25+ Years Managing CLOs
Our team leverages the strength of Barings’ global platform to serve our clients and investors.
High Yield
Global Senior Secured Loans
Our team of dedicated high yield professionals seeks to identify attractive investment opportunities and actively manages portfolios designed to deliver the best relative value opportunities on a global scale.
AUM
$ 5,58 billion as of June 30, 2025
Inception Date
2010
Vehicle Types
QIAIF
Separate Account
Separate Account
Investment Philosophy
We believe attractive, long-term, risk-adjusted returns can best be achieved through a combination of:
- Strong fundamental credit underwriting, with the primary focus on principal preservation
- Active portfolio management to capture the best relative value and identify opportunities for capital appreciation
Our Value Add
One of the industry’s largest, globally integrated investment teams dedicated to investing across high yield credit markets
- Established long-term track records across U.S., European and Global high yield investment strategies with each based upon the same team-based, fundamental approach that has been consistently applied across multiple credit cycles
- In-depth, bottom-up credit analysis implemented by a deeply resourced research team provides coverage up and down the capital structure as well as across industries and geographies
- Longstanding relationships with trading counterparties, management teams and sponsors that have been developed through decades investing across high yield credit markets
- Active portfolio management focused on principal preservation, while also seeking to position portfolios to capture long-term value creation through best ideas
AUM
$ 16,61 billion as of June 30, 2025
Inception Date
1999
Vehicle Types
QIAIF
CLOs
Separate Account
CLOs
Separate Account
Investment Philosophy
We believe attractive, long-term, risk-adjusted returns can best be achieved through a combination of:
- Strong fundamental credit underwriting, with the primary focus on principal preservation
- Active portfolio management to capture the best relative value and identify opportunities for capital appreciation
Our Value Add
One of the industry’s largest, globally integrated investment teams dedicated to investing across high yield credit markets
- Established long-term track records across U.S., European and Global high yield investment strategies with each based upon the same team-based, fundamental approach that has been consistently applied across multiple credit cycles
- In-depth, bottom-up credit analysis implemented by a deeply resourced research team provides coverage up and down the capital structure as well as across industries and geographies
- Longstanding relationships with trading counterparties, management teams and sponsors that have been developed through decades investing across high yield credit markets
- Active portfolio management focused on principal preservation, while also seeking to position portfolios to capture long-term value creation through best ideas
AUM
$ 11,34 billion as of June 30, 2025
Inception Date
2001
Vehicle Types
Separate Account
QIAIF
CLOs
QIAIF
CLOs
Investment Philosophy
We believe attractive, long-term, risk-adjusted returns can best be achieved through a combination of:
- Strong fundamental credit underwriting, with the primary focus on principal preservation
- Active portfolio management to capture the best relative value and identify opportunities for capital appreciation
Our Value Add
One of the industry’s largest, globally integrated investment teams dedicated to investing across high yield credit markets
- Established long-term track records across U.S., European and Global high yield investment strategies with each based upon the same team-based, fundamental approach that has been consistently applied across multiple credit cycles
- In-depth, bottom-up credit analysis implemented by a deeply resourced research team provides coverage up and down the capital structure as well as across industries and geographies
- Longstanding relationships with trading counterparties, management teams and sponsors that have been developed through decades investing across high yield credit markets
- Active portfolio management focused on principal preservation, while also seeking to position portfolios to capture long-term value creation through best ideas
Portfolio Managers
Mike Best
Managing Director
Oliver Harker-Smith
Managing Director
Natalie Heawood, CFA
Managing Director
Casey McKinney
Managing Director
Chris Sawyer
Head of European High Yield
Portfolio Managers
Mike Best
Managing Director
Adrienne Butler
Head of Global CLOs
Meredith Lynch, CFA
Managing Director
Casey McKinney
Managing Director
Art McMahon
Managing Director
Portfolio Managers
Oliver Harker-Smith
Managing Director
Natalie Heawood, CFA
Managing Director
Chris Sawyer
Head of European High Yield
Investing Together
In our experience, it’s about yours.
Our teams are empowered to share ideas, challenge perspectives, and take decisive action as we collectively pursue the greatest outcome for our clients.
