Future Standard’s Hoffman Resigns; Ex-Goldman Trader Giardina Named to Seat
Robert Hoffman resigned from Future Standard and its affiliates last week, stepping down from his role on the investment committee of FS Credit Income Advisor, the adviser to FS Credit Income Fund. Scott Giardina was appointed to the investment committee the following day, restoring it to three members alongside Andrew Beckman and Nicholas Heilbut.
Hoffman had been with Future Standard since 2012, most recently serving as managing director and head of credit solutions, where he served as the firm’s public-facing voice on corporate credit markets. He previously led the firm’s investment research group and, before joining Future Standard, spent 11 years at Nomura Corporate Research and Asset Management, where he managed a loan portfolio of nearly $3 billion. The company did not disclose a reason for his departure.
Future Standard, formerly known as FS Investments, adopted its current name in July 2025 following its combination with Portfolio Advisors, a global private asset manager specializing in the middle market.
Giardina joins the committee from his role as head trader on Future Standard’s global credit team. He previously served as a managing director at DW Partners and head of trading at Magnetar Capital, and was head of European high-yield trading at Goldman Sachs. He began his career as a securities lawyer before moving into credit trading.
The departure comes as Future Standard’s credit platform has been expanding. FS Credit Real Estate Income Trust opened a new $2.5 billion continuous offering in June after reallocating the last available shares in its prior $2.75 billion raise, and the firm said in April that FS Credit REIT had met 100% of repurchase requests for its 73rd consecutive month of positive returns. The firm’s business development company, FS Specialty Lending Fund – formerly FS Energy and Power Fund – completed its own transition last November, converting from a nontraded business development company to a listed closed-end fund and beginning trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker FSSL.
FS Credit Income Fund is an interval fund advised by FS Credit Income Advisor, an affiliate of Future Standard.
Previously reported by AltsWire, Future Standard named Chris Keogh co-president and head of client engagement and capital formation in May, tapping the nearly three-decade Goldman Sachs veteran to expand the firm’s institutional and wealth distribution platform.
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