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CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	NSAR-B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		6
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20161231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170301
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170301
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20170301

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BARINGS GLOBAL SHORT DURATION HIGH YIELD FUND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001521404
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		NSAR-B
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-22562
		FILM NUMBER:		17655514

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O BABSON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
		STREET 2:		201 SOUTH COLLEGE STREET, STE. 2400
		CITY:			CHARLOTTE
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			28244
		BUSINESS PHONE:		704-347-6798

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O BABSON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
		STREET 2:		201 SOUTH COLLEGE STREET, STE. 2400
		CITY:			CHARLOTTE
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			28244

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BABSON CAPITAL GLOBAL SHORT DURATION HIGH YIELD FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20120615

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BABSON CAPITAL GLOBAL FLOATING RATE & INCOME FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20110520
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To The Board of Trustees and Shareholders of
Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund:

Charlotte, North Carolina

In planning and performing our audit of the financial
statements of Barings Global Short Duration High
Yield Fund (the "Fund") as of and for the year ended
December 31, 2016, in accordance with the standards
of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States), we considered the Fund's internal
control over financial reporting, including controls
over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing
our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing
our opinion on the financial statements and to comply
with the requirements of Form N-SAR, but not for the
purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness
of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting.
Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing
and maintaining effective internal control over financial
reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and
judgments by management are required to assess the expected
benefits and related costs of controls. A fund's internal
control over financial reporting is a process designed to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles. A fund's internal control
over financial reporting includes those policies and
procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that,
in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the
transactions and dispositions of the assets of the fund;
(2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the fund
are being made only in accordance with authorizations of
management and directors of the fund; and (3) provide
reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection
of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of a fund's
assets that could have a material effect on the financial
statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over
financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.
Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future
periods are subject to the risk that controls may become
inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of
compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting
exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow
management or employees, in the normal course of performing their
assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely
basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of
deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such
that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement
of the fund's annual or interim financial statements will not be
prevented or detected on a timely basis.

Our consideration of the Fund's internal control over financial
reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph
and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control
that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). However, we
noted no deficiencies in the Fund's internal control over financial
reporting and its operation, including controls for safeguarding
securities that we consider to be a material weakness, as defined above,
as of December 31, 2016.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management
and the Board of Directors of Barings Global Short Duration High Yield
Fund and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to
be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
New York, NY
March 1, 2017

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ITEM 77K


BARINGS GLOBAL SHORT DURATION HIGH YIELD FUND


Item 4.01	Change in Registrant's Certifying Accountant

(a)	Based on a recommendation by Barings Global Short Duration
High Yield Fund's (the "Registrant") investment adviser, Barings
LLC ("Barings"), the Audit Committee of the Registrant considered
the replacement of KPMG LLP ("KPMG") as the Registrant's
independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year
ending December 31, 2016.  For administrative simplicity, Barings'
recommended to the Audit Committee that the same independent
registered public accounting firm be engaged for the Registrant
and one other registered open-end investment company (together
with Registrant, the "Funds") that Barings manages since the Funds
have similar asset mixes.  Barings explained that employing two
separate accounting firms could potentially result in inconsistent
audit approaches based on the Funds' similar asset mixes and that
using one accounting firm would assist in achieving a consistent
audit approach.  Barings explained that while it was pleased with
KPMG's audit performance, it was more likely that the open-end fund
platform would continue to expand, as it already had with the
addition of six new series funds in 2015, and it would therefore
be administratively easier to use the open-end fund's accounting
firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP ("Deloitte").  The Audit Committee
reviewed the fees and expenses associated with the transition
of accounting firms from KPMG to Deloitte and concluded that the
year over year audit expense for the Registrant would be neutral.
Following its review and consideration of a change to the
Registrant's accounting firm, on July 18, 2016, the Audit
Committee recommended and the Board of Trustees approved the
engagement of Deloitte as the Registrant's independent registered
public accounting firm for the Registrant's fiscal year ending
December 31, 2016 and dismissed KPMG from that role.

KPMG's reports on the Registrant's consolidated financial
statements as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2014
and December 31, 2015 did not contain an adverse opinion or a
disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to
uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.  The audit
reports of KPMG on the effectiveness of the Registrant's
internal controls over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014
and December 31, 2015 did not contain any adverse opinion, nor
were they qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope,
or accounting principles.

During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2014 and
December 31, 2015, and the subsequent interim period through the
date of the filing of this Form N-SAR, there were (i) no
"disagreements," as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv)
of Regulation S-K, between the Registrant and KPMG on any matters
of accounting principles or practices, financial statement
disclosure, or audit scope or procedure, which disagreement(s),
if not resolved to the satisfaction of KPMG, would have caused
KPMG to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement(s)
in connection with its reports on the financial statements for such
fiscal years and the interim period; and (ii) no reportable events
within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K for such
fiscal years and the interim period.

