0001145549-22-015901.txt : 20220314 0001145549-22-015901.hdr.sgml : 20220314 20220314163845 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001145549-22-015901 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20211231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220314 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220314 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20220314 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ALLSPRING FUNDS TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001081400 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CEN SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-09253 FILM NUMBER: 22737140 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 525 MARKET STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 BUSINESS PHONE: 800-222-8222 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 525 MARKET STREET STREET 2: 12TH FLOOR CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990308 0001081400 S000021193 Allspring Managed Account CoreBuilder Shares Series M C000060325 CoreBuilder Shares Series M 0001081400 S000069242 Allspring Managed Account CoreBuilder Shares Series SM C000221181 CoreBuilder Shares Series SM N-CEN 1 primary_doc.xml X0404 N-CEN LIVE 0001081400 XXXXXXXX false false false N-1A S000021193 true S000069242 true Allspring Funds Trust 811-09253 0001081400 549300XROIY0CTN7RZ24 525 Market Street San Francisco 94105 US-CA US 8002228222 State Street Bank and Trust Company One Lincoln Street Boston 02111 6177863000 custody and accounting information N N N-1A 106 Y William R. 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Inc. 8-17230-1 000000505 2549000V3L2KK4L76W91 0.0 Royal Alliance Associates, Inc. 8-40218-1 000023131 2549008QNG03YMMNXZ09 0.0 Sagepoint Financial, Inc. 8-66771-1 000133763 N/A 0.0 Securities America, Inc. 8-26602-1 000010205 N/A 0.0 Woodbury Financial Services, Inc. 8-13846-1 000000421 N/A 0.0 0.000000000000 JPMorgan Securities LLC 8-35008-1 000000079 8I5DZWZKVSZI1NUHU748 48313593.000000000000 Citigroup Global Markets Incorporated 8-08177-1 000007059 MBNUM2BPBDO7JBLYG310 26297106.300000000000 Barclays Capital Incorporated 8-41342-1 000019714 AC28XWWI3WIBK2824319 24164483.850000000000 RBC Capital Markets 8-45411-1 000031194 549300LCO2FLSSVFFR64 18385048.500000000000 Goldman Sachs & Company 8-00129-1 000000361 FOR8UP27PHTHYVLBNG30 15877123.000000000000 B.C. Ziegler and Company 8-19699-1 000000061 549300NLEOFP92P38Q71 9131716.500000000000 Jefferies & Company 8-15074-1 000002347 O26QTPAJC1X7058KCW11 8690727.400000000000 Loop Capital Markets LLC 8-50140-1 000043098 254900FPPM2WN90D4786 5912698.000000000000 Morgan Stanley Incorporated 8-15869-1 000008209 IGJSJL3JD5P30I6NJZ34 5789502.500000000000 Bank of America Securities Incorporated 8-60464-1 000112613 54930058VLHDS7M6MS90 5442080.000000000000 189160625.250000000000 N 886589820.810000000000 Committed 350000000.000000000000 N N N N Allspring Managed Account CoreBuilder Shares - Series SM S000069242 254900YX4UCOVRR6O883 Y 1 0 0 N/A N N N N N/A N/A N/A Rule 10f-3 (17 CFR 270.10f-3) Rule 12d1-1 (17 CFR 270.12d1-1) Rule 17a-7 (17 CFR 270.17a-7) Y Y N N Allspring Funds Management, LLC 801-58237 000110841 549300HDKZE50HZZOG90 N Allspring Global Investments, LLC 801-21122 000104973 549300B3H2IOO2L85I90 Y N DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc. 84-00896 N/A N N N ICE Data Pricing & Reference Data, LLC 801-55222 SEC File Number N N State Street Bank and Trust Company 571474TGEMMWANRLN572 N N Bank - section 17(f)(1) (15 U.S.C. 80a-17(f)(1)) N Allspring Funds Distributor, LLC 000013686 CRD number Y N Allspring Funds Management, LLC 549300HDKZE50HZZOG90 Y N N Allspring Funds Management, LLC 549300HDKZE50HZZOG90 Y N N Allspring Funds Distributor, LLC 8-66716-1 000133366 N/A 0.0 CapFinancial Securities, LLC 8-65870-1 000126291 254900D9JN5AS48QKE02 0.0 Russell Investments Financial Services, LLC 8-39227-1 000021771 549300Z7WKJWW0KWSR89 0.0 Ultimus Fund Distributors, LLC 8-52643-1 000104177 N/A 0.0 Advisor Group 8-28461-1 001149006 N/A 0.0 AssuredPartners Investment Advisors, LLC N/A 000309550 N/A 0.0 FSC Securities Corporation 8-42017-1 000007461 N/A 0.0 Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. 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Ziegler and Company 8-19699-1 000000061 549300NLEOFP92P38Q71 2774417.500000000000 Pershing 8-17574-1 000007564 5493000WV47FDC28QG89 1889644.500000000000 Goldman Sachs & Company 8-00129-1 000000361 FOR8UP27PHTHYVLBNG30 1882251.000000000000 Samuel A. Ramirez and Co., Inc. 8-19014-1 000006963 254900CBKVW7O2ENQA21 1850540.000000000000 Stifel Nicolaus & Company 8-01447-1 000000793 5WUVMA08EYG4KEUPW589 1564128.000000000000 54391716.100000000000 N 24926587.860000000000 Committed 350000000.000000000000 N N N N true INTERNAL CONTROL RPT 2 ftintlctrlrpt.htm INTERNAL CONTROL REPORT

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 

To the Shareholders of the Funds and Board of Trustees 
Allspring Funds Trust: 

In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements of Allspring Managed Account CoreBuilder Shares – Series M (formerly, Wells Fargo Managed Account CoreBuilder Shares – Series M) and Allspring Managed Account CoreBuilder Shares – Series SM (collectively, the Funds), two of the funds comprising the Allspring Funds Trust (formerly, Wells Fargo Funds Trust), as of and for the year or period ended December 31, 2021, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), we considered the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. 

Management of the Funds is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and trustees of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. 

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. 

A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Funds’ annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. 

Our consideration of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the PCAOB. However, we noted no deficiencies in the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls over safeguarding securities that we consider to be a material weakness as defined above as of December 31, 2021. 

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Trustees of Allspring Funds Trust and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties. 

  
/s/KPMG LLP 
Boston, Massachusetts 
February 25, 2022