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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number: 811-09253
Wells Fargo Funds Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
525 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94105
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
C. David Messman
Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC
525 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94105
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 800-222-8222
Date of fiscal year end: January 31
Registrant is making a filing for 8 of its series:
Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund, Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund, Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund, Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund, Wells Fargo Money Market Fund, Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund, Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund, and Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund.
Date of reporting period: January 31, 2017
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The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of January 31, 2017, unless otherwise noted, and are those of the Fund managers and/or Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Discussions of individual securities, or the markets generally, or any Wells Fargo Fund are not intended as individual recommendations. Future events or results may vary significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. The views expressed are subject to change at any time in response to changing circumstances in the market. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and the Fund disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any views expressed or forward-looking statements.
NOT FDIC INSURED ◾ NO BANK GUARANTEE ◾ MAY LOSE VALUE
2 | Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund | Letter to shareholders (unaudited) |
President
Wells Fargo Funds
U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.
Dear Shareholder:
As the new president of Wells Fargo Funds now that Karla Rabusch is retiring from that position after nearly 14 years, I am pleased to offer you this annual report for the Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund for the 12-month period that ended January 31, 2017. The U.S. economy displayed resilience during the period although growth remained somewhat sluggish. International economies generally faced deeper ongoing challenges. Despite heightened market volatility, global stocks delivered strong results overall. U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively, as measured by the S&P 500 Index1 and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net)2; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.
In February–March 2016, fears about global economic weakness prevailed and then abated.
As the reporting period began, most stock markets worldwide were in the midst of a decline fueled by concerns such as weak global growth, falling commodity prices, and uncertainty over the timing and effect of interest-rate increases by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed). In mid-February, fears abated somewhat and global markets generally rallied. Meanwhile, bond investors’ fears about falling commodity prices, a slowing Chinese economy, weakness in European banks, and market volatility also lessened, which led to a greater appetite for risk and allowed lower-rated and longer-maturity bonds to outperform. With ongoing uncertainties about global growth and financial markets, the Fed held off from raising the target interest rate. Outside the U.S., the eurozone fell into deflation in February; in response, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced an expansion of its stimulus program. In China, the government in March set an anticipated growth rate of 6.5% to 7.0% for 2016, an acknowledgment of weakening growth. In emerging markets, although central-bank stimulus and improved prices for oil and other commodities led to stock-market rallies, many of these countries’ economies faced the potential of credit downgrades due to challenges such as the likelihood of a stronger U.S. dollar, which would make dollar-denominated debt more expensive.
Worries over interest rates and the U.K.’s Brexit vote largely drove markets during the second quarter of 2016.
U.S. stocks were in positive territory in April, plunged briefly in May on worries of a possible June interest-rate increase, then rallied until early June. The first three weeks of June brought heightened volatility, spurred largely by a disappointing jobs report and uncertainty over whether the U.K. would remain in the European Union (E.U.). The U.K.’s Brexit vote on June 23 shocked countries worldwide. Stock markets fell as investors worried that the U.K.’s departure from the E.U. would slow global growth and prolong the low-interest-rate environment. Following the initial rout, however, U.S. stocks rose as investors seemed to decide that any negative effects would be more localized and not create a serious risk for global
1 | The S&P 500 Index consists of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation. It is a market-value-weighted index with each stock’s weight in the index proportionate to its market value. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
2 | The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) All Country World Index (ACWI) ex USA Index (Net) is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the United States and Canada. Source: MSCI. MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used as a basis for other indexes or any securities or financial products. This report is not approved, reviewed, or produced by MSCI. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
3 | The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (formerly known as Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index) is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar–denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
Letter to shareholders (unaudited) | Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund | 3 |
growth. Similarly, government bonds rallied immediately post-Brexit, and non-Treasury sectors rallied soon after as investors regained their appetite for risk. As a result, most bond markets remained in a situation of ultralow yields and tight credit spreads. Interestingly, U.S. bonds continued to be supported by demand from both domestic and foreign buyers looking for positive yield since U.S. interest rates were the highest among developed-country bonds. Also notable was the rebound in oil prices to nearly $50 per barrel in June, driven by a lower rig count, unplanned supply outages, more refinery production ahead of the summer driving season, and a weaker dollar.
Globally, stocks delivered positive results in the third quarter of 2016; bonds’ interest rates remained low.
Stocks’ upward trend continued into August and then lost some steam. Ever since the Great Recession, markets worldwide have been supported to varying degrees by accommodative policies from leading central banks, including the Fed, ECB, Bank of England, and Bank of Japan. As a result, investors have watched closely for any signs that global central banks might tighten their measures. In the U.S., early-September comments by several Fed officials appeared to suggest a September interest-rate increase, which sent stock and bond prices down. However, stocks surged following the Fed’s September 20 meeting on news that the Fed had decided to delay a rate increase to later in 2016. In bond markets, interest rates rose during the quarter but remained at historically low levels as a result of easy monetary policies, subdued global growth, and modest inflation expectations. After bottoming in early July, yields began to rise again as market participants felt that yields had overshot the real risks of the U.K.’s Brexit vote and as economic activity strengthened. At the front end of the yield curve, anticipation of new money market fund rules resulted in significantly higher yields on many short-term securities.
During the fourth quarter of 2016, prospects for faster growth and higher interest rates in the U.S. influenced markets.
Early in the fourth quarter of 2016, U.S. stocks tended to trade lower amid concerns such as a likely interest-rate increase and uncertainty over the approaching general election. However, following Donald Trump’s election as president in early November, U.S. stocks began to rally. Investors appeared optimistic that the new administration would usher in a series of pro-growth policies, and supportive economic news helped the rally carry through the quarter. The buoyant environment sent interest rates higher as well. At its mid-December meeting, Fed officials raised their short-term target interest rate for the first time in a year, by a quarter percentage point, to between 0.50% and 0.75%. The fourth quarter also saw the implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rules for money market funds, which included floating net asset values (NAVs) for institutional prime and municipal money market funds as well as liquidity fees and redemption gates. In the year leading up to money fund reform implementation, nearly $1 trillion in assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1 NAV. Outside of the U.S., the prospects for faster U.S. growth appeared to trigger some acceleration in Europe. The improvement may be partly attributable to expectations for further strengthening of the U.S. dollar, which in turn could improve demand for European goods in the U.S. due to weakening of the euro relative to the dollar.
4 | Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund | Letter to shareholders (unaudited) |
Investor optimism continued into January 2017.
January brought continued strength in global stock markets. Markets were lifted by factors such as strong trade data from Japan, robust earnings reports by businesses, and investors’ hopes that the U.S. government will approve a large fiscal stimulus package.
Don’t let short-term uncertainty derail long-term investment goals.
Periods of uncertainty can present challenges, but experience has taught us that maintaining long-term investment goals can be an effective way to plan for the future. To help you create a sound strategy based on your personal goals and risk tolerance, Wells Fargo Funds offers more than 100 mutual funds spanning a wide range of asset classes and investment styles. Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance. We encourage investors to know their investments and to understand that appropriate levels of risk-taking may unlock opportunities.
Thank you for choosing to invest in Wells Fargo Funds. We appreciate your confidence in us and remain committed to helping you meet your financial needs.
Sincerely,
President
Wells Fargo Funds
Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance.
For further information about your Fund, contact your investment professional, visit our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or call us directly at 1-800-222-8222. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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6 | Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund | Performance highlights (unaudited) |
Investment objective
The Fund seeks current income exempt from most state and local individual income taxes, while preserving capital and liquidity.
Manager
Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC
Subadviser
Wells Capital Management Incorporated
Portfolio managers
Michael C. Bird, CFA®
Jeffrey L. Weaver, CFA®
Laurie White
Average annual total returns (%) as of January 31, 20171
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Inception date | 1 year | 5 year | 10 year | Gross | Net3 | |||||||||||||||||
Class A (WFTXX) | 11-8-1999 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.49 | 0.79 | 0.65 | ||||||||||||||||
Administrator Class (WTRXX) | 6-30-2010 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.30 | ||||||||||||||||
Institutional Class (WOTXX) | 10-31-2014 | 0.17 | 0.04 | 0.53 | 0.40 | 0.20 | ||||||||||||||||
Service Class (NWTXX) | 12-3-1990 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.52 | 0.69 | 0.50 | ||||||||||||||||
Sweep Class | 6-30-2010 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.52 | 0.95 | 0.95 |
Yield summary (%) as of January 31, 20173
Class A | Administrator Class |
Institutional Class |
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7-day current yield | 0.00 | 0.24 | 0.34 | 0.04 | 0.00 | |||||||||||||
7-day compound yield | 0.00 | 0.24 | 0.34 | 0.04 | 0.00 | |||||||||||||
30-day simple yield | 0.00 | 0.23 | 0.33 | 0.03 | 0.00 | |||||||||||||
30-day compound yield | 0.00 | 0.23 | 0.33 | 0.03 | 0.00 |
Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results, and do not reflect taxes that a shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Investment returns will fluctuate. The Fund’s yield figures more closely reflect the current earnings of the Fund than the total return figures. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted, which assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund’s website, wellsfargofunds.com.
Each class is sold without a front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge.
For government money market funds: You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the Fund at any time.
Please see footnotes on page 7.
Performance highlights (unaudited) | Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund | 7 |
Portfolio composition as of January 31, 20174 |
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Weighted average maturity as of January 31, 20175 |
46 days |
Weighted average life as of January 31, 20176 |
70 days |
1 | Historical performance shown for Administrator Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Service Class shares, and includes the higher expenses applicable to Service Class shares. If these expenses had not been included, returns would be higher. Historical performance shown for Institutional Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Administrator Class shares, and includes the higher expenses applicable to Administrator Class shares. If these expenses had not been included, returns would be higher. Historical performance shown for Sweep Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Service Class shares, and has not been adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Sweep Class shares. If these expenses had been adjusted, returns would be lower. |
2 | Reflects the expense ratios as stated in the most recent prospectuses. The expense ratios shown are subject to change and may differ from the annualized expense ratios shown in the financial highlights of this report. |
3 | The manager has contractually committed through October 13, 2017, 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 0.65% for Class A, 0.30% for Administrator Class, 0.20% for Institutional Class, 0.50% for Service Class, and 1.00% for Sweep Class. 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. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the expense cap. Without this cap, the Fund’s returns would have been lower. Without waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses, the Fund’s 7-day current yield would have been (0.25)%, 0.02%, 0.14%, (0.15)%, and (0.41)% for Class A, Administrator Class, Institutional Class, Service Class, and Sweep Class, respectively. |
4 | Amounts are calculated based on the total investments of the Fund. These amounts are subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. |
5 | Weighted Average Maturity (WAM): WAM is an average of the effective maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by each security’s percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. WAM calculations allow for the maturities of certain securities with demand features or periodic interest rate resets to be shortened. WAM is a way to measure a fund’s sensitivity to potential interest rate changes. WAM is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. |
6 | Weighted Average Life (WAL): WAL is an average of the final maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by their percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. In contrast to WAM, the calculation of WAL allows for the maturities of certain securities with demand features to be shortened, but not the periodic interest rate resets. WAL is a way to measure a fund’s potential sensitivity to credit spread changes. WAL is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. |
7 | The Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon Treasury Tri-Party Repo Index reflects the daily average of the interest rates negotiated between buyers and sellers for repurchase transactions involving particular collateral types where BNY Mellon acts as agent and intermediary for the buyer and seller. This index specifically reflects the interest rate for repurchase agreement transactions collateralized by U.S. Treasuries excluding Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
8 | Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund | Performance highlights (unaudited) |
MANAGER’S DISCUSSION
The majority of the Fund’s fiscal year that ended January 31, 2017, was characterized by steady interest rates that were higher than the near-zero rates prevailing for the several preceding years but still low by historical standards. Rates were higher in the last one and a half months of the period due to an increase of 0.25% in the federal funds rate by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) on December 14, 2016, to a new target range of 0.50% to 0.75%. Interest rates on all categories of government money market securities moved higher shortly before the Fed’s move and generally maintained those levels after the official increase. This past year also saw the full implementation of amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury and government money market funds continued to operate much as they always did, with stable $1.00 net asset values.
That action by the Fed came almost exactly one year after its previous interest-rate hike of 0.25% on December 16, 2015. At that time, after seven years with interest rates set near zero, the Fed’s projections showed further gradual interest-rate increases throughout 2016. Economic developments, including international ones, led the Fed to delay those plans for higher interest rates, and it ultimately was able to produce the lone December 2016 hike.
Three-month Treasury bill (T-bill) yields averaged 30 basis points (bps; 100 bps equals 1.00%) during the first 10.5 months of the reporting period preceding the Fed’s interest-rate hike. In the last one and a half months of the reporting period, after the Fed hike, 3-month T-bills yielded an average of 50 bps. For the entire year that ended January 31, 2017, 3-month T-bill yields averaged 33 bps, compared with 6 bps in the preceding 12-month period.
Although the increase in T-bill yields from year to year roughly matched the Fed’s moves, there were several underlying factors affecting interest rates that tended to offset each other over the year. Changes in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules regarding money market funds (MMFs) that became effective in October 2016 resulted in approximately $1 trillion of money moving from prime MMFs to U.S. government MMFs in the second half of 2016, adding to the demand for government securities, including T-bills. On the other hand, the U.S. Treasury increased the supply of T-bills by $284 billion in the year that ended January 31, 2017, partially offsetting the increased demand.
The yields on repurchase agreements (repos) generally followed the same path and were also heavily influenced by the Fed’s decisions. Overnight repo rates, as measured by the BNY Mellon Treasury Tri-Party Repo Index,7 averaged 29 bps in the first 10.5 months of the reporting period, before the Fed’s interest-rate hike, then rose to 51 bps on average over the balance of the reporting period that ended January 31, 2017. Overall, the average repo yield for the fiscal year that ended January 31, 2017, was 32 bps, compared with 10 bps in the prior 12-month period.
Our investment strategy remained consistent. We invested in T-bills and U.S. Treasury notes, including floating-rate notes, while taking into account the Fund’s overall level of liquidity and average maturity and seeking to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value.
Strategic outlook
In spite of having recently raised the federal funds rate, the Fed projects that it will continue to raise rates throughout the coming year. A year ago, the situation was nearly identical, but the Fed was able to raise rates only once, near the end of the year, which may cast doubt on its projections again this year. The economy has continued its solid, if unspectacular, performance, with a stronger labor market and very gradually rising, but still below target, inflation. The Fed has signaled that it will continue to proceed cautiously, weighing incoming economic data and other factors and modifying its interest-rate path accordingly. Added to the usual uncertainty this year are the changes in U.S. leadership resulting from the election in November 2016, with a Republican sweep of the presidency and both houses of Congress suggesting possible significant changes in economic policy. It’s possible that changes in fiscal policy could in turn affect the Fed’s interest-rate decisions. In the face of this heightened uncertainty, we believe that our investment strategy, with its focus on capital preservation and liquidity, will enable the Fund to continue to meet its objectives.
Please see footnotes on page 7.
Fund expenses (unaudited) | Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund | 9 |
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution (12b-1) and/or shareholder servicing fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period from August 1, 2016 to January 31, 2017.
Actual expenses
The “Actual” line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the “Actual” line under the heading entitled “Expenses paid during period” for your applicable class of shares to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes
The “Hypothetical” line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the “Hypothetical” line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.
Beginning account value 8-1-2016 |
Ending 1-31-2017 |
Expenses paid during the period¹ |
Annualized net expense ratio |
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Class A |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,000.05 | $ | 2.02 | 0.40 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.11 | $ | 2.05 | 0.40 | % | ||||||||
Administrator Class |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,000.57 | $ | 1.51 | 0.30 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.63 | $ | 1.53 | 0.30 | % | ||||||||
Institutional Class |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,001.07 | $ | 1.01 | 0.20 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,024.13 | $ | 1.02 | 0.20 | % | ||||||||
Service Class |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,000.08 | $ | 1.99 | 0.39 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.15 | $ | 2.01 | 0.39 | % | ||||||||
Sweep Class |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,000.05 | $ | 2.00 | 0.40 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.13 | $ | 2.03 | 0.40 | % |
1 | Expenses paid is equal to the annualized net expense ratio of each class multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year (to reflect the one-half-year period). |
10 | Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Treasury Debt: 101.54% |
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U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.14 | % | 3-2-2017 | $ | 413,820,000 | $ | 413,660,868 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.47 | 2-9-2017 | 394,660,000 | 394,618,817 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.47 | 2-23-2017 | 1,246,730,000 | 1,246,370,095 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.47 | 2-2-2017 | 620,765,000 | 620,756,842 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.49 | 3-9-2017 | 550,000,000 | 549,732,125 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.51 | 4-13-2017 | 250,000,000 | 249,751,007 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.51 | 4-27-2017 | 200,000,000 | 199,761,528 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.51 | 2-16-2017 | 668,835,000 | 668,693,271 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.51 | 5-4-2017 | 300,000,000 | 299,608,194 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.52 | 3-23-2017 | 200,000,000 | 199,856,944 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.53 | 4-20-2017 | 820,000,000 | 819,064,433 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.53 | 4-6-2017 | 300,000,000 | 299,716,000 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.54 | 3-16-2017 | 500,000,000 | 499,680,784 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.54 | 5-11-2017 | 25,000,000 | 24,963,219 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.55 | 3-30-2017 | 550,000,000 | 549,521,897 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.62 | 7-27-2017 | 40,000,000 | 39,879,538 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z)%% |
0.62 | 8-3-2017 | 45,000,000 | 44,857,813 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.62 | 6-1-2017 | 40,000,000 | 39,917,200 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.63 | 5-18-2017 | 10,000,000 | 9,981,583 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bond |
8.75 | 5-15-2017 | 40,000,000 | 40,926,646 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.50 | 4-30-2017 | 30,000,000 | 29,997,031 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note ± |
0.58 | 4-30-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,999,750 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note ± |
0.58 | 7-31-2017 | 130,000,000 | 129,977,179 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.63 | 2-15-2017 | 45,000,000 | 45,000,667 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.63 | 5-31-2017 | 40,000,000 | 40,007,167 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.63 | 8-31-2017 | 65,000,000 | 64,989,316 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note ±## |
0.65 | 1-31-2019 | 45,000,000 | 45,000,000 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note ± |
0.67 | 10-31-2017 | 200,000,000 | 199,913,227 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note ± |
0.68 | 10-31-2018 | 150,000,000 | 149,996,940 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note ± |
0.68 | 7-31-2018 | 200,000,000 | 200,012,757 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note ± |
0.70 | 4-30-2018 | 110,000,000 | 110,002,930 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.75 | 3-15-2017 | 20,000,000 | 20,005,613 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.75 | 10-31-2017 | 10,000,000 | 9,990,792 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note ± |
0.78 | 1-31-2018 | 180,000,000 | 180,043,291 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.88 | 2-28-2017 | 165,000,000 | 165,042,524 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.88 | 4-15-2017 | 40,000,000 | 40,025,350 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.88 | 4-30-2017 | 125,000,000 | 125,096,774 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.88 | 5-15-2017 | 20,000,000 | 20,021,642 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.88 | 10-15-2017 | 20,000,000 | 20,001,032 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.88 | 11-15-2017 | 10,000,000 | 10,001,285 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.88 | 1-15-2018 | 5,000,000 | 4,993,419 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
1.00 | 3-31-2017 | 10,000,000 | 10,006,381 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
1.00 | 9-15-2017 | 5,000,000 | 5,007,035 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
1.88 | 9-30-2017 | 60,000,000 | 60,446,751 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
1.88 | 10-31-2017 | 10,000,000 | 10,072,917 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
2.25 | 11-30-2017 | 50,000,000 | 50,577,428 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
2.75 | 5-31-2017 | 9,200,000 | 9,265,116 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
3.00 | 2-28-2017 | 90,000,000 | 90,167,930 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
4.25 | 11-15-2017 | 20,000,000 | 20,527,572 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
4.50 | 5-15-2017 | 20,000,000 | 20,220,771 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund | 11 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Treasury Debt (continued) |
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U.S. Treasury Note |
4.63 | % | 2-15-2017 | $ | 150,000,000 | $ | 150,239,760 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
4.75 | 8-15-2017 | 10,000,000 | 10,213,514 | ||||||||||||
Total Treasury Debt (Cost $9,308,182,665) |
9,308,182,665 | |||||||||||||||
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Total investments in securities (Cost $9,308,182,665) * | 101.54 | % | 9,308,182,665 | |||||
Other assets and liabilities, net |
(1.54 | ) | (141,491,390 | ) | ||||
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Total net assets | 100.00 | % | $ | 9,166,691,275 | ||||
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(z) | Zero coupon security. The rate represents the current yield to maturity. |
%% | The security is issued on a when-issued basis. |
± | Variable rate investment. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end. |
## | All or a portion of this security is segregated for when-issued securities. |
* | Cost for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial reporting purposes. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
12 | Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund | Statement of assets and liabilities—January 31, 2017 |
Assets |
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Investments in unaffiliated securities, at amortized cost |
$ | 9,308,182,665 | ||
Cash |
2,876 | |||
Receivable for investments sold |
498,572,430 | |||
Receivable for Fund shares sold |
368,970 | |||
Receivable for interest |
8,019,756 | |||
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
223,141 | |||
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Total assets |
9,815,369,838 | |||
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Liabilities |
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Dividends payable |
551,142 | |||
Payable for investments purchased |
644,352,840 | |||
Payable for Fund shares redeemed |
648,144 | |||
Management fee payable |
696,888 | |||
Distribution fee payable |
197,400 | |||
Administration fees payable |
764,755 | |||
Accrued expenses and other liabilities |
1,467,394 | |||
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Total liabilities |
648,678,563 | |||
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|
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Total net assets |
$ | 9,166,691,275 | ||
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|
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NET ASSETS CONSIST OF |
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Paid-in capital |
$ | 9,166,661,866 | ||
Undistributed net investment income |
3,235 | |||
Accumulated net realized gains on investments |
26,174 | |||
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Total net assets |
$ | 9,166,691,275 | ||
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COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE |
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Net assets – Class A |
$ | 363,638,994 | ||
Shares outstanding – Class A1 |
363,612,922 | |||
Net asset value per share – Class A |
$1.00 | |||
Net assets – Administrator Class |
$ | 1,226,946,980 | ||
Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1 |
1,226,861,687 | |||
Net asset value per share – Administrator Class |
$1.00 | |||
Net assets – Institutional Class |
$ | 3,566,677,739 | ||
Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1 |
3,566,514,568 | |||
Net asset value per share – Institutional Class |
$1.00 | |||
Net assets – Service Class |
$ | 3,337,171,658 | ||
Shares outstanding – Service Class1 |
3,336,952,658 | |||
Net asset value per share – Service Class |
$1.00 | |||
Net assets – Sweep Class |
$ | 672,255,904 | ||
Shares outstanding – Sweep Class1 |
672,209,579 | |||
Net asset value per share – Sweep Class |
$1.00 |
1 | The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Statement of operations—year ended January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund | 13 |
Investment income |
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Interest |
$ | 33,608,912 | ||
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Expenses |
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Management fee |
28,554,520 | |||
Administration fees |
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Class A |
816,368 | |||
Administrator Class |
1,741,614 | |||
Institutional Class |
1,803,023 | |||
Service Class |
4,847,808 | |||
Sweep Class |
1,375,177 | |||
Shareholder servicing fees |
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Class A |
927,691 | |||
Administrator Class |
1,695,896 | |||
Service Class |
10,063,006 | |||
Sweep Class |
1,876,763 | |||
Distribution fee |
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Sweep Class |
2,627,468 | |||
Custody and accounting fees |
448,043 | |||
Professional fees |
52,869 | |||
Registration fees |
317,830 | |||
Shareholder report expenses |
157,997 | |||
Trustees’ fees and expenses |
14,073 | |||
Other fees and expenses |
129,455 | |||
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|
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Total expenses |
57,449,601 | |||
Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements |
(29,216,844 | ) | ||
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|
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Net expenses |
28,232,757 | |||
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|
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Net investment income |
5,376,155 | |||
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|
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Net realized gains on investments |
347,696 | |||
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|
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Net increase in net assets resulting from operations |
$ | 5,723,851 | ||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
14 | Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund | Statement of changes in net assets |
Year ended January 31, 2017 |
Year ended January 31, 2016 |
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Operations |
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Net investment income |
$ | 5,376,155 | $ | 99,433 | ||||||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investments |
347,696 | (107,610 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations |
5,723,851 | (8,177 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
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Class A |
(126 | ) | (277 | ) | ||||||||||||
Administrator Class |
(973,968 | ) | (1,368 | ) | ||||||||||||
Institutional Class |
(4,084,009 | ) | (38,488 | ) | ||||||||||||
Service Class |
(93,373 | ) | (2,109 | ) | ||||||||||||
Sweep Class |
(247 | ) | (178 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net realized gains |
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Class A |
(18,882 | ) | (1,925 | ) | ||||||||||||
Administrator Class |
(89,010 | ) | (8,547 | ) | ||||||||||||
Institutional Class |
(152,769 | ) | (1,259 | ) | ||||||||||||
Service Class |
(187,100 | ) | (22,628 | ) | ||||||||||||
Sweep Class |
(40,594 | ) | (1,852 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Total distributions to shareholders |
(5,640,078 | ) | (78,631 | ) | ||||||||||||
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|
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Capital share transactions |
Shares | Shares | ||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares sold |
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Class A |
1,428,760,310 | 1,428,760,310 | 1,901,446,024 | 1,901,446,024 | ||||||||||||
Administrator Class |
4,591,892,019 | 4,591,892,019 | 6,440,523,252 | 6,440,523,252 | ||||||||||||
Institutional Class |
9,527,835,743 | 9,527,835,743 | 1,469,373,290 | 1,469,373,290 | ||||||||||||
Service Class |
20,737,559,430 | 20,737,559,430 | 25,698,628,836 | 25,698,628,836 | ||||||||||||
Sweep Class |
4,245,101,740 | 4,245,101,740 | 3,327,666,111 | 3,327,666,111 | ||||||||||||
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40,531,149,242 | 38,837,637,513 | |||||||||||||||
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Reinvestment of distributions |
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Class A |
18,985 | 18,985 | 2,185 | 2,185 | ||||||||||||
Administrator Class |
442,842 | 442,842 | 4,720 | 4,720 | ||||||||||||
Institutional Class |
3,183,842 | 3,183,842 | 34,826 | 34,826 | ||||||||||||
Service Class |
56,832 | 56,832 | 7,952 | 7,952 | ||||||||||||
Sweep Class |
40,841 | 40,841 | 2,030 | 2,030 | ||||||||||||
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3,743,342 | 51,713 | |||||||||||||||
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|
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Payment for shares redeemed |
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Class A |
(1,529,334,437 | ) | (1,529,334,437 | ) | (2,446,890,666 | ) | (2,446,890,666 | ) | ||||||||
Administrator Class |
(5,311,366,601 | ) | (5,311,366,601 | ) | (7,151,322,142 | ) | (7,151,322,142 | ) | ||||||||
Institutional Class |
(6,596,772,428 | ) | (6,596,772,428 | ) | (837,240,706 | ) | (837,240,706 | ) | ||||||||
Service Class |
(23,014,751,727 | ) | (23,014,751,727 | ) | (27,046,883,461 | ) | (27,046,883,461 | ) | ||||||||
Sweep Class |
(4,046,160,962 | ) | (4,046,160,962 | ) | (3,282,195,419 | ) | (3,282,195,419 | ) | ||||||||
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(40,498,386,155 | ) | (40,764,532,394 | ) | |||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions |
36,506,429 | (1,926,843,168 | ) | |||||||||||||
|
|
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Total increase (decrease) in net assets |
36,590,202 | (1,926,929,976 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Net assets |
||||||||||||||||
Beginning of period |
9,130,101,073 | 11,057,031,049 | ||||||||||||||
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End of period |
$ | 9,166,691,275 | $ | 9,130,101,073 | ||||||||||||
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|
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Undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income |
$ | 3,235 | $ | (7,079 | ) | |||||||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Financial highlights | Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund | 15 |
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
Year ended January 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
CLASS A | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1,2 | (0.00 | )1,2 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investments |
0.00 | 1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
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Total from investment operations |
0.00 | 1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
Net realized gains |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
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Total distributions to shareholders |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.01 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.79 | % | 0.79 | % | 0.79 | % | 0.79 | % | 0.77 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.36 | % | 0.08 | % | 0.04 | % | 0.06 | % | 0.09 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) |
0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | (0.00 | )% | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$363,639 | $464,176 | $1,009,623 | $932,956 | $290,743 |
1 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
2 | Calculated based upon average shares outstanding |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
16 | Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund | Financial highlights |
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
Year ended January 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | (0.00 | )1,2 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investments |
0.00 | 1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
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|
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|
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|
|
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Total from investment operations |
0.00 | 1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
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Total distributions to shareholders |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.07 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.52 | % | 0.51 | % | 0.51 | % | 0.51 | % | 0.52 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.30 | % | 0.08 | % | 0.04 | % | 0.06 | % | 0.09 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) |
0.06 | % | 0.00 | % | (0.00 | )% | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$1,226,947 | $1,945,991 | $2,656,805 | $2,754,138 | $2,632,074 |
1 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
2 | Calculated based upon average shares outstanding |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Financial highlights | Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund | 17 |
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
Year ended January 31 | ||||||||||||
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS | 2017 | 2016 | 20151 | |||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||
Net investment income (loss) |
0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | (0.00 | )2,3 | ||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investments |
0.00 | 2 | (0.00 | )2 | 0.00 | 2 | ||||||
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Total from investment operations |
0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | ||||||
Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
(0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | ||||||
Net realized gains |
(0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | ||||||
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Total distributions to shareholders |
(0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | ||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||
Total return4 |
0.17 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.00 | % | ||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.40 | % | 0.40 | % | 0.39 | % | ||||||
Net expenses |
0.20 | % | 0.11 | % | 0.04 | % | ||||||
Net investment income (loss) |
0.18 | % | 0.01 | % | (0.00 | )% | ||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$3,566,678 | $632,263 | $100 |
1 | For the period from October 31, 2014 (commencement of operations) to January 31, 2015 |
2 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
3 | Calculated based upon average shares outstanding |
4 | Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
18 | Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund | Financial highlights |
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
Year ended January 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
SERVICE CLASS | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | (0.00 | )1,2 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investments |
0.00 | 1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Total from investment operations |
0.00 | 1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
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Total distributions to shareholders |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.01 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.69 | % | 0.69 | % | 0.68 | % | 0.68 | % | 0.69 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.36 | % | 0.09 | % | 0.05 | % | 0.07 | % | 0.09 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) |
0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | (0.00 | )% | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$3,337,172 | $5,614,425 | $6,962,725 | $7,491,653 | $7,802,468 |
1 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
2 | Calculated based upon average shares outstanding |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Financial highlights | Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund | 19 |
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
Year ended January 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
SWEEP CLASS | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | (0.00 | )1,2 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investments |
0.00 | 1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Total from investment operations |
0.00 | 1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
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Total distributions to shareholders |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.01 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
1.11 | % | 1.14 | % | 1.14 | % | 1.14 | % | 1.14 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.36 | % | 0.09 | % | 0.04 | % | 0.06 | % | 0.09 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) |
0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | (0.00 | )% | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$672,256 | $473,246 | $427,778 | $390,560 | $447,234 |
1 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
2 | Calculated based upon average shares outstanding |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
20 | Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund | Notes to financial statements |
1. ORGANIZATION
Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust organized on March 10, 1999, is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). As an investment company, the Trust follows the accounting and reporting guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies. These financial statements report on the Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund (the “Fund”) which is a diversified series of the Trust.
