497K 1 assetallocationfundsummary.htm ASSET ALLOCATION FUND SUMMARY

Asset Allocation Fund Summary

Class/Ticker: Class A - EAAFX; Class B - EABFX; Class C - EACFX

Summary Prospectus

September 1, 2015

Link to Prospectus

Link to SAI

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund's prospectus and other information about the Fund online at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com/reports. You can also get information at no cost by calling 1-800-222-8222, or by sending an email request to wfaf@wellsfargo.com. The current prospectus ("Prospectus") and statement of additional information ("SAI") dated September 1, 2015, are incorporated by reference into this summary prospectus. The Fund's SAI may be obtained, free of charge, in the same manner as the Prospectus.

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks long-term total return, consisting of capital appreciation and current income.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the aggregate in specified classes of certain Wells Fargo Advantage Funds®. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in "A Choice of Share Classes" and "Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges" on pages 17 and 19 of the Prospectus and "Additional Purchase and Redemption Information" on page 27 of the Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Class A

Class B

Class C

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of
offering price)

5.75%

None

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None1

5.00%

1.00%

1. Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within 18 months from the date of purchase.

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)1

Class A

Class B

Class C

Management Fees

0.32%

0.32%

0.32%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

0.75%

0.75%

Other Expenses

0.47%

0.47%

0.47%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.55%

0.55%

0.55%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

1.34%

2.09%

2.09%

Fee Waivers

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver2

1.34%

2.09%

2.09%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The Adviser has contractually committed through August 31, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at 0.87% for Class A, 1.62% for Class B, and 1.62% for Class C. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses (including the expenses of Asset Allocation Trust), and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

Assuming Redemption at End of Period

Assuming No Redemption

After:

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class B

Class C

1 Year

$704

$712

$312

$212

$212

3 Years

$975

$955

$655

$655

$655

5 Years

$1,267

$1,324

$1,124

$1,124

$1,124

10 Years

$2,095

$2,139

$2,421

$2,139

$2,421

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 0% of the average value of its portfolio. In addition, the portfolio turnover rate for Asset Allocation Trust, in which the Fund invests all of its assets, was 42% for its fiscal year ended April 30, 2015.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Fund's target allocation is as follows:

  • at least 15% of the Fund's assets in fixed income securities; and

  • at least 25% of the Fund's assets in equity securities.

The Fund is a diversified investment, providing exposure to stock, bond and alternative investment strategy funds, with an emphasis on stock funds. The Fund invests all of its investable assets in Asset Allocation Trust ("AAT"), an investment company managed by Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC ("GMO"). AAT, in turn, invests its assets in GMO-managed mutual funds ("underlying funds") and may be exposed to any asset class, including, for example, U.S. and foreign equities (including emerging country equities), U.S. and foreign fixed income securities (including emerging country debt securities), and, from time to time, other alternative asset classes. The underlying funds may gain their investment exposures directly or through investment in derivatives and/or other mutual funds. AAT is currently wholly owned by the Fund.

GMO uses its multi-year forecasts of returns among asset classes, together with its assessment of the risk of such asset classes, to select the underlying funds in which AAT invests and to decide how much to invest in each. An important component of those forecasts is the expectation that market valuations ultimately revert to their historical means (averages). GMO shifts AAT's investments in the underlying funds in response to changes in GMO's investment outlook and market valuations and to accommodate cash flows, and intends to expose at least 15% of AAT's assets to fixed income investments and at least 25% of AAT's assets to equity investments.

GMO regularly reviews the investments of AAT and may sell a holding of AAT when it has achieved its valuation target, there is deterioration in the underlying fundamentals of the business, or GMO has identified a more attractive investment opportunity.

