Full-Time
Associate – Digital Infrastructure
Future Standard
501-1,000 employees
Global asset manager across private markets
No salary listed
Stamford, CT, USA
In Person
In-office required 5 days per week in Stamford, CT.
Bachelor's
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- 1-3+ years of relevant investment experience, with a strong preference for direct investing experience – both credit and equity are ideal, though not required.
- Digital infrastructure experience strongly preferred — data centers, fiber, towers, telecom services, or related sectors
- Ability to underwrite and conduct due diligence on direct investment opportunities, including formulating due diligence plans and quantitative data requests
- Significant financial modeling experience and strong valuation skills, as well as exceptional interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
- Able to be in person in Stamford, CT office 5 days per week
- A proactive, entrepreneurial, self-starter mentality, comfortable owning significant responsibility on a small, collaborative team
- Strong academic credentials, including a BA/BS in Business, Finance, Economics, or Accounting
- Review and evaluate investment opportunities (both equity and credit) across the digital infrastructure industry
- Conduct due diligence on existing and prospective investments, and play a lead role in the quantitative and qualitative analysis
- Build, maintain, and stress-test detailed financial models and valuation analyses to support investment decisions
- Draft investment memoranda and present recommendations to the Team’s Investment Committee
- Work cohesively with management teams of existing portfolio companies to monitor and track investments
Future Standard is a global asset manager that allocates capital to private markets across private equity, credit, real estate, and infrastructure for institutional and private wealth clients. Its products are investment programs and vehicles that place capital with business owners and financial sponsors to support growth and transformation in middle-market companies. The company provides long‑term capital and hands‑on partnerships, focusing on value creation through proactive management, financing solutions, and strategic ownership rather than rapid exits. This approach differentiates it from peers by targeting durable value through a breadth of asset classes and a track record spanning over 30 years with about $93 billion in assets under management. The firm’s goal is to back the growth of high‑potential businesses and infrastructure projects, aligning capital with owners and sponsors to drive innovation and enduring value.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- PASF V closed at roughly $3 billion on June 9, 2026, its largest fund.
- August 18, 2026 KDC investment expands exposure to data, energy, and advanced manufacturing.
- February 17, 2026 Velonex acquisition broadens digital infrastructure and managed-services origination capacity.
What critics are saying
- FS/KKR faced Moody's and Fitch downgrades in March-April 2026 over 5.5% non-accruals.
- A July 15, 2026 St. Louis pension suit alleges inflated marks and excessive fees.
- Persistent credit losses or adverse FSK rulings could crater fundraising and damage the franchise.
What makes Future Standard unique
- Edwin Conway joined as CEO on July 14, 2026, pairing BlackRock and Blackstone pedigree.
- Future Standard combines buyout, secondaries, private credit, and infrastructure capabilities across $94 billion AUM.
- Its KDC investment targets the infrastructure missing middle, where capital and operating support intersect.
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↑ 0%Future Standard, a $94 billion global alternative asset manager, has acquired a minority stake in KDC, an infrastructure development and execution firm. The partnership aims to bridge a gap in the market for projects requiring specialised operating support and capital raising to scale. KDC was co-founded by Future Standard CEO Edwin Conway and the Kamine family. The firm focuses on the "missing middle" of infrastructure investing: projects beyond venture capital scale but too early-stage for traditional infrastructure investors. It targets sectors including data, energy security, advanced manufacturing, and critical minerals. Future Standard has an option to acquire control of KDC in the future. The partnership builds on Future Standard's recent acquisitions of Portfolio Advisors and Post Road Group's digital infrastructure teams, and follows the firm's expansion into Asia and the Middle East.
Blue Sea Capital has closed its first continuation vehicle to extend its investment in One Physics, a Maryland-based provider of outsourced medical physics services. The oversubscribed vehicle was led by Apogem Capital, Churchill Asset Management, Dextra Partners and Future Standard, with participation from Abbott Capital and Twin Bridge Capital Partners. One Physics employs more than 210 medical physicists who perform regulatory compliance, testing and certification services for diagnostic imaging, nuclear medicine and radiation oncology equipment. The company serves over 7,000 healthcare client sites across more than 45 states. Since Blue Sea's initial investment in 2019, One Physics has completed 22 acquisitions. The continuation vehicle will provide additional capital for acquisitions and organic growth whilst offering liquidity to certain existing investors. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Future Standard, a global alternative asset manager with $94 billion in assets under management, has appointed Edwin Conway as chief executive officer. Co-founder Michael Forman will transition to full-time executive chairman, focusing on strategic direction, fund oversight, and client relationships. Conway brings over 30 years of experience from senior roles at BlackRock and Blackstone. At BlackRock, he served as global head of the firm's $350 billion alternatives business and led the $4 trillion institutional business. Previously, he was a partner at Blackstone, leading investor relations and business development. The appointment follows significant growth under Forman's leadership, including acquisitions of Portfolio Advisors in 2023 and Post Road Group's digital infrastructure team in 2025. Future Standard expanded globally with new offices in Dubai, Seoul, and Tokyo, whilst opening a new Philadelphia headquarters.
Future Standard, a global alternative asset manager, has closed its PA Secondary Fund V at approximately $3 billion, marking the firm's largest private fund to date. The fund attracted commitments from 350 institutional investors across North America, Europe and Asia. PASF V focuses on acquiring interests in private equity funds through the secondary market, primarily targeting limited partner-led transactions in the North American middle market. The closing represents a milestone in Future Standard's 30-year history and brings the firm's assets under management to $94 billion. Since 2002, Future Standard has deployed over $12 billion in private equity secondaries across various market cycles. Co-Head Justin Lux cited record-breaking secondaries volume as creating "one of the most attractive conditions we have seen in years" for identifying opportunities.
Future Standard, a global alternative asset manager with $94 billion in assets under management, has appointed Chris Keogh as Co-President and Head of Client Engagement and Capital Formation, effective in autumn. He will oversee the firm's global institutional and wealth distribution platform. Keogh joins from Goldman Sachs, where he spent nearly three decades, most recently as Partner and Global Head of the Institutional Client Business in Asset and Wealth Management. During his tenure leading Goldman's institutional business, he oversaw an increase of more than $200 billion in assets under management. The appointment follows Future Standard's recent expansion, including acquisitions of Portfolio Advisors and Post Road Group's Digital Infrastructure team, and new offices in Dubai, Seoul and Tokyo. The firm's assets have roughly doubled during this growth period.