During the year, the amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, were fully implemented by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury, government and retail money market funds continued to operate with stable $1.00 net asset values. Meanwhile, tax-exempt and prime money market funds experienced more changes. Institutional prime and municipal money market funds began transacting at market-based, or floating, net asset values. In addition, money market fund boards of directors have the discretion to impose liquidity fees or redemption gates on all non-government funds. As a result of the changes due to money market reform, the institutional prime and municipal money market funds may have been subject to significant flows in shareholder activity as assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1.00 net asset value.
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following significant accounting policies, which are consistently followed in the preparation of the financial statements of the Fund, are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Securities valuation
As permitted under Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act, portfolio securities are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. The amortized cost method involves valuing a security at its cost, plus accretion of discount or minus amortization of premium over the period until maturity.
Investments which are not valued using the method discussed above are valued at their fair value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Trustees of the Fund. The Board of Trustees has established a Valuation Committee comprised of the Trustees and has delegated to it the authority to take any actions regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of portfolio securities, unless the determination has been delegated to the Management Valuation Team of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”). The Board of Trustees retains the authority to make or ratify any valuation decisions or approve any changes to the Valuation Procedures as it deems appropriate. On a quarterly basis, the Board of Trustees receives reports on any valuation actions taken by the Valuation Committee or the Management Valuation Team which may include items for ratification.
Valuations of fair valued securities are compared to the next actual sales price when available, or other appropriate market values, to assess the continued appropriateness of the fair valuation methodologies used. These securities are fair valued on a day-to-day basis, taking into consideration changes to appropriate market information and any significant changes to the inputs considered in the valuation process until there is a readily available price provided on an exchange or by an independent pricing service. Valuations received from an independent pricing service or independent broker-dealer quotes are periodically validated by comparisons to most recent trades and valuations provided by other independent pricing services in addition to the review of prices by the manager and/or subadviser. Unobservable inputs used in determining fair valuations are identified based on the type of security, taking into consideration factors utilized by market participants in valuing the investment, knowledge about the issuer and the current market environment.
When-issued transactions
The Fund may purchase securities on a forward commitment or when-issued basis. The Fund records a when-issued transaction on the trade date and will segregate assets in an amount at least equal in value to the Fund’s commitment to purchase when-issued securities. Securities purchased on a when-issued basis are marked-to-market daily and the Fund begins earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may arise due to changes in the market value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.
Security transactions and income recognition
Securities transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses are recorded on the basis of identified cost.
Notes to financial statements | Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund | 21 |
Interest income is accrued daily and bond discounts are accreted and premiums are amortized daily based on the effective interest method. To the extent debt obligations are placed on non-accrual status, any related interest income may be reduced by writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has been determined to be doubtful based on consistently applied procedures and the fair value has decreased. If the issuer subsequently resumes interest payments or when the collectability of interest is reasonably assured, the debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status.
Distributions to shareholders
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income are accrued daily and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Such distributions are determined in conformity with federal income tax regulations, which may differ in amount or character from net investment income and realized gains recognized for purposes of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Federal and other taxes
The Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by distributing substantially all of its investment company taxable income and any net realized capital gains (after reduction for capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes was required.
The Fund’s income and federal excise tax returns and all financial records supporting those returns for the prior three fiscal years are subject to examination by the federal and Delaware revenue authorities. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal, state, and foreign tax returns for all open tax years and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.
Reclassifications are made to the Fund’s capital accounts for permanent tax differences to reflect income and gains available for distribution (or available capital loss carryforwards) under federal income tax regulations. U.S. generally accepted accounting principles require that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. At January 31, 2017, as a result of permanent book-to-tax differences, the following reclassification adjustments were made on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:
Undistributed net investment income |
Accumulated net realized gains on investments | |
$(214,118) | $214,118 |
Class allocations
The separate classes of shares offered by the Fund differ principally in distribution, shareholder servicing, and administration fees. Class specific expenses are charged directly to that share class. Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative proportion of net assets of each class.
3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS
Fair value measurements of investments are determined within a framework that has established a fair value hierarchy based upon the various data inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The three-level hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). The Fund’s investments are classified within the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The inputs are summarized into three broad levels as follows:
∎ | Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities |
∎ | Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) |
∎ | Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments in securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
22 | Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund | Notes to financial statements |
The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of January 31, 2017:
Quoted prices (Level 1) |
Other significant (Level 2) |
Significant (Level 3) |
Total | |||||||||||||
Assets |
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Investments in: |
||||||||||||||||
Treasury debt |
$ | 0 | $ | 9,308,182,665 | $ | 0 | $ | 9,308,182,665 | ||||||||
Total assets |
$ | 0 | $ | 9,308,182,665 | $ | 0 | $ | 9,308,182,665 |
The Fund recognizes transfers between levels within the fair value hierarchy at the end of the reporting period. At January 31, 2017, the Fund did not have any transfers into/out of Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3.
4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND OTHER EXPENSES
Management fee
Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”), is the manager of the Fund and provides advisory and fund-level administrative services under an investment management agreement. Under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, supervising the subadviser, providing fund-level administrative services in connection with the Fund’s operations, and providing any other fund-level administrative services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Fund. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive an annual management fee starting at 0.35% and declining to 0.23% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. For the year ended January 31, 2017, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.31% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
Funds Management has retained the services of a subadviser to provide daily portfolio management to the Fund. The fee for subadvisory services is borne by Funds Management. Wells Capital Management Incorporated, an affiliate of Funds Management and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo, is the subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from Funds Management at an annual rate starting at 0.05% and declining to 0.01% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase.
Administration fees
Under a class-level administration agreement, Funds Management provides class-level administrative services to the Fund, which includes paying fees and expenses for services provided by the transfer agent, sub-transfer agents, omnibus account servicers and record-keepers. As compensation for its services under the class-level administration agreement, Funds Management receives an annual fee which is calculated based on the average daily net assets of each class as follows:
Class-level administration fee |
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Class A |
0.22 | % | ||
Administrator Class |
0.10 | |||
Institutional Class |
0.08 | |||
Service Class |
0.12 | |||
Sweep Class |
0.03 | * |
* | Prior to November 17, 2016, the class-level administration fee for Sweep Class shares was 0.22% of its average daily net assets. |
Funds Management has contractually waived and/or reimbursed management and administration fees to the extent necessary to maintain certain net operating expense ratios for the Fund. Waiver of fees and/or reimbursement of expenses by Funds Management were made first from fund level expenses on a proportionate basis and then from class specific expenses. Funds Management has committed through October 13, 2017 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 0.65% for Class A shares, 0.30% for Administrator Class shares, 0.20% for Institutional Class shares, 0.50% for Service Class shares, and 1.00% for Sweep Class shares. 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. During the year ended January 31, 2017, Funds Management voluntarily waived additional expenses to maintain a positive yield.
Notes to financial statements | Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund | 23 |
During the year ended January 31, 2017, State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Fund’s custodian, reimbursed the Fund $12,179 for certain out-of-pocket expenses that were billed to the Fund in error from 1998-2015. This amount is included in interest income on the Statement of Operations. In addition, Funds Management was also reimbursed $9,699 for waivers/reimbursements it made to the Fund during the period the Fund was erroneously billed.
Distribution fee
The Trust has adopted a distribution plan for Sweep Class shares of the Fund pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. A distribution fees is charged to Sweep Class shares and paid to Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC, the principal underwriter, at an annual rate of 0.35% of the average daily net assets of Sweep Class shares.
Shareholder servicing fees
The Trust has entered into contracts with one or more shareholder servicing agents, whereby Class A, Service Class, and Sweep Class of the Fund are charged a fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of the respective average daily net assets of each class. Administrator Class is charged a fee at an annual rate of 0.10% of its average daily net assets.
A portion of these total shareholder servicing fees were paid to affiliates of Wells Fargo.
5. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS
The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended January 31, 2017 and January 31, 2016 were as follows:
Year ended January 31 | ||||||||
2017 | 2016 | |||||||
Ordinary income |
$ | 5,614,968 | $ | 78,631 | ||||
Long-term capital gain |
25,110 | 0 |
As of January 31, 2017, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:
Undistributed ordinary income |
Undistributed long-term gain | |
$565,267 | $19,586 |
6. INDEMNIFICATION
Under the Trust’s organizational documents, the officers and Trustees have been granted certain indemnification rights against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust may enter into contracts with service providers that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated.
7. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT
In December 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-19, Technical Corrections and Improvements. ASU 2016-19 includes an amendment to FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement which clarifies the difference between a valuation approach and a valuation technique. The amendment also requires an entity to disclose when there has been a change in either or both a valuation approach and/or a valuation technique. The disclosure requirements are effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of this new guidance to the financial statements.
8. REGULATORY CHANGES
In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new rules and forms and amended existing rules and forms (together, “final rules”) intended to modernize and enhance the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies and to enhance liquidity risk management by open-end mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. The final rules will enhance the quality of information available to investors and will allow the SEC to more effectively collect and use data reported by funds. In part, the final rules amend Regulation S-X and require standardized, enhanced disclosure about derivatives in the Fund’s financial statements, as well as other amendments. The compliance date for the amendments to Regulation S-X is August 1, 2017 while the compliance date for the new form types is June 1, 2018 and the compliance date for the liquidity risk management program requirements is December 1, 2018. Management is currently assessing the potential impact of these enhancements and their impact on the financial statement disclosures and reporting requirements.
24 | Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund | Report of independent registered public accounting firm |
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SHAREHOLDERS OF WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, of the Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund (the “Fund”), one of the funds constituting the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, as of January 31, 2017, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund as of January 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Boston, Massachusetts
Other information (unaudited) | Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund | 25 |
TAX INFORMATION
Pursuant to Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, $25,110 was designated as a 20% rate gain distribution for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017.
For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, $4,603,591 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.
For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, $463,245 has been designated as short-term capital gain dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.
For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, 100% of the dividends distributed was derived from interest on U.S. government securities.
PROXY VOTING INFORMATION
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222, visiting our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the Fund’s website at wellsfargofunds.com or by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov.
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION
The complete portfolio holdings for the Fund are publicly available on the Fund’s website (wellsfargofunds.com) on a 1-day delayed basis. The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q, which is available by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. In addition, the Fund’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC, and at regional offices in New York City, at 233 Broadway, and in Chicago, at 175 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 900. Information about the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
26 | Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund | Other information (unaudited) |
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
Each of the Trustees and Officers1 listed in the table below acts in identical capacities for each fund in the Wells Fargo family of funds, which consists of 138 mutual funds comprising the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and four closed-end funds (collectively the “Fund Complex”). This table should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information2. The mailing address of each Trustee and Officer is 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Each Trustee and Officer serves an indefinite term, however, each Trustee serves such term until reaching the mandatory retirement age established by the Trustees.
Independent Trustees
Name and year of birth |
Position held and length of service* |
Principal occupations during past five years or longer | Current other public company or investment company directorships | |||
William R. Ebsworth (Born 1957) |
Trustee, since 2015 | Retired. From 1984 to 2013, equities analyst, portfolio manager, research director and chief financial officer at Fidelity Management and Research Company in Boston, Tokyo, and Hong Kong and retired in 2013 as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Strategic Advisers, Inc. where he lead a team of investment professionals managing client assets. Prior thereto, Board member of Hong Kong Securities Clearing Co., Hong Kong Options Clearing Corp., the Thailand International Fund, Ltd., Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company, and Empire Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company. Board member of the Fonté Foundation (non-profit organization) and the Vincent Memorial Hospital Endowment (non-profit organization), where he serves on the Investment Committee and as a Chair of the Audit Committee. Mr. Ebsworth is a CFA® charterholder and an Adjunct Lecturer, Finance, at Babson College. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Jane A. Freeman (Born 1953) |
Trustee, since 2015 | Retired. From 2012 to 2014 and 1999 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Scientific Learning Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, Ms. Freeman provided consulting services related to strategic business projects. Prior to 1999, Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller & Co. and Scudder, Stevens & Clark. Board member of the Harding Loevner Funds from 1996 to 2014, serving as both Lead Independent Director and chair of the Audit Committee. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust from 2011 to 2012 and the chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Freeman is a Board Member of Ruth Bancroft Garden (non-profit organization) and an inactive chartered financial analyst. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Peter G. Gordon** (Born 1942) |
Trustee, since 1998; Chairman, since 2005 | Co-Founder, Retired Chairman, President and CEO of Crystal Geyser Water Company. Trustee Emeritus, Colby College. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Isaiah Harris, Jr. (Born 1952) |
Trustee, since 2009 | Retired. Chairman of the Board of CIGNA Corporation since 2009, and Director since 2005. From 2003 to 2011, Director of Deluxe Corporation. Prior thereto, President and CEO of BellSouth Advertising and Publishing Corp. from 2005 to 2007, President and CEO of BellSouth Enterprises from 2004 to 2005 and President of BellSouth Consumer Services from 2000 to 2003. Emeritus member of the Iowa State University Foundation Board of Governors. Emeritus Member of the Advisory Board of Iowa State University School of Business. Advisory Board Member, Palm Harbor Academy (charter school). Advisory Board Member, Child Evangelism Fellowship (non-profit). Mr. Harris is a certified public accountant (inactive status). | CIGNA Corporation; Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Judith M. Johnson (Born 1949) |
Trustee, since 2008; Audit Committee Chairman, since 2008 | Retired. Prior thereto, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund from 1996 to 2008. Ms. Johnson is an attorney, certified public accountant and a certified managerial accountant. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
David F. Larcker (Born 1950) |
Trustee, since 2009 | James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Director of the Corporate Governance Research Initiative and Senior Faculty of The Rock Center for Corporate Governance since 2006. From 2005 to 2008, Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. Prior thereto, Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania from 1985 to 2005. | Asset Allocation Trust |
Other information (unaudited) | Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund | 27 |
Name and year of birth |
Position held and length of service* |
Principal occupations during past five years or longer | Current other public company or investment company directorships | |||
Olivia S. Mitchell (Born 1953) |
Trustee, since 2006 | International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania since 1993. Director of Wharton’s Pension Research Council and Boettner Center on Pensions & Retirement Research, and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Previously, Cornell University Professor from 1978 to 1993. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Timothy J. Penny (Born 1951) |
Trustee, since 1996 | President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, a non-profit organization, since 2007 and Senior Fellow at the Humphrey Institute Policy Forum at the University of Minnesota since 1995. Member of the Board of Trustees of NorthStar Education Finance, Inc., a non-profit organization, since 2007. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Michael S. Scofield (Born 1943) |
Trustee, since 2010 | Served on the Investment Company Institute’s Board of Governors and Executive Committee from 2008-2011 as well the Governing Council of the Independent Directors Council from 2006-2011 and the Independent Directors Council Executive Committee from 2008-2011. Chairman of the IDC from 2008-2010. Institutional Investor (Fund Directions) Trustee of Year in 2007. Trustee of the Evergreen Funds complex (and its predecessors) from 1984 to 2010. Chairman of the Evergreen Funds from 2000-2010. Former Trustee of the Mentor Funds. Retired Attorney, Law Offices of Michael S. Scofield. | Asset Allocation Trust |
* | Length of service dates reflect the Trustee’s commencement of service with the Trust’s predecessor entities, where applicable. |
** | Peter Gordon is expected to retire on December 31, 2017. |
Officers
Name and year of birth |
Position held and length of service |
Principal occupations during past five years or longer | ||||
(Born 1960) |
President, since 2017 | Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managaers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014. | ||||
(Born 1967) |
Treasurer, since 2012 | Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2011. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at LightBox Capital Management LLC, from 2008 to 2011. | ||||
C. David Messman (Born 1960) |
Secretary, since 2000; Chief Legal Officer, since 2003 | Senior Vice President and Secretary of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2001. Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2013 and Vice President and Managing Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. from 1996 to 2013. | ||||
Michael Whitaker (Born 1967) |
Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016 |
Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2016. Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity’s Fixed Income Funds and Asset Allocation Funds from 2008 to 2016, Compliance Officer of FMR Co., Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016. | ||||
David Berardi (Born 1975) |
Assistant Treasurer, since 2009 | Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010. | ||||
Jeremy DePalma1 (Born 1974) |
Assistant Treasurer, since 2009 | Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Senior Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010. |
1 | Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 69 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex. |
2 | The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222 or by visiting the website at wellsfargofunds.com. |
28 | Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund | List of abbreviations |
The following is a list of common abbreviations for terms and entities that may have appeared in this report.
ACA | — ACA Financial Guaranty Corporation |
ADR | — American depositary receipt |
ADS | — American depositary shares |
AGC | — Assured Guaranty Corporation |
AGM | — Assured Guaranty Municipal |
Ambac | — Ambac Financial Group Incorporated |
AMT | — Alternative minimum tax |
AUD | — Australian dollar |
BAN | — Bond anticipation notes |
BHAC | — Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corporation |
BRL | — Brazilian real |
CAB | — Capital appreciation bond |
CAD | — Canadian dollar |
CCAB | — Convertible capital appreciation bond |
CDA | — Community Development Authority |
CDO | — Collateralized debt obligation |
CHF | — Swiss franc |
COP | — Colombian peso |
CLP | — Chilean peso |
DKK | — Danish krone |
DRIVER | — Derivative inverse tax-exempt receipts |
DW&P | — Department of Water & Power |
DWR | — Department of Water Resources |
ECFA | — Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority |
EDA | — Economic Development Authority |
EDFA | — Economic Development Finance Authority |
ETF | — Exchange-traded fund |
EUR | — Euro |
FDIC | — Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
FFCB | — Federal Farm Credit Banks |
FGIC | — Financial Guaranty Insurance Corporation |
FHA | — Federal Housing Administration |
FHLB | — Federal Home Loan Bank |
FHLMC | — Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation |
FICO | — The Financing Corporation |
FNMA | — Federal National Mortgage Association |
FSA | — Farm Service Agency |
GBP | — Great British pound |
GDR | — Global depositary receipt |
GNMA | — Government National Mortgage Association |
GO | — General obligation |
HCFR | — Healthcare facilities revenue |
HEFA | — Health & Educational Facilities Authority |
HEFAR | — Higher education facilities authority revenue |
HFA | — Housing Finance Authority |
HFFA | — Health Facilities Financing Authority |
HKD | — Hong Kong dollar |
HUD | — Department of Housing and Urban Development |
HUF | — Hungarian forint |
IDA | — Industrial Development Authority |
IDAG | — Industrial Development Agency |
IDR | — Indonesian rupiah |
IEP | — Irish pound |
JPY | — Japanese yen |
KRW | — Republic of Korea won |
LIBOR | — London Interbank Offered Rate |
LIFER | — Long Inverse Floating Exempt Receipts |
LIQ | — Liquidity agreement |
LLC | — Limited liability company |
LLLP | — Limited liability limited partnership |
LLP | — Limited liability partnership |
LOC | — Letter of credit |
LP | — Limited partnership |
MBIA | — Municipal Bond Insurance Association |
MFHR | — Multifamily housing revenue |
MSTR | — Municipal securities trust receipts |
MTN | — Medium-term note |
MUD | — Municipal Utility District |
MXN | — Mexican peso |
MYR | — Malaysian ringgit |
National | — National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation |
NGN | — Nigerian naira |
NOK | — Norwegian krone |
NZD | — New Zealand dollar |
PCFA | — Pollution Control Financing Authority |
PCL | — Public Company Limited |
PCR | — Pollution control revenue |
PFA | — Public Finance Authority |
PFFA | — Public Facilities Financing Authority |
PFOTER | — Puttable floating option tax-exempt receipts |
plc | — Public limited company |
PLN | — Polish zloty |
PUTTER | — Puttable tax-exempt receipts |
R&D | — Research & development |
Radian | — Radian Asset Assurance |
RAN | — Revenue anticipation notes |
RDA | — Redevelopment Authority |
RDFA | — Redevelopment Finance Authority |
REIT | — Real estate investment trust |
ROC | — Reset option certificates |
RON | — Romanian lei |
RUB | — Russian ruble |
SAVRS | — Select auction variable rate securities |
SBA | — Small Business Authority |
SDR | — Swedish depositary receipt |
SEK | — Swedish krona |
SFHR | — Single-family housing revenue |
SFMR | — Single-family mortgage revenue |
SGD | — Singapore dollar |
SPA | — Standby purchase agreement |
SPDR | — Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipts |
SPEAR | — Short Puttable Exempt Adjustable Receipts |
STRIPS | — Separate trading of registered interest and |
principal securities |
TAN | — Tax anticipation notes |
TBA | — To be announced |
THB | — Thai baht |
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2 | Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund | Letter to shareholders (unaudited) |
President
Wells Fargo Funds
U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.
Dear Shareholder:
As the new president of Wells Fargo Funds now that Karla Rabusch is retiring from that position after nearly 14 years, I am pleased to offer you this annual report for the Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund for the 12-month period that ended January 31, 2017. The U.S. economy displayed resilience during the period although growth remained somewhat sluggish. International economies generally faced deeper ongoing challenges. Despite heightened market volatility, global stocks delivered strong results overall. U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively, as measured by the S&P 500 Index1 and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net)2; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.
In February–March 2016, fears about global economic weakness prevailed and then abated.
As the reporting period began, most stock markets worldwide were in the midst of a decline fueled by concerns such as weak global growth, falling commodity prices, and uncertainty over the timing and effect of interest-rate increases by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed). In mid-February, fears abated somewhat and global markets generally rallied. Meanwhile, bond investors’ fears about falling commodity prices, a slowing Chinese economy, weakness in European banks, and market volatility also lessened, which led to a greater appetite for risk and allowed lower-rated and longer-maturity bonds to outperform. With ongoing uncertainties about global growth and financial markets, the Fed held off from raising the target interest rate. Outside the U.S., the eurozone fell into deflation in February; in response, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced an expansion of its stimulus program. In China, the government in March set an anticipated growth rate of 6.5% to 7.0% for 2016, an acknowledgment of weakening growth. In emerging markets, although central-bank stimulus and improved prices for oil and other commodities led to stock-market rallies, many of these countries’ economies faced the potential of credit downgrades due to challenges such as the likelihood of a stronger U.S. dollar, which would make dollar-denominated debt more expensive.
Worries over interest rates and the U.K.’s Brexit vote largely drove markets during the second quarter of 2016.
U.S. stocks were in positive territory in April, plunged briefly in May on worries of a possible June interest-rate increase, then rallied until early June. The first three weeks of June brought heightened volatility, spurred largely by a disappointing jobs report and uncertainty over whether the U.K. would remain in the European Union (E.U.). The U.K.’s Brexit vote on June 23 shocked countries worldwide. Stock markets fell as investors worried that the U.K.’s departure from the E.U. would slow global growth and prolong the low-interest-rate environment. Following the initial rout, however, U.S. stocks rose as investors seemed to decide that any negative effects would be more localized and not create a serious risk for global
1 | The S&P 500 Index consists of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation. It is a market-value-weighted index with each stock’s weight in the index proportionate to its market value. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
2 | The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) All Country World Index (ACWI) ex USA Index (Net) is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the United States and Canada. Source: MSCI. MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used as a basis for other indexes or any securities or financial products. This report is not approved, reviewed, or produced by MSCI. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
3 | The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (formerly known as Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index) is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar–denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
Letter to shareholders (unaudited) | Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund | 3 |
growth. Similarly, government bonds rallied immediately post-Brexit, and non-Treasury sectors rallied soon after as investors regained their appetite for risk. As a result, most bond markets remained in a situation of ultralow yields and tight credit spreads. Interestingly, U.S. bonds continued to be supported by demand from both domestic and foreign buyers looking for positive yield since U.S. interest rates were the highest among developed-country bonds. Also notable was the rebound in oil prices to nearly $50 per barrel in June, driven by a lower rig count, unplanned supply outages, more refinery production ahead of the summer driving season, and a weaker dollar.
Globally, stocks delivered positive results in the third quarter of 2016; bonds’ interest rates remained low.
