Apr. 30, 2025 |
Allspring Spectrum Moderate Growth Fund | Allspring Spectrum Moderate Growth Fund (Classes A, C & Institutional)
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Investment
Objective
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The
Fund seeks a combination of capital appreciation and current income.
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Fees
and Expenses
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These
tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You
may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000
in the aggregate in specified classes of certain Allspring Funds. More information about these and other discounts is
available from your financial professional and in “Share Class Features” and “Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges”
on pages 49 and 50 of the Prospectus and “Additional Purchase and Redemption Information” on page 86 of the Statement of
Additional Information. Investors who purchase through certain intermediaries may be subject to different sales charge discounts than
those outlined shares in these sections. Please see Appendix A on page 77 for further information.
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Shareholder
Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
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Shareholder
Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) |
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A |
C |
Institutional |
Maximum
sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price) |
5.75% |
None |
None |
Maximum
deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price) |
None1 |
1.00% |
None |
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Investments
of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if
redeemed within 18 months from the date of purchase. |
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Annual
Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)1
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Annual
Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)1 |
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A |
C |
Institutional |
Management
Fees |
0.25% |
0.25% |
0.25% |
Distribution
(12b-1) Fees |
0.00% |
0.75% |
0.00% |
Other
Expenses |
0.51% |
0.51% |
0.19% |
Acquired
Fund Fees and Expenses |
0.34% |
0.34% |
0.34% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses2 |
1.10% |
1.85% |
0.78% |
Fee
Waivers |
(0.06)% |
(0.06)% |
(0.06)% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers2,3 |
1.04% |
1.79% |
0.72% |
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Expenses
have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund’s most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses. |
2. |
The
expense ratio shown does not correlate to the corresponding expense ratio shown in the Financial Highlights, which reflects only the operating
expenses of the Fund and does not include any acquired fund fees and expenses. |
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The
Manager has contractually committed through August
31, 2026, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
After Fee Waiver at 0.70% for Class A, 1.45% for Class C and 0.38% for Institutional Class. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest,
taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses (if any), and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the expense cap. Prior to or after the commitment
expiration date, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board
of Trustees. |
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Example
of Expenses
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The
example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other funds. The example
assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. To the
extent that the Manager is waiving fees or reimbursing expenses, the example assumes that such waiver or reimbursement will only be in
place through the date noted above. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:
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Assuming
you sold your shares, you would pay:
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Assuming
you sold your shares, you would pay: |
After
1 Year |
After
3 Years |
After
5 Years |
After
10 Years |
Class
A |
$675 |
$899 |
$1,141 |
$1,833 |
Class
C |
$282 |
$576 |
$995 |
$2,164 |
Institutional
Class |
$74 |
$243 |
$427 |
$960 |
Assuming
you held your shares, you would pay: |
After
1 Year |
After
3 Years |
After
5 Years |
After
10 Years |
Class
C |
$182 |
$576 |
$995 |
$2,164 |
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Assuming
you held your shares, you would pay:
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Assuming
you sold your shares, you would pay: |
After
1 Year |
After
3 Years |
After
5 Years |
After
10 Years |
Class
A |
$675 |
$899 |
$1,141 |
$1,833 |
Class
C |
$282 |
$576 |
$995 |
$2,164 |
Institutional
Class |
$74 |
$243 |
$427 |
$960 |
Assuming
you held your shares, you would pay: |
After
1 Year |
After
3 Years |
After
5 Years |
After
10 Years |
Class
C |
$182 |
$576 |
$995 |
$2,164 |
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Portfolio
Turnover
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The
Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher
portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.
These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During
the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 69%
of the average value of its portfolio.
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Principal
Investment Strategies
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The
Fund is a fund-of-funds that invests in various affiliated and unaffiliated mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (“Underlying
Funds”) to pursue its investment objective. We seek to achieve the Fund’s investment objective by allocating at least 35%
and up to 55% of its assets to stock funds, at least 25% and up to 45% of its assets to bond funds, at least 5% and up to 25% of its assets
to inflation sensitive funds and up to 15% of its assets to alternative investment funds. The Fund’s broad diversification helps
to reduce the overall impact of any one asset class underperforming, but may also limit upside potential.
The
Fund is a diversified portfolio of stock, bond, inflation sensitive, and alternative investment strategy funds, with an emphasis on stocks.
