<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001145549-19-007588.txt : 20190315
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001145549-19-007588
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-CEN
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20181231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190315
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190315
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20190315

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:		N-CEN
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-22562
		FILM NUMBER:		19684353

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O BABSON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
		STREET 2:		300 SOUTH TRYON, SUITE 2500
		CITY:			CHARLOTTE
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			28202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		704-347-6798

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O BABSON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
		STREET 2:		300 SOUTH TRYON, SUITE 2500
		CITY:			CHARLOTTE
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			28202

	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 shareholders and the Board of Trustees of Barings Global
 Short Duration High Yield Fund:

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, 2018,
 in accordance with the standards of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB),
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-CEN, 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 trustees 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 PCAOB. 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, 2018.

This report is intended solely for the information and use
of management and the Board of Trustees 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.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

New York, New York
February 28, 2019
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