Stocks’ upward trend continued into August and then lost some steam. Ever since the Great Recession, markets worldwide have been supported to varying degrees by accommodative policies from leading central banks, including the Fed, ECB, Bank of England, and Bank of Japan. As a result, investors have watched closely for any signs that global central banks might tighten their measures. In the U.S., early-September comments by several Fed officials appeared to suggest a September interest-rate increase, which sent stock and bond prices down. However, stocks surged following the Fed’s September 20 meeting on news that the Fed had decided to delay a rate increase to later in 2016. In bond markets, interest rates rose during the quarter but remained at historically low levels as a result of easy monetary policies, subdued global growth, and modest inflation expectations. After bottoming in early July, yields began to rise again as market participants felt that yields had overshot the real risks of the U.K.’s Brexit vote and as economic activity strengthened. At the front end of the yield curve, anticipation of new money market fund rules resulted in significantly higher yields on many short-term securities.
During the fourth quarter of 2016, prospects for faster growth and higher interest rates in the U.S. influenced markets.
Early in the fourth quarter of 2016, U.S. stocks tended to trade lower amid concerns such as a likely interest-rate increase and uncertainty over the approaching general election. However, following Donald Trump’s election as president in early November, U.S. stocks began to rally. Investors appeared optimistic that the new administration would usher in a series of pro-growth policies, and supportive economic news helped the rally carry through the quarter. The buoyant environment sent interest rates higher as well. At its mid-December meeting, Fed officials raised their short-term target interest rate for the first time in a year, by a quarter percentage point, to between 0.50% and 0.75%. The fourth quarter also saw the implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rules for money market funds, which included floating net asset values (NAVs) for institutional prime and municipal money market funds as well as liquidity fees and redemption gates. In the year leading up to money fund reform implementation, nearly $1 trillion in assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1 NAV. Outside of the U.S., the prospects for faster U.S. growth appeared to trigger some acceleration in Europe. The improvement may be partly attributable to expectations for further strengthening of the U.S. dollar, which in turn could improve demand for European goods in the U.S. due to weakening of the euro relative to the dollar.
4 | Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund | Letter to shareholders (unaudited) |
Investor optimism continued into January 2017.
January brought continued strength in global stock markets. Markets were lifted by factors such as strong trade data from Japan, robust earnings reports by businesses, and investors’ hopes that the U.S. government will approve a large fiscal stimulus package.
Don’t let short-term uncertainty derail long-term investment goals.
Periods of uncertainty can present challenges, but experience has taught us that maintaining long-term investment goals can be an effective way to plan for the future. To help you create a sound strategy based on your personal goals and risk tolerance, Wells Fargo Funds offers more than 100 mutual funds spanning a wide range of asset classes and investment styles. Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance. We encourage investors to know their investments and to understand that appropriate levels of risk-taking may unlock opportunities.
Thank you for choosing to invest in Wells Fargo Funds. We appreciate your confidence in us and remain committed to helping you meet your financial needs.
Sincerely,
President
Wells Fargo Funds
Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance.
For further information about your Fund, contact your investment professional, visit our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or call us directly at 1-800-222-8222. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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6 | Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund | Performance highlights (unaudited) |
Investment objective
The Fund seeks current income, while preserving capital and liquidity.
Manager
Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC
Subadvisers
Wells Capital Management Incorporated
Wells Capital Management Singapore
Portfolio managers
Michael C. Bird, CFA®
Jeffrey L. Weaver, CFA®
Laurie White
Average annual total returns (%) as of January 31, 20171
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Administrator Class (WFAXX) | 7-31-2003 | 0.33 | 0.08 | 0.81 | 0.35 | 0.35 | ||||||||||||||||
Institutional Class (WFIXX) | 10-14-1987 | 0.46 | 0.13 | 0.89 | 0.23 | 0.20 | ||||||||||||||||
Select Class (WFQXX) | 6-29-2007 | 0.53 | 0.20 | 0.96 | 0.19 | 0.13 | ||||||||||||||||
Service Class (NWIXX) | 10-14-1987 | 0.17 | 0.04 | 0.74 | 0.52 | 0.50 |
Yield summary (%) as of January 31, 20173
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7-day current yield | 0.62 | 0.75 | 0.82 | 0.45 | ||||||||||
7-day compound yield | 0.63 | 0.76 | 0.83 | 0.46 | ||||||||||
30-day simple yield | 0.59 | 0.72 | 0.79 | 0.42 | ||||||||||
30-day compound yield | 0.59 | 0.72 | 0.79 | 0.42 |
Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results, and do not reflect taxes that a shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Investment returns will fluctuate. The Fund’s yield figures more closely reflect the current earnings of the Fund than the total return figures. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted, which assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund’s website, wellsfargofunds.com.
Each class is sold without a front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge.
For floating NAV money market funds: You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Because the share price of the Fund will fluctuate, when you sell your shares they may be worth more or less than what you originally paid for them. The Fund may impose a fee upon sale of your shares or may temporarily suspend your ability to sell shares if the Fund’s liquidity falls below required minimums because of market conditions or other factors. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the Fund at any time.
Please see footnotes on page 7.
Performance highlights (unaudited) | Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund | 7 |
Portfolio composition as of January 31, 20174 |
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Weighted average maturity as of January 31, 20175 | ||||
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Weighted average life as of January 31, 20176 | ||||
36 days |
Effective maturity distribution as of January 31, 20174 |
1 | Historical performance shown for Select Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Institutional Class shares, and includes the higher expenses applicable to Institutional Class shares. If these expenses had not been included, returns would be higher. |
2 | Reflects the expense ratios as stated in the most recent prospectuses. The expense ratios shown are subject to change and may differ from the annualized expense ratios shown in the financial highlights of this report. |
3 | The manager has contractually committed through October 13, 2017, 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 the amounts shown. 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. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the expense cap. Without this cap, the Fund’s returns would have been lower. Without waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses, the Fund’s 7-day current yield would have been 0.58%, 0.70%, 0.74%, and 0.41%, for Administrator Class, Institutional Class, Select Class, and Service Class, respectively. |
4 | Amounts are calculated based on the total investments of the Fund. These amounts are subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. |
5 | Weighted Average Maturity (WAM): WAM is an average of the effective maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by each security’s percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. WAM calculations allow for the maturities of certain securities with demand features or periodic interest rate resets to be shortened. WAM is a way to measure a fund’s sensitivity to potential interest rate changes. WAM is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. |
6 | Weighted Average Life (WAL): WAL is an average of the final maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by their percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. In contrast to WAM, the calculation of WAL allows for the maturities of certain securities with demand features to be shortened, but not the periodic interest rate resets. WAL is a way to measure a fund’s potential sensitivity to credit spread changes. WAL is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. |
8 | Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund | Performance highlights (unaudited) |
MANAGER’S DISCUSSION
Interest rates were fairly steady throughout the Fund’s reporting period, which ended January 31, 2017. The reporting period began just after the first U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) tightening in 10 years, which occurred in December 2015, and expectations for further increases were quickly tempered due to concerns about the domestic economy, the Chinese economy, and slumping oil prices. Confirmation of economic softening followed in March when the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC’s) Summary of Economic Projections (also known as the dot plot) was revised to show only two increases expected for the year, down from the four implied by the previous dot plot release. The Fed used its April minutes to reopen the door to a possible hike during the summer months, but once again, the U.K.’s vote to exit the European Union at the end of June 2016 dashed those hopes. Using three-month LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) as a proxy, rates in the prime space bumped along near 0.60% for the entire first half of the year.
The amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, were fully implemented by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury and government money market funds continued to operate much as they always did, with stable $1.00 net asset values. Meanwhile, tax-exempt and prime funds experienced more changes. Institutional prime and municipal money market funds began transacting at market-based, or floating, net asset values. This was one of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s main rule changes taking effect in 2016, and it is intended to help prevent runs on money market funds by making it clear to shareholders that the value of these institutional money market funds may fluctuate. In addition, money market fund boards of directors have discretion to impose either a liquidity fee of up to 2% on shareholder redemptions or a temporary suspension of redemptions (gate) if a fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below 30% of its total assets and the board determines that the fee or gate is in the best interest of the fund’s shareholders. Meanwhile, retail investors will continue to transact at a stable $1.00 NAV but may be subject to liquidity fees and redemption gates. (For more information, see our website’s Money Market Fund Regulatory Resource Center, accessed through the Institutional Cash Management tab.)
The highlight for money market funds during the reporting period was the full implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) new rules in October 2016, including floating net asset values on institutional funds, and liquidity fees and redemption gates on all non-government funds. April 2016 was a milestone of sorts with the first set of rule changes being implemented. The April rule changes included enhanced stress testing, aggregation of affiliated issuers for diversification purposes, requiring the issuers of asset-backed commercial paper to be treated as guarantors subject to the 10% guarantor limit, and enhanced portfolio disclosures on each fund’s website to provide greater transparency to investors.
Midyear, the focus shifted from the economy and the Fed, usually the most important driver of money market rates, to the implementation of the new SEC rules. While many expected assets to shift out of prime money market funds and into government money market funds (and other asset classes), no one knew when these shifts might occur and how large they would be. By the second quarter of 2016, portfolio managers were shortening weighted average maturities of prime money market funds and increasing liquidity to prepare for the asset shift. That trend accelerated through the summer, with investors shunning trades in securities with a maturity date longer than October 14, 2016. At the same time, the pace of rotation out of prime funds and into government funds increased.
In the weeks leading up to implementation day, the intentions of direct-purchase money market fund holders was still a mystery and their assets were consequently stubbornly sticky. In contrast, most sponsor- and intermediary-driven flows resulting from prime money market shareholders converting to government money market funds or prime fund liquidations, had already occurred or were well communicated as to timing and amount. Consequently, most institutional prime fund managers, including us, chose to be extremely liquid. By the end of September 2016, prime assets had declined from $1.3 trillion at the end of 2015 to $583 billion, or about a 55% decline, and yields on short-term securities rapidly adjusted higher as demand dried up.
Leading into implementation, we repositioned a large portion of our holdings into variable-rate demand notes because they offered two advantages over very short-term time deposits or repurchase agreements (repos): daily or weekly liquidity and a significant yield advantage over taxable securities due to the reform-related asset outflows from tax-exempt money market products. As assets stabilized toward the end of the reporting period, we were then able to take advantage of a steep yield curve by opportunistically buying floating-rate notes and longer-dated securities. The steep money market curve reflected not only the marketplace’s efforts to find equilibrium between much-reduced demand and supply but also a belief that focus could once again revert back to economic expectations. Indeed, the Fed raised rates again at its December 2016 FOMC meeting, targeting the federal funds rate to between 0.50% and 0.75%.
Performance highlights (unaudited) | Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund | 9 |
Strategic outlook
Now that we, as an industry, are past money market reform, a bit of normalcy is returning. With a new president seeming to promise fiscal stimulus to prod the economy into renewed growth, the Fed is likely to become a bigger influence this year than it has been in the recent past. The yield spread between government and prime securities is wide and widening. While demand from the increase in government money market funds as well as other factors, such as worries about the approaching U.S. debt ceiling, should keep a lid on government yields, the yield curve in the prime space should maintain its positive slope as the Fed maintains its intention to continue to raise the federal funds rate during 2017. As the yield differential increases, we might see a shift from government funds back to prime funds. In any case, we remain ever mindful of our investment philosophy and strategy of preservation of principal and liquidity and continue to emphasize high-credit and highly liquid securities in the portfolios.
10 | Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund | Fund expenses (unaudited) |
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, shareholder servicing fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period from August 1, 2016 to January 31, 2017.
Actual expenses
The “Actual” line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the “Actual” line under the heading entitled “Expenses paid during period” for your applicable class of shares to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes
The “Hypothetical” line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the “Hypothetical” line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.
Beginning account value 8-1-2016 |
Ending account value 1-31-2017 |
Expenses paid during the period¹ |
Annualized net expense ratio |
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Administrator Class |
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$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,002.20 | $ | 1.66 | 0.33 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.48 | $ | 1.68 | 0.33 | % | ||||||||
Institutional Class |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,002.86 | $ | 1.01 | 0.20 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,024.13 | $ | 1.02 | 0.20 | % | ||||||||
Select Class |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,003.21 | $ | 0.65 | 0.13 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,024.48 | $ | 0.66 | 0.13 | % | ||||||||
Service Class |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,001.45 | $ | 2.52 | 0.50 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,022.62 | $ | 2.54 | 0.50 | % |
1 | Expenses paid is equal to the annualized net expense ratio of each class multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year (to reflect the one-half-year period). |
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund | 11 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Agency Securities: 1.06% |
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FHLMC Series M021 Class A ±§ |
0.69 | % | 6-15-2036 | $ | 20,545,000 | $ | 20,545,004 | |||||||||
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Total Agency Securities (Cost $20,545,000) |
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Certificates of Deposit: 17.81% |
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Banco del Estado de Chile |
1.10 | 4-18-2017 | 10,000,000 | 10,003,320 | ||||||||||||
Bank of Montreal |
1.08 | 4-4-2017 | 15,000,000 | 15,009,118 | ||||||||||||
Bank of Montreal |
1.16 | 6-7-2017 | 10,000,000 | 10,002,610 | ||||||||||||
Bank of Nova Scotia ± |
1.31 | 5-11-2017 | 10,000,000 | 10,008,256 | ||||||||||||
Bank of Nova Scotia ± |
1.32 | 4-6-2017 | 20,000,000 | 20,015,427 | ||||||||||||
Chiba Bank Limited |
1.10 | 3-13-2017 | 30,000,000 | 30,004,241 | ||||||||||||
Chiba Bank Limited |
1.10 | 3-23-2017 | 20,000,000 | 20,001,958 | ||||||||||||
Cooperatieve Centrale ± |
1.14 | 7-10-2017 | 20,000,000 | 20,000,759 | ||||||||||||
Credit Suisse (New York) ± |
1.47 | 5-12-2017 | 11,000,000 | 11,010,545 | ||||||||||||
Credit Suisse (New York) ± |
1.47 | 7-10-2017 | 10,000,000 | 10,001,718 | ||||||||||||
Erste Bank der Oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG ±144A |
1.12 | 3-14-2017 | 30,000,000 | 30,011,228 | ||||||||||||
HSBC Bank plc |
0.60 | 2-1-2017 | 23,000,000 | 23,000,000 | ||||||||||||
HSBC Bank plc ±144A |
1.19 | 6-7-2017 | 12,000,000 | 12,003,886 | ||||||||||||
KBC Bank |
0.58 | 2-1-2017 | 12,000,000 | 12,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Mizuho Bank Limited ± |
1.52 | 3-7-2017 | 12,000,000 | 12,008,550 | ||||||||||||
National Bank of Kuwait |
0.58 | 2-1-2017 | 28,000,000 | 28,000,000 | ||||||||||||
NBAD Americas NV |
0.58 | 2-1-2017 | 28,000,000 | 28,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Norinchukin Bank |
0.90 | 2-15-2017 | 8,000,000 | 8,000,587 | ||||||||||||
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation ± |
1.42 | 4-18-2017 | 12,000,000 | 12,010,036 | ||||||||||||
Svenska Handelsbanken NY ± |
1.17 | 8-7-2017 | 14,000,000 | 14,001,900 | ||||||||||||
Swedbank ± |
1.12 | 5-22-2017 | 10,000,000 | 10,002,190 | ||||||||||||
Total Certificates of Deposit (Cost $345,026,541) |
345,096,329 | |||||||||||||||
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Commercial Paper: 39.32% |
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Asset-Backed Commercial Paper: 21.80% | ||||||||||||||||
Alpine Securitization Limited 144A(z) |
1.00 | 2-2-2017 | 6,000,000 | 5,999,889 | ||||||||||||
Alpine Securitization Limited 144A(z) |
1.02 | 2-10-2017 | 4,000,000 | 3,999,281 | ||||||||||||
Alpine Securitization Limited 144A(z) |
1.18 | 3-21-2017 | 9,000,000 | 8,989,644 | ||||||||||||
Anglesea Funding LLC ±144A |
1.00 | 6-30-2017 | 18,000,000 | 17,999,439 | ||||||||||||
Antalis SA 144A(z) |
0.85 | 2-13-2017 | 12,820,000 | 12,816,846 | ||||||||||||
Antalis SA 144A(z) |
1.00 | 2-2-2017 | 7,000,000 | 6,999,870 | ||||||||||||
Antalis SA 144A(z) |
1.15 | 4-7-2017 | 15,000,000 | 14,974,812 | ||||||||||||
Atlantic Asset Securitization Corporation 144A(z) |
1.05 | 3-6-2017 | 8,000,000 | 7,993,305 | ||||||||||||
Barton Capital Corporation 144A(z) |
0.95 | 3-8-2017 | 3,000,000 | 2,997,527 | ||||||||||||
Barton Capital Corporation 144A(z) |
0.97 | 3-9-2017 | 13,000,000 | 12,988,872 | ||||||||||||
Cancara Asset Security Limited (z) |
0.91 | 3-13-2017 | 3,000,000 | 2,997,210 | ||||||||||||
Cedar Spring Capital Company 144A(z) |
1.08 | 2-9-2017 | 9,000,000 | 8,998,076 | ||||||||||||
Chesham Finance Limited 144A(z) |
0.73 | 2-1-2017 | 20,000,000 | 20,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Concord Minutemen Capital Company 144A(z) |
0.85 | 2-9-2017 | 15,000,000 | 14,997,627 | ||||||||||||
Concord Minutemen Capital Company 144A(z) |
0.85 | 2-13-2017 | 15,000,000 | 14,996,310 | ||||||||||||
Gotham Funding Corporation 144A(z) |
0.94 | 3-8-2017 | 11,000,000 | 10,991,231 | ||||||||||||
Kells Funding LLC 144A(z) |
0.78 | 2-14-2017 | 10,000,000 | 9,997,422 | ||||||||||||
Kells Funding LLC 144A(z) |
0.79 | 2-21-2017 | 10,000,000 | 9,995,889 | ||||||||||||
Kells Funding LLC 144A(z) |
0.95 | 2-7-2017 | 9,000,000 | 8,998,995 | ||||||||||||
Kells Funding LLC ±144A |
1.22 | 5-2-2017 | 12,000,000 | 12,004,607 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
12 | Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Asset-Backed Commercial Paper (continued) | ||||||||||||||||
Lexington Parker Capital Company LLC 144A(z) |
1.15 | % | 4-20-2017 | $ | 20,000,000 | $ | 19,956,883 | |||||||||
LMA Amercias LLC 144A(z) |
0.95 | 2-8-2017 | 12,000,000 | 11,998,353 | ||||||||||||
LMA Americas LLC 144A(z) |
1.05 | 3-7-2017 | 11,000,000 | 10,991,512 | ||||||||||||
Manhattan Asset Funding Company LLC 144A(z) |
0.94 | 3-3-2017 | 15,000,000 | 14,989,962 | ||||||||||||
Matchpoint Finance plc 144A(z) |
0.95 | 3-9-2017 | 9,000,000 | 8,991,873 | ||||||||||||
Matchpoint Finance plc 144A(z) |
1.02 | 3-7-2017 | 9,000,000 | 8,992,375 | ||||||||||||
Mont Blanc Capital Corporation 144A(z) |
0.90 | 3-27-2017 | 14,772,000 | 14,752,434 | ||||||||||||
Nieuw Amsterdam Receivable 144A(z) |
0.87 | 3-13-2017 | 15,000,000 | 14,986,050 | ||||||||||||
Nieuw Amsterdam Receivable 144A(z) |
0.88 | 2-3-2017 | 7,000,000 | 6,999,738 | ||||||||||||
Regency Markets No.1 LLC 144A(z) |
0.80 | 2-8-2017 | 15,000,000 | 14,997,941 | ||||||||||||
Ridgefield Funding Company 144A(z) |
1.07 | 4-3-2017 | 33,000,000 | 32,949,116 | ||||||||||||
Starbird Funding Corporation 144A(z) |
1.02 | 3-7-2017 | 9,000,000 | 8,992,375 | ||||||||||||
Versailles Commercial Paper LLC ±144A |
1.02 | 6-1-2017 | 24,000,000 | 24,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Victory Receivables 144A(z) |
0.94 | 3-3-2017 | 19,000,000 | 18,984,119 | ||||||||||||
422,319,583 | ||||||||||||||||
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|
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Financial Company Commercial Paper: 17.07% | ||||||||||||||||
Banco de Credito e Inversiones 144A(z) |
1.10 | 2-15-2017 | 8,000,000 | 7,996,494 | ||||||||||||
Bank of Nova Scotia ±144A |
1.21 | 8-4-2017 | 10,000,000 | 10,000,626 | ||||||||||||
Barclays Bank plc 144A(z) |
0.97 | 2-15-2017 | 15,000,000 | 14,994,417 | ||||||||||||
BPCE 144A(z) |
1.16 | 5-1-2017 | 16,000,000 | 15,958,862 | ||||||||||||
Caisse Centrale Desjardins du Quebec 144A(z) |
0.95 | 3-8-2017 | 16,000,000 | 15,986,000 | ||||||||||||
Commonwealth Bank of Australia ±144A |
1.17 | 8-4-2017 | 10,000,000 | 9,998,780 | ||||||||||||
Commonwealth Bank of Australia ±144A |
1.41 | 4-19-2017 | 18,000,000 | 18,018,732 | ||||||||||||
DBS Bank Limited 144A(z) |
1.04 | 4-4-2017 | 15,000,000 | 14,980,418 | ||||||||||||
ING Funding LLC ± |
1.22 | 5-30-2017 | 15,000,000 | 15,007,020 | ||||||||||||
Macquarie Bank Limited 144A(z) |
0.90 | 3-7-2017 | 10,000,000 | 9,992,029 | ||||||||||||
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corporation (z) |
1.10 | 4-21-2017 | 22,000,000 | 21,953,653 | ||||||||||||
Nationwide Building Society 144A(z) |
1.10 | 4-3-2017 | 33,000,000 | 32,946,767 | ||||||||||||
Nationwide Buliding Society 144A(z) |
0.90 | 2-2-2017 | 10,000,000 | 9,999,759 | ||||||||||||
NV Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten 144A(z) |
0.82 | 2-9-2017 | 40,000,000 | 39,993,671 | ||||||||||||
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation 144A(z) |
1.05 | 4-6-2017 | 7,000,000 | 6,990,044 | ||||||||||||
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation 144A(z) |
1.05 | 4-10-2017 | 13,000,000 | 12,979,766 | ||||||||||||
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation ±144A |
1.17 | 7-19-2017 | 20,000,000 | 20,000,078 | ||||||||||||
Sumitomo Trust & Bankng Corporation 144A(z) |
1.01 | 4-5-2017 | 23,000,000 | 22,967,237 | ||||||||||||
United Overseas Bank Limited 144A(z) |
0.93 | 2-9-2017 | 7,000,000 | 6,998,955 | ||||||||||||
United Overseas Bank Limited 144A(z) |
1.04 | 4-5-2017 | 10,000,000 | 9,986,630 | ||||||||||||
United Overseas Bank Limited 144A(z) |
1.05 | 4-24-2017 | 13,000,000 | 12,974,001 | ||||||||||||
330,723,939 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
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Other Commercial Paper: 0.45% |
||||||||||||||||
Erste Abwicklungsanstalt 144A(z) |
1.04 | 4-25-2017 | 8,750,000 | 8,732,772 | ||||||||||||
|
|
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Total Commercial Paper (Cost $761,661,085) |
761,776,294 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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Municipal Obligations: 35.19% |
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Arizona: 0.67% |
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Other Municipal Debt: 0.67% | ||||||||||||||||
Arizona Agricultural Improvement & Power District Salt River Project Series D1 (Utilities Revenue) (z) |
1.00 | 2-16-2017 | 13,000,000 | 12,994,397 | ||||||||||||
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund | 13 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
California: 2.88% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.88% | ||||||||||||||||
California Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Palomar Pomerado Health Series XG0017 (GO Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A |
0.96 | % | 8-1-2037 | $ | 6,850,000 | $ | 6,850,000 | |||||||||
JPMorgan Chase PUTTER/DRIVER Trust Series 3841 (Transportation Revenue, Ambac Insured, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A |
0.74 | 7-1-2024 | 24,910,000 | 24,910,000 | ||||||||||||
RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Water District Series E (Water & Sewer Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A |
0.80 | 4-5-2019 | 24,000,000 | 24,000,000 | ||||||||||||
55,760,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
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Colorado: 5.24% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 5.24% | ||||||||||||||||
Colorado HFA Catholic Health Initiatives (Health Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A |
0.80 | 10-1-2037 | 3,800,000 | 3,800,000 | ||||||||||||
Colorado HFA MFHR Class I Series A-1 (Housing Revenue, FHLB LIQ) |
0.72 | 10-1-2036 | 11,930,000 | 11,930,000 | ||||||||||||
Colorado HFA MFHR Class I Series A-1 (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA) |
0.75 | 10-1-2034 | 4,430,000 | 4,430,000 | ||||||||||||
Colorado HFA MFHR Class I Series A-1 (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA) |
0.85 | 10-1-2033 | 9,000,000 | 9,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Colorado HFA MFHR Class II Series B (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA) |
0.80 | 5-1-2052 | 40,000,000 | 40,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Colorado Southern Ute Indian Tribe Reservation (Industrial Development Revenue) |
0.71 | 11-1-2031 | 16,000,000 | 16,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Colorado Southern Ute Indian Tribe Reservation (Miscellaneous Revenue) |
0.80 | 1-1-2027 | 16,430,000 | 16,430,000 | ||||||||||||
101,590,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
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Connecticut: 3.70% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 3.70% | ||||||||||||||||
Puttable Floating Option Taxable Series TNP-1013 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A |
1.30 | 4-15-2046 | 71,770,000 | 71,770,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
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Georgia: 0.72% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.72% | ||||||||||||||||
Greene County GA Development Authority Reynolds Lodges Series A (Industrial Development Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC) |
0.74 | 4-1-2027 | 13,900,000 | 13,900,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
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Idaho: 0.74% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.74% | ||||||||||||||||
Idaho HFA Series A3 Class II (Housing Revenue, Barclays Bank plc SPA) |
0.85 | 7-1-2034 | 7,860,000 | 7,860,000 | ||||||||||||
Idaho HFA Series A4 Class II (Housing Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LIQ) |
0.85 | 1-1-2036 | 6,540,000 | 6,540,000 | ||||||||||||
14,400,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
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Maine: 0.52% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.52% | ||||||||||||||||
Maine Housing Authority Mortgage Series D (Housing Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada SPA) |
0.80 | 11-15-2039 | 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 | ||||||||||||
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|
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Maryland: 3.38% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.38% | ||||||||||||||||
Maryland CDA Housing & Community Residential Series B (Housing Revenue, TD Bank NA SPA) |
0.70 | 9-1-2033 | 30,000,000 | 30,000,000 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
14 | Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued) | ||||||||||||||||
Maryland CDA Housing & Community Residential Series F (Housing Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company SPA) |
0.73 | % | 9-1-2044 | $ | 24,555,000 | $ | 24,555,000 | |||||||||
Maryland Industrial Development Financing Authority Occidental Pete Corporation (Industrial Development Revenue) |
0.80 | 3-1-2030 | 11,000,000 | 11,000,000 | ||||||||||||
65,555,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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|
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Michigan: 0.87% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.87% | ||||||||||||||||
Michigan Housing Development Authority AMT Series C (Housing Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA) |
0.72 | 4-1-2042 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Michigan Housing Development Authority AMT Series E (Housing Revenue, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi SPA) |
0.80 | 12-1-2038 | 13,835,000 | 13,835,000 | ||||||||||||
16,835,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
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Nebraska: 0.56% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.56% | ||||||||||||||||
Nebraska Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Omaha Packaging Facilities Corporation Series SGT13 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Societe Generale LIQ) 144A |
0.91 | 3-1-2033 | 10,795,000 | 10,795,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
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New York: 8.47% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 8.47% | ||||||||||||||||
JPMorgan Chase PUTTER/DRIVER Trust Series 5012 (Miscellaneous Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LOC, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A |
0.67 | 11-1-2019 | 30,000,000 | 30,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA 605 West 42nd Street Series B (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC) |
1.13 | 5-1-2048 | 55,630,000 | 55,630,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA Biltmore Tower Housing Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.68 | 5-15-2034 | 12,000,000 | 12,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA Manhattan West Residential Project Series B-1 (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC) |
1.14 | 11-1-2049 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA Manhattan West Residential Project Series B-2 (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC) |
1.12 | 11-1-2049 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York Housing Finance Agency 222 East 44TH Street Series B (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC) |
1.12 | 5-1-2050 | 25,000,000 | 25,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York Municipal Water Finance Authority Series T-30001-I (Water & Sewer Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A |
0.79 | 6-15-2044 | 7,000,000 | 7,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York Taxable Trust Floater Series Yeshiva University (Education Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A |
0.80 | 9-1-2024 | 17,500,000 | 17,500,000 | ||||||||||||
RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Series E-51 for Invesco Van Kampen New York Value Income Trust (Miscellaneous Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A(i) |
1.28 | 7-1-2017 | 7,000,000 | 7,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Westchester County NY Healthcare Corporation Series D (Health Revenue, TD Bank NA LOC) |
0.79 | 11-1-2034 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||||
164,130,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
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North Dakota: 0.94% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.94% | ||||||||||||||||
North Dakota HFA Mortgage Finance Program Series F (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA) |
0.75 | 1-1-2047 | 18,130,000 | 18,130,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund | 15 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Ohio: 1.33% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.33% | ||||||||||||||||
Columbus OH Regional Airport Authority Flight Safety International Incorporated Project (Airport Revenue) |
0.68 | % | 4-1-2044 | $ | 6,000,000 | $ | 6,000,000 | |||||||||
Middletown OH Hospital Facility Premier Health Partners Obligation Group Series A (Health Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LIQ) 144A |
0.80 | 11-15-2045 | 15,000,000 | 15,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Ohio HFA Residential Management Series J (Housing Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA) |
0.73 | 3-1-2036 | 4,875,000 | 4,875,000 | ||||||||||||
25,875,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
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Oklahoma: 0.70% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.70% | ||||||||||||||||
RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Series E-77 (Transportation Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A |
0.80 | 7-13-2017 | 13,495,000 | 13,495,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
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Rhode Island: 1.14% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.14% | ||||||||||||||||
Providence RI St. Joseph Health Obligation (Health Care Providers & Services) ± |
0.72 | 10-1-2047 | 22,000,000 | 22,000,000 | ||||||||||||
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|
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South Carolina: 1.46% |
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Other Municipal Debt: 1.46% | ||||||||||||||||
South Carolina Public Service (Utilities Revenue) |
0.84 | 2-3-2017 | 9,000,000 | 9,000,090 | ||||||||||||
South Carolina Public Service (Utilities Revenue) |
0.84 | 2-7-2017 | 10,000,000 | 10,000,116 | ||||||||||||
South Carolina Public Service (Utilities Revenue) |
0.84 | 2-21-2017 | 9,356,000 | 9,356,065 | ||||||||||||
28,356,271 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
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Tennessee: 0.26% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.26% | ||||||||||||||||
Montgomery County TN Industrial Development Hankook Bonds Tire Manufacturing Project Series A (Industrial Development Revenue, Kookmin Bank LOC) 144A |
1.10 | 12-1-2024 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||
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|
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Texas: 0.26% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.26% | ||||||||||||||||
Port Arthur TX Navigation District Industrial Development Corporation Total Petrochemicals USA Incorporated Project (Industrial Development Revenue) |
0.69 | 6-1-2041 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||
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|
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Utah: 0.88% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.88% | ||||||||||||||||
