C000020218 Fees and Costs — Allspring Growth Balanced Fund, Class C

Data updated: 2024-01-26

The net expense ratio is 1.87% (2.02% before fee waivers). This share class carries a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $22K in broker commissions, 0.0119% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 108%.

C000020218 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000020218. Prospectus, as of September 30, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.30%
12b-1 fee0.75%
Other expenses0.53%
Gross expense ratio2.02%
Fee waiver−0.15%
Net expense ratio1.87%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000020218 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000020218, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,157 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.98% 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$103$0$0
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.87%)$196$607$1,043
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$4$7
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$30$107
Total costs$301$641$1,157
Value after costs$10,199$10,935$11,606
Impact on return, per year3.01%1.98%1.98%

C000020218 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0119%
  • Total broker commissions: $22K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $7.6M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 108%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000020218 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$20K89.56%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$2K9.24%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$1060.48%
Piper Sandler & Co.$800.36%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$430.19%
BTIG, LLC$220.10%
BofA Securities, Inc.$120.06%
Virtu Americas LLC$20.01%

C000020218 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$7.6M100.00%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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.