Principal Investment Risks

Because the Fund invests all of its investable assets in AAT, which, in turn, invests all of its assets in a number of underlying funds, the following principal risks include risks that result from the Fund's indirect investments in the underlying funds. Some of the underlying funds in which the Fund indirectly invests are non-diversified investment companies under the 1940 Act. A decline in the market value of a particular security held by a non-diversified underlying fund may affect its performance more than if the fund was diversified. In addition, some of the underlying funds in which the Fund indirectly invests have a policy that permits those funds to concentrate their investments in particular sectors, industries or countries. An underlying fund that concentrates its investments in a limited number of sectors, industries or countries will be more vulnerable to adverse financial, economic, political or other developments affecting those sectors, industries or countries than a fund that invests its assets more broadly, and the value of the underlying fund's shares may be more volatile.

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Focused Investment Risk. Investments focused in countries, regions, sectors, industries, or issuers that are subject to the same or similar risk factors and investments whose prices are strongly correlated are subject to greater overall risk than investments that are more diversified.

Foreign Currency Contracts Risk. A Fund that enters into forwards or other foreign currency contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk that the portfolio manager may be incorrect in his or her judgment of future exchange rate changes.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

High Yield Securities Risk. High yield securities and unrated securities of similar credit quality (commonly known as "junk bonds") have a much greater risk of default or of not returning principal and their values tend to be more volatile than higher-rated securities with similar maturities.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Large Shareholder Risk. To the extent that a large number of shares of the Fund is held by a single shareholder (e.g., an institutional investor), the Fund is subject to the risk that a redemption by that shareholder of all or a large portion of its Fund shares will cause the Fund to sell securities at disadvantageous prices or otherwise will disrupt the Fund's operations.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Disruption and Geopolitical Risk. Geopolitical and other events may disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Those events, as well as other changes in non-U.S. and U.S. economic and political conditions, could adversely affect the value of the Fund's investments.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Options Risk. A Fund that purchases options, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of a loss of premiums without offsetting gains. A Fund that writes options receives a premium that may be small relative to the loss realized in the event of adverse changes in the value of the underlying instruments.

Short Sales Risk. Short selling is generally considered speculative, has the potential for unlimited loss and may involve leverage, which can magnify a Fund's exposure to assets that decline in value and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Underlying Funds Risk. The risks associated with a Fund include the risks related to each Underlying Fund in which the Fund invests.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns for Class A as of 12/31 each year
(Returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did)

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+12.10%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-11.80%

Year-to-date total return as of 6/30/2015 is +0.95%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014 (Returns reflect applicable sales charges)

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Class A (before taxes)

7/29/1996

-5.41%

4.75%

4.57%

Class A (after taxes on distributions)

7/29/1996

-6.56%

4.08%

3.36%

Class A (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

7/29/1996

-3.06%

3.51%

3.29%

Class B (before taxes)

10/3/2002

-5.30%

4.88%

4.65%

Class C (before taxes)

10/3/2002

-1.44%

5.19%

4.41%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

GMO Global Asset Allocation Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.87%

7.78%

5.54%

MSCI ACWI Index (Net) (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.16%

9.17%

6.09%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts. After-tax returns are shown only for the Class A shares. After-tax returns for the Class B and Class C shares will vary.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Portfolio Manager1, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Ben Inker, CFA, Portfolio Manager/1996
Sam Wilderman, CFA, Portfolio Manager/2012

1. The Fund invests all of its investable assets directly in Asset Allocation Trust, for which GMO serves as investment adviser. Messrs. Inker and Wilderman are the co-heads and senior members of GMO's Asset Allocation Team and they are primarily responsible for providing investment management services to Asset Allocation Trust.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Regular Accounts: $1,000
IRAs, IRA rollovers, Roth IRAs: $250
UGMA/UTMA accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum
(Class B shares are generally closed to new investment)

Minimum Additional Investment
Regular Accounts, IRAs, IRA rollovers, Roth IRAs: $100
UGMA/UTMA accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online: wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1-800-222-8222

Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Link to Prospectus

Link to SAI

Asset Allocation Fund Summary

Class/Ticker: Administrator Class - EAIFX

Summary Prospectus

September 1, 2015

Link to Prospectus

Link to SAI

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund's prospectus and other information about the Fund online at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com/reports. You can also get information at no cost by calling 1-800-222-8222, or by sending an email request to wfaf@wellsfargo.com. The current prospectus ("Prospectus") and statement of additional information ("SAI") dated September 1, 2015, are incorporated by reference into this summary prospectus. The Fund's SAI may be obtained, free of charge, in the same manner as the Prospectus.

