Allspring Absolute Return Fund
Data updated: 2026-09-23
C000163719 — Allspring Absolute Return Fund. United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000163719 Fund Overview
Allspring Absolute Return Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Allspring Funds Trust, categorised as United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Allspring Funds Trust
- Category: United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $429.88M
- 1-year return: 6.1%
- SEC CIK: 0001081400
- SEC series ID: S000036117
- Share class ID: C000163719
C000163719 Investment Objective and Strategy
Allspring Absolute Return Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Allspring Funds Trust.
Investment objective
The Fund seeks a positive total return.
Principal investment strategy
"The Fund is a diversified investment that invests substantially all of its investable assets in GMO Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund (the ""Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund""), an investment company managed by Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (""GMO""). Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund seeks annualized returns of 5% (net of fees) above the Consumer Price Index and annualized volatility (standard deviation) of 5-10%, each over a complete market cycle. GMO does not manage Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund to, or control Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund's risk relative to, any securities index or securities benchmark. GMO seeks to achieve Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund's investment objective by investing in asset classes GMO believes offer the most attractive return and risk opportunities. Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund may invest in any asset class, including, for example: U.S.
and non-U.S. equity, including emerging country equity; U.S. and non-U.S. fixed income, including emerging country debt; and alternative asset classes, including real estate and commodities. GMO uses its multi-year forecasts of returns among asset classes, together with its assessment of the relative risks of such asset classes, to determine Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund's allocations to various asset classes. An important component of those forecasts is GMO's expectation that valuations ultimately revert to their fundamental fair (or intrinsic) value. The factors GMO considers and investment methods GMO uses can change over time. Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund is structured as a fund of funds and gains its investment exposures primarily by investing in GMO Implementation Fund. In addition, Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund may invest in any other GMO Fund (together with GMO Implementation Fund, the ""underlying GMO funds""), whether now existing or created in the future.
These underlying GMO funds may include, among others, GMO High Yield Fund, GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund, GMO Opportunistic Income Fund, GMO Special Opportunities Fund, and GMO SGM Major Markets Fund. GMO Implementation Fund is permitted to invest in any asset class and may engage in merger arbitrage. Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund also may invest directly in securities (including other underlying funds) and derivatives. Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund is permitted to invest (directly or through GMO Implementation Fund or other underlying GMO funds) in any asset class, sector, country, or region, and at times may have substantial exposure to a single asset class, sector, country, or region. In addition, Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund is not restricted in its exposure to any particular market and may invest in securities of companies of any market capitalization, credit quality (including below investment grade securities (commonly referred to as ""junk bonds"")), maturity or duration.
Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund may have indirect exposure to derivatives and short sales through its investment in GMO Implementation Fund and other underlying GMO funds. GMO's ability to shift investments within GMO Implementation Fund and between it and other underlying GMO funds is not subject to any limits. In seeking to achieve Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund's investment objective, GMO may invest a significant portion of Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund's net assets in cash and cash equivalents. In addition, the Fund may lend its portfolio securities. Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund also may invest in GMO U.S. Treasury Fund, in money market funds unaffiliated with GMO, or directly in the types of investments typically held by money market funds. While the Fund invests substantially all of its investable assets in the Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund, the Fund may hold cash for short periods of time in order to mitigate the expenses associated with the purchase and sale of shares of the Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund."
C000163719 Holdings
Top 9 holdings of Allspring Absolute Return Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Allspring Macro Strategies Portfolio | 47.58% |
| Allspring Alternative Risk Premia Fund | 19.91% |
| Allspring Income Plus ETF | 8.26% |
| Allspring Disciplined Large Cap Portfolio | 6.31% |
| Allspring Emerging Markets Equity Advantage Fund | 5.80% |
| Allspring Disciplined International Developed Markets Portfolio | 5.01% |
| Allspring Government Money Mar | 3.57% |
| iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF | 2.00% |
| iShares MSCI South Korea ETF | 1.64% |
C000163719 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Allspring Absolute Return Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 96.5% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 3.6% |
C000163719 Performance
Total returns for C000163719 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 6.1% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 2.0% |
C000163719 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000163719, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 8.5%
C000163719 Costs and Fees
C000163719 costs about $200 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 2.00%
- Gross expense ratio: 2.00%
- Portfolio turnover: 38%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.47 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000163719 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, Allspring Absolute Return Fund had net outflows of $130.36M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | −$6.01M |
| 2026-03 | −$11.08M |
| 2026-02 | −$2.11M |
| 2026-01 | −$17.90M |
| 2025-12 | −$2.32M |
| 2025-11 | −$5.75M |
C000163719 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Allspring Absolute Return Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000163719 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Allspring Absolute Return Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-08-26
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-08-26
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2026-07-01
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-09-23
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-06-24
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-03-26
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-07-07
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-07-09
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.