FS Investments
FS Investments is a leading alternative asset manager headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, specializing in direct lending, real estate, and other alternative credit strategies that provide institutional and individual investors with access to private market investment opportunities. According to its website at fsinvestments.com, the company manages over $75 billion in assets across its family of business development companies, real estate investment trusts, and private institutional funds, serving a diverse client base of financial advisors, high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and institutional investors seeking income-oriented alternatives to traditional public market investments. FS Investments is recognized as one of the largest and most significant sponsors of non-traded BDCs and non-traded REITs in the alternative investment industry, having raised tens of billions in investor capital through its registered alternative investment vehicles.
FS Investments' direct lending platform, described at fsinvestments.com, manages multiple BDCs including FS KKR Capital Corp. (NYSE: FSK) — the result of a landmark merger between FS Investment Corporation and KKR's credit BDC platform — which is one of the largest publicly traded business development companies in the United States, providing investors with exposure to a diversified portfolio of senior secured loans and other credit investments in private middle market and upper middle market companies. FS Investments' partnership with KKR — one of the world's leading alternative investment managers — enhances its direct lending capabilities through access to KKR's global credit research platform, sponsor relationships, and origination network. This KKR partnership reflects FS Investments' strategy of combining its investor distribution capabilities with leading institutional investment management expertise to develop distinctive alternative investment products.
FS Investments' real estate platform complements its direct lending business with non-traded REIT offerings that provide individual investors access to diversified commercial real estate investment managed by experienced real estate professionals. According to fsinvestments.com, FS Investments has also expanded into insurance solutions and other alternative investment vehicles as part of its ongoing strategy to build a comprehensive platform of alternative investment products for the wealth management market. FS Investments' combination of $75 billion in AUM, multiple BDC and REIT vehicles, KKR partnership, Philadelphia headquarters, and focus on democratizing access to institutional-quality alternative investments establishes it as one of the most significant and actively growing alternative investment platforms serving the U.S. wealth management market.