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks long-term total return, consisting of capital appreciation and current income.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)1

Management Fees

0.32%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.39%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.55%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

1.26%

Fee Waivers

(0.07)%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver2

1.19%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The Adviser has contractually committed through August 31, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at 0.64% for Administrator Class. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses (including the expenses of Asset Allocation Trust), and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$121

3 Years

$393

5 Years

$685

10 Years

$1,516

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 0% of the average value of its portfolio. In addition, the portfolio turnover rate for Asset Allocation Trust, in which the Fund invests all of its assets, was 42% for its fiscal year ended April 30, 2015.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Fund's target allocation is as follows:

  • at least 15% of the Fund's assets in fixed income securities; and

  • at least 25% of the Fund's assets in equity securities.

The Fund is a diversified investment, providing exposure to stock, bond and alternative investment strategy funds, with an emphasis on stock funds. The Fund invests all of its investable assets in Asset Allocation Trust ("AAT"), an investment company managed by Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC ("GMO"). AAT, in turn, invests its assets in GMO-managed mutual funds ("underlying funds") and may be exposed to any asset class, including, for example, U.S. and foreign equities (including emerging country equities), U.S. and foreign fixed income securities (including emerging country debt securities), and, from time to time, other alternative asset classes. The underlying funds may gain their investment exposures directly or through investment in derivatives and/or other mutual funds. AAT is currently wholly owned by the Fund.

GMO uses its multi-year forecasts of returns among asset classes, together with its assessment of the risk of such asset classes, to select the underlying funds in which AAT invests and to decide how much to invest in each. An important component of those forecasts is the expectation that market valuations ultimately revert to their historical means (averages). GMO shifts AAT's investments in the underlying funds in response to changes in GMO's investment outlook and market valuations and to accommodate cash flows, and intends to expose at least 15% of AAT's assets to fixed income investments and at least 25% of AAT's assets to equity investments.

GMO regularly reviews the investments of AAT and may sell a holding of AAT when it has achieved its valuation target, there is deterioration in the underlying fundamentals of the business, or GMO has identified a more attractive investment opportunity.

Principal Investment Risks

Because the Fund invests all of its investable assets in AAT, which, in turn, invests all of its assets in a number of underlying funds, the following principal risks include risks that result from the Fund's indirect investments in the underlying funds. Some of the underlying funds in which the Fund indirectly invests are non-diversified investment companies under the 1940 Act. A decline in the market value of a particular security held by a non-diversified underlying fund may affect its performance more than if the fund was diversified. In addition, some of the underlying funds in which the Fund indirectly invests have a policy that permits those funds to concentrate their investments in particular sectors, industries or countries. An underlying fund that concentrates its investments in a limited number of sectors, industries or countries will be more vulnerable to adverse financial, economic, political or other developments affecting those sectors, industries or countries than a fund that invests its assets more broadly, and the value of the underlying fund's shares may be more volatile.

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Focused Investment Risk. Investments focused in countries, regions, sectors, industries, or issuers that are subject to the same or similar risk factors and investments whose prices are strongly correlated are subject to greater overall risk than investments that are more diversified.

