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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Research report

Giving credit its due

Why high yield bonds deserve a strategic allocation in most portfolios

Corporate credit outlook

Q4 2019: Running in place

In this report, Robert Hoffman outlines his expectations for positive, primarily income-driven returns for HY bonds and senior secured loans this year.

Corporate credit outlook

Midyear 2019: Crossroads or cruisin’?

Corporate credit markets delivered solid returns until equities sank and the yield curve inverted in May. Now they appear poised to provide positive returns through year-end.

Research report

Midstream makeover

How a simplified structure has opened new opportunities for investors

Blog

Is now the time to invest in high yield?

To help answer the question, “Is now the time to own high yield?,” Robert Hoffman looks at the current fixed income environment as well as the performance of high yield and traditional core fixed income assets over previous market cycles.

Blog

Beyond the core: Reassessing fixed income portfolios amid rising interest rates

Recent data paints a bleak outlook for “core” fixed income. But there’s a broad opportunity beyond it that may help investors generate an attractive level of income and higher total returns while managing interest rate risk.

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