Utah Water Finance Agency Series B-1 (Water & Sewer Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA) |
0.69 | 10-1-2037 | 17,000,000 | 17,000,000 | ||||||||||||
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|
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Wisconsin: 0.47% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.47% | ||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin Housing & EDA Series F (Housing Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA) |
0.78 | 5-1-2030 | 9,180,000 | 9,180,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
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Total Municipal Obligations (Cost $681,765,583) |
681,765,668 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
16 | Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Other: 0.41% |
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Nuveen California Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares Series 5 (Citibank NA LIQ) ±§144A |
0.79 | % | 8-1-2040 | $ | 8,000,000 | $ | 8,000,000 | |||||||||
|
|
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Total Other (Cost $8,000,000) |
8,000,000 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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Other Notes: 3.44% |
||||||||||||||||
Corporate Bonds and Notes: 3.44% | ||||||||||||||||
ANZ New Zealand International Limited of London 144A |
1.40 | 4-27-2017 | 5,728,000 | 5,732,056 | ||||||||||||
Hartford Healthcare Corporation ±§ |
0.73 | 7-1-2049 | 14,000,000 | 14,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Providence Health & Services ±§ |
0.73 | 10-1-2042 | 18,000,000 | 18,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Racetrac Capital LLC ±§ |
0.73 | 9-1-2020 | 8,000,000 | 8,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Smithsonian Institution ±§ |
0.77 | 9-1-2018 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Steadfast Crestvilla LLC Series A ±§ |
0.75 | 2-1-2056 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Steadfast Crestvilla LLC Series B ±§ |
0.75 | 2-1-2056 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Suncorp Metway Limited ±144A |
1.70 | 3-28-2017 | 11,000,000 | 11,007,085 | ||||||||||||
Total Other Notes (Cost $66,738,719) |
66,739,141 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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Repurchase Agreements: 2.43% | ||||||||||||||||
GX Clarke & Company, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $47,000,914 ^^ |
0.70 | 2-1-2017 | 47,000,000 | 47,000,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
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Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $47,000,000) |
47,000,000 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
Total investments in securities (Cost $1,930,736,928) * | 99.66 | % | 1,930,922,436 | |||||
Other assets and liabilities, net |
0.34 | 6,641,483 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Total net assets | 100.00 | % | $ | 1,937,563,919 | ||||
|
|
|
|
± | Variable rate investment. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end. |
§ | The security is subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity. |
144A | The security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers, pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. |
(z) | Zero coupon security. The rate represents the current yield to maturity. |
ø | Variable rate demand notes are subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity. The maturity date shown represents the final maturity date of the security. The interest rate is determined and reset by the issuer daily, weekly, or monthly depending upon the terms of the security. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end. |
(i) | Illiquid security for which the designation as illiquid is unaudited. |
^^ | Collateralized by U.S. government securities, 3.00% to 6.00%, 5-1-2023 to 10-1-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $48,410,340. |
* | Cost for federal income tax purposes is $1,930,736,928 and unrealized gains (losses) consists of: |
Gross unrealized gains |
$ | 188,899 | ||
Gross unrealized losses |
(3,391 | ) | ||
|
|
|||
Net unrealized gains |
$ | 185,508 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Statement of assets and liabilities—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund | 17 |
Assets |
||||
Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value (cost $1,930,736,928) |
$ | 1,930,922,436 | ||
Receivable from broker |
23,000,000 | |||
Receivable for investments sold |
26,000,477 | |||
Receivable for Fund shares sold |
634,050 | |||
Receivable for interest |
1,187,473 | |||
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
182,259 | |||
|
|
|||
Total assets |
1,981,926,695 | |||
|
|
|||
Liabilities |
||||
Payable for investments purchased |
20,002,126 | |||
Payable for Fund shares redeemed |
781,066 | |||
Due to custodian bank |
22,997,318 | |||
Management fee payable |
133,499 | |||
Administration fees payable |
109,917 | |||
Accrued expenses and other liabilities |
338,850 | |||
|
|
|||
Total liabilities |
44,362,776 | |||
|
|
|||
Total net assets |
$ | 1,937,563,919 | ||
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NET ASSETS CONSIST OF |
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Paid-in capital |
$ | 1,939,643,967 | ||
Undistributed net investment income |
5,935 | |||
Accumulated net realized losses on investments |
(2,271,491 | ) | ||
Net unrealized gains on investments |
185,508 | |||
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Total net assets |
$ | 1,937,563,919 | ||
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COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE |
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Net assets – Administrator Class |
$ | 118,548,198 | ||
Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1 |
118,498,631 | |||
Net asset value per share – Administrator Class |
$1.0004 | |||
Net assets – Institutional Class |
$ | 756,217,568 | ||
Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1 |
755,881,530 | |||
Net asset value per share – Institutional Class |
$1.0004 | |||
Net assets – Select Class |
$ | 873,166,542 | ||
Shares outstanding – Select Class1 |
872,795,907 | |||
Net asset value per share – Select Class |
$1.0004 | |||
Net assets – Service Class |
$ | 189,631,611 | ||
Shares outstanding – Service Class1 |
189,533,531 | |||
Net asset value per share – Service Class |
$1.0005 |
1 | The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
18 | Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund | Statement of operations—year ended January 31, 2017 |
Investment income |
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Interest |
$ | 42,333,742 | ||
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Expenses |
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Management fee |
10,650,499 | |||
Administration fees |
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Administrator Class |
205,040 | |||
Institutional Class |
2,591,169 | |||
Select Class |
1,302,062 | |||
Service Class |
816,144 | |||
Shareholder servicing fees |
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Administrator Class |
205,040 | |||
Service Class |
1,699,647 | |||
Custody and accounting fees |
445,070 | |||
Professional fees |
42,116 | |||
Registration fees |
36,681 | |||
Shareholder report expenses |
34,891 | |||
Trustees’ fees and expenses |
11,756 | |||
Other fees and expenses |
137,374 | |||
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Total expenses |
18,177,489 | |||
Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements |
(3,392,672 | ) | ||
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Net expenses |
14,784,817 | |||
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Net investment income |
27,548,925 | |||
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REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) ON INVESTMENTS |
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Net realized gains on investments |
11,508 | |||
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments |
185,508 | |||
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Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments |
197,016 | |||
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Net increase in net assets resulting from operations |
$ | 27,745,941 | ||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Statement of changes in net assets | Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund | 19 |
Year ended January 31, 2017 |
Year ended |
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Operations |
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Net investment income |
$ | 27,548,925 | $ | 13,841,135 | ||||||||||||
Net realized gains on investments |
11,508 | 10,433 | ||||||||||||||
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments |
185,508 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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Net increase in net assets resulting from operations |
27,745,941 | 13,851,568 | ||||||||||||||
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Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
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Administrator Class |
(540,997 | ) | (91,605 | ) | ||||||||||||
Institutional Class |
(12,049,723 | ) | (4,409,426 | ) | ||||||||||||
Select Class |
(14,446,130 | ) | (9,195,148 | ) | ||||||||||||
Service Class |
(510,333 | ) | (144,956 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Total distributions to shareholders |
(27,547,183 | ) | (13,841,135 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Capital share transactions |
Shares | Shares | ||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares sold |
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Administrator Class |
381,529,877 | 381,550,428 | 645,846,405 | 645,846,405 | ||||||||||||
Institutional Class |
14,830,401,000 | 14,830,752,281 | 27,914,859,441 | 27,914,859,441 | ||||||||||||
Select Class |
38,831,892,502 | 38,832,055,838 | 72,307,425,692 | 72,307,425,692 | ||||||||||||
Service Class |
2,792,738,152 | 2,792,906,014 | 5,421,993,054 | 5,421,993,054 | ||||||||||||
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56,837,264,561 | 106,290,124,592 | |||||||||||||||
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Reinvestment of distributions |
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Administrator Class |
440,268 | 440,327 | 67,458 | 67,458 | ||||||||||||
Institutional Class |
8,689,256 | 8,689,862 | 2,435,991 | 2,435,991 | ||||||||||||
Select Class |
11,765,023 | 11,765,707 | 7,672,917 | 7,672,917 | ||||||||||||
Service Class |
326,656 | 326,731 | 67,355 | 67,355 | ||||||||||||
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21,222,627 | 10,243,721 | |||||||||||||||
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Payment for shares redeemed |
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Administrator Class |
(560,835,735 | ) | (560,853,047 | ) | (744,857,486 | ) | (744,857,486 | ) | ||||||||
Institutional Class |
(19,109,952,121 | ) | (19,110,543,296 | ) | (27,210,565,293 | ) | (27,210,565,293 | ) | ||||||||
Select Class |
(43,566,130,581 | ) | (43,566,338,024 | ) | (72,609,180,413 | ) | (72,609,180,413 | ) | ||||||||
Service Class |
(3,840,448,957 | ) | (3,840,626,360 | ) | (5,623,383,040 | ) | (5,623,383,040 | ) | ||||||||
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(67,078,360,727 | ) | (106,187,986,232 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions |
(10,219,873,539 | ) | 112,382,081 | |||||||||||||
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Total increase (decrease) in net assets |
(10,219,674,781 | ) | 112,392,514 | |||||||||||||
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Net assets |
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Beginning of period |
12,157,238,700 | 12,044,846,186 | ||||||||||||||
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End of period |
$ | 1,937,563,919 | $ | 12,157,238,700 | ||||||||||||
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Undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income |
$ | 5,935 | $ | (125 | ) | |||||||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
20 | Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund | Financial highlights |
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
Year ended January 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS | 2017 | 20161 | 20151 | 20141 | 20131 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.0000 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.0029 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | |||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments |
0.0004 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | |||||||||||
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Total from investment operations |
0.0033 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | |||||||||||
Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
(0.0029 | ) | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.0004 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.33 | % | 0.03 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.36 | % | 0.35 | % | 0.35 | % | 0.35 | % | 0.34 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.33 | % | 0.26 | % | 0.19 | % | 0.22 | % | 0.26 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.26 | % | 0.03 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$118,548 | $297,396 | $396,339 | $493,087 | $549,744 |
1 | The presentation of prior year amounts reflect the Fund transacting shares at a fixed NAV rounded to two decimal places. Beginning October 11, 2016, the Fund began selling and redeeming shares of the Fund at a floating NAV rounded to the fourth decimal place. |
2 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Financial highlights | Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund | 21 |
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
Year ended January 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS | 2017 | 20161 | 20151 | 20141 | 20131 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.0000 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.0043 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | |||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments |
0.0003 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | |||||||||||
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Total from investment operations |
0.0046 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | |||||||||||
Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
(0.0042 | ) | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.0004 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.46 | % | 0.09 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.03 | % | 0.07 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.23 | % | 0.23 | % | 0.23 | % | 0.23 | % | 0.23 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.20 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.19 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.20 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.37 | % | 0.10 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.03 | % | 0.07 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$756,218 | $5,027,125 | $4,320,392 | $5,127,034 | $7,186,632 |
1 | The presentation of prior year amounts reflect the Fund transacting shares at a fixed NAV rounded to two decimal places. Beginning October 11, 2016, the Fund began selling and redeeming shares of the Fund at a floating NAV rounded to the fourth decimal place. |
2 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
22 | Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund | Financial highlights |
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
Year ended January 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
SELECT CLASS | 2017 | 20161 | 20151 | 20141 | 20131 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.0000 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.0049 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | |||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments |
0.0004 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | |||||||||||
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|
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|
|
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Total from investment operations |
0.0053 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | |||||||||||
Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
(0.0049 | ) | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.0004 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.53 | % | 0.16 | % | 0.07 | % | 0.10 | % | 0.14 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.19 | % | 0.19 | % | 0.19 | % | 0.19 | % | 0.19 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.13 | % | 0.13 | % | 0.13 | % | 0.13 | % | 0.13 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.44 | % | 0.16 | % | 0.07 | % | 0.10 | % | 0.14 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$873,167 | $5,595,704 | $5,889,779 | $7,650,810 | $6,407,032 |
1 | The presentation of prior year amounts reflect the Fund transacting shares at a fixed NAV rounded to two decimal places. Beginning October 11, 2016, the Fund began selling and redeeming shares of the Fund at a floating NAV rounded to the fourth decimal place. |
2 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Financial highlights | Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund | 23 |
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
Year ended January 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
SERVICE CLASS | 2017 | 20161 | 20151 | 20141 | 20131 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.0000 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.0011 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | |||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments |
0.0006 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | |||||||||||
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Total from investment operations |
0.0017 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
(0.0012 | ) | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.0005 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.17 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.52 | % | 0.52 | % | 0.52 | % | 0.52 | % | 0.52 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.50 | % | 0.28 | % | 0.19 | % | 0.22 | % | 0.26 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.08 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$189,632 | $1,237,014 | $1,438,336 | $1,448,713 | $1,594,389 |
1 | The presentation of prior year amounts reflect the Fund transacting shares at a fixed NAV rounded to two decimal places. Beginning October 11, 2016, the Fund began selling and redeeming shares of the Fund at a floating NAV rounded to the fourth decimal place. |
2 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
24 | Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund | Notes to financial statements |
1. ORGANIZATION
Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust organized on March 10, 1999, is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). As an investment company, the Trust follows the accounting and reporting guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies. These financial statements report on the Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund (the “Fund”) which is a diversified series of the Trust.
During the year, the amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, were fully implemented by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury, government and retail money market funds continued to operate with stable $1.00 net asset values. Meanwhile, tax-exempt and prime money market funds experienced more changes. Institutional prime and municipal money market funds began transacting at market-based, or floating, net asset values. In addition, money market fund boards of directors have the discretion to impose liquidity fees or redemption gates on all non-government funds. As a result of the changes due to money market reform, the institutional prime and municipal money market funds may have been subject to significant flows in shareholder activity as assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1.00 net asset value.
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following significant accounting policies, which are consistently followed in the preparation of the financial statements of the Fund, are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Securities valuation
Debt securities are valued at the evaluated bid price provided by an independent pricing service or, if a reliable price is not available, the quoted bid price from an independent broker-dealer.
Investments which are not valued using the method discussed above are valued at their fair value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Trustees of the Fund. The Board of Trustees has established a Valuation Committee comprised of the Trustees and has delegated to it the authority to take any actions regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of portfolio securities, unless the determination has been delegated to the Management Valuation Team of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”). The Board of Trustees retains the authority to make or ratify any valuation decisions or approve any changes to the Valuation Procedures as it deems appropriate. On a quarterly basis, the Board of Trustees receives reports on any valuation actions taken by the Valuation Committee or the Management Valuation Team which may include items for ratification.
Valuations of fair valued securities are compared to the next actual sales price when available, or other appropriate market values, to assess the continued appropriateness of the fair valuation methodologies used. These securities are fair valued on a day-to-day basis, taking into consideration changes to appropriate market information and any significant changes to the inputs considered in the valuation process until there is a readily available price provided on an exchange or by an independent pricing service. Valuations received from an independent pricing service or independent broker-dealer quotes are periodically validated by comparisons to most recent trades and valuations provided by other independent pricing services in addition to the review of prices by the manager and/or subadvisers. Unobservable inputs used in determining fair valuations are identified based on the type of security, taking into consideration factors utilized by market participants in valuing the investment, knowledge about the issuer and the current market environment.
Repurchase agreements
The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements and may participate in pooled repurchase agreement transactions with other funds advised by Funds Management. The repurchase agreements must be fully collateralized based on values that are marked-to- market daily. The collateral may be held by an agent bank under a tri-party agreement. It is the custodian’s responsibility to value collateral daily and to take action to obtain additional collateral as necessary to maintain market value equal to or greater than the resale price. The repurchase agreements are collateralized by instruments such as U.S. Treasury, federal agency, or high-grade corporate obligations. There could be potential loss to the Fund in the event that the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising its rights to dispose of the collateral, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying obligations during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert its rights.
Notes to financial statements | Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund | 25 |
When-issued transactions
The Fund may purchase securities on a forward commitment or when-issued basis. The Fund records a when-issued transaction on the trade date and will segregate assets in an amount at least equal in value to the Fund’s commitment to purchase when-issued securities. Securities purchased on a when-issued basis are marked-to-market daily and the Fund begins earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may arise due to changes in the market value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.
Security transactions and income recognition
Securities transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses are recorded on the basis of identified cost.
Interest income is accrued daily and bond discounts are accreted and premiums are amortized daily based on the effective interest method. To the extent debt obligations are placed on non-accrual status, any related interest income may be reduced by writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has been determined to be doubtful based on consistently applied procedures and the fair value has decreased. If the issuer subsequently resumes interest payments or when the collectability of interest is reasonably assured, the debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status.
Distributions to shareholders
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income are accrued daily and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Such distributions are determined in conformity with federal income tax regulations, which may differ in amount or character from net investment income and realized gains recognized for purposes of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Federal and other taxes
The Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by distributing substantially all of its investment company taxable income and any net realized capital gains (after reduction for capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes was required.
The Fund’s income and federal excise tax returns and all financial records supporting those returns for the prior three fiscal years are subject to examination by the federal and Delaware revenue authorities. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal, state, and foreign tax returns for all open tax years and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.
Reclassifications are made to the Fund’s capital accounts for permanent tax differences to reflect income and gains available for distribution (or available capital loss carryforwards) under federal income tax regulations. U.S. generally accepted accounting principles require that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. At January 31, 2017, as a result of permanent book-to-tax differences, the following reclassification adjustments were made on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:
Paid-in capital | Undistributed net investment income | |
$(4,318) | $4,318 |
As of January 31, 2017, the Fund had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future net realized capital gains in the amount of $2,271,491 expiring in 2018.
Class allocations
The separate classes of shares offered by the Fund differ principally in shareholder servicing and administration fees. Class specific expenses are charged directly to that share class. Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative proportion of net assets of each class.
3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS
Fair value measurements of investments are determined within a framework that has established a fair value hierarchy based upon the various data inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The three-level hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). The Fund’s investments are classified within the fair value
26 | Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund | Notes to financial statements |
hierarchy based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The inputs are summarized into three broad levels as follows:
∎ | Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities |
∎ | Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) |
∎ | Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments in securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of January 31, 2017:
Quoted prices (Level 1) |
Other significant observable inputs (Level 2) |
Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) |
Total | |||||||||||||
Assets |
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Investments in: |
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Agency securities |
$ | 0 | $ | 20,545,004 | $ | 0 | $ | 20,545,004 | ||||||||
Certificates of deposit |
0 | 345,096,329 | 0 | 345,096,329 | ||||||||||||
Commercial paper |
0 | 761,776,294 | 0 | 761,776,294 | ||||||||||||
Municipal obligations |
0 | 681,765,668 | 0 | 681,765,668 | ||||||||||||
Other |
0 | 8,000,000 | 0 | 8,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Other notes |
0 | 66,739,141 | 0 | 66,739,141 | ||||||||||||
Repurchase agreements |
0 | 47,000,000 | 0 | 47,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Total assets |
$ | 0 | $ | 1,930,922,436 | $ | 0 | $ | 1,930,922,436 |
The Fund recognizes transfers between levels within the fair value hierarchy at the end of the reporting period. At January 31, 2017, the Fund did not have any transfers into/out of Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3.
4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND OTHER FEES
Management fee
Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”), is the manager of the Fund and provides advisory and fund-level administrative services under an investment management agreement. Under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, supervising the subadvisers, providing fund-level administrative services in connection with the Fund’s operations, and providing any other fund-level administrative services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Fund. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive an annual management fee starting at 0.15% and declining to 0.13% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. For the year ended January 31, 2017, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.14% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
Funds Management has retained the services of certain subadvisers to provide daily portfolio management to the Fund. Wells Capital Management Incorporated (“WellsCap”), an affiliate of Funds Management and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo, is a subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from Funds Management at an annual rate starting at 0.05% and declining to 0.01% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. Wells Capital Management Singapore, a separately identifiable department of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., an affiliate of Funds Management and wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo, is also a subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from WellsCap at an annual rate starting at 0.0025% and declining to 0.0005% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase.
Administration fees
Under a class-level administration agreement, Funds Management provides class-level administrative services to the Fund, which includes paying fees and expenses for services provided by the transfer agent, sub-transfer agents, omnibus
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account servicers and record-keepers. As compensation for its services under the class-level administration agreement, Funds Management receives an annual fee which is calculated based on the average daily net assets of each class as follows:
Class-level administration fee |
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Administrator Class |
0.10 | % | ||
Institutional Class |
0.08 | |||
Select Class |
0.04 | |||
Service Class |
0.12 |
Funds Management has contractually waived and/or reimbursed management and administration fees to the extent necessary to maintain certain net operating expense ratios for the Fund. Waiver of fees and/or reimbursement of expenses by Funds Management were made first from fund level expenses on a proportionate basis and then from class specific expenses. Funds Management has committed through October 13, 2017 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 0.35% for Administrator Class shares, 0.20% for Institutional Class shares, 0.13% for Select Class shares, and 0.50% for Service Class shares. 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. During the year ended January 31, 2017, Funds Management voluntarily waived additional class specific expenses to maintain a positive yield.
During the year ended January 31, 2017, State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Fund’s custodian, reimbursed the Fund $1,742 for certain out-of-pocket expenses that were billed to the Fund in error from 1998-2015. This amount is included in interest income on the Statement of Operations. In addition, Funds Management was also reimbursed $3,279 for waivers/reimbursements it made to the Fund during the period the Fund was erroneously billed.
Shareholder servicing fees
The Trust has entered into contracts with one or more shareholder servicing agents. Administrator Class and Service Class of the Fund are each charged a fee at an annual rate of 0.10% and 0.25%, respectively, of their average daily net assets.
A portion of these total shareholder servicing fees were paid to affiliates of Wells Fargo.
5. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS
The tax character of distributions paid was $27,547,183 and $13,841,135 of ordinary income for the years ended January 31, 2017 and January 31, 2016, respectively.
As of January 31, 2017, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:
Unrealized gains |
Capital loss carryforward | |
$185,508 | $(2,271,491) |
6. INDEMNIFICATION
Under the Trust’s organizational documents, the officers and Trustees have been granted certain indemnification rights against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust may enter into contracts with service providers that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated.
7. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT
In December 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-19, Technical Corrections and Improvements. ASU 2016-19 includes an amendment to FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement which clarifies the difference between a valuation approach and a valuation technique. The amendment also requires an entity to disclose when there has been a change in either or both a valuation approach and/or a valuation technique. The disclosure requirements are effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of this new guidance to the financial statements.
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8. REGULATORY CHANGES
In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new rules and forms and amended existing rules and forms (together, “final rules”) intended to modernize and enhance the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies and to enhance liquidity risk management by open-end mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. The final rules will enhance the quality of information available to investors and will allow the SEC to more effectively collect and use data reported by funds. In part, the final rules amend Regulation S-X and require standardized, enhanced disclosure about derivatives in the Fund’s financial statements, as well as other amendments. The compliance date for the amendments to Regulation S-X is August 1, 2017 while the compliance date for the new form types is June 1, 2018 and the compliance date for the liquidity risk management program requirements is December 1, 2018. Management is currently assessing the potential impact of these enhancements and their impact on the financial statement disclosures and reporting requirements.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SHAREHOLDERS OF WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, of the Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund (the “Fund”), one of the funds constituting the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, as of January 31, 2017, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund as of January 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Boston, Massachusetts
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TAX INFORMATION
For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, $20,706,617 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.
PROXY VOTING INFORMATION
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222, visiting our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the Fund’s website at wellsfargofunds.com or by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov.
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION
The complete portfolio holdings for the Fund are publicly available on the Fund’s website (wellsfargofunds.com) on a 1-day delayed basis. The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q, which is available by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. In addition, the Fund’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC, and at regional offices in New York City, at 233 Broadway, and in Chicago, at 175 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 900. Information about the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
Each of the Trustees and Officers1 listed in the table below acts in identical capacities for each fund in the Wells Fargo family of funds, which consists of 138 mutual funds comprising the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and four closed-end funds (collectively the “Fund Complex”). This table should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information2. The mailing address of each Trustee and Officer is 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Each Trustee and Officer serves an indefinite term, however, each Trustee serves such term until reaching the mandatory retirement age established by the Trustees.
