Barings BDC
BBDC
About: Barings BDC Inc operates as a closed-end, non-diversified investment company and has elected to be treated as a business development company. The company's investment objective is to generate current income by investing directly in privately held middle-market companies to help these companies fund acquisitions, growth, or refinancing. Barings employs fundamental credit analysis and targets investments in businesses with low levels of cyclicality and operating risk relative to other businesses in this market segment. The holding size of each position will generally be dependent upon a number of factors including total facility size, pricing and structure, and the number of other lenders in the facility.
Employees: 2
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
546% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $749K | Put options by funds: $116K
40% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 77 | Existing positions reduced: 55
0.11% more ownership
Funds ownership: 42.33% [Q1] → 42.44% (+0.11%) [Q2]
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 2 [Q1] → 2 (+0) [Q2]
4% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $426M [Q1] → $409M (-$16.5M) [Q2]
8% less funds holding
Funds holding: 210 [Q1] → 193 (-17) [Q2]
39% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 23 | Existing positions closed: 38
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 3 articles about BBDC published over the past 30 days
