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- MassMutual Emerging Markets Debt Blended Total Return Fund Class A (BXEAX) is a mutual fund that seeks maximum total return, consistent with preservation of capital and prudent investment management, through high current income generation and, where appropriate, capital appreciation by investing primarily in debt instruments of sovereign, quasi-sovereign, and corporate issuers from emerging markets; these investments may be denominated in any currency, including local currencies of the issuers, with a normally targeted weighted average portfolio duration of 2 to 10 years. The fund offers exposure across hard currency sovereign debt (35.65%), local currency sovereign debt (28.03%), and corporate debt (32.43%), with allocations to regions including Latin America (37.76%), CEEMEA (34.98%), and Asia (14.84%), and top country exposures in Colombia, South Africa, Czech Republic, Chile, and Peru; it maintains a diversified credit quality distribution emphasizing BB-rated securities (46.60%) alongside investment-grade holdings. Share classes include A (BXEAX), C (BXECX), I (BXEIX), and Y (BXEYX), subadvised by Barings LLC (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company), with portfolio managers Ricardo Adrogué and Cem Karacadag since October 2015 and Natalia Krol since August 2018. The fund, with total net assets of approximately $23.2 million across classes as of December 31, 2024, is part of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) family of mutual funds, headquartered in Springfield, Massachusetts; it traces its performance history to a predecessor fund launched in October 2015. In a major strategic reorganization on December 10, 2021, the fund became the successor to the Barings Global Emerging Markets Debt Blended Total Return Fund via a fund merger, incorporating the predecessor's performance and assets as part of the broader consolidation of Barings mutual funds into MassMutual funds. This transition enhanced operational alignment under MassMutual's oversight while retaining Barings' specialized emerging markets debt expertise; no significant acquisitions, new product launches, or further reorganizations have been reported for the fund in the last 1-2 years.