Independent Trustees
Name and year of birth |
Position held and length of service* |
Principal occupations during past five years or longer | Current other public company or investment company directorships | |||
William R. Ebsworth (Born 1957) |
Trustee, since 2015 | Retired. From 1984 to 2013, equities analyst, portfolio manager, research director and chief financial officer at Fidelity Management and Research Company in Boston, Tokyo, and Hong Kong and retired in 2013 as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Strategic Advisers, Inc. where he lead a team of investment professionals managing client assets. Prior thereto, Board member of Hong Kong Securities Clearing Co., Hong Kong Options Clearing Corp., the Thailand International Fund, Ltd., Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company, and Empire Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company. Board member of the Fonté Foundation (non-profit organization) and the Vincent Memorial Hospital Endowment (non-profit organization), where he serves on the Investment Committee and as a Chair of the Audit Committee. Mr. Ebsworth is a CFA® charterholder and an Adjunct Lecturer, Finance, at Babson College. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Jane A. Freeman (Born 1953) |
Trustee, since 2015 | Retired. From 2012 to 2014 and 1999 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Scientific Learning Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, Ms. Freeman provided consulting services related to strategic business projects. Prior to 1999, Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller & Co. and Scudder, Stevens & Clark. Board member of the Harding Loevner Funds from 1996 to 2014, serving as both Lead Independent Director and chair of the Audit Committee. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust from 2011 to 2012 and the chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Freeman is a Board Member of Ruth Bancroft Garden (non-profit organization) and an inactive chartered financial analyst. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Peter G. Gordon** (Born 1942) |
Trustee, since 1998; Chairman, since 2005 | Co-Founder, Retired Chairman, President and CEO of Crystal Geyser Water Company. Trustee Emeritus, Colby College. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Isaiah Harris, Jr. (Born 1952) |
Trustee, since 2009 | Retired. Chairman of the Board of CIGNA Corporation since 2009, and Director since 2005. From 2003 to 2011, Director of Deluxe Corporation. Prior thereto, President and CEO of BellSouth Advertising and Publishing Corp. from 2005 to 2007, President and CEO of BellSouth Enterprises from 2004 to 2005 and President of BellSouth Consumer Services from 2000 to 2003. Emeritus member of the Iowa State University Foundation Board of Governors. Emeritus Member of the Advisory Board of Iowa State University School of Business. Advisory Board Member, Palm Harbor Academy (charter school). Advisory Board Member, Child Evangelism Fellowship (non-profit). Mr. Harris is a certified public accountant (inactive status). | CIGNA Corporation; Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Judith M. Johnson (Born 1949) |
Trustee, since 2008; Audit Committee Chairman, since 2008 |
Retired. Prior thereto, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund from 1996 to 2008. Ms. Johnson is an attorney, certified public accountant and a certified managerial accountant. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
David F. Larcker (Born 1950) |
Trustee, since 2009 | James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Director of the Corporate Governance Research Initiative and Senior Faculty of The Rock Center for Corporate Governance since 2006. From 2005 to 2008, Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. Prior thereto, Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania from 1985 to 2005. | Asset Allocation Trust |
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Name and year of birth |
Position held and length of service* |
Principal occupations during past five years or longer | Current other public company or investment company directorships | |||
Olivia S. Mitchell (Born 1953) |
Trustee, since 2006 | International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania since 1993. Director of Wharton’s Pension Research Council and Boettner Center on Pensions & Retirement Research, and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Previously, Cornell University Professor from 1978 to 1993. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Timothy J. Penny (Born 1951) |
Trustee, since 1996 | President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, a non-profit organization, since 2007 and Senior Fellow at the Humphrey Institute Policy Forum at the University of Minnesota since 1995. Member of the Board of Trustees of NorthStar Education Finance, Inc., a non-profit organization, since 2007. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Michael S. Scofield (Born 1943) |
Trustee, since 2010 | Served on the Investment Company Institute’s Board of Governors and Executive Committee from 2008-2011 as well the Governing Council of the Independent Directors Council from 2006-2011 and the Independent Directors Council Executive Committee from 2008-2011. Chairman of the IDC from 2008-2010. Institutional Investor (Fund Directions) Trustee of Year in 2007. Trustee of the Evergreen Funds complex (and its predecessors) from 1984 to 2010. Chairman of the Evergreen Funds from 2000-2010. Former Trustee of the Mentor Funds. Retired Attorney, Law Offices of Michael S. Scofield. | Asset Allocation Trust |
* | Length of service dates reflect the Trustee’s commencement of service with the Trust’s predecessor entities, where applicable. |
** | Peter Gordon is expected to retire on December 31, 2017. |
Officers
Name and year of birth |
Position held and length of service |
Principal occupations during past five years or longer | ||||
(Born 1960) |
President, since 2017 | Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managaers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014. | ||||
(Born 1967) |
Treasurer, since 2012 | Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2011. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at LightBox Capital Management LLC, from 2008 to 2011. | ||||
C. David Messman (Born 1960) |
Secretary, since 2000; Chief Legal Officer, since 2003 | Senior Vice President and Secretary of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2001. Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2013 and Vice President and Managing Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. from 1996 to 2013. | ||||
Michael Whitaker (Born 1967) |
Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016 | Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2016. Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity’s Fixed Income Funds and Asset Allocation Funds from 2008 to 2016, Compliance Officer of FMR Co., Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016. | ||||
David Berardi (Born 1975) |
Assistant Treasurer, since 2009 | Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010. | ||||
Jeremy DePalma1 (Born 1974) |
Assistant Treasurer, since 2009 | Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Senior Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010. |
1 | Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 69 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex. |
2 | The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222 or by visiting the website at wellsfargofunds.com. |
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The following is a list of common abbreviations for terms and entities that may have appeared in this report.
ACA | — ACA Financial Guaranty Corporation |
ADR | — American depositary receipt |
ADS | — American depositary shares |
AGC | — Assured Guaranty Corporation |
AGM | — Assured Guaranty Municipal |
Ambac | — Ambac Financial Group Incorporated |
AMT | — Alternative minimum tax |
AUD | — Australian dollar |
BAN | — Bond anticipation notes |
BHAC | — Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corporation |
BRL | — Brazilian real |
CAB | — Capital appreciation bond |
CAD | — Canadian dollar |
CCAB | — Convertible capital appreciation bond |
CDA | — Community Development Authority |
CDO | — Collateralized debt obligation |
CHF | — Swiss franc |
COP | — Colombian peso |
CLP | — Chilean peso |
DKK | — Danish krone |
DRIVER | — Derivative inverse tax-exempt receipts |
DW&P | — Department of Water & Power |
DWR | — Department of Water Resources |
ECFA | — Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority |
EDA | — Economic Development Authority |
EDFA | — Economic Development Finance Authority |
ETF | — Exchange-traded fund |
EUR | — Euro |
FDIC | — Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
FFCB | — Federal Farm Credit Banks |
FGIC | — Financial Guaranty Insurance Corporation |
FHA | — Federal Housing Administration |
FHLB | — Federal Home Loan Bank |
FHLMC | — Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation |
FICO | — The Financing Corporation |
FNMA | — Federal National Mortgage Association |
FSA | — Farm Service Agency |
GBP | — Great British pound |
GDR | — Global depositary receipt |
GNMA | — Government National Mortgage Association |
GO | — General obligation |
HCFR | — Healthcare facilities revenue |
HEFA | — Health & Educational Facilities Authority |
HEFAR | — Higher education facilities authority revenue |
HFA | — Housing Finance Authority |
HFFA | — Health Facilities Financing Authority |
HKD | — Hong Kong dollar |
HUD | — Department of Housing and Urban Development |
HUF | — Hungarian forint |
IDA | — Industrial Development Authority |
IDAG | — Industrial Development Agency |
IDR | — Indonesian rupiah |
IEP | — Irish pound |
JPY | — Japanese yen |
KRW | — Republic of Korea won |
LIBOR | — London Interbank Offered Rate |
LIFER | — Long Inverse Floating Exempt Receipts |
LIQ | — Liquidity agreement |
LLC | — Limited liability company |
LLLP | — Limited liability limited partnership |
LLP | — Limited liability partnership |
LOC | — Letter of credit |
LP | — Limited partnership |
MBIA | — Municipal Bond Insurance Association |
MFHR | — Multifamily housing revenue |
MSTR | — Municipal securities trust receipts |
MTN | — Medium-term note |
MUD | — Municipal Utility District |
MXN | — Mexican peso |
MYR | — Malaysian ringgit |
National | — National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation |
NGN | — Nigerian naira |
NOK | — Norwegian krone |
NZD | — New Zealand dollar |
PCFA | — Pollution Control Financing Authority |
PCL | — Public Company Limited |
PCR | — Pollution control revenue |
PFA | — Public Finance Authority |
PFFA | — Public Facilities Financing Authority |
PFOTER | — Puttable floating option tax-exempt receipts |
plc | — Public limited company |
PLN | — Polish zloty |
PUTTER | — Puttable tax-exempt receipts |
R&D | — Research & development |
Radian | — Radian Asset Assurance |
RAN | — Revenue anticipation notes |
RDA | — Redevelopment Authority |
RDFA | — Redevelopment Finance Authority |
REIT | — Real estate investment trust |
ROC | — Reset option certificates |
RON | — Romanian lei |
RUB | — Russian ruble |
SAVRS | — Select auction variable rate securities |
SBA | — Small Business Authority |
SDR | — Swedish depositary receipt |
SEK | — Swedish krona |
SFHR | — Single-family housing revenue |
SFMR | — Single-family mortgage revenue |
SGD | — Singapore dollar |
SPA | — Standby purchase agreement |
SPDR | — Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipts |
SPEAR | — Short Puttable Exempt Adjustable Receipts |
STRIPS | — Separate trading of registered interest and |
principal securities |
TAN | — Tax anticipation notes |
TBA | — To be announced |
THB | — Thai baht |
TIPS | — Treasury inflation-protected securities |
TRAN | — Tax revenue anticipation notes |
TRY | — Turkish lira |
TTFA | — Transportation Trust Fund Authority |
TVA | — Tennessee Valley Authority |
ZAR | — South African rand |
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Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) is a trade name used by the asset management businesses of Wells Fargo & Company. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, provides investment advisory and administrative services for Wells Fargo Funds. Other affiliates of Wells Fargo & Company provide subadvisory and other services for the funds. The funds are distributed by Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC, Member FINRA, an affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company. Neither Wells Fargo Funds Management nor Wells Fargo Funds Distributor has Fund customer accounts/assets, and neither provides investment advice/recommendations or acts as an investment advice fiduciary to any investor.
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The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of January 31, 2017, unless otherwise noted, and are those of the Fund managers and/or Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Discussions of individual securities, or the markets generally, or any Wells Fargo Fund are not intended as individual recommendations. Future events or results may vary significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. The views expressed are subject to change at any time in response to changing circumstances in the market. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and the Fund disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any views expressed or forward-looking statements.
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2 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | Letter to shareholders (unaudited) |
President
Wells Fargo Funds
U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.
Dear Shareholder:
As the new president of Wells Fargo Funds now that Karla Rabusch is retiring from that position after nearly 14 years, I am pleased to offer you this annual report for the Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund for the 12-month period that ended January 31, 2017. The U.S. economy displayed resilience during the period although growth remained somewhat sluggish. International economies generally faced deeper ongoing challenges. Despite heightened market volatility, global stocks delivered strong results overall. U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively, as measured by the S&P 500 Index1 and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net)2; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.
In February–March 2016, fears about global economic weakness prevailed and then abated.
As the reporting period began, most stock markets worldwide were in the midst of a decline fueled by concerns such as weak global growth, falling commodity prices, and uncertainty over the timing and effect of interest-rate increases by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed). In mid-February, fears abated somewhat and global markets generally rallied. Meanwhile, bond investors’ fears about falling commodity prices, a slowing Chinese economy, weakness in European banks, and market volatility also lessened, which led to a greater appetite for risk and allowed lower-rated and longer-maturity bonds to outperform. With ongoing uncertainties about global growth and financial markets, the Fed held off from raising the target interest rate. Outside the U.S., the eurozone fell into deflation in February; in response, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced an expansion of its stimulus program. In China, the government in March set an anticipated growth rate of 6.5% to 7.0% for 2016, an acknowledgment of weakening growth. In emerging markets, although central-bank stimulus and improved prices for oil and other commodities led to stock-market rallies, many of these countries’ economies faced the potential of credit downgrades due to challenges such as the likelihood of a stronger U.S. dollar, which would make dollar-denominated debt more expensive.
Worries over interest rates and the U.K.’s Brexit vote largely drove markets during the second quarter of 2016.
U.S. stocks were in positive territory in April, plunged briefly in May on worries of a possible June interest-rate increase, then rallied until early June. The first three weeks of June brought heightened volatility, spurred largely by a disappointing jobs report and uncertainty over whether the U.K. would remain in the European Union (E.U.). The U.K.’s Brexit vote on June 23 shocked countries worldwide. Stock markets fell as investors worried that the U.K.’s departure from the E.U. would slow global growth and prolong the low-interest-rate environment. Following the initial rout, however, U.S. stocks rose as investors seemed to decide that any negative effects would be more localized and not create a serious risk for global
1 | The S&P 500 Index consists of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation. It is a market-value-weighted index with each stock’s weight in the index proportionate to its market value. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
2 | The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) All Country World Index (ACWI) ex USA Index (Net) is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the United States and Canada. Source: MSCI. MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used as a basis for other indexes or any securities or financial products. This report is not approved, reviewed, or produced by MSCI. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
3 | The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (formerly known as Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index) is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar–denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
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growth. Similarly, government bonds rallied immediately post-Brexit, and non-Treasury sectors rallied soon after as investors regained their appetite for risk. As a result, most bond markets remained in a situation of ultralow yields and tight credit spreads. Interestingly, U.S. bonds continued to be supported by demand from both domestic and foreign buyers looking for positive yield since U.S. interest rates were the highest among developed-country bonds. Also notable was the rebound in oil prices to nearly $50 per barrel in June, driven by a lower rig count, unplanned supply outages, more refinery production ahead of the summer driving season, and a weaker dollar.
Globally, stocks delivered positive results in the third quarter of 2016; bonds’ interest rates remained low.
Stocks’ upward trend continued into August and then lost some steam. Ever since the Great Recession, markets worldwide have been supported to varying degrees by accommodative policies from leading central banks, including the Fed, ECB, Bank of England, and Bank of Japan. As a result, investors have watched closely for any signs that global central banks might tighten their measures. In the U.S., early-September comments by several Fed officials appeared to suggest a September interest-rate increase, which sent stock and bond prices down. However, stocks surged following the Fed’s September 20 meeting on news that the Fed had decided to delay a rate increase to later in 2016. In bond markets, interest rates rose during the quarter but remained at historically low levels as a result of easy monetary policies, subdued global growth, and modest inflation expectations. After bottoming in early July, yields began to rise again as market participants felt that yields had overshot the real risks of the U.K.’s Brexit vote and as economic activity strengthened. At the front end of the yield curve, anticipation of new money market fund rules resulted in significantly higher yields on many short-term securities.
During the fourth quarter of 2016, prospects for faster growth and higher interest rates in the U.S. influenced markets.
Early in the fourth quarter of 2016, U.S. stocks tended to trade lower amid concerns such as a likely interest-rate increase and uncertainty over the approaching general election. However, following Donald Trump’s election as president in early November, U.S. stocks began to rally. Investors appeared optimistic that the new administration would usher in a series of pro-growth policies, and supportive economic news helped the rally carry through the quarter. The buoyant environment sent interest rates higher as well. At its mid-December meeting, Fed officials raised their short-term target interest rate for the first time in a year, by a quarter percentage point, to between 0.50% and 0.75%. The fourth quarter also saw the implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rules for money market funds, which included floating net asset values (NAVs) for institutional prime and municipal money market funds as well as liquidity fees and redemption gates. In the year leading up to money fund reform implementation, nearly $1 trillion in assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1 NAV. Outside of the U.S., the prospects for faster U.S. growth appeared to trigger some acceleration in Europe. The improvement may be partly attributable to expectations for further strengthening of the U.S. dollar, which in turn could improve demand for European goods in the U.S. due to weakening of the euro relative to the dollar.
4 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | Letter to shareholders (unaudited) |
Investor optimism continued into January 2017.
January brought continued strength in global stock markets. Markets were lifted by factors such as strong trade data from Japan, robust earnings reports by businesses, and investors’ hopes that the U.S. government will approve a large fiscal stimulus package.
Don’t let short-term uncertainty derail long-term investment goals.
Periods of uncertainty can present challenges, but experience has taught us that maintaining long-term investment goals can be an effective way to plan for the future. To help you create a sound strategy based on your personal goals and risk tolerance, Wells Fargo Funds offers more than 100 mutual funds spanning a wide range of asset classes and investment styles. Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance. We encourage investors to know their investments and to understand that appropriate levels of risk-taking may unlock opportunities.
Thank you for choosing to invest in Wells Fargo Funds. We appreciate your confidence in us and remain committed to helping you meet your financial needs.
Sincerely,
President
Wells Fargo Funds
Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance.
For further information about your Fund, contact your investment professional, visit our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or call us directly at 1-800-222-8222. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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6 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | Performance highlights (unaudited) |
Investment objective
The Fund seeks current income, while preserving capital and liquidity.
Manager
Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC
Subadviser
Wells Capital Management Incorporated
Portfolio managers
Michael C. Bird, CFA®
Jeffrey L. Weaver, CFA®
Laurie White
Average annual total returns (%) as of January 31, 20171
Expense ratios2 (%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Inception date | 1 year | 5 year | 10 year | Gross | Net3 | |||||||||||||||||
Class A (WFGXX) | 11-8-1999 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.60 | 0.61 | 0.61 | ||||||||||||||||
Administrator Class (WGAXX) | 7-31-2003 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.66 | 0.34 | 0.34 | ||||||||||||||||
Institutional Class (GVIXX) | 7-28-2003 | 0.24 | 0.06 | 0.72 | 0.22 | 0.20 | ||||||||||||||||
Select Class (WFFXX) | 6-30-2015 | 0.30 | 0.07 | 0.73 | 0.18 | 0.16 | ||||||||||||||||
Service Class (NWGXX) | 11-16-1987 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.62 | 0.51 | 0.50 | ||||||||||||||||
Sweep Class | 6-30-2010 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.62 | 0.77 | 0.77 |
Yield summary (%) as of January 31, 20173
Class A | Administrator Class |
Institutional Class |
Select Class |
Service Class |
Sweep Class |
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7-day current yield | 0.01 | 0.29 | 0.40 | 0.46 | 0.11 | 0.01 | ||||||||||||||||
7-day compound yield | 0.01 | 0.29 | 0.41 | 0.47 | 0.11 | 0.01 | ||||||||||||||||
30-day simple yield | 0.01 | 0.27 | 0.40 | 0.46 | 0.10 | 0.01 | ||||||||||||||||
30-day compound yield | 0.01 | 0.27 | 0.40 | 0.46 | 0.10 | 0.01 |
Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results, and do not reflect taxes that a shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Investment returns will fluctuate. The Fund’s yield figures more closely reflect the current earnings of the Fund than the total return figures. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted, which assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund’s website, wellsfargofunds.com.
Each class is sold without a front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge.
For government money market funds: You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the Fund at any time.
Please see footnotes on page 7.
Performance highlights (unaudited) | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | 7 |
Portfolio composition as of January 31, 20174 |
Effective maturity distribution as of January 31, 20174 |
Weighted average maturity as of January 31, 20175 | ||||
42 days |
Weighted average life as of January 31, 20176 |
100 days |
1 | Historical performance shown for the Select Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Institutional Class shares, and has not been adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Institutional Class shares. If these expenses had been adjusted, returns would be higher. Historical performance shown for Sweep Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Service Class shares, and has not been adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Sweep Class shares. If these expenses had been adjusted, returns would be lower. |
2 | Reflects the expense ratios as stated in the most recent prospectuses. The expense ratios shown are subject to change and may differ from the annualized expense ratios shown in the financial highlights of this report. |
3 | The manager has contractually committed through October 13, 2017, 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 0.65% for Class A, 0.35% for Administrator Class, 0.20% for Institutional Class, 0.16% for Select Class, 0.50% for Service Class, and 1.00% for the Sweep Class. 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. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the expense cap. Without this cap, the Fund’s returns would have been lower. Without waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses, the Fund’s 7-day current yield would have been 0.00%, 0.27%, 0.39% 0.43%, 0.10% and (0.16)% for Class A, Administrator Class, Institutional Class, Select Class, Service Class, and Sweep Class, respectively. |
4 | Amounts are calculated based on the total investments of the Fund. These amounts are subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. |
5 | Weighted Average Maturity (WAM): WAM is an average of the effective maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by each security’s percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. WAM calculations allow for the maturities of certain securities with demand features or periodic interest rate resets to be shortened. WAM is a way to measure a fund’s sensitivity to potential interest rate changes.WAM is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. |
6 | Weighted Average Life (WAL): WAL is an average of the final maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by their percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. In contrast to WAM, the calculation of WAL allows for the maturities of certain securities with demand features to be shortened, but not the periodic interest rate resets. WAL is a way to measure a fund’s potential sensitivity to credit spread changes. WAL is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. |
7 | The Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon Treasury Tri-Party Repo Index reflects the daily average of the interest rates negotiated between buyers and sellers for repurchase transactions involving particular collateral types where BNY Mellon acts as agent and intermediary for the buyer and seller. This index specifically reflects the interest rate for repurchase agreement transactions collateralized by U.S. Treasuries excluding Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
8 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | Performance highlights (unaudited) |
MANAGER’S DISCUSSION
The majority of the Fund’s fiscal year that ended January 31, 2017, was characterized by steady interest rates that were higher than the near-zero rates prevailing for the several preceding years but still low by historical standards. Rates were higher in the last one and a half months of the period due to an increase of 0.25% in the federal funds rate by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) on December 14, 2016, to a new target range between 0.50% and 0.75%. Interest rates on all categories of government money market securities moved higher shortly before the Fed’s move and generally maintained those levels after the official increase. This past year also saw the full implementation of amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury and government money market funds continued to operate much as they always did, with stable $1.00 net asset values.
That action by the Fed came almost exactly one year after its previous interest-rate hike of 0.25% on December 16, 2015. At that time, after seven years with the federal funds rate set near zero, the Fed’s projections showed further gradual interest-rate increases throughout 2016. Economic developments, including international ones, led the Fed to delay those plans for higher interest rates, and it ultimately was able to produce the lone December 2016 hike.
Three-month Treasury bill (T-bill) yields averaged 30 basis points (bps; 100 bps equals 1.00%) during the first 10.5 months of the reporting period, preceding the Fed’s interest-rate hike. In the last 1.5 months of the reporting period, after the Fed hike, 3-month T-bills yielded an average of 50 bps. For the entire year that ended January 31, 2017, 3-month T-bill yields averaged 33 bps, compared with 6 bps in the preceding 12-month period.
Although the increase in T-bill yields from year to year roughly matched the Fed’s moves, there were several underlying factors affecting interest rates that tended to offset each other over the year. Changes in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules regarding money market funds (MMFs) that became effective in October 2016 resulted in approximately $1 trillion of money moving from prime MMFs to U.S. government MMFs in the second half of 2016, adding to the demand for government securities, including T-bills. On the other hand, the U.S. Treasury increased the supply of T-bills by $284 billion in the year that ended January 31, 2017, partially offsetting the increased demand.
The yields on repurchase agreements (repos) generally followed the same path and were also heavily influenced by the Fed’s interest-rate hike. Overnight repo rates, as measured by the BNY Mellon Treasury Tri-Party Repo Index,7 averaged 29 bps in the first 10.5 months of the reporting period, before the Fed’s interest-rate hike, then rose to 51 bps on average over the balance of the reporting period that ended January 31, 2017. Overall, the average repo yield for the fiscal year that ended January 31, 2017, was 32 bps, compared with 10 bps in the prior 12-month period.
Similarly, yields on government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) discount notes were modestly higher throughout the year, before moving notably higher as the Fed’s interest-rate increase approached. Average GSE discount note yields for 3-, 6-, and 12-month tenors were 13 bps, 21 bps, and 26 bps, respectively, in the prior reporting period. The yields moved to averages of 34 bps, 42 bps, and 60 bps, respectively, over the next approximately 10.5 months, before the Fed’s December 14, 2016, interest-rate hike, and then to 52 bps, 56 bps, and 78 bps, respectively, over the remainder of the 12-month term that ended January 31, 2017. Overall, for the fiscal year that ended January 31, 2017, the discount note yield averages were 36 bps, 44 bps, and 62 bps, respectively, for 3-, 6-, and 12-month tenors.
Our portfolio strategy continued to emphasize maintaining both a stable $1.00 net asset value and adequate liquidity to meet shareholder redemptions. Accordingly, we invested in T-bills, U.S. Treasury notes, GSE discount notes and other securities, and repos collateralized by Treasury securities and GSE obligations.
Strategic outlook
In spite of having recently raised the federal funds rate, the Fed projects that it will continue to raise rates throughout the coming year. A year ago, the situation was nearly identical, but the Fed was able to raise rates only once near the end of the year, which may cast doubt on its projections for this year. The economy has continued its solid, if unspectacular, performance, with a stronger labor market and very gradually rising, but still below target, inflation. The Fed has signaled that it will continue to proceed cautiously, weighing incoming economic data and other factors and modifying its interest-rate path accordingly. Added to the usual uncertainty this year are the changes in U.S. leadership resulting from the November 2016 election, with a Republican sweep of the presidency and both houses of Congress suggesting possible significant changes in economic policy. It’s possible that changes in fiscal policy could in turn affect the Fed’s interest-rate decisions. In the face of this heightened uncertainty, we believe that our investment strategy, with its focus on capital preservation and liquidity, will enable the Fund to continue to meet its objectives.
Please see footnotes on page 7.
Fund expenses (unaudited) | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | 9 |
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution (12b-1) and/or shareholder servicing fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period from August 1, 2016 to January 31, 2017.
Actual expenses
The “Actual” line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the “Actual” line under the heading entitled “Expenses paid during period” for your applicable class of shares to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes
The “Hypothetical” line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the “Hypothetical” line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.
