Nicholas Heilbut

Nicholas Heilbut is a Managing Director on the Global Credit team at Future Standard. He serves as Portfolio Manager and Director of Research for FS Credit Opportunities Fund, FS Tactical Opportunities Fund, FS Specialty Lending Fund, FS Credit Income Fund and FS Senior Credit Fund.

Prior to joining Future Standard, Mr. Heilbut was a Managing Director at DW Partners, where he focused on investments in stressed and distressed debt. He previously served as the Head of Research for Magnetar’s Event Credit business and the Magnetar Credit Opportunities Fund and was also a member of the Event Driven Investment Committee. Earlier in his career, Mr. Heilbut worked at Serengeti Asset Management, where he was responsible for the firm’s investments in financial institutions, health care, media and sovereign debt. He joined Serengeti from Goldman Sachs, where he was a Vice President in the Special Situations Multi-Strategy Investing Group. Mr. Heilbut began his career as an Associate in Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette’s Mortgage Department.

He earned a BA in History (Phi Beta Kappa) from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Columbia Business School.