<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001145549-25-018367.txt : 20250317
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001145549-25-018367
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-CEN
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20241231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250317
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250317
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20250317

FILER:

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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		N-CEN
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-22562
		FILM NUMBER:		25744233

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O BARINGS LLC
		STREET 2:		300 SOUTH TRYON STREET, SUITE 2500
		CITY:			CHARLOTTE
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			28202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		704-805-7200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O BARINGS LLC
		STREET 2:		300 SOUTH TRYON STREET, 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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    <div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 3.1pt; font-weight: bold;">Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</div>
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    <div style="margin-left: 5.9pt;">To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund:</div>
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    <div style="margin-right: 5.5pt; margin-left: 5.9pt;">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, 2024, 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-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.</div>
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    <div style="margin-right: 6.25pt; margin-left: 5.9pt;">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&#8217;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&#8217;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 the fund&#8217;s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.</div>
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    <div style="margin-right: 6.25pt; margin-left: 5.9pt;">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.</div>
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    <div style="margin-right: 5.5pt; margin-left: 5.9pt;">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&#8217;s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.</div>
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    <div style="margin-right: 5.5pt; margin-left: 5.9pt;">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 over safeguarding securities, that we consider to be a material weakness as defined above as of December 31, 2024.</div>
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      <div style="margin-right: 5.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">This report is intended solely for the information and use of the management and the Board of Trustees of the Fund and the
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      <div style="margin-right: 0.05pt; margin-left: 3.1pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">/s/ KPMG LLP</div>
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      <div style="margin-right: 360.1pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">March 1, 2025</div>
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