Beginning 8-1-2016 |
Ending 1-31-2017 |
Expenses paid during the period¹ |
Annualized net expense ratio |
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Class A |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,000.05 | $ | 2.26 | 0.45 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,022.87 | $ | 2.29 | 0.45 | % | ||||||||
Administrator Class |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,000.80 | $ | 1.50 | 0.30 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.64 | $ | 1.51 | 0.30 | % | ||||||||
Institutional Class |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,001.48 | $ | 0.83 | 0.16 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,024.31 | $ | 0.83 | 0.16 | % | ||||||||
Select Class |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,001.79 | $ | 0.53 | 0.11 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,024.61 | $ | 0.54 | 0.11 | % | ||||||||
Service Class |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,000.14 | $ | 2.17 | 0.43 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,022.97 | $ | 2.19 | 0.43 | % | ||||||||
Sweep Class |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,000.05 | $ | 2.08 | 0.41 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.05 | $ | 2.11 | 0.41 | % |
1 | Expenses paid is equal to the annualized net expense ratio of each class multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year (to reflect the one-half-year period). |
10 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Government Agency Debt: 43.36% |
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FFCB (z) |
0.40 | % | 2-1-2017 | $ | 25,000,000 | $ | 25,000,000 | |||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.46 | 2-15-2017 | 20,000,000 | 19,996,422 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.46 | 2-16-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,990,417 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.46 | 2-2-2017 | 15,000,000 | 14,999,808 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.47 | 2-23-2017 | 35,000,000 | 34,989,947 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.50 | 3-6-2017 | 20,000,000 | 19,990,833 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.51 | 3-30-2017 | 35,000,000 | 34,971,738 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.51 | 4-13-2017 | 155,000,000 | 154,843,504 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.52 | 5-9-2017 | 100,000,000 | 99,859,889 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.52 | 4-28-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,937,889 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.54 | 2-3-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,998,500 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.55 | 5-18-2017 | 250,000,000 | 249,595,139 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.55 | 5-17-2017 | 5,000,000 | 4,991,979 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.56 | 3-8-2017 | 25,000,000 | 24,986,389 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.56 | 3-10-2017 | 25,000,000 | 24,985,611 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.56 | 5-10-2017 | 40,000,000 | 39,938,750 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.59 | 5-31-2017 | 90,000,000 | 89,824,475 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.59 | 6-5-2017 | 45,000,000 | 44,908,550 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.59 | 6-7-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,896,750 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.59 | 4-3-2017 | 25,000,000 | 24,975,007 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.60 | 6-12-2017 | 25,000,000 | 24,945,417 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.60 | 6-9-2017 | 40,000,000 | 39,914,667 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.60 | 6-13-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,890,000 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.61 | 4-4-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,947,473 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.62 | 7-5-2017 | 55,000,000 | 54,854,128 | ||||||||||||
FFCB |
0.63 | 4-28-2017 | 10,000,000 | 10,002,363 | ||||||||||||
FFCB |
0.65 | 5-8-2017 | 8,000,000 | 8,000,876 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.65 | 5-4-2017 | 150,000,000 | 149,752,111 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.67 | 3-24-2017 | 100,000,000 | 99,905,083 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.67 | 1-11-2018 | 150,000,000 | 150,000,000 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.69 | 8-16-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,812,167 | ||||||||||||
FFCB |
0.70 | 2-23-2017 | 16,074,000 | 16,074,067 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.74 | 9-11-2017 | 175,000,000 | 174,997,844 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.74 | 10-30-2017 | 25,000,000 | 24,999,437 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.75 | 4-16-2018 | 68,000,000 | 67,998,619 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.75 | 11-14-2018 | 27,550,000 | 27,551,593 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.76 | 5-25-2017 | 5,000,000 | 5,001,926 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.76 | 8-25-2017 | 200,000,000 | 199,988,756 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.76 | 9-25-2017 | 80,000,000 | 79,991,269 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.76 | 6-1-2018 | 25,000,000 | 24,998,615 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.76 | 7-10-2018 | 200,000,000 | 199,970,649 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.78 | 2-23-2017 | 100,000,000 | 99,998,776 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.79 | 11-27-2017 | 5,120,000 | 5,119,166 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.79 | 10-3-2018 | 75,000,000 | 75,006,751 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.80 | 5-8-2017 | 14,500,000 | 14,506,669 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.80 | 3-29-2017 | 35,000,000 | 35,002,467 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.80 | 5-15-2017 | 50,000,000 | 50,003,980 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.80 | 7-14-2017 | 100,000,000 | 100,004,794 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.80 | 7-26-2017 | 35,000,000 | 34,998,285 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.80 | 12-8-2017 | 35,000,000 | 34,989,526 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | 11 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Government Agency Debt (continued) |
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FFCB ± |
0.80 | % | 7-25-2017 | $ | 84,000,000 | $ | 84,013,317 | |||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.80 | 8-22-2018 | 250,000,000 | 249,983,680 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.80 | 2-26-2018 | 137,735,000 | 137,568,981 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.81 | 3-22-2018 | 21,115,000 | 21,130,980 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.81 | 9-15-2017 | 150,000,000 | 149,991,766 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.81 | 4-9-2018 | 9,505,000 | 9,504,508 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.82 | 9-11-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,750,250 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.82 | 4-16-2018 | 7,830,000 | 7,836,512 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.82 | 11-15-2018 | 250,000,000 | 249,991,012 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.82 | 4-17-2017 | 11,500,000 | 11,500,989 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.82 | 1-3-2019 | 50,000,000 | 50,000,000 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.84 | 2-8-2017 | 100,000,000 | 100,000,000 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.84 | 1-8-2019 | 125,000,000 | 125,000,000 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.84 | 11-29-2018 | 100,000,000 | 99,990,813 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.84 | 2-16-2018 | 150,000,000 | 149,996,852 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.85 | 10-11-2018 | 375,000,000 | 374,966,910 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.86 | 10-30-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,680,069 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.86 | 9-19-2018 | 300,000,000 | 299,985,231 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.86 | 10-19-2018 | 150,000,000 | 150,000,000 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.87 | 1-29-2018 | 150,000,000 | 149,978,751 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.87 | 10-3-2018 | 249,000,000 | 248,976,351 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.87 | 9-6-2018 | 175,000,000 | 175,000,000 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.88 | 5-25-2018 | 50,000,000 | 49,997,497 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.88 | 6-19-2017 | 200,000,000 | 199,995,903 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.89 | 5-4-2018 | 250,000,000 | 249,990,703 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.90 | 6-20-2018 | 150,000,000 | 150,000,000 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.90 | 7-19-2018 | 50,000,000 | 50,037,239 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.90 | 12-4-2017 | 100,000,000 | 100,000,000 | ||||||||||||
FFCB (z) |
0.91 | 10-12-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,683,750 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.91 | 8-1-2018 | 69,000,000 | 69,005,268 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.92 | 7-21-2017 | 40,000,000 | 39,999,971 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.93 | 10-10-2017 | 100,000,000 | 99,970,373 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.93 | 3-26-2018 | 20,220,000 | 20,248,464 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.96 | 8-8-2018 | 40,000,000 | 40,030,675 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
0.98 | 4-9-2018 | 25,000,000 | 25,007,893 | ||||||||||||
FFCB ± |
1.00 | 4-23-2018 | 100,000,000 | 100,025,245 | ||||||||||||
FFCB |
1.13 | 9-22-2017 | 10,000,000 | 10,016,072 | ||||||||||||
FFCB |
5.05 | 3-8-2017 | 10,000,000 | 10,044,907 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.43 | 2-3-2017 | 450,000,000 | 449,989,250 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.45 | 2-6-2017 | 100,000,000 | 99,993,750 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.46 | 3-29-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,964,222 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.46 | 3-24-2017 | 348,500,000 | 348,271,423 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.47 | 2-8-2017 | 429,200,000 | 429,160,848 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.48 | 8-3-2017 | 470,000,000 | 469,892,556 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.48 | 2-17-2017 | 485,000,000 | 484,897,267 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.48 | 2-2-2017 | 350,000,000 | 349,995,361 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.48 | 2-10-2017 | 303,000,000 | 302,963,648 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.50 | 2-16-2017 | 100,000,000 | 99,979,375 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.50 | 2-22-2017 | 414,700,000 | 414,579,163 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.50 | 4-21-2017 | 108,666,000 | 108,546,769 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
12 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Government Agency Debt (continued) |
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FHLB (z) |
0.51 | % | 2-24-2017 | $ | 500,000,000 | $ | 499,837,946 | |||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.51 | 3-22-2017 | 30,000,000 | 29,979,175 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.51 | 3-1-2017 | 128,000,000 | 127,949,113 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.51 | 2-15-2017 | 586,450,000 | 586,332,856 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.52 | 2-28-2017 | 75,000,000 | 74,971,031 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.52 | 4-5-2017 | 200,000,000 | 199,816,775 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.53 | 3-8-2017 | 500,000,000 | 499,744,695 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.53 | 3-13-2017 | 197,150,000 | 197,034,996 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.53 | 3-3-2017 | 350,000,000 | 349,846,208 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.53 | 3-17-2017 | 230,000,000 | 229,851,744 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.53 | 5-5-2017 | 30,000,000 | 29,959,003 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.53 | 2-13-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,991,167 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.53 | 2-27-2017 | 100,000,000 | 99,961,722 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.54 | 2-21-2017 | 155,000,000 | 154,953,930 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.54 | 3-15-2017 | 250,000,000 | 249,841,917 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.55 | 3-31-2017 | 150,000,000 | 149,868,292 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.55 | 3-10-2017 | 742,900,000 | 742,481,919 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.55 | 4-28-2017 | 185,000,000 | 184,757,373 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.57 | 5-10-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,923,233 | ||||||||||||
FHLB |
0.57 | 2-24-2017 | 10,000,000 | 10,000,881 | ||||||||||||
FHLB |
0.57 | 4-21-2017 | 100,000,000 | 99,989,571 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.58 | 3-16-2017 | 100,000,000 | 99,931,319 | ||||||||||||
FHLB |
0.58 | 4-25-2017 | 70,000,000 | 69,993,113 | ||||||||||||
FHLB |
0.60 | 5-19-2017 | 100,000,000 | 99,992,396 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.61 | 5-12-2017 | 156,000,000 | 155,737,805 | ||||||||||||
FHLB |
0.63 | 5-30-2017 | 56,000,000 | 56,000,187 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.63 | 6-2-2017 | 25,000,000 | 24,947,651 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.63 | 6-7-2017 | 100,000,000 | 99,781,250 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.63 | 5-31-2017 | 150,000,000 | 149,688,121 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.63 | 7-14-2017 | 500,000,000 | 500,000,000 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.64 | 5-19-2017 | 100,000,000 | 99,811,264 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.64 | 8-18-2017 | 100,000,000 | 100,000,000 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.64 | 7-21-2017 | 100,000,000 | 99,698,250 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.64 | 7-26-2017 | 300,000,000 | 299,068,125 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.64 | 7-28-2017 | 129,500,000 | 129,093,055 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.64 | 5-17-2017 | 100,000,000 | 99,813,334 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.64 | 10-10-2017 | 400,000,000 | 400,000,000 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.65 | 8-2-2017 | 176,000,000 | 175,423,424 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.65 | 5-23-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,899,792 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.66 | 6-21-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,871,667 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.68 | 6-15-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,873,444 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.69 | 11-2-2018 | 91,400,000 | 91,342,509 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.71 | 9-6-2017 | 100,000,000 | 100,000,000 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.71 | 11-22-2017 | 64,500,000 | 64,497,468 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.72 | 7-12-2018 | 200,000,000 | 200,074,308 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.73 | 4-12-2018 | 150,000,000 | 150,000,000 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.74 | 8-17-2017 | 150,000,000 | 150,000,000 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.74 | 3-8-2018 | 100,000,000 | 99,998,559 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.75 | 2-7-2017 | 150,000,000 | 149,999,502 | ||||||||||||
FHLB |
0.75 | 9-8-2017 | 75,000,000 | 74,972,780 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | 13 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Government Agency Debt (continued) |
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FHLB |
0.75 | % | 11-16-2017 | $ | 72,050,000 | $ | 71,976,103 | |||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.75 | 2-14-2017 | 135,000,000 | 134,998,705 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.75 | 10-18-2017 | 300,000,000 | 298,381,250 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.76 | 6-25-2018 | 70,000,000 | 69,961,396 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.77 | 3-17-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,999,695 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.77 | 2-26-2018 | 50,000,000 | 50,000,000 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.77 | 2-17-2017 | 63,250,000 | 63,248,680 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.77 | 2-17-2017 | 32,000,000 | 31,998,924 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.77 | 2-5-2018 | 30,000,000 | 30,000,000 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.77 | 6-1-2018 | 70,000,000 | 70,000,000 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.77 | 6-1-2018 | 335,000,000 | 334,997,712 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.79 | 8-22-2017 | 100,000,000 | 100,000,000 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.79 | 6-12-2018 | 250,000,000 | 249,982,878 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.79 | 5-1-2017 | 100,000,000 | 100,000,000 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.79 | 11-6-2017 | 14,400,000 | 14,399,513 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.79 | 11-10-2017 | 100,000,000 | 100,000,000 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.82 | 2-8-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,999,954 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.83 | 6-28-2017 | 15,000,000 | 15,001,277 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.83 | 2-10-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,999,938 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.83 | 3-16-2017 | 20,000,000 | 20,006,708 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.83 | 1-18-2019 | 300,000,000 | 300,024,854 | ||||||||||||
FHLB (z) |
0.85 | 9-20-2017 | 100,000,000 | 99,461,000 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.85 | 8-9-2017 | 62,270,000 | 62,367,016 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.85 | 8-25-2017 | 21,000,000 | 20,991,330 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.86 | 8-1-2017 | 50,000,000 | 50,076,251 | ||||||||||||
FHLB |
0.88 | 3-10-2017 | 50,570,000 | 50,587,557 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.88 | 10-5-2018 | 50,000,000 | 49,998,577 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.88 | 8-21-2017 | 66,200,000 | 66,308,235 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.88 | 12-7-2017 | 100,000,000 | 100,000,000 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.90 | 4-28-2017 | 150,000,000 | 150,000,000 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.90 | 8-28-2017 | 21,000,000 | 21,034,707 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.91 | 9-1-2017 | 25,000,000 | 25,042,886 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.93 | 9-11-2017 | 25,000,000 | 24,999,235 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.94 | 9-11-2017 | 70,500,000 | 70,495,283 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.96 | 10-27-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,997,389 | ||||||||||||
FHLB ± |
0.97 | 10-25-2017 | 80,000,000 | 80,000,000 | ||||||||||||
FHLB |
1.13 | 6-9-2017 | 4,000,000 | 4,006,830 | ||||||||||||
FHLB |
5.00 | 11-17-2017 | 72,935,000 | 75,276,255 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC (z) |
0.37 | 2-14-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,993,319 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC (z) |
0.42 | 2-1-2017 | 237,920,000 | 237,920,000 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC (z) |
0.50 | 4-24-2017 | 100,000,000 | 99,886,111 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC (z) |
0.50 | 4-25-2017 | 100,000,000 | 99,884,722 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC (z) |
0.50 | 5-16-2017 | 300,000,000 | 299,566,668 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC |
0.75 | 7-14-2017 | 235,725,000 | 235,814,699 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC ± |
0.78 | 4-20-2017 | 100,000,000 | 99,996,732 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC ± |
0.82 | 4-27-2017 | 150,000,000 | 149,992,888 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC ± |
0.85 | 10-15-2045 | 19,113,050 | 19,113,050 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC |
0.88 | 2-22-2017 | 139,405,000 | 139,434,383 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC |
0.90 | 9-15-2017 | 35,000,000 | 35,040,778 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC ± |
0.91 | 7-21-2017 | 150,000,000 | 149,992,808 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
14 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Government Agency Debt (continued) |
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FHLMC ± |
0.91 | % | 12-21-2017 | $ | 50,000,000 | $ | 50,000,000 | |||||||||
FHLMC ± |
0.98 | 1-8-2018 | 150,000,000 | 150,000,000 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC |
1.00 | 3-8-2017 | 627,674,000 | 627,964,561 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC |
1.00 | 6-29-2017 | 33,300,000 | 33,355,494 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC |
1.00 | 7-25-2017 | 5,175,000 | 5,182,383 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC |
1.00 | 7-28-2017 | 34,456,000 | 34,510,106 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC |
1.00 | 9-27-2017 | 50,237,000 | 50,265,637 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC |
1.25 | 5-12-2017 | 67,520,000 | 67,643,187 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC |
5.00 | 2-16-2017 | 30,025,000 | 30,079,852 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC |
5.13 | 11-17-2017 | 20,051,000 | 20,714,652 | ||||||||||||
FNMA (z) |
0.41 | 2-1-2017 | 100,000,000 | 100,000,000 | ||||||||||||
FNMA (z) |
0.66 | 6-1-2017 | 25,000,000 | 24,945,156 | ||||||||||||
FNMA |
0.75 | 3-14-2017 | 275,000,000 | 275,052,907 | ||||||||||||
FNMA |
0.75 | 4-20-2017 | 347,163,000 | 347,268,137 | ||||||||||||
FNMA ± |
0.78 | 9-8-2017 | 100,000,000 | 99,993,939 | ||||||||||||
FNMA ± |
0.78 | 10-5-2017 | 130,000,000 | 129,986,623 | ||||||||||||
FNMA ± |
0.80 | 7-20-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,998,810 | ||||||||||||
FNMA |
0.88 | 8-28-2017 | 70,121,000 | 70,155,400 | ||||||||||||
FNMA |
0.88 | 12-20-2017 | 300,000,000 | 299,867,168 | ||||||||||||
FNMA ± |
0.94 | 3-21-2018 | 150,000,000 | 150,006,961 | ||||||||||||
FNMA ± |
0.98 | 1-11-2018 | 175,000,000 | 175,000,000 | ||||||||||||
FNMA |
1.00 | 9-20-2017 | 10,700,000 | 10,708,602 | ||||||||||||
FNMA |
1.00 | 9-27-2017 | 81,510,000 | 81,582,386 | ||||||||||||
FNMA |
1.05 | 9-5-2017 | 13,610,000 | 13,629,092 | ||||||||||||
FNMA |
1.13 | 4-27-2017 | 406,133,000 | 406,591,913 | ||||||||||||
FNMA |
5.00 | 2-13-2017 | 20,700,000 | 20,730,339 | ||||||||||||
FNMA |
5.00 | 5-11-2017 | 234,501,000 | 237,313,457 | ||||||||||||
FNMA |
5.38 | 6-12-2017 | 213,460,000 | 217,109,342 | ||||||||||||
National Credit Union Administration Guaranteed Notes Program Series A3 |
2.35 | 6-12-2017 | 60,341,000 | 60,700,529 | ||||||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§ |
0.65 | 10-15-2032 | 26,007,692 | 26,007,692 | ||||||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§ |
0.65 | 6-15-2034 | 20,810,684 | 20,810,684 | ||||||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§ |
0.66 | 4-30-2026 | 23,500,000 | 23,500,000 | ||||||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§ |
0.66 | 9-2-2031 | 11,755,000 | 11,755,000 | ||||||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§ |
0.66 | 9-30-2031 | 12,202,160 | 12,202,160 | ||||||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§ |
0.66 | 5-15-2033 | 5,747,781 | 5,747,781 | ||||||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§ |
0.67 | 8-15-2019 | 22,000,000 | 22,000,001 | ||||||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§ |
0.67 | 11-20-2019 | 7,500,000 | 7,500,000 | ||||||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§ |
0.67 | 9-20-2022 | 11,000,000 | 11,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§ |
0.67 | 11-15-2022 | 21,700,000 | 21,700,000 | ||||||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§ |
0.67 | 7-9-2026 | 89,238,250 | 89,238,250 | ||||||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§ |
0.67 | 6-28-2028 | 37,440,000 | 37,440,000 | ||||||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§ |
0.67 | 1-15-2030 | 19,622,642 | 19,622,642 | ||||||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§ |
0.67 | 10-15-2033 | 11,000,000 | 11,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§ |
0.67 | 7-7-2040 | 27,500,000.00 | 27,500,000.00 | ||||||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§ |
0.72 | 12-15-2019 | 33,264,000 | 33,264,000 | ||||||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 1 ±§ |
0.66 | 8-15-2026 | 17,600,000 | 17,600,000 | ||||||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 1 ±§ |
0.66 | 9-30-2031 | 4,804,000 | 4,804,000 | ||||||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 2 ±§ |
0.66 | 9-30-2031 | 11,241,360 | 11,241,360 | ||||||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 2 ±§ |
0.67 | 10-10-2025 | 8,316,270 | 8,316,270 | ||||||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 3 ±§ |
0.66 | 7-15-2026 | 6,351,840 | 6,351,840 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | 15 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Government Agency Debt (continued) |
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Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 3 ±§ |
0.67 | % | 10-10-2025 | $ | 10,811,151 | $ | 10,811,151 | |||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 4 ±§ |
0.65 | 11-15-2033 | 27,623,932 | 27,623,932 | ||||||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 4 ±§ |
0.66 | 9-30-2031 | 6,533,440 | 6,533,440 | ||||||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 5 ±§ |
0.66 | 9-30-2031 | 6,725,600 | 6,725,600 | ||||||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 6 ±§ |
0.66 | 9-30-2031 | 6,725,600 | 6,725,600 | ||||||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 7 ±§ |
0.66 | 9-30-2031 | 3,843,200 | 3,843,200 | ||||||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 8 ±§ |
0.66 | 9-30-2031 | 14,412,000 | 14,412,000 | ||||||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 9 ±§ |
0.65 | 5-15-2030 | 29,376,000 | 29,376,000 | ||||||||||||
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 9 ±§ |
0.66 | 9-30-2031 | 4,515,760 | 4,515,760 | ||||||||||||
Total Government Agency Debt (Cost $28,592,427,797) |
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28,592,427,797 | ||||||||||||||
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Municipal Obligations: 5.92% |
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Alabama: 0.01% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.01% | ||||||||||||||||
Mobile AL IDA Board High Providence LLC Project Series 2006 (Industrial Development Revenue, Whitney National Bank LOC) |
0.69 | 8-1-2031 | 6,000,000 | 6,000,000 | ||||||||||||
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Arizona: 0.05% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.05% | ||||||||||||||||
Maricopa County AZ IDA MFHR Las Gardenias Apartments Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 4-15-2033 | 14,175,000 | 14,175,000 | ||||||||||||
Maricopa County AZ IDA Villas Solanas Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 11-15-2032 | 8,500,000 | 8,500,000 | ||||||||||||
Phoenix AZ IDA Del Mar Terrace Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.68 | 10-1-2029 | 11,520,000 | 11,520,000 | ||||||||||||
34,195,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
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California: 1.19% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.19% | ||||||||||||||||
Anaheim CA Housing Authority Cobblestone Apartments Series B (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 3-15-2033 | 3,580,000 | 3,580,000 | ||||||||||||
Anaheim CA Housing Authority Park Vista Apartments (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.60 | 7-1-2033 | 23,580,000 | 23,580,000 | ||||||||||||
Anaheim CA Housing Authority Sage Park Apartments Projects Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 11-15-2028 | 5,500,000 | 5,500,000 | ||||||||||||
Association of Bay Area Governments Finance Authority for Nonprofit Corporation California Crossing Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 12-15-2037 | 64,450,000 | 64,450,000 | ||||||||||||
Association of Bay Area Governments Finance Authority for Nonprofit Corporation California Lakeside Village Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.58 | 10-1-2046 | 59,160,000 | 59,160,000 | ||||||||||||
Association of Bay Area Governments Finance Authority for Nonprofit Corporation California MFHR Fine Arts Building Projects Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.69 | 7-15-2035 | 6,100,000 | 6,100,000 | ||||||||||||
Association of Bay Area Governments Finance Authority Housing Gaia Building Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.72 | 9-15-2032 | 260,000 | 260,000 | ||||||||||||
California CDA Aegis Pleasant Hill Series H (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 7-1-2027 | 6,270,000 | 6,270,000 | ||||||||||||
California CDA MFHR Bay Vista Meadow Park Project (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 12-15-2037 | 29,320,000 | 29,320,000 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
16 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued) | ||||||||||||||||
California CDA MFHR Desert Palms Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC) |
0.74 | % | 8-1-2045 | $ | 7,000,000 | $ | 7,000,000 | |||||||||
California CDA MFHR Imperial Park Apartments Series OO (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC) |
0.70 | 11-1-2040 | 6,620,000 | 6,620,000 | ||||||||||||
California CDA Oakmont Senior Living Series Y (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 8-1-2031 | 14,340,000 | 14,340,000 | ||||||||||||
California CDA Sunrise of Danville Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 5-1-2027 | 6,165,000 | 6,165,000 | ||||||||||||
California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank Saddleback Valley Christian Schools Project Series A (Miscellaneous Revenue, East West Bank LOC) 144A |
0.66 | 12-1-2040 | 14,250,000 | 14,250,000 | ||||||||||||
California Municipal Finance Authority Copper Square Apartments Series A2 (Housing Revenue, East West Bank LOC) |
0.64 | 2-1-2046 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | ||||||||||||
California Municipal Finance Authority Copper Square Apartments Series A2 (Housing Revenue, East West Bank LOC) |
0.72 | 2-1-2046 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | ||||||||||||
California Statewide CDA Creekside at Meadow Park Apartments Series HH (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 4-15-2036 | 7,995,000 | 7,995,000 | ||||||||||||
California Statewide CDA Dublin Ranch Senior Apartments Series G (Housing Revenue, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 12-15-2037 | 5,010,000 | 5,010,000 | ||||||||||||
California Statewide CDA Emerald Gardens Apartments Series E (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 3-15-2033 | 7,320,000 | 7,320,000 | ||||||||||||
California Statewide CDA Fairway Family Apartments Series H (Miscellaneous Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 12-15-2037 | 7,000,000 | 7,000,000 | ||||||||||||
California Statewide CDA Grande Apartments Series TT (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 12-15-2034 | 1,925,000 | 1,925,000 | ||||||||||||
California Statewide CDA Heritage Oaks Apartments Series YY (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 2-15-2035 | 6,900,000 | 6,900,000 | ||||||||||||
California Statewide CDA Martin Luther Tower Series D (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 7-15-2035 | 6,850,000 | 6,850,000 | ||||||||||||
California Statewide CDA Oak Centers Towers Projects Series L (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 12-15-2037 | 3,320,000 | 3,320,000 | ||||||||||||
California Statewide CDA Valley Palms Apartments Series C (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, FNMA LIQ) |
0.70 | 5-15-2035 | 880,000 | 880,000 | ||||||||||||
California Statewide Communities Concord Green Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, East West Bank LOC) |
0.70 | 6-1-2028 | 8,700,000 | 8,700,000 | ||||||||||||
California Statewide Communities Various Housing Hermosa Vista Apartments Series XX (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 5-15-2036 | 3,500,000 | 3,500,000 | ||||||||||||
Chula Vista CA Teresina Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.54 | 5-15-2036 | 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Contra Costa County CA MFHR (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.54 | 10-15-2033 | 60,000,000 | 60,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Escondido CA Via Robles Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 11-15-2036 | 6,900,000 | 6,900,000 | ||||||||||||
Los Angeles CA Community RDA Academy Village Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.54 | 10-1-2019 | 19,800,000 | 19,800,000 | ||||||||||||
Los Angeles CA Community Redevelopment Agency MFHR (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.57 | 4-15-2042 | 90,900,000 | 90,900,000 | ||||||||||||
Los Angeles County CA Housing Authority Castaic Senior Apartments Project Series C (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 7-15-2036 | 9,300,000 | 9,300,000 | ||||||||||||
Martinez CA Muirwood Garden Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.65 | 12-15-2033 | 6,800,000 | 6,800,000 | ||||||||||||
Modesto CA MFHR Live Oak Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, FNMA LIQ) |
0.69 | 9-15-2024 | 1,330,000 | 1,330,000 | ||||||||||||
Mountain View CA Multifamily Housing Villa Mariposa Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.65 | 2-15-2017 | 15,300,000 | 15,300,000 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | 17 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued) | ||||||||||||||||
Oxnard CA Housing Authority SeaWind Senior Apartments Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.60 | % | 12-1-2020 | $ | 3,175,000 | $ | 3,175,000 | |||||||||
Riverside County CA Tyler Springs Apartments Series C (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 1-15-2027 | 7,000,000 | 7,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sacramento County CA Housing Authority Lofts at Natomas Apartments Series F (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 6-15-2036 | 10,190,000 | 10,190,000 | ||||||||||||
Sacramento County CA Housing Authority Logan Park Apartments Series E (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC) |
0.70 | 5-1-2042 | 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sacramento County CA Housing Authority MFHR Normandy Park Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 2-15-2033 | 6,000,000 | 6,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sacramento County CA Housing Authority River Terrace Apartments Series C (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 7-15-2029 | 3,740,000 | 3,740,000 | ||||||||||||
Sacramento County CA Housing Authority Shadowood Apartments Project Issue A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.67 | 12-1-2022 | 18,500,000 | 18,500,000 | ||||||||||||
Sacramento County CA Housing Authority St. Anton Building Apartments Series I (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 12-15-2036 | 8,000,000 | 8,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sacramento County CA Housing Authority Valencia Point Apartments Series I (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 11-15-2039 | 5,150,000 | 5,150,000 | ||||||||||||
San Bernardino County CA Housing Authority Mountain View Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 2-15-2027 | 8,860,000 | 8,860,000 | ||||||||||||
San Bernardino County CA Housing Authority Evergreen Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 5-15-2029 | 16,600,000 | 16,600,000 | ||||||||||||
San Bernardino County CA MFHR Green Valley Apartments Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 5-15-2029 | 3,640,000 | 3,640,000 | ||||||||||||
San Bernardino County CA MFHR Sycamore Terrace Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 5-15-2029 | 1,600,000 | 1,600,000 | ||||||||||||
San Bernardino County CA Parkview Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 2-15-2027 | 5,220,000 | 5,220,000 | ||||||||||||
San Francisco CA City & County RDA (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.54 | 6-15-2034 | 52,150,000 | 52,150,000 | ||||||||||||
San Francisco CA RDA Fillmore Center 1999 Issue B1 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.68 | 12-1-2017 | 44,000,000 | 44,000,000 | ||||||||||||
San Francisco CA Redevelopment Agency Mercy Terrace Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 6-15-2035 | 12,100,000 | 12,100,000 | ||||||||||||
San Jose CA MFHR Raintree Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.70 | 2-1-2038 | 10,600,000 | 10,600,000 | ||||||||||||
San Jose CA Multifamily Housing Las Ventanas Apartments Series B (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.60 | 7-1-2038 | 23,100,000 | 23,100,000 | ||||||||||||
782,950,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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Colorado: 0.04% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.04% | ||||||||||||||||
Adams County CO Housing Authority Semper Village Apartments Project Series A (Education Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 7-15-2037 | 14,000,000 | 14,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Lafayette CO Traditions at Lafayette Projects Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.64 | 10-1-2044 | 12,240,000 | 12,240,000 | ||||||||||||
26,240,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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Florida: 0.08% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.08% | ||||||||||||||||
