Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Financial services |
Founded | 1940 [1] |
Headquarters | Charlotte, North Carolina |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Mike Freno
[2]
[3]
[4]
(Chairman and CEO) |
Products | Asset management |
AUM | US$381+ billion (December 2023) [5] |
Owner | MassMutual Financial Group |
Number of employees | 1,800+ employees globally [6] |
Parent | Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company |
Website | www.barings.com |
Barings LLC, known as Barings, is a global investment management firm owned by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company ( MassMutual). It operates as a subsidiary of MassMutual Financial Group, a diversified financial services organization. [7]
As of December 31, 2023 Barings held US$381+ billion in assets under management. [8] Barings has over 1,800 professionals and offices in 16 countries. [6]
Barings is a global investment manager.
Barings, originally established as a firm of merchants and merchant bankers, was formed in London in 1762. [1]
In the 1950s, Barings realised the potential of asset management and set up its own investment department in 1955. [9] [10] Clients were corporate clients, sovereign connections, pension funds and charitable institutions. In the 1970s, Barings expanded this business internationally with offices in the Far East, North America and Europe. [11] In 1989, Barings combined all of its asset management activities within Baring Asset Management Limited, headquartered in London. [12] In 1995, Barings Bank, the oldest investment bank in Britain, collapsed as a result of unauthorised trading by its head derivatives trader in Singapore, Nick Leeson, who was imprisoned for six and a half years in Singapore. [13] It was then bought for £1 by ING Group, a Dutch bank. [14]
In March 2005, Baring Asset Management was split and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company ( MassMutual) acquired Baring Asset Management's investment management activities and the rights to use the Baring Asset Management name. [15] [16] Northern Trust acquired Baring Asset Management’s Financial Services Group. [17]
In September 2016, MassMutual merged Babson Capital Management, Wood Creek Capital Management, Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, and Baring Asset Management to form Barings. [6]
2010 – Baring Asset Management wins the Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2010 in the International Trade Category
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2012 – 250th Anniversary
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2013 – Baring Asset Management completes acquisition of SEI Asset Korea Co., Ltd (SEIAK)
[20]
2016 – Barings is formed after MassMutual merges Babson Capital Management, Wood Creek Capital Management, Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers and Baring Asset Management. [6]
2018 - Barings Acquires Triangle Capital Corporation (Renamed Barings BDC INC.)
2020 - Barings BDC Closes Merger with MVC Capital
2021 - Barings BDC closes merger with Sierra Income Corporation
2022 - Barings Acquires Altis Property Partners