Barings

Asset Manager SEC-registered adviser

Legal name: Barings LLC

Charlotte, NC Website X

AUM

$392.8B
Regulatory AUM

Private funds

91
Securitized Asset 54 · Other 14 · Private Equity 13 · Real Estate 6 · Hedge Fund 4

Private fund assets

$30.2B
Gross asset value

Employees

1,101

Last Form D raise

Jan 2026
Most recent fund filing

From SEC Form ADV filing (filed Aug 11, 2026). View on SEC

People(11)

Owners and executive officers named on the firm's SEC Form ADV.

E
Eric Lloyd
Vice Chairman
Source: SEC Form ADV
E
Eric Partlan
Director
Source: SEC Form ADV
G
Geoffrey Craddock
Director, Audit Committee
Source: SEC Form ADV
K
Kaku Kikukawa
Director
Source: SEC Form ADV
M
Mary Jane Fortin
Director
Source: SEC Form ADV
M
Michael Freno
President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board of Managers, and Director
Source: SEC Form ADV
M
Michael O'Connor
Director, Audit Committee
Source: SEC Form ADV
P
Paul Lapiana
Director
Source: SEC Form ADV
R
Roger Crandall
Director, Human Resource Committee
Source: SEC Form ADV
S
Sears Merritt
Director
Source: SEC Form ADV
S
Susan Cicco
Director, Human Resource Committee
Source: SEC Form ADV

Funds(91)

Private funds reported on Form ADV, with amounts raised from the funds' SEC Form D filings.

FundTypeGross assetsRaised (Form D)InvestorsLast Form DRecency
Barings Global Investment Funds 2 PLCOther$2.9B$5.1B119Jan 2026Warm
Barings Construction Lending Fund LPReal Estate$52.5M$279.2M11Jan 2026Warm
Barings Diversified Residential Fund LPReal Estate$127.9M$100.0M1Oct 2025Warm
Barings Small Business Fund II, L.P.Private Equity$4.4M——Sep 2025Cool
Bnaplf III (cayman)-U, L.P.Other$425K$8.0M1Aug 2024Cold
Bnaplf III (cayman), L.P.Other$385K$50.4M9Aug 2024Cold
Bnaplf III (cayman)-A, L.P.Other$382K$21.5M3Aug 2024Cold
Barings North American Private Loan Fund II (unlevered), L.P.Other$327.2M——Oct 2021Cold
Barings Small Business Fund, L.P.Private Equity$197.5M$71.2M30Aug 2021Cold
Barings North American Private Loan Fund II (cayman-A), LPOther$492.4M——Sep 2020Cold
Barings North American Private Loan Fund II (cayman), LPOther$404.9M——Sep 2020Cold
Barings Global Real Assets Fund, LPPrivate Equity$118.9M$203.3M27Jan 2019Cold
Barings Asset-Based Income Fund (US), L.P.Private Equity$829.0M$756.7M27Aug 2018Cold
Barings Asset-Based Income Fund (cayman), LPPrivate Equity$10.2M$756.7M27Aug 2018Cold
Barings Real Estate Credit Strategies VIIReal Estate$20.6M$233.5M7Mar 2018Cold

Board seats

Companies whose SEC Form D filings name one of this firm's people as a director, matched by name and office ZIP code.

No board seats matched from SEC filings yet.

Regulatory identifiers

CRD number
106006
SEC file number
801-241
CIK
9015

Sources