Future Standard

Est. 2007
501-1,000 employees Financial Services

About Future Standard

Future Standard is a global alternative asset manager serving institutional and private wealth clients, investing across private equity, credit and real estate. With a 30+ year track record of value creation and over $86 billion(1) in assets under management, we back the business owners and financial sponsors that drive growth and innovation across the middle market, transforming untapped potential into durable value.

The firm’s investment professionals manage a wide range of differentiated strategies across private markets and collectively manage relationships with 300+ sponsors. Future Standards’ active partnership model creates a virtuous cycle of superior market insights and deal flow, which inform the underwriting process and help to generate strong returns.

1Total AUM estimated as of March 31, 2025.

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Expertise

Alternative investments, Asset management, and Private markets

U.S. middle market: A counterweight to growing A.I. concentration
  • 16 Oct 2026

SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI’s combined potential $5.2 trillion valuation would exceed that of all U.S. tech IPOs over the past 45 years.

Middle market deals gain focus as PE market evolves
  • 09 Oct 2026

U.S. private equity deal volume has fallen 14% this year, while deal count has risen 6%, highlighting a shift toward the

How Middle Market Leaders Drive Growth
  • 05 Oct 2026

In this episode, co-hosts Alan Flannigan and Andrew Korz are joined by Doug Farren, Executive Director of the National Center for the Middle Market at The Ohio State University, the leading authori...

Middle market PE stands out on value creation
  • 25 Sep 2026

Private equity transactions associated with the middle market have historically delivered the strongest results, driven by revenue and employment growth.

What higher rates mean for real estate
  • 22 Sep 2026

In this episode of Can We Talk in Private?, co-hosts Alan Flannigan and Andrew Korz are joined by Rob Lawrence, Future Standard's Global Head of Real Estate Credit, whose real estate career spans m...

Mapping the Markets: Q3 2026
  • 15 Sep 2026

From the macroeconomy and interest rates to equities, credit, and private markets, the report highlights the data and trends investors should be watching. Download the latest edition to explore the...

Access is the asset—The Value Proposition of Co-investments
  • 12 Sep 2026

Ben Hur and Michael Chen, Co-Heads of Direct Equity at Future Standard, discuss why co-investments have become an increasingly important part of the private equity market, what separates successful...

Lender protections distinguish core, lower middle market
  • 11 Sep 2026

97% of loans issued by companies with EBITDA below $50 million include one or more covenants compared with just 59% for larger borrowers.

Digital Infrastructure: Connecting the Global Economy
  • 10 Sep 2026

As the global economy becomes increasingly digitized, surging data consumption and the AI buildout are driving unprecedented demand for compute, connectivity and data storage—and the infrastructure...