C000020172 Fees and Costs — Allspring C&B Mid Cap Value Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2024-02-28

The net expense ratio is 1.24%: a 0.75% management fee plus 0.55% other expenses, less a 0.06% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.75%. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $71K in broker commissions, 0.0201% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 24%.

C000020172 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000020172. Prospectus, as of January 31, 2024.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.75%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.55%
Gross expense ratio1.30%
Fee waiver−0.06%
Net expense ratio1.24%
Sales charges
Max front load5.75%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000020172 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000020172, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,473 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.54% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Sales charges$575$575$575
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.24%)$123$382$660
Trading costs (broker commissions)$2$6$11
Lost growth on money paid in costs$29$110$227
Total costs$728$1,073$1,473
Value after costs$9,772$10,503$11,290
Impact on return, per year7.28%3.35%2.54%

C000020172 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0201%
  • Total broker commissions: $71K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $251.5M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 24%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $435K
  • Net income from securities lending: $465 (0.000% of average net assets)

C000020172 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated$16K26.48%
Piper Sandler & Co.$9K15.13%
BofA Securities, Inc.$8K13.09%
UBS Securities LLC$6K9.56%
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.$5K8.58%
Barclays Capital Inc.$5K7.84%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$4K6.33%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$3K5.15%
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.$3K4.66%
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC$2K3.19%

C000020172 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$241.7M96.13%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$9.7M3.87%

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.