Florida Housing Finance Corporation Lee Vista Apartments (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.66 | 12-1-2034 | 14,710,000 | 14,710,000 | ||||||||||||
Florida Housing Finance Corporation Maitland Apartments (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.66 | 12-1-2034 | 16,275,000 | 16,275,000 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
18 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued) | ||||||||||||||||
Manatee County FL HFA Village at Cortez Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.68 | % | 1-15-2037 | $ | 10,000,000 | $ | 10,000,000 | |||||||||
Orange County FL HFA Glenn Apartments Series D (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC) |
0.73 | 7-15-2034 | 240,000 | 240,000 | ||||||||||||
Orange County FL HFA Post Fountains Project (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, FNMA LIQ) |
0.66 | 6-1-2025 | 13,040,000 | 13,040,000 | ||||||||||||
54,265,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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Hawaii: 0.03% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.03% | ||||||||||||||||
Hawaii Housing Finance & Development Corporation Lokahi Kau Series 2008 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.61 | 12-1-2041 | 19,830,000 | 19,830,000 | ||||||||||||
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Illinois: 0.07% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.07% | ||||||||||||||||
Glendale Heights MFHR Glendale Lakes Project (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.66 | 3-1-2030 | 14,845,000 | 14,845,000 | ||||||||||||
Illinois Housing Development Foxview I & II Apartments (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.61 | 1-1-2041 | 29,000,000 | 29,000,000 | ||||||||||||
43,845,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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Indiana: 0.06% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.06% | ||||||||||||||||
Elkhart County IN Ashton Pines Apartments II Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLB LOC) |
0.65 | 9-1-2043 | 7,750,000 | 7,750,000 | ||||||||||||
Indianapolis IN Capital Place Covington Project (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.62 | 5-15-2038 | 24,100,000 | 24,100,000 | ||||||||||||
Indianapolis IN Nora Pines Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 10-15-2031 | 8,775,000 | 8,775,000 | ||||||||||||
40,625,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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Louisiana: 0.02% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.02% | ||||||||||||||||
Louisiana HFA Canterbury House Apartments (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC) |
0.66 | 9-15-2040 | 15,470,000 | 15,470,000 | ||||||||||||
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Maryland: 0.01% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.01% | ||||||||||||||||
Maryland Community Development Administration Department Housing & Community Development Multifamily Kirkwood Housing Series G (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.65 | 12-1-2038 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Maryland Community Development Administration Housing and Community Center (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.56 | 12-1-2037 | 4,750,000 | 4,750,000 | ||||||||||||
9,750,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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Michigan: 0.02% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.02% | ||||||||||||||||
Michigan Housing Development Authority Jackson Project (Housing Revenue, FHLB LOC) |
0.69 | 6-1-2037 | 10,775,000 | 10,775,000 | ||||||||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | 19 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Minnesota: 0.10% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.10% | ||||||||||||||||
Bloomington MN Presbyterian Homes Project Series 2008 (Health Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.66 | % | 7-1-2038 | $ | 15,500,000 | $ | 15,500,000 | |||||||||
Edina MN Edina Park Plaza Project Series 1999 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.66 | 12-1-2029 | 13,200,000 | 13,200,000 | ||||||||||||
Inver Grove Heights MN Inver Grove Incorporated Project Series 2005 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.66 | 5-15-2035 | 11,935,000 | 11,935,000 | ||||||||||||
Oak Park Heights MN Boutwells Landing Project Series 2005 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.66 | 11-1-2035 | 16,200,000 | 16,200,000 | ||||||||||||
Roseville MN Senior Housing Various Refunding Bonds Eaglecrest Project (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC) |
0.66 | 7-1-2039 | 4,340,000 | 4,340,000 | ||||||||||||
St. Louis Park MN MFHR Parkshore Senior Campus Project Series 2004 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.74 | 8-1-2034 | 5,865,000 | 5,865,000 | ||||||||||||
67,040,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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Missouri: 0.07% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.07% | ||||||||||||||||
Blue Springs MO IDA Autumn Place Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 8-15-2037 | 7,400,000 | 7,400,000 | ||||||||||||
St. Charles County MO IDA Country Club Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.66 | 7-15-2032 | 25,000,000 | 25,000,000 | ||||||||||||
St. Charles County MO IDA Remington Apartments Project (Industrial Development Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.66 | 2-1-2029 | 12,500,000 | 12,500,000 | ||||||||||||
44,900,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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Nebraska: 0.12% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.12% | ||||||||||||||||
Nebraska Investment Finance Authority Series B (Housing Revenue, GNMA/FNMA/FHLMC Insured, FHLB SPA) |
0.64 | 9-1-2038 | 15,180,000 | 15,180,000 | ||||||||||||
Nebraska Investment Finance Authority Single Family Housing Series B (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA) |
0.67 | 9-1-2038 | 33,415,000 | 33,415,000 | ||||||||||||
Nebraska Investment Finance Authority Single Family Housing Series F (Housing Revenue, GNMA/FNMA/FHLMC Insured, FHLB SPA) |
0.67 | 3-1-2038 | 31,650,000 | 31,650,000 | ||||||||||||
80,245,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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New Mexico: 0.01% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.01% | ||||||||||||||||
New Mexico Mortgage Financial Authority Multifamily Housing Villas San Ignacio Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC) |
0.65 | 11-1-2043 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||
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New York: 2.57% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.57% | ||||||||||||||||
New York Dormitory Authority Series A (Health Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.54 | 11-15-2036 | 136,825,000 | 136,825,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA 10 Barclay Street Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.65 | 11-15-2037 | 72,000,000 | 72,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA 10 Liberty Street Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.54 | 5-1-2035 | 83,235,000 | 83,235,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA 101 West End Avenue (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.57 | 5-15-2031 | 62,000,000 | 62,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA 101 West End Avenue Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.57 | 5-15-2031 | 63,500,000.00 | 63,500,000.00 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
20 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued) | ||||||||||||||||
New York HFA 150 East 44th Street Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.57 | % | 5-15-2032 | $ | 11,000,000 | $ | 11,000,000 | |||||||||
New York HFA 150 East 44th Street Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LIQ) |
0.57 | 5-15-2032 | 81,000,000 | 81,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA 1500 Lex Avenue Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.62 | 5-15-2034 | 15,000,000 | 15,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA 20 River Terrace Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.66 | 5-15-2034 | 20,500,000 | 20,500,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA 316 11th Avenue Housing Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.66 | 5-15-2041 | 25,000,000 | 25,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA 363 West 30th Street Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.56 | 11-1-2032 | 10,150,000 | 10,150,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA 38th Street Series B (Housing Revenue, FNMA LIQ) |
0.59 | 5-15-2033 | 4,400,000 | 4,400,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA 55 West 25th Street Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.56 | 11-15-2038 | 53,000,000 | 53,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA 600 West 42nd Street Series 2012-A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.69 | 5-15-2041 | 50,000,000 | 50,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA Capitol Greens Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.60 | 5-15-2036 | 10,900,000 | 10,900,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA Chelsea Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.62 | 11-15-2036 | 60,500,000 | 60,500,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA East 39th Street Housing Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.68 | 11-15-2031 | 21,700,000 | 21,700,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA MFHR Second Mortgage Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.56 | 5-1-2029 | 87,005,000 | 87,005,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA Parkledge Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.76 | 11-1-2035 | 32,600,000 | 32,600,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA Saville Housing 2002 Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.56 | 11-1-2035 | 27,000,000 | 27,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.59 | 11-1-2037 | 67,930,000 | 67,930,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.66 | 11-15-2036 | 35,200,000 | 35,200,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA Shore Hill Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.66 | 5-1-2045 | 19,500,000 | 19,500,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA Union Square South Housing (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.56 | 11-1-2024 | 46,050,000 | 46,050,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA Warren Knolls Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.67 | 5-15-2037 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA West 17th Street (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.65 | 5-15-2039 | 20,000,000 | 20,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA West 23rd Street Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.57 | 5-15-2033 | 26,000,000 | 26,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA West 37th Street Series B (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.65 | 5-1-2042 | 30,900,000 | 30,900,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA West Haverstraw Senior Housing Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.67 | 5-15-2037 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York Housing Finance Agency West 23rd Street Series 2002-A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 5-15-2033 | 10,100,000 | 10,100,000 | ||||||||||||
New York NY Housing Development Corporation 2 Gold Street Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.66 | 4-15-2036 | 11,300,000 | 11,300,000 | ||||||||||||
New York NY Housing Development Corporation 201 Pearl Street Development Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.66 | 10-15-2041 | 17,600,000 | 17,600,000 | ||||||||||||
New York NY Housing Development Corporation 89 Murray Street Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.56 | 6-15-2039 | 34,000,000 | 34,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York NY Housing Development Corporation Atlantic Court Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.56 | 12-1-2035 | 38,200,000 | 38,200,000 | ||||||||||||
New York NY Housing Development Corporation Brittany Development Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, FNMA LIQ) |
0.56 | 6-15-2029 | 52,500,000 | 52,500,000 | ||||||||||||
New York NY Housing Development Corporation East 124th Street Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.67 | 11-1-2046 | 16,100,000 | 16,100,000 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | 21 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued) | ||||||||||||||||
New York NY Housing Development Corporation Markham Gardens Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.56 | % | 1-1-2040 | $ | 9,200,000 | $ | 9,200,000 | |||||||||
New York NY Housing Development Corporation Multifamily Rental Housing Lyric Development Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.56 | 11-15-2031 | 53,865,000 | 53,865,000 | ||||||||||||
New York NY Housing Development Corporation Multifamily Rental Housing The Balton Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.72 | 9-1-2049 | 11,700,000 | 11,700,000 | ||||||||||||
New York NY Housing Development Corporation Multifamily Rental Housing Westport Development Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.56 | 6-15-2034 | 41,000,000 | 41,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York NY Housing Development Corporation Nicole Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.56 | 11-15-2035 | 49,600,000 | 49,600,000 | ||||||||||||
New York NY Housing Development Corporation Queenswood Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.54 | 4-1-2031 | 10,800,000 | 10,800,000 | ||||||||||||
New York NY Housing Development Corporation Royal Properties Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.54 | 4-15-2035 | 83,200,000 | 83,200,000 | ||||||||||||
New York NY Housing Development Corporation West 26th Street Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.67 | 4-1-2045 | 13,500,000 | 13,500,000 | ||||||||||||
New York NY Housing Development Corporation West 48th Street Development Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.56 | 1-15-2034 | 19,600,000 | 19,600,000 | ||||||||||||
New York NY Housing Development Corporation White Plains Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC) |
0.56 | 3-1-2038 | 4,400,000 | 4,400,000 | ||||||||||||
New York State East 84th Street (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured) (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.56 | 5-15-2033 | 7,400,000 | 7,400,000 | ||||||||||||
New York State HFA Revenue Ocean Park Apartments Housing Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.69 | 5-15-2035 | 21,400,000 | 21,400,000 | ||||||||||||
Ramapo NY Housing Authority Spring Valley Homes Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 12-15-2038 | 10,390,000 | 10,390,000 | ||||||||||||
1,698,750,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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Ohio: 0.02% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.02% | ||||||||||||||||
Franklin County OH Multifamily Housing Ashton Square Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 6-15-2032 | 5,250,000 | 5,250,000 | ||||||||||||
Ohio HFA Mortgage Backed Securities Program Series H (Housing Revenue, GNMA/FNMA/FHLMC Insured, FHLB SPA) |
0.69 | 3-1-2036 | 10,535,000 | 10,535,000 | ||||||||||||
15,785,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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Oregon: 0.07% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.07% | ||||||||||||||||
Oregon Facilities Authority Quatama Crossing Housing Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.70 | 7-15-2035 | 32,875,000 | 32,875,000 | ||||||||||||
Oregon Facilities Authority Vintage at Bend Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 12-15-2036 | 5,195,000 | 5,195,000 | ||||||||||||
Oregon Housing & Community Services Department Redwood Park Apartments Series F (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 10-15-2038 | 5,300,000 | 5,300,000 | ||||||||||||
43,370,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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Other: 0.35% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.35% | ||||||||||||||||
Eagle Tax-Exempt Trust Series 0055F (Miscellaneous Revenue, FHLMC Insured, FHLB LIQ) 144A |
0.67 | 4-15-2049 | 45,595,000 | 45,595,000 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC MFHR Series M017 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.66 | 9-15-2050 | 99,973,000 | 99,973,000 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
22 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued) | ||||||||||||||||
FHLMC MFHR Series M027 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.69 | % | 10-15-2029 | $ | 15,595,000 | $ | 15,595,000 | |||||||||
FHLMC MFHR Series M028 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.67 | 9-15-2024 | 43,400,000 | 43,400,000 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC MFHR Series M031 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.67 | 12-15-2045 | 19,055,000 | 19,055,000 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC MFHR Series M033 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.67 | 3-15-2049 | 7,015,000 | 7,015,000 | ||||||||||||
230,633,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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|
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Pennsylvania: 0.02% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.02% | ||||||||||||||||
Montgomery County PA RDA Brookside Manor Apartments Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.66 | 8-15-2031 | 14,100,000 | 14,100,000 | ||||||||||||
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|
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Rhode Island: 0.04% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.04% | ||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island Housing and Finance Mortgage Corporation The Groves at Johnson Project Series 2006 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.56 | 3-1-2040 | 25,450,000 | 25,450,000 | ||||||||||||
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|
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South Dakota: 0.01% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.01% | ||||||||||||||||
South Dakota Housing Development Authority Multifamily Housing (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.75 | 2-15-2031 | 6,495,000 | 6,495,000 | ||||||||||||
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|
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Tennessee: 0.03% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.03% | ||||||||||||||||
Metropolitan Government Nashville & Davidson County TN Industrial Development Board Arbor Crest LP Series B (Housing Revenue, FNMA LIQ) |
0.66 | 12-1-2025 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Nashville TN Industrial Development Board Arbor Knoll Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LIQ) |
0.66 | 12-1-2025 | 13,400,000 | 13,400,000 | ||||||||||||
18,400,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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|
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Texas: 0.23% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.23% | ||||||||||||||||
Galveston County TX Housing Finance Corporation Village By The Sea Apartments Project Series 2004 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.75 | 2-15-2032 | 5,090,000 | 5,090,000 | ||||||||||||
Harris County TX Housing Finance Corporation Lafayette Village Apartments (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 6-15-2038 | 6,300,000 | 6,300,000 | ||||||||||||
Harris County TX Housing Finance Corporation Village at Cornerstone Apartments (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 8-15-2037 | 7,115,000 | 7,115,000 | ||||||||||||
Panhandle TX Regional Housing Finance Corporation Jason Avenue Residential Apartments Series 2008 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC) |
0.66 | 8-1-2041 | 14,185,000 | 14,185,000 | ||||||||||||
Southeast TX Housing Finance Corporation Multifamily Housing Piedmont Apartments (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 8-15-2039 | 12,835,000 | 12,835,000 | ||||||||||||
Southeast TX Housing Finance Corporation Multifamily Housing Wyndham Park Apartments (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.59 | 7-15-2041 | 8,300,000 | 8,300,000 | ||||||||||||
Tarrant County TX Housing Finance Corporation Multifamily Housing Gateway Apartments (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 2-15-2036 | 12,110,000 | 12,110,000 | ||||||||||||
Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs Costa Mariposa Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.66 | 5-1-2042 | 13,165,000 | 13,165,000 | ||||||||||||
Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs Foundation Asmara (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.65 | 7-1-2033 | 17,140,000 | 17,140,000 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | 23 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued) | ||||||||||||||||
Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs Multifamily Atascocita Pines Apartments (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | % | 4-15-2038 | $ | 10,690,000 | $ | 10,690,000 | |||||||||
Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs Multifamily Lancaster Apartments (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 7-15-2040 | 13,080,000 | 13,080,000 | ||||||||||||
Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs Woodmont Apartments (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.66 | 6-1-2042 | 14,290,000 | 14,290,000 | ||||||||||||
Texas Housing Finance Corporation Multifamily Housing Encino Pointe Apartments (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.66 | 5-1-2042 | 14,970,000 | 14,970,000 | ||||||||||||
149,270,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Utah: 0.01% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.01% | ||||||||||||||||
Utah Housing Corporation Multifamily Housing Florentine Villas Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC) |
0.66 | 9-1-2049 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
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Virginia: 0.05% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.05% | ||||||||||||||||
Alexandria VA Redevelopment & Housing Authority Fairfield Village Square Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 1-15-2039 | 21,720,000 | 21,720,000 | ||||||||||||
Harrisonburg VA RDA Woodman West Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.56 | 6-15-2043 | 5,950,000 | 5,950,000 | ||||||||||||
Salem VA IDA MFHR Oak Park Apartments Project Series 2008 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.55 | 8-15-2043 | 5,585,000 | 5,585,000 | ||||||||||||
33,255,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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|
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Washington: 0.54% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.54% | ||||||||||||||||
King County Washington Housing Authority Auburn Court Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 12-1-2027 | 10,945,000 | 10,945,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington Housing Finance Commission Artspace Everett Lofts Series B (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.69 | 12-1-2041 | 3,200,000 | 3,200,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington Housing Finance Commission Ballinger Court Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 9-15-2037 | 3,400,000 | 3,400,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington Housing Finance Commission Brittany Park Project Series B (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.90 | 11-1-2021 | 510,000 | 510,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington Housing Finance Commission Eagles Landing Apartments Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 8-15-2039 | 6,365,000 | 6,365,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington Housing Finance Commission Eagles Landing Apartments Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.65 | 12-15-2036 | 2,460,000 | 2,460,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington Housing Finance Commission Highland Park Apartments Project Series B (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
1.00 | 7-15-2038 | 705,000 | 705,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington Housing Finance Commission Inglenook Court Project (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.66 | 7-1-2025 | 8,300,000 | 8,300,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington Housing Finance Commission Interurban Senior Living Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.68 | 7-1-2052 | 14,535,000 | 14,535,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington Housing Finance Commission Kitts Corner Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, FHLB LOC) |
0.65 | 9-1-2049 | 27,500,000 | 27,500,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington Housing Finance Commission Lake City Senior Apartments Project Series 2009 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.66 | 7-1-2044 | 15,750,000 | 15,750,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington Housing Finance Commission Meridian Court Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 12-1-2028 | 6,700,000 | 6,700,000 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
24 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued) | ||||||||||||||||
Washington Housing Finance Commission MFHR Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.65 | % | 8-1-2044 | $ | 12,630,000 | $ | 12,630,000 | |||||||||
Washington Housing Finance Commission New Haven Apartments Project Series 2009 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 12-15-2044 | 19,000,000 | 19,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington Housing Finance Commission Queen Anne Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 9-1-2038 | 27,180,000 | 27,180,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington Housing Finance Commission Rainier Court Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 12-15-2036 | 12,750,000 | 12,750,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington Housing Finance Commission Reserve Renton Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, East West Bank LOC) |
0.56 | 8-1-2049 | 9,300,000 | 9,300,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington Housing Finance Commission Rolling Hills Apartments Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 6-15-2037 | 6,125,000 | 6,125,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington Housing Finance Commission Rolling Hills Apartments Project Series B (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.65 | 6-15-2037 | 1,080,000 | 1,080,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington Housing Finance Commission The Cambridge Apartments Series 2009A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 12-15-2044 | 12,650,000 | 12,650,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington Housing Finance Commission Urban Center Apartments Project Series 2009 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.66 | 7-1-2047 | 2,600,000 | 2,600,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington Housing Finance Commission Vintage Burien Senior Living Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 1-15-2038 | 6,570,000 | 6,570,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington Housing Finance Commission Washington Terrace Senior Apartments Series 2010 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 2-15-2043 | 11,250,000 | 11,250,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington Housing Finance Commission Woodros Apartments Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 6-15-2032 | 6,750,000 | 6,750,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington State Housing Finance Commission Ballard Landmark Inn Project Series A (Housing Revenue, East West Bank LOC) |
0.66 | 12-15-2041 | 31,590,000 | 31,590,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington State Housing Finance Commission Discovery Heights Apartments (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.69 | 12-1-2043 | 11,675,000 | 11,675,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington State Housing Finance Commission Merrill Gardens Tacoma Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC) |
0.58 | 9-15-2040 | 13,640,000 | 13,640,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington State Housing Finance Commission Multifamily Anchor Village Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 12-15-2027 | 10,750,000 | 10,750,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington State Housing Finance Commission Multifamily Brittany Park Phase II Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 11-1-2021 | 3,480,000 | 3,480,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington State Housing Finance Commission Multifamily Brittany Park Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 11-1-2021 | 8,930,000 | 8,930,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington State Housing Finance Commission Multifamily Fairwinds Redmond Senior Living Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, East West Bank LOC) |
0.65 | 7-1-2041 | 19,250,000 | 19,250,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington State Housing Finance Commission Multifamily Forest Creek Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 6-15-2040 | 13,680,000 | 13,680,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington State Housing Finance Commission Multifamily Vintage Chehalis Senior Living Apartments (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.58 | 6-15-2040 | 8,190,000 | 8,190,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington State Housing Finance Commission The Lodge at Eagle Ridge Senior Living Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, East West Bank LOC) |
0.65 | 8-1-2041 | 9,485,000 | 9,485,000 | ||||||||||||
358,925,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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|
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Wisconsin: 0.10% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.10% | ||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin PFA Affinity At Monterrey Project (Housing Revenue, East West Bank LOC) |
0.69 | 8-1-2048 | 20,900,000 | 20,900,000 | ||||||||||||
Wisconsin PFA Multifamily Housing Affinity Covington Project (Housing Revenue, FHLB LOC) |
0.69 | 12-1-2047 | 22,500,000 | 22,500,000 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | 25 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued) | ||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin PFA Multifamily Housing Affinity Wells Branch Project (Housing Revenue, FHLB LOC) |
0.69 | % | 11-1-2047 | $ | 21,775,000 | $ | 21,775,000 | |||||||||
65,175,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
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Total Municipal Obligations (Cost $3,905,738,000) |
|
3,905,738,000 | ||||||||||||||
|
|
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Repurchase Agreements ^^: 35.99% |
||||||||||||||||
Bank of America Corporation, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $1,500,022,917 (1) |
0.55 | 2-1-2017 | 1,500,000,000 | 1,500,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Bank of Nova Scotia, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $1,100,016,806 (2) |
0.55 | 2-1-2017 | 1,100,000,000 | 1,100,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Barclays Capital Incorporated, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $250,003,750 (3) |
0.54 | 2-1-2017 | 250,000,000 | 250,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Barclays Capital Incorporated, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $100,001,528 (4) |
0.55 | 2-1-2017 | 100,000,000 | 100,000,000 | ||||||||||||
BNP Paribas Securities Corporation, dated 1-3-2017, maturity value $350,188,417 (5) |
0.57 | 2-6-2017 | 350,000,000 | 350,000,000 | ||||||||||||
BNP Paribas Securities Corporation, dated 1-4-2017, maturity value $350,206,500 (6)(i) |
0.59 | 2-9-2017 | 350,000,000 | 350,000,000 | ||||||||||||
BNP Paribas Securities Corporation, dated 1-5-2017, maturity value $350,223,708 (7)(i) |
0.59 | 2-13-2017 | 350,000,000 | 350,000,000 | ||||||||||||
BNP Paribas Securities Corporation, dated 1-6-2017, maturity value $350,183,556 (8)(i) |
0.59 | 2-7-2017 | 350,000,000 | 350,000,000 | ||||||||||||
BNP Paribas Securities Corporation, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $1,160,017,400 (9) |
0.54 | 2-1-2017 | 1,160,000,000 | 1,160,000,000 | ||||||||||||
BNP Paribas Securities Corporation, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $100,001,528 (10) |
0.55 | 2-1-2017 | 100,000,000 | 100,000,000 | ||||||||||||
BNP Paribas Securities Corporation, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $400,006,222 (11) |
0.56 | 2-1-2017 | 400,000,000 | 400,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Citibank NA, dated 1-26-2017, maturity value $250,026,736 (12) |
0.55 | 2-2-2017 | 250,000,000 | 250,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Citibank NA, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $250,003,889 (13) |
0.56 | 2-1-2017 | 250,000,000 | 250,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Citigroup Global Markets Incorporated, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $250,003,542 (14) |
0.51 | 2-1-2017 | 250,000,000 | 250,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Citigroup Global Markets Incorporated, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $250,027,222 (15)(i) |
0.56 | 2-7-2017 | 250,000,000 | 250,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Citigroup Global Markets Incorporated, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $500,007,778 (16) |
0.56 | 2-1-2017 | 500,000,000 | 500,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Credit Agricole SA, dated 1-26-2017, maturity value $250,025,764 (17) |
0.53 | 2-2-2017 | 250,000,000 | 250,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Credit Agricole SA, dated 1-27-2017, maturity value $350,036,069 (18) |
0.53 | 2-3-2017 | 350,000,000 | 350,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Credit Agricole SA, dated 1-27-2017, maturity value $700,074,861 (19) |
0.55 | 2-3-2017 | 700,000,000 | 700,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Credit Agricole SA, dated 1-30-2017, maturity value $250,025,764 (20) |
0.53 | 2-6-2017 | 250,000,000 | 250,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Credit Agricole SA, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $400,006,222 (21) |
0.56 | 2-1-2017 | 400,000,000 | 400,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Credit Agricole SA, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $500,007,500 (22) |
0.54 | 2-1-2017 | 500,000,000 | 500,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Credit Suisse Securities, dated 1-11-2017, maturity value $300,160,417 (23)(i) |
0.55 | 2-15-2017 | 300,000,000 | 300,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Deutsche Bank Securities, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $650,009,750 (24) |
0.54 | 2-1-2017 | 650,000,000 | 650,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Deutsche Bank Securities, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $850,012,986 (25) |
0.55 | 2-1-2017 | 850,000,000 | 850,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $3,800,052,778 (26) |
0.50 | 2-1-2017 | 3,800,000,000 | 3,800,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Goldman Sachs & Company, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $100,001,528 (27) |
0.55 | 2-1-2017 | 100,000,000 | 100,000,000 | ||||||||||||
HSBC Securities, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $300,004,417 (28) |
0.53 | 2-1-2017 | 300,000,000 | 300,000,000 | ||||||||||||
JPMorgan Securities, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $1,000,015,278 (29) |
0.55 | 2-1-2017 | 1,000,000,000 | 1,000,000,000 | ||||||||||||
JPMorgan Securities, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $250,003,889 (30) |
0.56 | 2-1-2017 | 250,000,000 | 250,000,000 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
26 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Repurchase Agreements ^^ (continued) |
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Merrill Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $100,001,528 (31) |
0.55 | % | 2-1-2017 | $ | 100,000,000 | $ | 100,000,000 | |||||||||
MetLife Incorporated, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $100,005,649 (32) |
0.56 | 2-1-2017 | 100,004,094 | 100,004,094 | ||||||||||||
Mizuho Bank, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $250,003,889 (33) |
0.56 | 2-1-2017 | 250,000,000 | 250,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Nomura Tri Party, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $2,700,042,750 (34) |
0.57 | 2-1-2017 | 2,700,000,000 | 2,700,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Prudential, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $177,471,511 (35) |
0.56 | 2-1-2017 | 177,468,750 | 177,468,750 | ||||||||||||
Prudential, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $500,365,283 (36) |
0.56 | 2-1-2017 | 500,357,500 | 500,357,500 | ||||||||||||
RBC Capital Markets, dated 1-9-2017, maturity value $500,696,667 (37)§(i) |
0.57 | 4-7-2017 | 500,000,000 | 500,000,000 | ||||||||||||
RBC Capital Markets, dated 1-26-2017, maturity value $250,225,000 (38)§(i) |
0.54 | 3-27-2017 | 250,000,000 | 250,000,000 | ||||||||||||
RBC Capital Markets, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $550,008,097 (39) |
0.53 | 2-1-2017 | 550,000,000 | 550,000,000 | ||||||||||||
RBC Capital Markets, dated 12-12-2016, maturity value $500,483,333 (40)§(i) |
0.58 | 2-10-2017 | 500,000,000 | 500,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Societe Generale, dated 1-10-2017, maturity value $300,134,333 (41)§(i) |
0.52 | 2-10-2017 | 300,000,000 | 300,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Societe Generale, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $250,026,736 (42)(i) |
0.55 | 2-7-2017 | 250,000,000 | 250,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Societe Generale, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $350,005,347 (43) |
0.55 | 2-1-2017 | 350,000,000 | 350,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $23,737,830,344) |
