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Registered investment advisers, the advisors registered through them, the capital they report, the private vehicles they run and the people who own them, as a graph with a filing date behind every number. RAUM is what the adviser filed, a move is two registration dates, and a class is a rule you can read.

SEC-registered adviser

Fs Specialty Lending Advisor, LLC

Asset manager (funds and pooled vehicles)Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCRD 293054SEC 801-112812websiteIAPD
Latest filing Jun 10, 2026
First filing on the tape Mar 9, 2018 · 22 filings
SEC status approved since Apr 2, 2018
RAUM
$1.9B
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
100%
of RAUM
Private clients
0.0%
$0 individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
177
30 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
1
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
22 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$1.9B as of Jun 10, 2026
Mar 28, 2019$3.9B then
HNW client RAUM: no history
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)0 as of Jun 10, 2026
Mar 28, 20190 then
Employees (5.A)177 as of Jun 10, 2026
Mar 28, 2019101 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM -15% over the last fiscal year-12% a year over threeIARs 0 to 0offices 3 to 1
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Jun 10, 2026; every figure names its basis
RAUM per advisor
unknownderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
unknownderivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
unknownderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
$1.9BderivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
100%derivedof RAUM
Institutional
0.0%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
unknownderivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
unknownderived2 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year
-15%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
unknownderivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
unknownderived
Compensation
percentage of assets, performance-basedreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
portfolio management for investment companiesreportedItem 5.G
Ownership
no PE, bank or public-company owner found on Schedule Aderived
Advisor book size
not public; not estimatedreported
Also answered yes on Form ADV
  • has discretionary authority over which securities are bought or sold (8.C.1)
  • receives research or other products from a broker-dealer, soft dollars (8.E)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
  • Investment companies$1.9B100%
Individual clients
0reported
HNW clients
0reported
Pension plan clients
0reported
Charitable clients
0reported
Accounts
1reported
Financial planning clients
reported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
noreported
Compensation
% of AUM, performancereported
Class basis
private_client_share=0.0 fund_share=1.0 institutional_share=0.0 related_bd=true related_bank=true bd_reps=14.0derived
Advisors registered through the firm
0 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
No representative is registered through this CRD on IAPD.
Advisor movement
Left, latest
none on the tape
    Joined, latest
    none on the tape
      Private funds
      No private fund reported.
      Owners and control persons
      Schedule A and B, latest filing
      • Philip Browne · Managing Director, Finance And Administrationcontrol
        since 03/2018 · owns less than 5%
      • Robert Marc Bryant · Chief Legal Officercontrol
        since 05/2019 · owns less than 5%
      • Camilla Elizabeth Detwiler · Managing Director, Ccocontrol
        since 03/2018 · owns less than 5%
      • Craig Michael Forman · Chief Executive Officercontrol
        since 03/2018 · owns less than 5%
      • Stephen Sypherd · General Counselcontrol
        since 03/2018 · owns less than 5%
      • Jason David Adelman · Membercontrol
        since 05/2007 · owns 50% to 75% of Franklin Square Holdings, G.P., LLC
      • Craig Michael Forman · Managing Membercontrol
        since 05/2007 · owns 50% to 75% of Franklin Square Holdings, G.P., LLC
      • Craig Michael Forman · Limited Partnercontrol
        since 08/2005 · owns 75% or more of Fb Capital Partners, L.P.
