Barings 13F annual report

Barings is an investment fund managing more than $3.64 trillion ran by Christina Coone. There are currently 119 companies in Mrs. Coone’s portfolio. The largest investments include Ishares Tr and Vanguard Scottsdale Fds, together worth $2.46 trillion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$3.64 trillion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 1st August 2024, Barings’s top holding is 14,570,631 shares of Ishares Tr currently worth over $2.06 trillion and making up 56.5% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 5,237,948 shares of Vanguard Scottsdale Fds worth $405 billion. The third-largest holding is Barings BDC Inc worth $133 billion and the next is PDD Inc worth $91.7 billion, with 689,810 shares owned.

Currently, Barings's portfolio is worth at least $3.64 trillion. The total portfolio value may be much higher due to cash assets that are not publicly disclosed such as fixed income, real estate, or cash equivalents.

Careers at Barings

The Barings office and employees reside in Charlotte, North Carolina. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Christina Coone serves as the Head of Regulatory Solutions at Barings.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Barings revealed that it had opened a new position in Wheaton Precious Metals Corp and bought 1,247,258 shares worth $65.4 billion. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Wheaton Precious Metals Corp makes up 23.9% of the fund's Materials sector allocation and has grown its share price by 25.7% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Ishares Tr by buying 67,872 additional shares. This makes their stake in Ishares Tr total 14,570,631 shares worth $2.06 trillion.

On the other hand, there are companies that Barings is getting rid of from its portfolio. Barings closed its position in Core Scientific Inc New on 8th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 10,314,905 shares for $36.5 billion. Christina Coone also disclosed a decreased stake in Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr by 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $67.1 billion and 123,376 shares.

One of the largest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Barings are Eulav Asset Management and Bvf Inc/il. They manage $3.64 trillion and $3.63 trillion respectively.


Christina Coone investment strategy

Barings’s portfolio is diversified across 11 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Materials — making up 7.5% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 37.0% of the portfolio companies are based in the United States.

The majority of the companies in the fund’s portfolio are large-cap stocks. Stocks with a size of more than $10 billion in market cap make up 45% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 2.5% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $175 billion.

The complete list of Barings trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 8th based on the fund’s latest 13F filing. Quickly find out what the most recently closed or increased positions are.

