Barings Active Short Duration Bond Fund — new fund registration

Barings Funds Trust registered fund series on Form 485APOS, filed 2020-02-19. Featured series: Barings Active Short Duration Bond Fund.

Registration

Registrant / trust: Barings Funds Trust
CIK: 0001577579
Form: 485APOS
Filed: 2020-02-19
State of incorporation: MA
Accession: 0001104659-20-022864
Reported net assets: $1.2B

Series & classes (4)

Series	Class	Ticker	New
Barings Active Short Duration Bond Fund	Class A Shares	—	—
Barings Active Short Duration Bond Fund	Class C Shares	—	—
Barings Active Short Duration Bond Fund	Class Y Shares	—	—
Barings Active Short Duration Bond Fund	Class I Shares	—	—

Fees (from the effective prospectus)

12b-1 fee: 0.25%
Gross expense ratio: 0.90%
Management fee: 0.35%
Net expense ratio: 0.65%
Other expenses: 0.30%

Investment objective

Barings Active Short Duration Bond Fund (Active Short Duration Bond Fund or the Fund) seeks to achieve a high total rate of return primarily from current income while minimizing fluctuations in capital values by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of short-term investment grade fixed income securities.

Advisers

Barings LLC (Advisor)