      • Craig Michael Forman · Sole Membercontrol
        since 02/2007 · owns 75% or more of Fb Capital Management, LLC
      • Blair Robert Thomas · Trusteecontrol
        since 11/2010 · owns F of The R. Blair Thomas 2010 Irrevocable Trust
      • Scott Randall Wade · Member (Through The Randall Wade 2010 Irrevocable Trust And The Kristina Wade 2010 Irrevocable Trust, Randall Wade As Trustee)control
        since 11/2010 · owns 25% to 50% of Eig Global Energy Partners, LLC
      • Thomas Stephen Nelb · Derivatives Risk Manager
        since 01/2022 · owns less than 5%
      • Jay Michael Heller · Trustee, The 2011 Forman Investment Trust
        since 01/2012 · owns F of The 2011 Forman Investment Trust
      Entity owners
      • Eig Asset Management, LLC · Sole Member
        direct · owns 25% to 50%
      • Fs Investment Advisor, LLC · Member
        direct · owns 75% or more
      • Eig Global Energy Partners, LLC · Member
        indirect · owns 75% or more of Eig Asset Management, LLC
      • Fb Capital Management, LLC · General Partner
        indirect · owns F of Fb Capital Partners, L.P.
      • Fb Capital Partners, L.P. · Member
        indirect · owns 25% to 50% of Fsh Nci Aggregator, LLC
      • Franklin Square Holdings, G.P., LLC · General Partner
        indirect · owns F of Franklin Square Holdings, L.P.
      • Franklin Square Holdings, L.P. · Member
        indirect · owns 50% to 75% of Fsjv Holdco, LLC
      • Franklin Square Holdings, L.P. · Member, Class C
        indirect · owns 75% or more of Fs Investment Advisor, LLC
      • Franklin Square Holdings, L.P. · Member
        indirect · owns 75% or more of Fsh Advisor Fee Holdings LLC
      • Franklin Square Holdings, L.P. · Member
        indirect · owns F of Fsh Holdco, LLC
      • Fsh Advisor Fee Holdings LLC · Member
        indirect · owns F of Fsjv Holdco, LLC
      • Fsh Nci Aggregator, LLC · Limited Partner
        indirect · owns 25% to 50% of Franklin Square Holdings, L.P.
      • Fsjv Holdco, LLC · Member
        indirect · owns 75% or more of Fs Investment Advisor, LLC
      • The 2011 Forman Investment Trust · Member, Class A
        indirect · owns 25% to 50% of Fs Investment Advisor, LLC
      • The R. Blair Thomas 2010 Irrevocable Trust · Member
        indirect · owns 50% to 75% of Eig Global Energy Partners, LLC
      • Fsh Holdco Sub, LLC · Member
        indirect · owns F of Fsjv Holdco, LLC
      • Fsh Holdco, LLC · Member
        indirect · owns 75% or more of Fsh Holdco Sub, LLC
      Related persons
      Schedule D 7.A
      • Asia Select Management Limited
        pooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Breakwater Energy Gp, LLC
        bankpooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Chiron Investment Management, LLC
        investment adviserbanknRAUM $440M
      • Eig Andes Holdings Gp, LLC
        bankpooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Eig Asset Management, LLC
        investment adviserbankpooled vehicle sponsory
      • Eig Atacama Holdings (Cayman) Gp, Ltd
        bankpooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Eig Bandelier Partners Gp, LLC
        bankpooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Eig Btb Co-Investment Gp. Ltd
        bankpooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Eig Condor Co-Investment Gp, LLC
        bankpooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Eig Credit Management Company, LLC
        investment adviserbankpooled vehicle sponsornRAUM $1.0B
      • Eig Direwolf Gp, LLC
        bankpooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Eig Energy Fund Xiv, Gp LLC
        bankpooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Eig Energy Fund Xv Gp, LLC
        bankpooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Eig Energy Fund Xvi Gp, LLC
        bankpooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Eig Energy Fund Xvi Scotland Gp, LP
        pooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Eig Energy Fund Xvii Gp, LLC
        bankpooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Eig Energy Fund Xvii Scotland Gp, LP
        pooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Eig Energy Investors Xv (Scotland), Ltd.
        bankpooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Eig Etf Gp S.A.R.L.
        bankpooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Eig Etf Slp (Scotland) Gp, Llp
        pooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Eig Etf Slp Gp, LLC
        pooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Eig Fund Xviii Gp, LLC
        bankpooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Eig Funds Management, LLC
        bankpooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Eig Global Energy (Asia) Ltd.
