
Dustin Ackerman
Managing Director and FS MVP Private Markets Fund Portfolio Manager at Future Standard, focused on private markets secondaries and primaries.
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Sep 29, 2026
Ep. 148: Dustin Ackerman, Future Standard | Mid-Market Secondaries and Growth at a Reasonable Price
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5:13Shiv NarayananHOST
And in terms of focus or like what areas are you trying to come in or at least as part of your portfolio where you would say that's like your primary type of investment that you're making where you're driving the most amount of value for your own investors or your own funds? Yeah.

Dustin AckermanGUEST
So for the most part, a little bit sector agnostic, but obviously we have themes and conviction on certain sectors over others.

Dustin AckermanGUEST
But we have a pretty diversified portfolio and a diversified sponsor base that we work with to deploy capital.

Dustin AckermanGUEST
But I would say where the focus really comes in is focusing on companies that are sub $1 billion of enterprise value.
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25:05Shiv NarayananHOST
But curious, like your take on this, isn't it like a not the best thing where funds are needing more and more secondaries as a way to return capital to LPs? Because that means that the companies that they've invested in are not functioning at a level where they can actually exit those investments and return capital through an actual sale.
Ep. 148: Dustin Ackerman, Future Standard | Mid-Market Secondaries and Growth at a Reasonable Price
5:34
5:45
5:52
S
5:13Shiv NarayananHOST
And in terms of focus or like what areas are you trying to come in or at least as part of your portfolio where you would say that's like your primary type of investment that you're making where you're driving the most amount of value for your own investors or your own funds? Yeah.

Dustin AckermanGUEST
So for the most part, a little bit sector agnostic, but obviously we have themes and conviction on certain sectors over others.

Dustin AckermanGUEST
But we have a pretty diversified portfolio and a diversified sponsor base that we work with to deploy capital.

Dustin AckermanGUEST
But I would say where the focus really comes in is focusing on companies that are sub $1 billion of enterprise value.
19 MINS LATER
S
25:05Shiv NarayananHOST
But curious, like your take on this, isn't it like a not the best thing where funds are needing more and more secondaries as a way to return capital to LPs? Because that means that the companies that they've invested in are not functioning at a level where they can actually exit those investments and return capital through an actual sale.