Security Shares Owned Value Allocation
Ishares Tr
0.47%
14,570,631
$2,055,002,620,000 56.46%
Vanguard Scottsdale Fds
No change
5,237,948
$404,604,844,000 11.12%
Barings BDC Inc
No change
13,639,681
$132,714,096,000 3.65%
PDD Holdings Inc
14.15%
689,810
$91,710,239,000 2.52%
CRH Plc
4.48%
963,165
$72,218,112,000 1.98%
Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr
10.47%
123,376
$67,143,687,000 1.84%
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp
Opened
1,247,258
$65,404,822,000 1.80%
Suncor Energy, Inc.
21.43%
1,523,300
$58,044,517,000 1.59%
Ishares Inc
6.80%
2,084,093
$117,516,462,000 3.23%
Ssga Active Etf Tr
152.50%
934,246
$39,051,483,000 1.07%
Core Scientific Inc New
Closed
10,314,905
$36,514,764,000
AngloGold Ashanti Plc.
394.99%
1,101,183
$27,818,351,000 0.76%
Nutrien Ltd
0.17%
509,273
$25,927,096,000 0.71%
New Oriental Ed Technology
No change
333,147
$25,895,516,000 0.71%
Linde Plc.
15.04%
56,976
$25,001,639,000 0.69%
Sea Ltd
4.12%
313,820
$22,413,024,000 0.62%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
No change
183,464
$21,120,376,000 0.58%
BlackRock TCP Capital Corp
3,878.91%
17,492,789
$17,492,789,000 0.48%
VanEck ETF Trust
Closed
188,768
$16,970,243,000
Corteva Inc
15.12%
264,570
$14,270,906,000 0.39%
Yum China Holdings Inc
4.18%
408,048
$12,584,257,000 0.35%
Chevron Corp.
0.41%
80,449
$12,583,833,000 0.35%
Qiagen NV
Opened
301,714
$12,462,751,000 0.34%
Conocophillips
21.73%
102,520
$11,726,238,000 0.32%
First Tr Exch Traded Fd Iii
No change
633,195
$10,992,265,000 0.30%
Enbridge Inc
Opened
304,431
$10,831,855,000 0.30%
Valero Energy Corp.
No change
65,833
$10,319,981,000 0.28%
Eog Res Inc
1.58%
80,079
$10,079,544,000 0.28%
Spdr Ser Tr
Closed
136,798
$9,991,726,000
Fomento Economico Mexicano S
5.53%
86,893
$9,354,031,000 0.26%
Zto Express Cayman Inc
100.93%
437,816
$9,084,682,000 0.25%
Kaspi Kz Jsc
7.07%
64,409
$8,309,405,000 0.23%
Itau Unibanco Hldg S A
No change
1,376,861
$8,040,868,000 0.22%
Vanguard Index Fds
Opened
49,947
$8,011,999,000 0.22%
BeiGene Ltd
66.44%
51,763
$7,385,027,000 0.20%
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd
Opened
107,839
$7,054,309,000 0.19%
Bunge Global SA
No change
64,874
$6,926,597,000 0.19%
Deere Co
6.60%
18,249
$6,818,374,000 0.19%
Petroleo Brasileiro Sa Petro
No change
543,463
$7,475,349,000 0.21%
Centrais Eletricas Brasileir
No change
993,886
$6,390,687,000 0.18%
Nucor Corp.
No change
40,218
$6,357,661,000 0.17%
Vale S.A.
No change
567,687
$6,341,064,000 0.17%
Lamb Weston Holdings Inc
No change
74,967
$6,303,225,000 0.17%
TAL Education Group
Closed
553,053
$6,277,152,000
Ecolab, Inc.
1.65%
25,063
$5,964,994,000 0.16%
Southern Copper Corporation
13.25%
55,143
$5,941,107,000 0.16%
Amazon.com Inc.
15.25%
30,110
$5,818,758,000 0.16%
Sherwin-Williams Co.
36.46%
19,271
$5,751,045,000 0.16%
Global X Fds
5.19%
281,326
$6,755,226,000 0.19%
Fabrinet
17.04%
22,933
$5,613,769,000 0.15%
Microsoft Corporation
40.08%
11,859
$5,300,380,000 0.15%
Dow Inc
19.44%
97,200
$5,156,460,000 0.14%
Pilgrims Pride Corp
No change
129,291
$4,976,411,000 0.14%
NVIDIA Corp
628.59%
40,240
$4,971,250,000 0.14%
Alphabet Inc
21.98%
31,609
$5,764,184,000 0.16%
Companhia De Saneamento Basi
Closed
279,945
$4,711,474,000
Archer Daniels Midland Co.
9.03%
76,959
$4,652,172,000 0.13%
Banco Bradesco S.A.
No change
1,850,828
$4,145,855,000 0.11%
Barings Corporate Invs
No change
219,664
$4,090,144,000 0.11%
Cf Inds Hldgs Inc
63.65%
54,726
$4,056,291,000 0.11%
Lyondellbasell Industries N
21.89%
41,602
$3,979,647,000 0.11%
Sendas Distribuidora S A
No change
403,015
$3,748,040,000 0.10%
Tractor Supply Co.
39.78%
11,944
$3,224,880,000 0.09%
Li Auto Inc.
No change
177,533
$3,174,290,000 0.09%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
14.58%
6,006
$3,058,616,000 0.08%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