        investment advisern
      • Eig Global Energy (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
        investment advisern
      • Eig Global Energy (Brasil) Representacoes Ltda.
        investment advisern
      • Eig Global Energy (Europe) Limited
        investment advisern
      • Eig Global Energy Korea, Ltd.
        investment adviserpooled vehicle sponsorn
      • Eig Global Energy Partners Capital Markets, LLC
        broker-dealern
      • Eig Global Private Debt Fund Gp, LLC
        bankpooled vehicle sponsorn
      Advisers that list Fs Specialty Lending Advisor, LLC as a related person
      Offices
      Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
      • New York, NY14 employees
      • Houston, TX2 employees
      • Washington, DC2 employees
      ADV anomalies
      1 against comparable advisers; where to look, not conclusions
      • office count dropChange between filings · filing Mar 30, 2026
        offices other than the principal office (Item 1.F.5) moved from 3.0 to 1.0 (-67.0%) between the annual amendments of 2025-03-28 and 2026-03-30; the peer median change was 0.0% (139 comparable advisers, 3.0th percentile of changes)
        peers: asset managers, $1B to $5B (139) · 2.9% percentile
      What changed
      consecutive filings, newest first
      • Advisory employees · 26 to 30
        Jan 13, 2026 to Mar 30, 2026
      • BD registered reps · 16 to 14
        Jan 13, 2026 to Mar 30, 2026
      • Employees · 145 to 177
        Jan 13, 2026 to Mar 30, 2026
      • Discretionary RAUM · $2.3B to $1.9B
        Jan 13, 2026 to Mar 30, 2026
      • RAUM · $2.3B to $1.9B
        Jan 13, 2026 to Mar 30, 2026
      • Advisory employees · 30 to 26
        Mar 28, 2025 to Oct 29, 2025
      • BD registered reps · 20 to 16
        Mar 28, 2025 to Oct 29, 2025
      • Business name · FS/EIG ADVISOR, LLC to FS SPECIALTY LENDING ADVISOR, LLC
        Mar 28, 2025 to Oct 29, 2025
      • Employees · 164 to 145
        Mar 28, 2025 to Oct 29, 2025
      • Legal name · FS/EIG ADVISOR, LLC to FS SPECIALTY LENDING ADVISOR, LLC
        Mar 28, 2025 to Oct 29, 2025
      • Other offices · 3 to 1
        Mar 28, 2025 to Oct 29, 2025
      • Advisory employees · 20 to 30
        May 3, 2024 to Mar 28, 2025
      • BD registered reps · 16 to 20
        May 3, 2024 to Mar 28, 2025
      • Employees · 131 to 164
        May 3, 2024 to Mar 28, 2025
      • Financial planning clients · unset to
        May 3, 2024 to Mar 28, 2025
      • Discretionary RAUM · $2.2B to $2.3B
        May 3, 2024 to Mar 28, 2025
      • RAUM · $2.2B to $2.3B
        May 3, 2024 to Mar 28, 2025
      • Advisory employees · 15 to 20
        Jul 27, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
      • BD registered reps · 17 to 16
        Jul 27, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
      • Employees · 136 to 131
        Jul 27, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
      • Discretionary RAUM · $2.8B to $2.2B
        Jul 27, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
      • RAUM · $2.8B to $2.2B
        Jul 27, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
      • Advisory employees · 20 to 15
        Mar 28, 2022 to Mar 23, 2023
      • BD registered reps · 21 to 17
        Mar 28, 2022 to Mar 23, 2023
      • Discretionary RAUM · $2.8B to $2.8B
        Mar 28, 2022 to Mar 23, 2023
      • RAUM · $2.8B to $2.8B
        Mar 28, 2022 to Mar 23, 2023
      • Advisory employees · 15 to 20
        Jun 28, 2021 to Mar 28, 2022
      • BD registered reps · 14 to 21
        Jun 28, 2021 to Mar 28, 2022
      • Employees · 127 to 136
        Jun 28, 2021 to Mar 28, 2022
      • Discretionary RAUM · $2.4B to $2.8B
        Jun 28, 2021 to Mar 28, 2022
