Talk:Barings LLC

Content Refresh as of June 30, 2017

Hello,

I am apart of the Digital Marketing team within Barings and we would like to make some changes to our Wikipedia page. Last year Barings Asset Management merged with several other companies and is now known as "Barings".

• https://www.massmutual.com/about-us/news-and-press-releases/press-releases/2016/09/12/08/22/new-barings-launches-today
• https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2016/09/12/870942/0/en/New-Barings-Launches-Today.html
• https://www.ft.com/content/ee67cb38-75de-11e6-b60a-de4532d5ea35
• http://www.barings.com/news/press-releases/new-barings-launches-today

The content that is shown on Baring Asset Management is extremely out of date and it needs to be updated as soon as possible. We will also have to redirect the old name that is no longer being used from Baring Asset Management to Barings. The new Barings page should not redirect users back to the Barings Bank page. You should be able to find additional information supporting the changes on the Barings - About Us Page. Please take a look at the proposed content and information below.

Thanks, Dr.300stryon (talk) 12:44, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Barings

Company type	Private (subsidiary of MassMutual)
Industry	Financial services
Headquarters	Charlotte, North Carolina
Key people	Thomas Finke
AUM	US$288+ billion (as of 30 June 2017)
Number of employees	Over 1800 employees globally
Website	http://www.barings.com/

Barings is a $288+ billion global financial services firm providing asset management and capital solutions to its worldwide client base. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Barings has offices in 16 countries across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Barings is a subsidiary of the MassMutual Financial Group.

- Capabilities -

Barings manages strategies across traditional and alternative asset classes and serves as a provider of equity and debt capital to a variety of industries and sectors, globally. In particular, the firm is active across the following global markets:

FIXED INCOME
Barings’ global fixed income platform spans public and private debt markets and boasts some of the industry’s largest investment teams. The firm manages a comprehensive array of strategies across the fixed income spectrum, including high yield bonds and loans, structured credit, emerging markets debt and private, middle-market loans, among others.

REAL ESTATE
Barings is one of the world’s largest, diversified real estate investment managers, with assets managed or serviced in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. The firm is a “four-quadrant” investor, with an active presence across the private equity, private debt, public equity and public debt real estate markets. Particular areas of expertise include office, multifamily, retail, industrial, hotels, student housing, storage, assisted living and parking - and range from stable property investments to value-add and development.

ALTERNATIVES
The Barings Alternative Investments (BAI) platform seeks to find differentiated sources of return in real assets and asset-based private equity through teams focused on: (i) direct, control investments in asset-based businesses; and (ii) investments in third-party private equity funds and co-investments.

EQUITIES
Barings manages a variety of equity strategies across the global, emerging & frontier and small-cap equity markets. The firm takes an active approach, combining bottom-up, fundamental analysis with an assessment of macroeconomic and ESG factors, aiming to build high-conviction, research-driven equity solutions for its clients.

- Corporate Responsibility -

Barings is a signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment ("PRI") initiative. The firm incorporates Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (“ESG”) factors in its investment analyses and processes. Barings also supports numerous charitable organizations worldwide, through both monetary donations and employee volunteerism.

- History -

In September 2016, Babson Capital Management, its subsidiaries Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers and Wood Creek Capital Management, and Baring Asset Management Limited, integrated as one unified firm operating under the Barings name.

- Recent notable events -

May 2017 – Barings launches global advertising campaign: ‘Adaptability – the new look of partnership’
September 2016 – The new Barings is created through the merger for Babson Capital Management, its subsidiaries Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers and Wood Creek Capital Management, and Baring Asset Management Limited

- References -

Dr.300stryon (talk) 12:44, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

I declined some of the change requests because they contained promotional language, content that Wikipedia strives to avoid. Promotional material, like talking about how great the bank is, is not the purpose of a Wikipedia page (WP:PROMO. I would suggest taking at look at the edit requests on Talk:The Bank of New York Mellon. These requests are to add and update factual material, like AUM, Board of Directors, CEO, etc.I'd also suggest building on top of the present structure of the article instead of writing new sections from scratch. A good place to start would be finding some 3rd-party reliable sources (WP:RS) instead of sourcing material solely from Barings.com. If you're going to try writing sections, try and emulate the writing style (WP:NPOV) Wikipedia uses - maybe look at the articles of a couple of other banks and wealth management firms to get you started.-Ich (talk) 14:39, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

@Ich: I updated the sources. Can you take another look? I also separated out the proposed sections within this article.

@Dr.300stryon: I updated the article to reflect the company name change and added the bit about the merger in the history section. I would suggest that you see Wikipedia:Requested_moves regarding the page move. I've changed AUM to what was cited in the FT article. Please provide a neutral third-party source for the most recent AUM. You will not be able to add the proposed 'Capabilities' section to this page, as it is Barings' own marketing text. You cannot cite your own company's website in regards to the 'Corporate Responsibility' section. Sean.Bernard (talk) 20:08, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

@Sean.Bernard: https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/10/11/1144449/0/en/Barings-Provides-Financing-to-Support-GTCR-s-Investment-in-Simpli-fi.html CAn be used to verify the AUM. At the bottom of the article the AUM is posted as of June 30, 2017.

Also for the capabilities section, the article below states all of our capabilities that i have listed above. http://moderninvestor.com/news/barings-joins-with-three-firms-for-am-mega-merger/a888225?section=global

Can you take a look when you get a chance?

 Declined I don't see a specific request for what is proposed to either be removed or added to the article. Kindly resubmit specific edit changes requested, in a manner similar to the example below ( a table is not necessary). Specifically delineating each request will help to expedite the process greatly.

LIST OF PROPOSED CHANGES

Current text	Replace with
Tate purchased, then lost, a yellow ball.	Tate purchased, then lost, a red ball.
Tate lost the yellow ball after he purchased it.	(delete)
(blank space)	Tate lost the red ball after purchasing it.

Thank you,  Spintendo  ᔦᔭ  00:42, 7 December 2017 (UTC)