Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund

About Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund

Barings is a global asset management firm with over $442 billion in assets under management, specializing in delivering excess returns across public and private markets in fixed income, real assets, and capital solutions. As a subsidiary of MassMutual, the firm partners with institutional, insurance, and intermediary clients, and supports businesses with flexible financing solutions.

Products & Services

Public Fixed Income:Offers investments across the quality, yield, and liquidity spectrum, including Global High Yield & CLOs, Emerging Markets Debt, and Investment Grade strategies.

Public Equities:Constructs growth at reasonable price (GARP) portfolios with a focus on long-term investment opportunities, covering Emerging Markets Equity, Small & Mid Cap Equity, and Global & International Equities.

Private Credit:Evaluates and captures yield potential of illiquid and less liquid credit-based investments, including Global Private Finance, Global Infrastructure, Corporate Private Placements, and Global Structured Finance.

Portfolio Finance:Directly originates secured portfolio financings with a focus on capital preservation for consistent relative value.

Real Estate:Secures investments across the risk spectrum globally, including Real Estate Debt, Real Estate Equity, Real Estate Australia, and Affordable Housing Investments.

Private Equity:Seeks differentiated returns across private equity, real assets, and asset-based investments, including Diversified Alternative Equity.

Capital Solutions:Provides attractive, through-the-cycle risk-adjusted returns less correlated with traditional debt and equity markets.

Insurance Solutions:Develops customized solutions leveraging experience across public and private asset classes.

Funds:Includes Closed End Funds for global fixed income strategies, Business Development Companies, and Mutual Funds subadvised for MassMutual Funds.

Financing Solutions:Offers solutions across private asset classes with over 300 global investment professionals, covering Capital Solutions, Private Credit, Portfolio Finance, Private Equity, and Real Estate.

Specialties

Fixed Income Real Assets Capital Solutions Private Credit Public Equities Real Estate Investments Private Equity Insurance Solutions Portfolio Finance

Funding History

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#	Type	Amount Fields	Date Fields	Investors
1	RT: Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) Transaction T: - FT: Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) Transaction	A: 1030000000 MR: - FA: $1.03 billion FAN: 1030000000	D: 2026-01-22 FD: 2026-01-22	-
2	RT: Equity Investment T: - FT: Equity Investment	A: 1440000000 MR: - FA: 1.44 billion FAN: 1440000000	D: 2025-11-17 FD: 2025-11-17	1 investors
3	RT: Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) Transaction T: - FT: Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) Transaction	A: 1050000000 MR: - FA: $1.05 billion FAN: 1050000000	D: 2025-10-01 FD: 2025-10-01	-
4	RT: Fund Raise T: - FT: Fund Raise	A: 950000000 MR: - FA: nearly $950 million FAN: 950000000	D: 2025-05-21 FD: 2025-05-21	1 investors
5	RT: Third-Party Investor Commitments T: - FT: Third-Party Investor Commitments	A: 2500000000 MR: - FA: more than $2.5 billion FAN: 2500000000	D: 2025-03-25 FD: 2025-03-25	1 investors
6	RT: Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) Transaction T: - FT: Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) Transaction	A: 885820000 MR: - FA: $885.82 million FAN: 885820000	D: 2025-01-15 FD: 2025-01-15	-
7	RT: Debt T: - FT: Debt	A: 300000000 MR: - FA: $300 million FAN: 300000000	D: 2024-02-07 FD: 2024-02-07	14 investors
8	RT: Fund Close T: - FT: Fund Close	A: 680000000 MR: - FA: $680 million FAN: 680000000	D: 2023-04-12 FD: 2023-04-12	3 investors

Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) Transaction Latest

2026-01-22

$1.0B

Equity Investment 2025-11-17

$1.4B

Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) Transaction 2025-10-01

$1.1B

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Growth Metrics

+45%

Employee Growth

YoY

3.2x

Funding Growth

Last Round

12

Markets

Operating

10K+

Customers

Active

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Team & Leadership

M

MIKE FRENO

CHAIRMAN & CEO

Y

Yulia Alekseeva

Head of Consumer ABS

A

Adrienne Butler

Head of Global CLOs

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