Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund
Data updated: 2026-09-23
C000163723 — Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000163723 Fund Overview
Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Allspring Funds Trust, categorised as Emerging Markets 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: Emerging Markets Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $411.65M
- 1-year return: 12.4%
- SEC CIK: 0001081400
- SEC series ID: S000037204
- Share class ID: C000163723
C000163723 Investment Objective and Strategy
Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Income 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 to achieve long-term capital appreciation and current income.
Principal investment strategy
Under normal circumstances, we invest: at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in equity securities of companies in emerging market countries; and across any market capitalization. We consider emerging market countries to be, among others, countries included in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. We look for companies with a sustainable high dividend yield backed by strong company financials and fundamentals, including above-average sales and earnings growth, overall financial strength, competitive advantages, and capable management. We may sell a holding when it no longer has some or all of these traits. Our investment strategy includes both a top-down strategy, which takes account of overall economic and market trends in each country, and a bottom-up strategy, in which we use fundamental research for security selection.
In order to take advantage of the wide range of possible opportunities in a variety of markets at different stages of economic development, we construct the portfolio with the potential for maximum portfolio dividend yield while maintaining a controlled level of risk. We reserve the right to hedge the portfolio's foreign currency exposure by purchasing or selling currency futures and foreign currency forward contracts. However, under normal circumstances, we will not engage in extensive foreign currency hedging.
C000163723 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 13.21% |
| Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 7.84% |
| SK hynix Inc | 4.45% |
| Tencent Holdings Ltd | 3.91% |
| Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | 3.27% |
| MediaTek Inc | 3.05% |
| Allspring Government Money Mar | 2.31% |
| China Construction Bank Corp | 1.93% |
| Lite-On Technology Corp | 1.43% |
| ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd | 1.38% |
C000163723 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 96.7% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 2.3% |
C000163723 Performance
Total returns for C000163723 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 12.4% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 4.1% |
C000163723 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000163723, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 18.4%
C000163723 Costs and Fees
C000163723 costs about $180 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.80%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.95%
- Portfolio turnover: 57%
- Brokerage commissions: 20.28 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000163723 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund had net outflows of $39.01M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | −$1.41M |
| 2026-03 | $37.00K |
| 2026-02 | −$7.06M |
| 2026-01 | −$1.55M |
| 2025-12 | $3.74M |
| 2025-11 | −$5.86M |
C000163723 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000163723 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Wells Fargo Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-02-24
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2026-07-01
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2025-08-15
- 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 2026-01-12
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-01-06
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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.