The Registrant provided KPMG with a copy of the disclosures it is
making in this Form N-SAR.  The Registrant requested that KPMG
furnish a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") stating whether or not it agrees
with the statements made herein.  A copy of KPMG's letter to
the Commission dated [   ] is attached as Exhibit [   ] hereto.

(b)	During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2014 and
December 31, 2015, and the subsequent interim period through
the date of the filing of this Form N-SAR, neither the Registrant
nor anyone on its behalf has consulted with Deloitte regarding (i)
the application of accounting principles to a specific transaction,
either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that
might be rendered on the Registrant's financial statements and
neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to the
Registrant that Deloitte concluded was an important factor
considered by the Registrant in reaching a decision as to any
accounting, auditing, or financial reporting issue; and (ii) any
 matter that was subject of a "disagreement" as that term is
defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K or any reportable
event within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
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ITEM 77Q-1.1

BABSON CAPITAL GLOBAL SHORT DURATION HIGH YIELD FUND

Written Consent of Trustees
Amendment to Agreement and Declaration of Trust
July 18, 2016


       The undersigned, consisting a majority of the
Trustees of Babson Capital Global Short Duration High
Yield Fund (the "Trust"), a Massachusetts business
trust formed to carry on the business of an investment
company pursuant to an Amended and Restated Agreement
and Declaration of Trust dated October 17, 2012, as
amended from time to time (the "Declaration of Trust"):

(a) 	Pursuant to Section 7(a) of the Declaration of
Trust, do hereby amend Section 1 of the Declaration of
Trust, effective as of the close of business on
September 9, 2016, by changing the name of the Trust
from "Babson Capital Global Short Duration High Yield
Fund" to "Barings Global Short Duration High Yield
Fund," and

(b) Do hereby authorize the filing of the Declaration
of Trust as so amended with the Secretary of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Clerk of the
City of Boston, Massachusetts.




  /s/ Thomas W. Bunn	     /s/ Bernard A. Harris, Jr.
Thomas W. Bunn	         Bernard A. Harris, Jr.





  /s/ Rodney J. Dillman	     /s/ Thomas W. Okel
Rodney J. Dillman	 Thomas W. Okel





  /s/ Thomas M. Finke	     /s/ Martin A. Sumichrast
Thomas M. Finke		 Martin A. Sumichrast




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ITEM 77Q-1.2

February 28, 2017

Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We were previously principal accountants for Barings
Global Short Duration High Yield Fund (formerly,
Babson Capital Global Short Duration High Yield Fund)
(Investment Company Act file number 811-22562)
(the "Registrant") and, under the date of February 29,
2016, we reported on the statement of assets and
liabilities, including the schedule of investments as
of December 31, 2015, and the related statements of
operations for the year then ended, the statement of
changes in net assets for each of the years in the
two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights
for each of the years in the three-year period then
ended and for the period from October 26, 2012
(commencement of operations) to December 31, 2012.
On July 18, 2016 we were dismissed from the role of
principal accountants.

We have read the statements made by the Registrant
which we understand will be filed with the Commission
pursuant to Item 77K of Form N-SAR dated
February 28, 2017, and we agree with such statements,
except that we are not in a position to agree or
disagree with the Registrant's statements regarding:

1)	The reasons for considering and ultimately
	changing principal accountants.
2)	The change was recommended by the Audit
	Committee and approved by the Board of Trustees.
3)	The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP
	("Deloitte") as independent registered public
	accounting firm.
4)	That neither the Registrant nor anyone on its
	behalf has consulted with Deloitte regarding
	(i) the application of accounting principles
	to a specific transaction, either completed or
	proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might
	be rendered on the Registrant's financial
	statements and neither a written report nor oral
	advice was provided to the Registrant that
	Deloitte concluded was an important factor
	considered by the Registrant in reaching a
	decision as to any accounting, auditing, or
	financing reporting issue; and (ii) any matter
	that was subject of a "disagreement" as that term
	is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation
	S-K or any reportable event within the meaning of
	Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

Very truly yours,

/s/ KPMG LLP



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ITEM 77Q-2

The Registrant's Trustees and certain officers,
investment advisers, certain affiliated persons
of the investment advisers and persons who own
more than 10% of any class of outstanding
securities of the Registrant are required to
file forms reporting their affiliation with the
Registrant and reports of ownership and changes
in ownership of the Registrant's securities with
the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC")
and the New York Stock Exchange.  These persons
and entities are required by SEC regulation to
furnish the Registrant with copies of all such
forms they file.  Based solely on a review of
these forms furnished to the Registrant, the
Registrant believes that each of its Trustees
and relevant officers, Barings LLC, its investment
adviser, Barings Global Advisers Limited, its
sub-adviser, and relevant affiliated persons have
complied with all applicable filing requirements
for the year-ended December 31, 2016, except
Carlene Pollock who filed a late Form 3.
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