Stock holdings are diversified across a wide range of stock fund styles, including large company, small company and international. Bond
holdings are diversified across a wide range of bond fund styles that consist of short- to long-term income-producing securities, including
U.S. Government obligations, corporate bonds, below investment-grade bonds, and foreign issues. Inflation sensitive holdings are allocated
across funds with investment strategies commonly used to protect against the effects of inflation, which may include, but are not limited
to, investments in inflation protected bonds, commodities, natural resources, precious metals, or real estate. Alternative investment
holdings are allocated across funds that use alternative investment strategies, which may include, but are not limited to, risk premia,
managed futures, merger arbitrage, global multi-asset, long-short, market neutral, or other tactical investment strategies. An Underlying
Fund that is considered an “inflation sensitive fund” or “alternative investment fund” may hold equity and/or
fixed income securities as part of its underlying portfolio holdings. We consider the Underlying Fund’s overall strategy in determining
whether it is a “stock fund,” “bond fund,” “inflation sensitive fund,” or “alternative
investment fund” for purposes of making investments consistent with the Fund’s target allocations.
We
employ both quantitative analysis and qualitative judgments in making tactical allocations among asset classes. Quantitative analysis
involves the use of proprietary asset allocation models, which employ various valuation techniques. Qualitative judgments are made based
on assessments of a number of factors, including economic conditions, corporate earnings, monetary policy, market valuations, investor
sentiment, and market technicals. Changes to effective allocations in the Fund may be implemented with index futures contracts or by buying
and selling Underlying Funds, or both.
The
Fund incorporates a derivatives overlay strategy that contains three specific risk management components: 1.) Tactical Asset Allocation
(TAA) Overlay, 2.) Volatility Management Overlay (VMO), and 3.) Tail Risk Management (TRM). Together these strategies will allow the Fund
to attempt to manage short-term volatility, mitigate risk and/or improve returns under certain market conditions. To execute this overlay
strategy, the Fund invests in long and/or short positions in exchange-traded futures contracts across a variety of asset classes, which
include, but are not limited to, stocks, bonds, and currencies.
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Performance
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The
following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance
from year to year. The Fund’s average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices.
Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee
of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund’s website at www.allspringglobal.com.
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Calendar
Year Total Returns for Class C as of 12/31 each year2
(Returns
do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did) |
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Highest
Quarter: June
30, 2020 |
+12.64% |
Lowest
Quarter: June
30, 2022 |
-10.06% |
Year-to-date
total return as of June
30, 2025 is +5.95% |
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Highest Quarter: June 30, 2020 | +12.64% | Lowest Quarter: June 30, 2022 | -10.06% | Year-to-date total return as of June 30, 2025 is +5.95% |
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Average
Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2024 (returns
reflect applicable sales charges)
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Average
Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2024 (returns
reflect applicable sales charges)1,2,3 |
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Inception
Date of Share Class |
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Year |
5
Year |
10
Year |
Class
A (before taxes) |
2/10/2017 |
3.63% |
5.12% |
5.48% |
Class
C (before taxes) |
10/1/1997 |
8.14% |
5.58% |
5.64% |
Class
C (after taxes on distributions) |
10/1/1997 |
8.03% |
3.72% |
3.76% |
Class
C (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares) |
10/1/1997 |
5.52% |
3.86% |
3.95% |
Institutional
Class (before taxes) |
7/31/2018 |
10.30% |
6.72% |
6.32% |
Spectrum
Moderate Growth Blended Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)4 |
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9.86% |
5.87% |
6.49% |
Russell
3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) |
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23.81% |
13.86% |
12.55% |
Bloomberg
U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) |
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1.25% |
-0.33% |
1.35% |
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Historical
performance for the Class A shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the Class C shares and includes the higher expenses
applicable to the Class C shares. If these expenses had not been included, returns for the Class A shares would be higher. |
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Prior
to February 13, 2017, historical performance shown for the Class C shares reflects the performance of the Fund’s predecessor WealthBuilder
Portfolio share class and does not reflect the front-end sales load previously attributable to the predecessor class. The expenses for
Class C shares and the predecessor share class are similar. |
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Historical
performance shown for the Institutional Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the Class A shares adjusted
to reflect that the Institutional Class shares do not have a sales load but not adjusted to reflect the Institutional Class expenses.
If these expenses had been included, returns for the Institutional Class shares would be higher. |
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Source:
Allspring Funds Management, LLC. Effective September 1, 2025, the Spectrum Moderate Growth Blended Index is composed of 37% Russell 3000®
Index, 29% Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, 16% MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net), 10% Bloomberg U.S. TIPS Index and 8% ICE BofA U.S. High
Yield Constrained Index. Prior to September 1, 2025, the weightings of the Spectrum Moderate Growth Blended Index were: 32% Russell 3000®
Index, 26% Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, 14% Bloomberg U.S. TIPS Index, 14% ICE BofA U.S. High Yield Constrained Index and 14%
MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net). Effective November 2, 2020, the WealthBuilder Growth Balanced Blended Index, which was composed of 42% Russell
3000® Index, 40% Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and 18% MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net), was renamed the Spectrum Moderate Growth
Blended Index. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
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After-tax
returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state,
local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax
returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to
tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement
Accounts. After-tax returns are shown
for only one class of shares. After-tax returns for any other class will vary.
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