, autos and industrials.

Mr. Hoffman graduated from Columbia University with a BA in Political Science and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

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Corporate credit outlook

Q4 Corporate credit outlook: At a crossroads

With the market environment at a critical juncture, we examine the potential outcomes for credit in the final months of the year.

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Corporate credit outlook

Q2 2022: A balancing act

Markets face a growing list of uncertainties, but we believe that credit’s strong fundamentals should help the asset class find solid footing.

Corporate credit outlook

Q1 2022 Corporate credit outlook

The solid backdrop for credit sets the scene for compelling returns. It will be a credit-picker’s market, and we look to high yield bonds and senior secured loans as areas of continued opportunity.

Corporate credit outlook

Q2 2021: Right on track

It’s been one year since markets bottomed. With the end of the pandemic hopefully in sight, fundamentals improving and economic forecasts robust, we think the backdrop for credit remains supportive.

Corporate credit outlook

Q1 2021: Positioned for strength

The backdrop for credit in 2021 looks favorable. However, active management remains key to generating excess returns and navigating volatility amid the continued impact of COVID-19.

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5 for ’21: Corporate credit

See the key charts we believe illustrate the corporate credit landscape for 2021, and how markets are positioned to make it through a vaccine-lit end of the tunnel.

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