Foreign Currency Contracts Risk. A Fund that enters into forwards or other foreign currency contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk that the portfolio manager may be incorrect in his or her judgment of future exchange rate changes.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

High Yield Securities Risk. High yield securities and unrated securities of similar credit quality (commonly known as "junk bonds") have a much greater risk of default or of not returning principal and their values tend to be more volatile than higher-rated securities with similar maturities.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Large Shareholder Risk. To the extent that a large number of shares of the Fund is held by a single shareholder (e.g., an institutional investor), the Fund is subject to the risk that a redemption by that shareholder of all or a large portion of its Fund shares will cause the Fund to sell securities at disadvantageous prices or otherwise will disrupt the Fund's operations.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Disruption and Geopolitical Risk. Geopolitical and other events may disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Those events, as well as other changes in non-U.S. and U.S. economic and political conditions, could adversely affect the value of the Fund's investments.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Options Risk. A Fund that purchases options, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of a loss of premiums without offsetting gains. A Fund that writes options receives a premium that may be small relative to the loss realized in the event of adverse changes in the value of the underlying instruments.

Short Sales Risk. Short selling is generally considered speculative, has the potential for unlimited loss and may involve leverage, which can magnify a Fund's exposure to assets that decline in value and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Underlying Funds Risk. The risks associated with a Fund include the risks related to each Underlying Fund in which the Fund invests.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Administrator Class

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+12.27%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-11.79%

Year-to-date total return as of 6/30/2015 is +1.09%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Administrator Class (before taxes)

10/3/2002

0.56%

6.23%

5.44%

Administrator Class (after taxes on distributions)

10/3/2002

-0.69%

5.51%

4.16%

Administrator Class (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

10/3/2002

0.32%

4.67%

3.97%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

GMO Global Asset Allocation Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.87%

7.78%

5.54%

MSCI ACWI Index (Net) (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.16%

9.17%

6.09%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Portfolio Manager1, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Ben Inker, CFA, Portfolio Manager/1996
Sam Wilderman, CFA, Portfolio Manager/2012

1. The Fund invests all of its investable assets directly in Asset Allocation Trust, for which GMO serves as investment adviser. Messrs. Inker and Wilderman are the co-heads and senior members of GMO's Asset Allocation Team and they are primarily responsible for providing investment management services to Asset Allocation Trust.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Administrator Class shares are generally available through financial intermediaries for the accounts of their customers and directly to institutional investors and individuals. Institutional investors may include corporations; private banks and trust companies; endowments and foundations; defined contribution, defined benefit and other employer sponsored retirement plans; institutional retirement plan platforms; insurance companies; registered investment advisor firms; bank trusts; 529 college savings plans; family offices; and fund of funds including those managed by Funds Management. In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Administrator Class: $1 million (this amount may be reduced or eliminated for certain eligible investors)

Minimum Additional Investment
Administrator Class: None

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online: wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1-800-222-8222

Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Link to Prospectus

Link to SAI

Asset Allocation Fund Summary

Class/Ticker: Institutional Class - EAAIX

Summary Prospectus

September 1, 2015

Link to Prospectus

Link to SAI

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund's prospectus and other information about the Fund online at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com/reports. You can also get information at no cost by calling 1-800-222-8222, or by sending an email request to wfaf@wellsfargo.com. The current prospectus ("Prospectus") and statement of additional information ("SAI") dated September 1, 2015, are incorporated by reference into this summary prospectus. The Fund's SAI may be obtained, free of charge, in the same manner as the Prospectus.

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks long-term total return, consisting of capital appreciation and current income.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)1

Management Fees

0.32%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.14%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.55%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

1.01%

Fee Waivers

(0.02)%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver2

0.99%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The Adviser has contractually committed through August 31, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at 0.44% for Institutional Class. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses (including the expenses of Asset Allocation Trust), and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$101

3 Years

$320

5 Years

$556

10 Years

$1,234

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 0% of the average value of its portfolio. In addition, the portfolio turnover rate for Asset Allocation Trust, in which the Fund invests all of its assets, was 42% for its fiscal year ended April 30, 2015.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Fund's target allocation is as follows:

  • at least 15% of the Fund's assets in fixed income securities; and

  • at least 25% of the Fund's assets in equity securities.

