Allspring Special Global Small Cap Fund
EKGIX
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- Financial Services
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- Asset Management - Global
- Address
- 525 Market Street San Francisco CA United States of America 94105
- IPO Date
- Jul 30, 2010
- CIK
- 0001081400
- Website
- allspringglobal.com
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- Allspring Special Global Small Cap Fund (EKGIX) is an open-end mutual fund that seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing principally in equity securities of small-capitalization companies located in developed markets worldwide; it normally allocates at least 80% of its total assets to such small-sized global equities, focusing on stocks with attractive reward-to-risk ratios, established operating histories, durable asset bases, flexible balance sheets, and strong sustainable free cash flows. The fund employs a disciplined investment process emphasizing balance sheet analysis and capital deployment to estimate future free cash flows, with portfolio construction designed for diversification across regions, sectors, and industries to optimize risk-adjusted returns; top sectors include industrials (29%), information technology (19%), and materials (11%), while geographic exposure features North America (62%), Europe (25%), Japan (9%), and Asia/Pacific ex-Japan (3%). Institutional Class shares (EKGIX), Administrator Class shares (EKGYX), Class A shares (EKGAX), and Class C shares (EKGCX) are offered, with net expense ratios of 1.15%, 1.40%, 1.47%, and 2.22% respectively after contractual fee waivers through February 28, 2025; the fund maintains approximately 89 holdings, a median market cap of $2.60 billion, and a portfolio turnover of 14.12%. Domiciled in the United States and managed by Allspring Funds Management, LLC (advisor) and Allspring Global Investments, LLC (sub-advisor), with a portfolio management team led by James Tringas, CFA (34 years experience), Bryant VanCronkhite, CFA, CPA (21 years), Stephen Giggie, CFA (20 years), Oleg Makhorine (29 years), and Brian Martin, CFA (21 years), the fund traces its inception to March 16, 1988, with total net assets of approximately $149.74 million as of March 31, 2024. In recent developments, effective at the close of business on September 29, 2025, Class C shares (EKGCX) were closed to new investors; additionally, on May 30, 2025, the Allspring Funds Board of Trustees approved the conversion of Administrator Class shares of certain funds, including this one, into Institutional Class shares.