Barings Asset Management
Emerging market capital management
Barings Asset Management, known as Barings, is an international investment management firm providing services to investors worldwide, with a focus on emerging and inefficient markets, asset allocation and specialist fixed income.
Founded in 1989, the company is owned by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) and operates as a subsidiary of MassMutual Financial Group.
As of 30 June 2018, Barings held more than $306bn in assets under management. The company employs 1,700 people, across 41 offices in 17 countries with its UK base in Bishopsgate, London.
Bonds
Bond fund managers have been returning to emerging market debt in the last few days following the dramatic sell-off in the sector, after a strengthening dollar sent prices spiralling.
27 June 2013
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2 min read
Investment
Baring Asset Management (Barings) has revamped its emerging market equity team, hiring a new head to replace outgoing Roberto Lampl.
10 June 2013
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UK
Barings' Ian Pascal is joining Hermes Fund Managers as head of marketing and communications, replacing Rob Page who exited the firm in April to join Henderson.
10 June 2013
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Investment
Kira Nickerson discovers that some fund managers are beginning to re-examine this previously unpopular asset class.
29 April 2013
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5 min read
Industry
Former top drugs adviser to the government David Nutt has made a controversial claim that the financial crisis was caused by bankers' habitual use of cocaine, the Telegraph reports.
15 April 2013
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UK
Nick Leeson, the trader whose wrong-way bets on Japanese stocks ruined Barings Plc, is joining a mediation firm to advise Irish borrowers looking to renegotiate debts following the real estate collapse, according to reports.
09 April 2013
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Managed funds
Barings has added a multi-asset fund to its range with the launch of a Euro Dynamic Asset Allocation fund.
25 March 2013
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