The Fund is a diversified investment, providing exposure to stock, bond and alternative investment strategy funds, with an emphasis on stock funds. The Fund invests all of its investable assets in Asset Allocation Trust ("AAT"), an investment company managed by Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC ("GMO"). AAT, in turn, invests its assets in GMO-managed mutual funds ("underlying funds") and may be exposed to any asset class, including, for example, U.S. and foreign equities (including emerging country equities), U.S. and foreign fixed income securities (including emerging country debt securities), and, from time to time, other alternative asset classes. The underlying funds may gain their investment exposures directly or through investment in derivatives and/or other mutual funds. AAT is currently wholly owned by the Fund.

GMO uses its multi-year forecasts of returns among asset classes, together with its assessment of the risk of such asset classes, to select the underlying funds in which AAT invests and to decide how much to invest in each. An important component of those forecasts is the expectation that market valuations ultimately revert to their historical means (averages). GMO shifts AAT's investments in the underlying funds in response to changes in GMO's investment outlook and market valuations and to accommodate cash flows, and intends to expose at least 15% of AAT's assets to fixed income investments and at least 25% of AAT's assets to equity investments.

GMO regularly reviews the investments of AAT and may sell a holding of AAT when it has achieved its valuation target, there is deterioration in the underlying fundamentals of the business, or GMO has identified a more attractive investment opportunity.

Principal Investment Risks

Because the Fund invests all of its investable assets in AAT, which, in turn, invests all of its assets in a number of underlying funds, the following principal risks include risks that result from the Fund's indirect investments in the underlying funds. Some of the underlying funds in which the Fund indirectly invests are non-diversified investment companies under the 1940 Act. A decline in the market value of a particular security held by a non-diversified underlying fund may affect its performance more than if the fund was diversified. In addition, some of the underlying funds in which the Fund indirectly invests have a policy that permits those funds to concentrate their investments in particular sectors, industries or countries. An underlying fund that concentrates its investments in a limited number of sectors, industries or countries will be more vulnerable to adverse financial, economic, political or other developments affecting those sectors, industries or countries than a fund that invests its assets more broadly, and the value of the underlying fund's shares may be more volatile.

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Focused Investment Risk. Investments focused in countries, regions, sectors, industries, or issuers that are subject to the same or similar risk factors and investments whose prices are strongly correlated are subject to greater overall risk than investments that are more diversified.

Foreign Currency Contracts Risk. A Fund that enters into forwards or other foreign currency contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk that the portfolio manager may be incorrect in his or her judgment of future exchange rate changes.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

High Yield Securities Risk. High yield securities and unrated securities of similar credit quality (commonly known as "junk bonds") have a much greater risk of default or of not returning principal and their values tend to be more volatile than higher-rated securities with similar maturities.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Large Shareholder Risk. To the extent that a large number of shares of the Fund is held by a single shareholder (e.g., an institutional investor), the Fund is subject to the risk that a redemption by that shareholder of all or a large portion of its Fund shares will cause the Fund to sell securities at disadvantageous prices or otherwise will disrupt the Fund's operations.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Disruption and Geopolitical Risk. Geopolitical and other events may disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Those events, as well as other changes in non-U.S. and U.S. economic and political conditions, could adversely affect the value of the Fund's investments.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Options Risk. A Fund that purchases options, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of a loss of premiums without offsetting gains. A Fund that writes options receives a premium that may be small relative to the loss realized in the event of adverse changes in the value of the underlying instruments.

