Barings International Umbrella Fund - Barings Global Bond Fund Class I GBP Inc

Fund manager biography

Mr. Karacadag is a Managing Director and Head of Barings’ Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt Group. He is the lead portfolio manager for the Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt strategy and backup portfolio manager for the firm’s Emerging Markets Sovereign Local Debt strategy and Blended Total Return strategy. Mr. Karacadag has worked in the industry since 1994 and his experience has encompassed sovereign credit analysis, macroeconomic policy research and advice, and emerging markets fixed income strategy. Prior to joining the firm in 2014, he was at OppenheimerFunds, where he worked on sovereign hard currency and local currency investments in Eastern Europe and Asia. Before Oppenheimer, he worked at Credit Suisse covering emerging market sovereigns in Asia and Latin America, and at the International Monetary Fund, where he focused on monetary policy instruments, exchange rate policy and bank restructuring in China, Indonesia and Eastern Europe. He also held positions at Standard & Poor’s and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Mr. Karacadag holds a B.A. in Economics from Tufts University and an M.A. in International Economics and European Studies from Johns Hopkins University.

Fund manager biography

Brian is an Investment Manager within the Multi Asset Group, managing the Strategic Bond Fund and a multi asset target return segregated mandate. Brian is a member of the of the Strategic Policy Group (SPG), the company’s global macro research and asset allocation committee. He also chairs the Fixed Income & Currency research sub group, and is a member of the Economic and Asset Class Research sub groups. Brian joined Barings in 2016 from RBS Global Banking & Markets, where he was a Director on the Global Desk Macro Strategy. During his tenure at RBS, Brian also held the roles of VP, G-10 Rates Strategy, VP in RBS asset Management, and Associate in Leverage Finance. Brian holds a PhD in Genetics and an MSc in Biotechnology from the University of East Anglia, and a BSc (Hons) first class in Agricultural Sciences from Africa University, Zimbabwe.