      • RAUM · $2.4B to $2.8B
        Jun 28, 2021 to Mar 28, 2022
      • Advisory employees · 26 to 15
        Mar 30, 2020 to Mar 30, 2021
      • BD registered reps · 18 to 14
        Mar 30, 2020 to Mar 30, 2021
      • Employees · 141 to 127
        Mar 30, 2020 to Mar 30, 2021
      • Discretionary RAUM · $3.7B to $2.4B
        Mar 30, 2020 to Mar 30, 2021
      • RAUM · $3.7B to $2.4B
        Mar 30, 2020 to Mar 30, 2021
      • BD registered reps · 15 to 18
        Sep 26, 2019 to Mar 30, 2020
      • Employees · 101 to 141
        Sep 26, 2019 to Mar 30, 2020
      • Other offices · 4 to 3
        Sep 26, 2019 to Mar 30, 2020
      • Discretionary RAUM · $3.9B to $3.7B
        Sep 26, 2019 to Mar 30, 2020
      Signals
      10 dated events
      • Eric Thomas Long (President) no longer on Schedule A of Fs Specialty Lending Advisor, Llc (listed 2024-04-30, absent 2024-05-03)
        May 3, 2024 · Control person left · inference
      • Gardiner Philip Browne (Managing Director, Finance And Administration) no longer on Schedule A of Fs Specialty Lending Advisor, Llc (listed 2021-03-30, absent 2021-06-28)
        Jun 28, 2021 · Control person left · inference
      • Philip Browne (Managing Director, Finance And Administration) appeared on Schedule A of Fs Specialty Lending Advisor, Llc
        Jun 28, 2021 · Control person joined · fact
      • Fs Specialty Lending Advisor, Llc reported RAUM $2.4B, down 36% from $3.7B (2020-03-30 to 2021-03-30)
        Mar 30, 2021 · RAUM change · derived
      • Elizabeth Cori Daggett (Executive Director, Dcco) no longer on Schedule A of Fs Specialty Lending Advisor, Llc (listed 2019-09-26, absent 2020-03-30)
        Mar 30, 2020 · Control person left · inference
      • Robert Marc Bryant (Chief Legal Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Fs Specialty Lending Advisor, Llc
        Mar 30, 2020 · Control person joined · fact
      • Eric Thomas Long (President) appeared on Schedule A of Fs Specialty Lending Advisor, Llc
        Sep 26, 2019 · Control person joined · fact
      • Charles William Sonneborn (President) no longer on Schedule A of Fs Specialty Lending Advisor, Llc (listed 2019-06-11, absent 2019-07-02)
        Jul 2, 2019 · Control person left · inference
      • Stephen Sypherd (Chief Legal Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Fs Specialty Lending Advisor, Llc
        Jun 11, 2019 · Control person joined · fact
      • Fs/Eig Advisor, Llc filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
        Mar 9, 2018 · First SEC registration · fact
      Across DFX
      shared identifiers only, never a name match
      No identifier-backed link to the venture, private equity, family office or sponsor graphs.
      How to reach
      public business contact points only, each with its source
      Firm profile
      linkedin.com/company/futurestandardfsreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
      Firm profile
      linkedin.com/company/portfolio-advisorsreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
      Website
      fscreit.comreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
      Principal office phone
      215-220-6651reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Jun 10, 2026
      Provenance
      Form ADV
      SEC filing data 2011 to 2024 and the monthly roster 2025 onreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
      Advisors
      IAPD individual compilation feed, dailyreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
      Class
      Asset manager (funds and pooled vehicles)deriveda rule over Items 5.D and 7.A
      RAUM per advisor
      n/aderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
      Loaded
      Sep 14, 2026