Short Sales Risk. Short selling is generally considered speculative, has the potential for unlimited loss and may involve leverage, which can magnify a Fund's exposure to assets that decline in value and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Underlying Funds Risk. The risks associated with a Fund include the risks related to each Underlying Fund in which the Fund invests.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Institutional Class

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+12.27%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-11.79%

Year-to-date total return as of 6/30/2015 is +1.24%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Institutional Class (before taxes)

11/30/2012

0.77%

6.32%

5.48%

Institutional Class (after taxes on distributions)

11/30/2012

-0.67%

5.52%

4.17%

Institutional Class (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

11/30/2012

0.44%

4.72%

4.00%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

GMO Global Asset Allocation Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.87%

7.78%

5.54%

MSCI ACWI Index (Net) (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.16%

9.17%

6.09%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Portfolio Manager1, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Ben Inker, CFA, Portfolio Manager/1996
Sam Wilderman, CFA, Portfolio Manager/2012

1. The Fund invests all of its investable assets directly in Asset Allocation Trust, for which GMO serves as investment adviser. Messrs. Inker and Wilderman are the co-heads and senior members of GMO's Asset Allocation Team and they are primarily responsible for providing investment management services to Asset Allocation Trust.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Institutional Class shares are generally available through financial intermediaries for the accounts of their customers and directly to institutional investors and individuals. Institutional investors may include corporations; private banks and trust companies; endowments and foundations; defined contribution, defined benefit and other employer sponsored retirement plans; institutional retirement plan platforms; insurance companies; registered investment advisor firms; bank trusts; 529 college savings plans; family offices; and fund of funds including those managed by Funds Management. In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Institutional Class: $1 million (this amount may be reduced or eliminated for certain eligible investors)

Minimum Additional Investment
Institutional Class: None

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online: wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1.800.222.8222

Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Link to Prospectus

Link to SAI

Asset Allocation Fund Summary

Class/Ticker: Class R - EAXFX

Summary Prospectus

September 1, 2015

Link to Prospectus

Link to SAI

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund's prospectus and other information about the Fund online at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com/reports. You can also get information at no cost by calling 1-800-222-8222, or by sending an email request to wfaf@wellsfargo.com. The current prospectus ("Prospectus") and statement of additional information ("SAI") dated September 1, 2015, are incorporated by reference into this summary prospectus. The Fund's SAI may be obtained, free of charge, in the same manner as the Prospectus.

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks long-term total return, consisting of capital appreciation and current income.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)1

Management Fees

0.32%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.25%

Other Expenses

0.47%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.55%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

1.59%

Fee Waivers

0.00%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver2

1.59%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The Adviser has contractually committed through August 31, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at 1.12% for Class R. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses (including the expenses of Asset Allocation Trust), and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$162

3 Years

$502

5 Years

$866

10 Years

$1,889

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 0% of the average value of its portfolio. In addition, the portfolio turnover rate for Asset Allocation Trust, in which the Fund invests all of its assets, was 42% for its fiscal year ended April 30, 2015.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Fund's target allocation is as follows:

  • at least 15% of the Fund's assets in fixed income securities; and

  • at least 25% of the Fund's assets in equity securities.

The Fund is a diversified investment, providing exposure to stock, bond and alternative investment strategy funds, with an emphasis on stock funds. The Fund invests all of its investable assets in Asset Allocation Trust ("AAT"), an investment company managed by Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC ("GMO"). AAT, in turn, invests its assets in GMO-managed mutual funds ("underlying funds") and may be exposed to any asset class, including, for example, U.S. and foreign equities (including emerging country equities), U.S. and foreign fixed income securities (including emerging country debt securities), and, from time to time, other alternative asset classes. The underlying funds may gain their investment exposures directly or through investment in derivatives and/or other mutual funds. AAT is currently wholly owned by the Fund.

GMO uses its multi-year forecasts of returns among asset classes, together with its assessment of the risk of such asset classes, to select the underlying funds in which AAT invests and to decide how much to invest in each. An important component of those forecasts is the expectation that market valuations ultimately revert to their historical means (averages). GMO shifts AAT's investments in the underlying funds in response to changes in GMO's investment outlook and market valuations and to accommodate cash flows, and intends to expose at least 15% of AAT's assets to fixed income investments and at least 25% of AAT's assets to equity investments.

