Baring Asset Management Limited
Reference number: 170601
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Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
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Website
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Phone number
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Address
20 Old Bailey, London, EC4M 7BF, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When barings.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 7628 6000 is, and the 4 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode EC4M 7BF
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Barings Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Baring Management Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
Warning
Scammers have impersonated this firm
Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.
Fake phone numbers (1)
- 020 7971 1473
Fake email addresses (1)
- alanwilde@baringuk.com
Fake websites (3)
- baringuk.com
- baringuk.org
- try.aldi-investment.com
The FCA warning these came from
- Barings / Baring Asset Management 27 May 2020
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Hold or safeguard your money · Manage or trade investments FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
- Give regulated advice FSCS may applyA claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Arranging safeguarding and administration of assets
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Dealing in investments as principal
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Managing investments
Limits on what they may do
- This firm may handle your money in passing but must not hold it, so payments should go to the product provider, never to a personal account.
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action.
The Financial Ombudsman Service only publishes complaint figures for firms with 30 or more new complaints in six months, so there are none here for this firm.
The clone warnings above are scammers using this firm's name, not something the firm has done.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
Concerns on the company record
- This company has insolvency history on record.
- Company number
- 02915887 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 6 April 1994 (32 years old)
- Registered office
- 20 Old Bailey, London, EC4M 7BF, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
- Security and commodity contracts dealing activities (SIC 66120)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Alexander Campbell Sutherland | Director | Jul 1973 | 26 Apr 2019 | 11 other companies |
| Katherine Kemp Godfrey | Director | Dec 1982 | 31 Jul 2023 | 4 other companies |
| Martin Horne | Director | May 1971 | 31 Jul 2023 | 5 other companies |
| Charlotte Phillips | Director | Jun 1977 | 16 Oct 2024 | 4 other companies |
| Rhian Catrin Williams | Director | Aug 1989 | 2 Sep 2026 | 5 other companies |
| Rhian Williams | Secretary | Not published | 9 May 2022 | – |
Other companies run by these 5 directors
A firm is run by people, and their other companies are their track record: what they built, what closed, and anything that failed. It is the check most people never think to make.
- other companies
- 14
- closed down
- 6
- are FCA-registered
- 4
In the full report: all 14 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 4 on the FCA register
- The 4 companies these 5 directors run together
- All 53 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Baring Asset Management’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2020
27 May 2020
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2017
29 December 2017
- Barings Europe Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Massmutual Holdings (Bermuda) Limited gave up control
Companies House
2016
30 June 2016
- Massmutual Holdings (Bermuda) Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2014
14 February 2014
- FCA imposed a requirement (May control but not hold client money)
FCA register
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2001
1 December 2001
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
1994
17 August 1994
- Changed its registered name from "Baring Management Limited"
FCA register
6 April 1994
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
1901
1 January 1901
- Regulated by the Investment Management Regulatory Organisation from this date
FCA register
In the full report: all 116 events
- All 116 events in its history (11 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 100
Firms connected to Baring Asset Management
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Baring Asset Management. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- share a director
- 4
- share its phone number
- 4
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (4), the same phone number (4), the same postcode (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Baring Asset Management
Other firms of the same type (investment or fund manager), nearest first.
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- 14 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 116 events in its history
- 4 connected firms, named, and who links them
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- FCA warning: Barings / Baring Asset Management fca.org.uk
- Check your FSCS cover fscs.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk