Equity

Large Select Growth SMA

Russell 1000® Growth Index
Benchmark name
8/1/2004
Inception date
Growth Equity Team
Team
$464.0M
Strategy assetsInclusive of assets under advisement
Data as of 9/30/2026
Large Select Growth
SMA overview

Investing on the right side of change

The Large Select Growth SMA seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in large-cap companies on the "right side of change," with robust and sustainable growth.

Innovative companies with superior fundamentals are frequently mispriced in equity markets, representing a key inefficiency that can be identified and exploited through intensive fundamental research.

Key differentiators

  • All-cap research: Deep pool of investors that glean unique insights through intensive bottom-up research conducted across the entire market-cap spectrum
  • Style consistency: Focus on companies with robust and sustainable growth and remain highly disciplined in all market environments
  • Balanced risk management: Portfolio construction emphasizes balance and diversification with the goal of delivering consistent results
  • Sell discipline: Quantified sell discipline uniquely positions the team to manage risk through both its buy and sell decisions

General facts

Weighted average market cap

$1,951.87B

(as of 9/30/2026)

Dividend yield

0.43%

(as of 9/30/2026)

Quick resources

Fact Sheet

Performance

Average annual returns

Average annual returns

(as of 9/30/2026)
8/1/2004
1M
3M
YTD
1Y
3Y
5Y
10Y
Inception
Composite (Pure Gross)
1.10
4.09
7.05
4.93
20.87
7.81
16.13
11.55
Composite (Net)
0.84
3.30
4.63
1.78
17.24
4.58
12.70
8.25
Russell 1000® Growth Index
2.16
0.92
6.30
7.50
24.26
13.66
18.16
12.90

One-month, three-month and year-to-date returns are not annualized.

Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. For more information, please refer to the GIPS composite report found in the documents section.

Performance shown prior to January 1, 2005 represents results achieved by the Discovery Growth Equity Team prior to joining Allspring. Although the composition of the investment team has evolved since the strategy’s inception date, the team has managed the strategy in a consistent manner over time.

The gross performance data is a "pure" gross of fees return and does not reflect the deduction of any management fees or transaction costs. The net return is calculated based on the gross returns reduced by a typical 3% maximum annual wrap fee that could be charged to an account.

Calendar year

Calendar year

(as of 12/31/2025)
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
Composite
15.45
22.42
38.67
-34.40
20.73
37.86
39.39
4.14
36.28
0.14
Benchmark
18.56
33.36
42.68
-29.14
27.60
38.49
36.39
-1.51
30.21
7.08

Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. For more information, please refer to the GIPS composite report found in the documents section.

Performance and volatility metrics

Performance and volatility metrics

(as of 9/30/2026)
3 Year 5 Year 10 Year
Alpha -174.26 -562.00 -142.13
Beta 0.92 0.98 0.96
Information Ratio -0.62 -1.03 -0.39
R2 0.88 0.91 0.92
Sharpe Ratio 1.05 0.21 0.77
Standard Deviation 1,564.66 1,948.19 1,783.99
Tracking Error 551.86 570.27 522.86
Correlation 0.94 0.96 0.96

Composition

Top 10 holdings

Top 10 holdings

(as of 9/30/2026)
Security
SMA
NVIDIA Corporation
11.75%
Apple Inc.
7.67%
Alphabet Inc. Class A
6.78%
Broadcom Inc.
5.26%
Microsoft Corporation
5.20%
Meta Platforms Inc Class A
3.84%
Micron Technology, Inc.
3.49%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
3.28%
Amazon.com, Inc.
3.02%
GE Aerospace
2.74%
Top 10 represents 53.04% of market value

Largest company weights are based on market value of the representative account and not necessarily held in all client portfolios. The information shown is not intended to be, nor should it be construed to be, a recommendation to buy or sell an individual security. A list of all holdings from the prior one-year period is available upon request.

Sector allocation

Sector allocation

(as of 9/30/2026)
Type
SMA
Benchmark
Cash & equivalents
 2.42% -
Communication services
 11.90% 16.53%
Consumer discretionary
 7.01% 7.19%
Consumer staples
 0.00% 1.16%
Energy
 0.00% 0.51%
Financials
 6.07% 4.52%
Health care
 7.83% 5.43%
Industrials
 13.47% 7.38%
Information technology
 51.31% 56.42%
Materials
 0.00% 0.25%
Real estate
 0.00% 0.37%
Utilities
 0.00% 0.24%

Sector weighting is based on a representative account within the Allspring Global Investments composite and may have changed since the date specified. Percent total may not add to 100% due to rounding.

Documents

Literature Date
Fact Sheet 9/30/2026 Download
Our team

Meet the investment team

The team seeks a style-pure dedication to growth, targeting consistency of returns and focusing on fundamental, bottom-up, all-cap research to identify businesses with sustainable growth.

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Robert

Robert Gruendyke

Portfolio Manager
Michael T.

Michael T. Smith

Head of Growth Equity
Christopher

Christopher Warner

Portfolio Manager
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Diversification does not ensure or guarantee better performance and cannot eliminate the risk of investment losses.


Market Risk: Stock values fluctuate in response to the activities of individual companies and general market and economic conditions. 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. Growth/Value Investing Risk: Securities that exhibit growth or value characteristics tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

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