GMO regularly reviews the investments of AAT and may sell a holding of AAT when it has achieved its valuation target, there is deterioration in the underlying fundamentals of the business, or GMO has identified a more attractive investment opportunity.

Principal Investment Risks

Because the Fund invests all of its investable assets in AAT, which, in turn, invests all of its assets in a number of underlying funds, the following principal risks include risks that result from the Fund's indirect investments in the underlying funds. Some of the underlying funds in which the Fund indirectly invests are non-diversified investment companies under the 1940 Act. A decline in the market value of a particular security held by a non-diversified underlying fund may affect its performance more than if the fund was diversified. In addition, some of the underlying funds in which the Fund indirectly invests have a policy that permits those funds to concentrate their investments in particular sectors, industries or countries. An underlying fund that concentrates its investments in a limited number of sectors, industries or countries will be more vulnerable to adverse financial, economic, political or other developments affecting those sectors, industries or countries than a fund that invests its assets more broadly, and the value of the underlying fund's shares may be more volatile.

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Focused Investment Risk. Investments focused in countries, regions, sectors, industries, or issuers that are subject to the same or similar risk factors and investments whose prices are strongly correlated are subject to greater overall risk than investments that are more diversified.

Foreign Currency Contracts Risk. A Fund that enters into forwards or other foreign currency contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk that the portfolio manager may be incorrect in his or her judgment of future exchange rate changes.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

High Yield Securities Risk. High yield securities and unrated securities of similar credit quality (commonly known as "junk bonds") have a much greater risk of default or of not returning principal and their values tend to be more volatile than higher-rated securities with similar maturities.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Large Shareholder Risk. To the extent that a large number of shares of the Fund is held by a single shareholder (e.g., an institutional investor), the Fund is subject to the risk that a redemption by that shareholder of all or a large portion of its Fund shares will cause the Fund to sell securities at disadvantageous prices or otherwise will disrupt the Fund's operations.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Disruption and Geopolitical Risk. Geopolitical and other events may disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Those events, as well as other changes in non-U.S. and U.S. economic and political conditions, could adversely affect the value of the Fund's investments.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Options Risk. A Fund that purchases options, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of a loss of premiums without offsetting gains. A Fund that writes options receives a premium that may be small relative to the loss realized in the event of adverse changes in the value of the underlying instruments.

Short Sales Risk. Short selling is generally considered speculative, has the potential for unlimited loss and may involve leverage, which can magnify a Fund's exposure to assets that decline in value and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Underlying Funds Risk. The risks associated with a Fund include the risks related to each Underlying Fund in which the Fund invests.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+12.07%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-11.89%

Year-to-date total return as of 6/30/2015 is +0.81%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Class R (before taxes)

10/10/2003

0.12%

5.73%

4.93%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

GMO Global Asset Allocation Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.87%

7.78%

5.54%

MSCI ACWI Index (Net) (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.16%

9.17%

6.09%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Portfolio Manager1, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Ben Inker, CFA, Portfolio Manager/1996
Sam Wilderman, CFA, Portfolio Manager/2012

1. The Fund invests all of its investable assets directly in Asset Allocation Trust, for which GMO serves as investment adviser. Messrs. Inker and Wilderman are the co-heads and senior members of GMO's Asset Allocation Team and they are primarily responsible for providing investment management services to Asset Allocation Trust.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

For Class R shares, eligible retirement plans of qualifying size generally may open an account and purchase Class R shares by contacting certain broker-dealers and financial institutions that have selling agreements with Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC ("WFFD"), the Fund's distributor. These entities may impose transaction charges. Additional shares may be purchased through a retirement plan's administrator or record-keeper.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts)

Minimum Additional Investment
Class R: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Link to Prospectus

Link to SAI