On Thursday, December 5, FS employees volunteered during Children’s Scholarship Fund Philadelphia’s Lottery Day, an annual CSFP event that brings together donors, parents and volunteers to celebrate the awarding of thousands of new scholarships to Philadelphia families in need. CSFP provides underserved families with critical scholarship funding to ensure children living in Philadelphia have access...

Currency drama leads to increased policy uncertainty, volatility

Acquired by FS Investments in 2020, Chiron Investment Management is a boutique-style investment management team that specializes in quantamental-style global asset allocation. The investment process is an actively managed framework that allows the team to quantify fundamental factors, systematize the approach and apply judgment to asset allocation and security selection. Founded in 2015 by Ryan...

Chris Condelles serves as the Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer at FS Investments, a leading alternative asset manager. In this role, Mr. Condelles is responsible for defining the firm’s strategic direction and leading its corporate development and M&A activities to advance FS Investments’ growth initiatives, strengthen its competitive position and drive transformative change. He...

Christopher is a Director on the Fund Communications team at FS Investments, where he focuses on the U.S. commercial real estate market and the firm’s business development companies (BDCs). Previously, Christopher led the investment communications efforts at Delaware Investments, concentrating on the firm’s fixed income products. Christopher is an active member of his community, serving...

What is a closed-end fund? Closed-end funds (CEFs) are investment companies that pool the assets of shareholders to invest in a wide range of securities. There are two varieties, publicly traded and unlisted, and both are regulated under the Investment Company Act of 1940.  Publicly traded (traditional) closed-end funds issue a fixed number of shares...

Britain’s vote to exit the EU has caught markets wrong-footed. We saw firsthand the negative effects of the overhang of macro events earlier this year – China’s slowing growth, falling oil prices and Federal Reserve policy speculation.