This week, we converse with Mike Freno, Chairman and CEO at Barings. The agency is owned by Mass Mutual, and half of its $431 billion in invested belongings are from the insurance coverage big, with the remaining coming from institutional buyers.
Over 20 years with the agency, Freno has held varied positions together with Managing Director, Head of International Excessive Yield, and Head of International Markets. He additionally spent 5 years as the corporate’s President, overseeing a majority of Barings’ enterprise sectors, together with investments, gross sales, operations and tech. Moreover, Mike served as Chairman of the Board of Barings BDC. Alongside his Chairman and CEO duties, he’s a present member of the MassMutual Government Management staff. On this episode, Barry and Mike talk about the evolution of the asset administration trade, his well-rounded enterprise expertise, and what it takes to steer with “assured humility.”
An inventory of his favourite books is right here; A transcript of our dialog is accessible right here Tuesday.
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Make sure you try our Masters in Enterprise subsequent week with Torsten Slok, Chief Economist at Apollo International Administration. He continues prime publish ceaselessly, together with the Each day Spark, and the Apollo Academy. Beforehand, he was at Deutsche Financial institution, the place he was top-ranked by Institutional Investor in fastened earnings and equities for 10-years.
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