Barings

Barings

Barings LLC is a global alternative asset manager with expertise across credit, real assets, capital solutions and emerging markets. As a subsidiary of MassMutual with a minority investment from MS&AD, the firm partners with institutional, insurance and wealth clients and supports leading businesses with flexible financing solutions, seeking to deliver excess returns by leveraging its global scale and capabilities (per firm website as of June 30, 2026). Barings managed $502 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2026, with more than 2,000 professionals worldwide and over 1,400 external clients. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, it maintains offices across the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific. Today’s Barings was formed in 2016 when four MassMutual affiliate firms—Babson Capital Management, Baring Asset Management, Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers and Wood Creek Capital Management—came together to create one of the world’s leading asset management and capital solutions providers, while drawing on a heritage that includes the 1762 establishment of John and Francis Baring & Co. (per firm Who We Are and History pages). The firm emphasizes long-term alignment through its insurance ownership and multi-decade track records in credit selection, origination and portfolio construction.