Kirsten Pickens serves as Managing Director and Co-Head of U.S. Distribution at FS Investments, where she oversees the firm’s National Accounts, Marketing, Investment Research and Fund Communications functions. Ms. Pickens was previously a Partner and Head of Distribution at Chiron Investment Management, the global multi-asset firm she helped launch in 2015 and which was acquired...

Ryan Robertson serves as Managing Director and Co-Head of U.S. Distribution at FS Investments, where he oversees all external and internal sales professionals across the firm’s expanding distribution platform. Mr. Robertson is responsible for the independent broker-dealer and registered investment advisor channels as well as the development and growth of the firm’s wirehouse channel. Before...

Halfway through 2022, this week’s chart revisits the Agg’s monthly returns as expected rate volatility spikes.

Capital spending has begun a seminal shift as the challenges from inflation, global unrest and supply chain disruptions form a new backdrop for executive decision makers.

Gina Marie N. Moore is a Founding Partner of AJO Vista. Over the past twenty-five years, Ms. Moore’s investment leadership focus was the quantitative equity firm, AJO—at its peak, managing $30 billion in U.S., International, and Emerging Markets equities for public, private and philanthropic institutional clients. AJO Vista combines the track record of AJO with...

A new strategy note from Chief Market Strategist Troy Gayeski

Volatility roared back in June. High yield bonds lost -6.8%, their worst month of 2022, while loans were down -2.16%. This marked the first back-to-back monthly declines of greater than 2% for loans since 2008.