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 global high yield teams with 69 dedicated investment professionals, including a team dedicated to the special situations strategy
• Our Special Situations platform is designed to be flexible whilst benefitting from the full scale and breadth of Barings' high yield credit platform. 
• Smaller funds broaden the investment universe, promote efficient capital deployment and enable efficient use of the secondary markets when buying and exiting investments 
• In-depth, bottom up credit analysis provides unparalleled coverage up and down the capital structure and across industries
• On-the-ground resources provide local access and insight into the markets where we invest
• Extensive experience in investing and managing Special Situations credit assets since 1999
• Deep experience of managing assets over multiple credit cycles and leading restructuring transactions across a broad range of jurisdictions