<p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial;">The Fund seeks to provide high current income generation and, where appropriate, capital appreciation by investing principally in a portfolio of high yield (i.e. sub-investment grade) fixed and floating rate corporate debt instruments, focusing primarily on North American and European high yield instruments which are listed or traded on recognized markets in Europe or North America.</span></p>


Baring International Fund Mgrs (Ireland) Limited

Barings LLC

Global High Yield Bond - GBP Hedged

Morningstar Gbl HY Bd GR Hdg GBP

Fixed Income

ICE BofA NFincl Dv Mkts HY Cstd TR USD

Barings Global High Yield Bond G GBP Dis

Barings Global High Yield Bond A USD Acc

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FixedIncome

CashEquivalents

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United Kingdom

France

Germany

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Ireland

Canada

Spain

Sweden

Other countries

Unclassified

Bond - Corporate Bond

Mutual Fund - Open End

Bond - Asset Backed

Bond - Capital Contingent Debt

Bond - Gov't Agency Debt

Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC 0.08375% (2033-07-15 Maturity)

Barings USD Liquidity F USD Dis

Regal Rexnord Corporation 0.064% (2033-04-15 Maturity)

Directv Financing LLC/Directv Financing Co-Obligor Inc. 0.05875% (2027-08-15 Maturity)

EchoStar Corp. 0.1075% (2029-11-30 Maturity)

BlackRock ICS USD Liquidity Core Inc

LifePoint Health, Inc 0.11% (2030-10-15 Maturity)

Radiology Partners Inc. 0.09781% (2030-02-15 Maturity)

Team Health Holdings Inc. 0.135% (2028-06-30 Maturity)

Seaspan Corporation 0.055% (2029-08-01 Maturity)