EKBAX Fees and Costs — Allspring Diversified Capital Builder Fund, Class A
Data updated: 2026-08-26
The net expense ratio is 1.07%: a 0.60% management fee plus 0.47% other expenses. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.75%. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $156K in broker commissions, 0.0101% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 20%.
EKBAX Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of EKBAX. Prospectus, as of September 30, 2025.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 0.60% |
| 12b-1 fee | 0.00% |
| Other expenses | 0.47% |
| Gross expense ratio | 1.07% |
| Fee waiver | — |
| Net expense ratio | 1.07% |
| Sales charges | |
|---|---|
| Max front load | 5.75% |
| Max deferred load | 0.00% |
| Redemption fee | — |
| Expense limitation in place (N-CEN) | Yes |
| Fees waived or reduced during the year | Yes |
| Waived fees subject to recoupment | No |
EKBAX Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in EKBAX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,370 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.36% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).
| $10,000 invested | Sell after 1 year | Sell after 3 years | Sell after 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value before costs | $10,500 | $11,576 | $12,763 |
| Sales charges | $575 | $575 | $575 |
| Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.07%) | $106 | $330 | $572 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $1 | $3 | $5 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $29 | $107 | $217 |
| Total costs | $711 | $1,015 | $1,370 |
| Value after costs | $9,789 | $10,561 | $11,393 |
| Impact on return, per year | 7.11% | 3.16% | 2.36% |
EKBAX Trading Costs
Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.
- Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0101%
- Total broker commissions: $156K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $555.9M
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 20%
- Securities lending: none during the year
EKBAX Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $69K | 52.36% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $21K | 15.82% |
| UBS Securities LLC | $6K | 4.73% |
| Barclays Capital Inc. | $6K | 4.56% |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | $6K | 4.35% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $6K | 4.31% |
| Leerink Partners LLC | $5K | 4.16% |
| Liquidnet, Inc. | $5K | 3.86% |
| TD Securities (USA) LLC | $4K | 3.18% |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $4K | 2.66% |
EKBAX Dealer Counterparties
Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | $486.0M | 87.42% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $31.0M | 5.58% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $21.7M | 3.91% |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $7.0M | 1.26% |
| Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated | $3.0M | 0.54% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $2.9M | 0.52% |
| Jefferies LLC | $2.5M | 0.44% |
| Truist Securities, Inc. | $1.8M | 0.33% |
Allspring Diversified Capital Builder Fund Share Classes
Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.
| Ticker | Class | Net expense ratio | Front load |
|---|---|---|---|
| EKBYX | Institutional Class | 0.76% | none |
| EKBDX | Administrator Class | 1.01% | none |
| EKBAX | Class A | 1.07% | 5.75% |
| EKBCX | Class C | 1.82% | none |
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.