83.36%
26,069
$2,936,151,000 0.08%
Darling Ingredients Inc
10.26%
75,614
$2,778,815,000 0.08%
Credicorp Ltd
No change
16,675
$2,690,178,000 0.07%
AGCO Corp.
49.14%
26,837
$2,626,806,000 0.07%
Mosaic Co New
30.94%
88,300
$2,551,870,000 0.07%
Barings Partn Invs Trust
No change
143,404
$2,369,034,000 0.07%
Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De
No change
56,153
$2,288,235,000 0.06%
VanEck ETF Trust
No change
132,073
$2,259,769,000 0.06%
Apple Inc
11.96%
10,568
$2,225,832,000 0.06%
Vanguard World Fd
44.64%
3,829
$2,207,763,000 0.06%
Weyerhaeuser Co Mtn Be
No change
74,288
$2,109,036,000 0.06%
Bbb Foods Inc
34.52%
83,798
$1,999,420,000 0.05%
Biolife Solutions Inc
No change
91,316
$1,956,902,000 0.05%
Salesforce Inc
17.24%
7,283
$1,872,459,000 0.05%
Ecopetrol S A
Opened
163,568
$1,830,326,000 0.05%
Louisiana Pac Corp
13.20%
20,784
$1,711,147,000 0.05%
Ambev Sa
19.30%
812,481
$1,665,586,000 0.05%
Aon plc.
48.91%
5,537
$1,625,552,000 0.04%
United Rentals, Inc.
0.65%
2,437
$1,576,081,000 0.04%
D Market Electr Svcs Tradi
No change
708,286
$1,565,312,000 0.04%
Vanguard Index Fds
92.83%
4,183
$1,564,484,000 0.04%
Mastercard Incorporated
Closed
3,215
$1,548,248,000
Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc.
No change
1,204,430
$1,529,626,000 0.04%
Barings Partn Invs
Closed
86,128
$1,388,385,000
Ingredion Inc
Opened
9,957
$1,142,068,000 0.03%
Fidelity Natl Information Sv
3.41%
15,124
$1,139,745,000 0.03%
Paylocity Hldg Corp
20.87%
8,586
$1,132,064,000 0.03%
Meta Platforms Inc
19.75%
2,222
$1,120,377,000 0.03%
Mcdonalds Corp
34.90%
4,311
$1,098,615,000 0.03%
Cnh Indl N V
No change
105,876
$1,072,524,000 0.03%
Coupang, Inc.
Opened
42,396
$888,196,000 0.02%
Ishares Tr
Closed
10,483
$885,185,000
Axon Enterprise Inc
21.78%
2,807
$825,932,000 0.02%
Cloudflare Inc
25.59%
9,657
$799,889,000 0.02%
Monolithic Pwr Sys Inc
Closed
1,119
$758,033,000
Bancolombia S.A.
67.17%
22,900
$747,685,000 0.02%
Tjx Cos Inc New
58.28%
6,090
$670,509,000 0.02%
Broadcom Inc
8.20%
403
$647,029,000 0.02%
Amcor Plc
Closed
65,860
$626,329,000
Stryker Corp.
Closed
1,666
$596,211,000
Tesla Inc
74.13%
2,807
$555,449,000 0.02%
Micron Technology Inc.
Closed
4,575
$539,347,000
Becton Dickinson Co
Closed
2,176
$538,451,000
Hallador Energy Co
No change
69,239
$537,987,000 0.01%
Icici Bank Limited
No change
16,536
$476,402,000 0.01%
Nike, Inc.
Opened
6,091
$459,079,000 0.01%
Eli Lilly Co
Opened
482
$436,393,000 0.01%
Wisdomtree Tr
No change
10,076
$436,392,000 0.01%
Costco Whsl Corp New
Opened
498
$423,295,000 0.01%
Zoetis Inc
Closed
2,487
$420,825,000
Block Inc
Opened
6,287
$405,449,000 0.01%
Synopsys, Inc.
Closed
581
$332,042,000
ServiceNow Inc
Closed
403
$307,247,000
HDFC Bank Ltd.
No change
4,747
$305,375,000 0.01%
Jpmorgan Chase Co.
No change
1,508
$305,008,000 0.01%
Autodesk Inc.
Closed
1,112
$289,587,000
Netflix Inc.
56.31%
422
$284,799,000 0.01%
Pepsico Inc
62.50%
1,705
$281,206,000 0.01%
Procter And Gamble Co
Opened
1,608
$265,191,000 0.01%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
No change
647
$263,200,000 0.01%
Home Depot, Inc.
Opened
748
$257,492,000 0.01%
Qualcomm, Inc.
53.96%
1,170
$233,041,000 0.01%
NextEra Energy Inc
Closed
3,636
$232,377,000
Applied Matls Inc
8.69%
977
$230,562,000 0.01%
Lam Research Corp.
Closed
236
$229,290,000
Visa Inc
85.19%
869
$228,086,000 0.01%
Infosys Ltd
No change
12,182
$226,829,000 0.01%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
No change
1,337
$216,875,000 0.01%
Johnson Johnson
Closed
1,370
$216,720,000
Intuit Inc
No change
327
$214,908,000 0.01%
Barings Global Short Duration
2.25%
13,151
$190,038,000 0.01%
Bm Technologies Inc
No change
31,790
$71,528,000 0.00%
CuriosityStream Inc.
No change
27,930
$31,840,000 0.00%
Yandex N V
9.04%
1,093,356
$0 0.00%
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