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23,737,830,344 | ||||||||||||||
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Treasury Debt: 13.01% |
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U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.48 | 3-2-2017 | 150,000,000 | 149,941,698 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.55 | 3-30-2017 | 200,000,000 | 199,826,150 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.59 | 7-13-2017 | 20,000,000 | 19,946,675 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.60 | 4-27-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,929,167 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.60 | 7-20-2017 | 30,000,000 | 29,915,500 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.61 | 5-25-2017 | 280,000,000 | 279,468,900 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.63 | 5-18-2017 | 40,000,000 | 39,926,330 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.64 | 7-6-2017 | 100,000,000 | 99,725,736 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.67 | 6-29-2017 | 250,000,000 | 249,311,060 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bond |
8.75 | 5-15-2017 | 336,123,000 | 343,882,378 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.50 | 2-28-2017 | 30,000,000 | 29,997,978 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.50 | 4-30-2017 | 270,000,000 | 269,978,100 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.63 | 2-15-2017 | 250,000,000 | 250,013,645 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.63 | 5-31-2017 | 575,000,000 | 575,073,771 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.63 | 8-31-2017 | 290,000,000 | 289,903,740 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.63 | 9-30-2017 | 72,000,000 | 71,895,078 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.75 | 3-15-2017 | 210,000,000 | 210,048,744 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.75 | 10-31-2017 | 70,000,000 | 69,935,542 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.88 | 2-28-2017 | 380,000,000 | 380,118,129 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.88 | 4-15-2017 | 160,000,000 | 160,107,216 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.88 | 4-30-2017 | 575,552,000 | 576,014,505 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.88 | 5-15-2017 | 225,000,000 | 225,227,675 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.88 | 7-15-2017 | 65,000,000 | 65,043,009 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.88 | 8-15-2017 | 50,000,000 | 50,054,932 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.88 | 10-15-2017 | 265,000,000 | 265,013,796 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.88 | 11-15-2017 | 55,000,000 | 55,007,060 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.88 | 1-15-2018 | 35,000,000 | 34,953,934 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
1.00 | 9-15-2017 | 171,000,000 | 171,215,531 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
1.88 | 9-30-2017 | 340,000,000 | 342,402,664 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
1.88 | 10-31-2017 | 255,000,000 | 256,888,738 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
2.25 | 11-30-2017 | 215,000,000 | 217,382,797 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
2.75 | 5-31-2017 | 519,891,000 | 523,548,826 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
3.00 | 2-28-2017 | 460,000,000 | 460,861,725 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | 27 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Treasury Debt (continued) |
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U.S. Treasury Note |
3.13 | % | 4-30-2017 | $ | 50,000,000 | $ | 50,314,438 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
3.25 | 3-31-2017 | 130,000,000 | 130,552,852 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
4.25 | 11-15-2017 | 315,000,000 | 323,286,442 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
4.50 | 5-15-2017 | 190,000,000 | 192,097,412 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
4.63 | 2-15-2017 | 740,000,000 | 741,170,526 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
4.75 | 8-15-2017 | 130,000,000 | 132,770,950 | ||||||||||||
Total Treasury Debt (Cost $8,582,753,349) |
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8,582,753,349 | ||||||||||||||
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Total investments in securities (Cost $64,818,749,490) * | 98.28 | % | 64,818,749,490 | |||||
Other assets and liabilities, net |
1.72 | 1,133,555,980 | ||||||
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Total net assets | 100.00 | % | $ | 65,952,305,470 | ||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
28 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
(z) | Zero coupon security. The rate represents the current yield to maturity. |
± | Variable rate investment. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end. |
144A | The security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers, pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. |
§ | The security is subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity. |
ø | Variable rate demand notes are subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity. The maturity date shown represents the final maturity date of the security. The interest rate is determined and reset by the issuer daily, weekly, or monthly depending upon the terms of the security. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end. |
^^ | Collateralized by: |
(1) | U.S. government securities, 3.00% to 3.50%, 11-1-2042 to 9-1-2045, fair value including accrued interest is $1,545,000,000. |
(2) | U.S. government securities, 0.75% to 7.00%, 8-28-2017 to 1-1-2047, fair value including accrued interest is $1,132,999,026. |
(3) | U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 1.63%, 2-15-2017 to 10-15-2026, fair value including accrued interest is $255,000,042. |
(4) | U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 2.88%, 4-15-2017 to 5-15-2043, fair value including accrued interest is $102,000,015. |
(5) | U.S. government securities, 0.50% to 7.00%, 4-30-2017 to 9-20-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $360,394,739. |
(6) | U.S. government securities, 2.00% to 10.00%, 11-15-2017 to 1-20-2047, fair value including accrued interest is $360,500,000. |
(7) | U.S. government securities, 2.00% to 7.50%, 7-1-2018 to 8-1-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $360,500,000. |
(8) | U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 8.75%, 8-15-2020 to 1-20-2047, fair value including accrued interest is $360,499,995. |
(9) | U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 9.13%, 2-28-2017 to 8-15-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $1,183,200,000. |
(10) | U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 8.75%, 2-15-2017 to 9-15-2024, fair value including accrued interest is $102,000,003. |
(11) | U.S. government securities, 1.88% to 7.50%, 9-30-2017 to 8-1-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $411,888,270. |
(12) | U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 8.50%, 3-10-2017 to 3-1-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $255,627,439. |
(13) | U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 8.88%, 2-27-2017 to 10-1-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $255,647,887. |
(14) | U.S. government securities, 1.50% to 2.25%, 10-31-2019 to 1-31-2024, fair value including accrued interest is $255,000,071. |
(15) | U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 4.25%, 7-15-2017 to 5-1-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $255,000,010. |
(16) | U.S. government securities, 0.88% to 6.25%, 6-30-2019 to 8-15-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $510,504,496. |
(17) | U.S. government securities, 0.13% to 2.25%, 3-31-2021 to 12-31-2023, fair value including accrued interest is $255,000,066. |
(18) | U.S. government securities, 1.38% to 2.00%, 4-30-2021 to 11-15-2022, fair value including accrued interest is $357,000,077. |
(19) | U.S. government securities, 1.00% to 4.50%, 11-17-2031 to 8-1-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $720,982,421. |
(20) | U.S. government securities, 0.13% to 1.63%, 4-15-2021 to 2-15-2026, fair value including accrued interest is $255,000,053. |
(21) | U.S. government securities, 2.13% to 3.50%, 6-30-2022 to 12-20-2045, fair value including accrued interest is $411,784,154. |
(22) | U.S. government securities, 0.63% to 9.00%, 3-15-2017 to 11-15-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $510,000,022. |
(23) | U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 2.75%, 6-15-2017 to 10-15-2028, fair value including accrued interest is $306,000,977. |
(24) | U.S. government securities, 0.88% to 2.25%, 7-15-2018 to 11-15-2026, fair value including accrued interest is $663,000,024. |
(25) | U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 7.50%, 2-22-2017 to 1-20-2065, fair value including accrued interest is $870,500,838. |
(26) | U.S. government securities, 0.88% to 3.63%, 7-31-2019 to 8-15-2043, fair value including accrued interest is $3,800,052,783. |
(27) | U.S. government securities, 2.36% to 4.50%, 11-1-2016 to 12-1-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $103,000,000. |
(28) | U.S. government securities, 2.50% to 5.50%, 10-1-2027 to 8-1-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $309,002,666. |
(29) | U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 9.38%, 4-15-2017 to 8-1-2044, fair value including accrued interest is $1,020,003,166. |
(30) | U.S. government securities, 0.13% to 3.88%, 4-15-2019 to 2-15-2040, fair value including accrued interest is $255,001,008. |
(31) | U.S. government securities, 4.00%, 5-20-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $103,000,000. |
(32) | U.S. government securities, 0.75%, 2-28-2018, fair value including accrued interest is $101,723,909. |
(33) | U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 2.13%, 10-12-2017 to 1-15-2027, fair value including accrued interest is $255,000,018. |
(34) | U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 9.50%, 2-15-2017 to 9-20-2066, fair value including accrued interest is $2,754,947,603. |
(35) | U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 3.00%, 5-15-2018 to 5-15-2045, fair value including accrued interest is $181,018,125. |
(36) | U.S. government securities, 0.00%, 11-15-2021 to 8-15-2026, fair value including accrued interest is $510,364,650. |
(37) | U.S. government securities, 2.27% to 4.00%, 11-1-2042 to 1-20-2047, fair value including accrued interest is $515,000,000. |
(38) | U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 6.25%, 3-31-2017 to 5-15-2045, fair value including accrued interest is $255,000,002. |
(39) | U.S. government securities, 2.52% to 4.00%, 3-1-2029 to 1-1-2047, fair value including accrued interest is $566,500,001. |
(40) | U.S. government securities, 2.00% to 4.50%, 2-1-2026 to 1-1-2047, fair value including accrued interest is $515,000,000. |
(41) | U.S. government securities, 0.38% to 7.88%, 7-31-2020 to 2-15-2040, fair value including accrued interest is $306,000,001. |
(42) | U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 3.38%, 10-31-2017 to 2-15-2041, fair value including accrued interest is $255,006,792. |
(43) | U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 7.63%, 7-1-2017 to 6-20-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $357,916,630. |
(i) | Illiquid security for which the designation as illiquid is unaudited. |
* | Cost for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial reporting purposes. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Statement of assets and liabilities—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | 29 |
Assets |
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Investments |
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In unaffiliated securities, at amortized cost |
$ | 41,080,919,146 | ||
In repurchase agreements, at amortized cost |
23,737,830,344 | |||
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Total investments, at amortized cost |
64,818,749,490 | |||
Cash |
1,313,354,387 | |||
Receivable for investments sold |
4,035,000 | |||
Receivable for Fund shares sold |
14,428,909 | |||
Receivable for interest |
79,555,329 | |||
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
667,513 | |||
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Total assets |
66,230,790,628 | |||
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Liabilities |
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Dividends payable |
9,770,933 | |||
Payable for investments purchased |
190,505,867 | |||
Payable for Fund shares redeemed |
66,663,672 | |||
Management fee payable |
5,829,948 | |||
Distribution fee payable |
30 | |||
Administration fees payable |
3,326,169 | |||
Accrued expenses and other liabilities |
2,388,539 | |||
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Total liabilities |
278,485,158 | |||
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|
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Total net assets |
$ | 65,952,305,470 | ||
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NET ASSETS CONSIST OF |
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Paid-in capital |
$ | 65,952,201,189 | ||
Undistributed net investment income |
47,098 | |||
Accumulated net realized gains on investments |
57,183 | |||
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Total net assets |
$ | 65,952,305,470 | ||
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COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE |
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Net assets – Class A |
$ | 274,082,730 | ||
Shares outstanding – Class A1 |
274,081,852 | |||
Net asset value per share – Class A |
$1.00 | |||
Net assets – Administrator Class |
$ | 443,500,472 | ||
Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1 |
443,487,005 | |||
Net asset value per share – Administrator Class |
$1.00 | |||
Net assets – Institutional Class |
$ | 23,242,417,169 | ||
Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1 |
23,242,359,443 | |||
Net asset value per share – Institutional Class |
$1.00 | |||
Net assets – Select Class |
$ | 38,999,424,641 | ||
Shares outstanding – Select Class1 |
38,999,480,315 | |||
Net asset value per share – Select Class |
$1.00 | |||
Net assets – Service Class |
$ | 2,992,780,453 | ||
Shares outstanding – Service Class1 |
2,992,754,473 | |||
Net asset value per share – Service Class |
$1.00 | |||
Net assets – Sweep Class |
$ | 100,005 | ||
Shares outstanding – Sweep Class1 |
100,005 | |||
Net asset value per share – Sweep Class |
$1.00 |
1 | The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
30 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | Statement of operations—year ended January 31, 2017 |
Investment income |
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Interest |
$ | 210,788,199 | ||
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Expenses |
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Management fee |
64,087,741 | |||
Administration fees |
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Class A |
572,368 | |||
Administrator Class |
441,261 | |||
Institutional Class |
15,243,860 | |||
Select Class |
10,060,700 | |||
Service Class |
3,881,798 | |||
Sweep Class |
3,440 | |||
Shareholder servicing fees |
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Class A |
650,418 | |||
Administrator Class |
441,261 | |||
Service Class |
8,085,971 | |||
Sweep Class |
3,954 | |||
Distribution fee |
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Sweep Class |
5,536 | |||
Custody and accounting fees |
1,986,894 | |||
Professional fees |
60,193 | |||
Registration fees |
117,963 | |||
Shareholder report expenses |
2,196 | |||
Trustees’ fees and expenses |
21,476 | |||
Other fees and expenses |
643,774 | |||
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Total expenses |
106,310,804 | |||
Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements |
(29,862,417 | ) | ||
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Net expenses |
76,448,387 | |||
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Net investment income |
134,339,812 | |||
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Net realized gains on investments |
99,365 | |||
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Net increase in net assets resulting from operations |
$ | 134,439,177 | ||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Statement of changes in net assets | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | 31 |
Year ended January 31, 2017 |
Year ended January 31, 2016 |
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Operations |
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Net investment income |
$ | 134,339,812 | $ | 8,705,632 | ||||||||||||
Net realized gains on investments |
99,365 | 1,271 | ||||||||||||||
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Net increase in net assets resulting from operations |
134,439,177 | 8,706,903 | ||||||||||||||
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Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
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Class A |
(26,088 | ) | (27,431 | ) | ||||||||||||
Administrator Class |
(490,169 | ) | (53,198 | ) | ||||||||||||
Institutional Class |
(48,554,431 | ) | (3,198,417 | ) | ||||||||||||
Select Class |
(84,566,237 | ) | (5,085,173 | )1 | ||||||||||||
Service Class |
(623,539 | ) | (341,037 | ) | ||||||||||||
Sweep Class |
(159 | ) | (376 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Total distributions to shareholders |
(134,260,623 | ) | (8,705,632 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Capital share transactions |
Shares | Shares | ||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares sold |
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Class A |
271,536,745 | 271,536,745 | 248,950,357 | 248,950,357 | ||||||||||||
Administrator Class |
3,391,516,371 | 3,391,516,371 | 4,397,439,331 | 4,397,439,331 | ||||||||||||
Institutional Class |
134,844,264,908 | 134,844,264,908 | 151,089,559,572 | 151,089,559,572 | ||||||||||||
Select Class |
276,797,863,539 | 276,797,863,539 | 59,808,370,340 | 1 | 59,808,370,340 | 1 | ||||||||||
Service Class |
62,131,626,136 | 62,131,626,136 | 31,369,915,464 | 31,369,915,464 | ||||||||||||
Sweep Class |
13,401,843 | 13,401,843 | 34,030,574 | 34,030,574 | ||||||||||||
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477,450,209,542 | 246,948,265,638 | |||||||||||||||
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Reinvestment of distributions |
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Class A |
25,847 | 25,847 | 27,387 | 27,387 | ||||||||||||
Administrator Class |
225,549 | 225,549 | 25,615 | 25,615 | ||||||||||||
Institutional Class |
17,284,022 | 17,284,022 | 1,169,804 | 1,169,804 | ||||||||||||
Select Class |
58,868,859 | 58,868,859 | 4,499,399 | 1 | 4,499,399 | 1 | ||||||||||
Service Class |
107,813 | 107,813 | 36,353 | 36,353 | ||||||||||||
Sweep Class |
142 | 142 | 376 | 376 | ||||||||||||
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76,512,232 | 5,758,934 | |||||||||||||||
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Payment for shares redeemed |
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Class A |
(262,601,748 | ) | (262,601,748 | ) | (292,616,308 | ) | (292,616,308 | ) | ||||||||
Administrator Class |
(3,330,300,682 | ) | (3,330,300,682 | ) | (4,660,088,416 | ) | (4,660,088,416 | ) | ||||||||
Institutional Class |
(125,832,281,995 | ) | (125,832,281,995 | ) | (154,387,439,459 | ) | (154,387,439,459 | ) | ||||||||
Select Class |
(245,842,447,384 | ) | (245,842,447,384 | ) | (51,827,674,438 | )1 | (51,827,674,438 | )1 | ||||||||
Service Class |
(62,102,819,516 | ) | (62,102,819,516 | ) | (32,535,951,352 | ) | (32,535,951,352 | ) | ||||||||
Sweep Class |
(16,278,599 | ) | (16,278,599 | ) | (37,668,958 | ) | (37,668,958 | ) | ||||||||
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(437,386,729,924 | ) | (243,741,438,931 | ) | |||||||||||||
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|
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Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions |
40,139,991,850 | 3,212,585,641 | ||||||||||||||
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|
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Total increase in net assets |
40,140,170,404 | 3,212,586,912 | ||||||||||||||
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|
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Net assets |
||||||||||||||||
Beginning of period |
25,812,135,066 | 22,599,548,154 | ||||||||||||||
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|
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End of period |
$ | 65,952,305,470 | $ | 25,812,135,066 | ||||||||||||
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|
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Undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income |
$ | 47,098 | $ | (32,091 | ) | |||||||||||
|
|
1 | For the period from June 30, 2015 (commencement of class operations) to January 31, 2016 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
32 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | Financial highlights |
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
Year ended January 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
CLASS A | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investments |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
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0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Net investment income |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains |
0.00 | 0.00 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | |||||||||||||
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(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.61 | % | 0.61 | % | 0.61 | % | 0.61 | % | 0.61 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.41 | % | 0.13 | % | 0.09 | % | 0.10 | % | 0.17 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$274,083 | $265,119 | $308,757 | $406,489 | $564,676 |
1 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Financial highlights | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | 33 |
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Year ended January 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investments |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
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0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Net investment income |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains |
0.00 | 0.00 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | |||||||||||||
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(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.10 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.34 | % | 0.34 | % | 0.34 | % | 0.34 | % | 0.34 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.31 | % | 0.12 | % | 0.09 | % | 0.09 | % | 0.17 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.11 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$443,500 | $382,043 | $644,666 | $596,022 | $408,411 |
1 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
34 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | Financial highlights |
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INSTITUTIONAL CLASS | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investments |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
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0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Net investment income |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains |
0.00 | 0.00 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | |||||||||||||
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Total distributions to shareholders |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | ) | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.24 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.22 | % | 0.22 | % | 0.22 | % | 0.22 | % | 0.22 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.17 | % | 0.12 | % | 0.09 | % | 0.10 | % | 0.17 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.25 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$23,242,417 | $14,212,988 | $17,509,698 | $20,793,077 | $22,762,489 |
1 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Financial highlights | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | 35 |
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
Year ended January 31 | ||||||||
SELECT CLASS | 2017 | 20161 | ||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | ||||||
Net investment income |
0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | ||||
Net realized gains on investments |
0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | ||||
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0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | ||||
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income |
(0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | ||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | ||||||
Total return3 |
0.30 | % | 0.04 | % | ||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.18 | % | 0.18 | % | ||||
Net expenses |
0.11 | % | 0.10 | % | ||||
Net investment income |
0.34 | % | 0.08 | % | ||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$38,999,425 | $7,985,195 |
1 | For the period from June 30, 2015 (commencement of class operations) to January 31, 2016 |
2 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
3 | Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
36 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | Financial highlights |
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SERVICE CLASS | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investments |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
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0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Net investment income |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains |
0.00 | 0.00 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | |||||||||||||
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(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.02 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.51 | % | 0.51 | % | 0.51 | % | 0.51 | % | 0.51 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.40 | % | 0.13 | % | 0.09 | % | 0.10 | % | 0.17 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.02 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$2,992,780 | $2,963,813 | $4,129,813 | $4,140,419 | $6,440,560 |
1 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Financial highlights | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | 37 |
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SWEEP CLASS | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investments |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
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0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Net investment income |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains |
0.00 | 0.00 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | |||||||||||||
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(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.96 | % | 0.96 | % | 0.96 | % | 0.96 | % | 0.96 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.38 | % | 0.13 | % | 0.09 | % | 0.10 | % | 0.17 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$100 | $2,977 | $6,615 | $18,244 | $22,998 |
1 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
38 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | Notes to financial statements |
1. ORGANIZATION
Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust organized on March 10, 1999, is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). As an investment company, the Trust follows the accounting and reporting guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies. These financial statements report on the Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund (the “Fund”) which is a diversified series of the Trust.
During the year, the amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, were fully implemented by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury, government and retail money market funds continued to operate with stable $1.00 net asset values. Meanwhile, tax-exempt and prime money market funds experienced more changes. Institutional prime and municipal money market funds began transacting at market-based, or floating, net asset values. In addition, money market fund boards of directors have the discretion to impose liquidity fees or redemption gates on all non-government funds. As a result of the changes due to money market reform, the institutional prime and municipal money market funds may have been subject to significant flows in shareholder activity as assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1.00 net asset value.
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following significant accounting policies, which are consistently followed in the preparation of the financial statements of the Fund, are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Securities valuation
As permitted under Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act, portfolio securities are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. The amortized cost method involves valuing a security at its cost, plus accretion of discount or minus amortization of premium over the period until maturity.
Investments which are not valued using the method discussed above are valued at their fair value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Trustees of the Fund. The Board of Trustees has established a Valuation Committee comprised of the Trustees and has delegated to it the authority to take any actions regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of portfolio securities, unless the determination has been delegated to the Management Valuation Team of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”). The Board of Trustees retains the authority to make or ratify any valuation decisions or approve any changes to the Valuation Procedures as it deems appropriate. On a quarterly basis, the Board of Trustees receives reports on any valuation actions taken by the Valuation Committee or the Management Valuation Team which may include items for ratification.
Valuations of fair valued securities are compared to the next actual sales price when available, or other appropriate market values, to assess the continued appropriateness of the fair valuation methodologies used. These securities are fair valued on a day-to-day basis, taking into consideration changes to appropriate market information and any significant changes to the inputs considered in the valuation process until there is a readily available price provided on an exchange or by an independent pricing service. Valuations received from an independent pricing service or independent broker-dealer quotes are periodically validated by comparisons to most recent trades and valuations provided by other independent pricing services in addition to the review of prices by the manager and/or subadviser. Unobservable inputs used in determining fair valuations are identified based on the type of security, taking into consideration factors utilized by market participants in valuing the investment, knowledge about the issuer and the current market environment.
Repurchase agreements
The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements and may participate in pooled repurchase agreement transactions with other funds advised by Funds Management. The repurchase agreements must be fully collateralized based on values that are marked-to-market daily. The collateral may be held by an agent bank under a tri-party agreement. It is the custodian’s responsibility to value collateral daily and to take action to obtain additional collateral as necessary to maintain market value equal to or greater than the resale price. The repurchase agreements are collateralized by instruments such as U.S. Treasury, federal agency, or high-grade corporate obligations. There could be potential loss to the Fund in the event that the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising its rights to dispose of the collateral, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying obligations during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert its rights.
Notes to financial statements | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | 39 |
When-issued transactions
The Fund may purchase securities on a forward commitment or when-issued basis. The Fund records a when-issued transaction on the trade date and will segregate assets in an amount at least equal in value to the Fund’s commitment to purchase when-issued securities. Securities purchased on a when-issued basis are marked-to-market daily and the Fund begins earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may arise due to changes in the market value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.
Security transactions and income recognition
Securities transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses are recorded on the basis of identified cost.
Interest income is accrued daily and bond discounts are accreted and premiums are amortized daily based on the effective interest method. To the extent debt obligations are placed on non-accrual status, any related interest income may be reduced by writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has been determined to be doubtful based on consistently applied procedures and the fair value has decreased. If the issuer subsequently resumes interest payments or when the collectability of interest is reasonably assured, the debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status.
Distributions to shareholders
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income are accrued daily and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Such distributions are determined in conformity with federal income tax regulations, which may differ in amount or character from net investment income and realized gains recognized for purposes of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Federal and other taxes
The Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by distributing substantially all of its investment company taxable income and any net realized capital gains (after reduction for capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes was required.
The Fund’s income and federal excise tax returns and all financial records supporting those returns for the prior three fiscal years are subject to examination by the federal and Delaware revenue authorities. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal, state, and foreign tax returns for all open tax years and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.
Class allocations
The separate classes of shares offered by the Fund differ principally in distribution, shareholder servicing, and administration fees. Class specific expenses are charged directly to that share class. Investment income, common expenses, and realized gains (losses) on investments are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative proportion of net assets of each class.
3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS
Fair value measurements of investments are determined within a framework that has established a fair value hierarchy based upon the various data inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The three-level hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). The Fund’s investments are classified within the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The inputs are summarized into three broad levels as follows:
∎ | Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities |
∎ | Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) |
∎ | Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments in securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
40 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | Notes to financial statements |
The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of January 31, 2017:
Quoted prices (Level 1) |
Other significant observable inputs (Level 2) |
Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) |
Total | |||||||||||||
Assets |
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Investments in: |
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Government agency debt |
$ | 0 | $ | 28,592,427,797 | $ | 0 | $ | 28,592,427,797 | ||||||||
Municipal obligations |
0 | 3,905,738,000 | 0 | 3,905,738,000 | ||||||||||||
Repurchase agreements |
0 | 23,737,830,344 | 0 | 23,737,830,344 | ||||||||||||
Treasury debt |
0 | 8,582,753,349 | 0 | 8,582,753,349 | ||||||||||||
Total assets |
$ | 0 | $ | 64,818,749,490 | $ | 0 | $ | 64,818,749,490 |
The Fund recognizes transfers between levels within the fair value hierarchy at the end of the reporting period. At January 31, 2017, the Fund did not have any transfers into/out of Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3.
4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND OTHER EXPENSES
Management fee
Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”), is the manager of the Fund and provides advisory and fund-level administrative services under an investment management agreement. Under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, supervising the subadviser, providing fund-level administrative services in connection with the Fund’s operations, and providing any other fund-level administrative services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Fund. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive an annual management fee starting at 0.15% and declining to 0.13% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. For the year ended January 31, 2017, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.13% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
Funds Management has retained the services of a subadviser to provide daily portfolio management to the Fund. The fee for subadvisory services is borne by Funds Management. Wells Capital Management Incorporated, an affiliate of Funds Management and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo, is the subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from Funds Management at an annual rate starting at 0.05% and declining to 0.01% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase.
Administration fees
Under a class-level administration agreement, Funds Management provides class-level administrative services to the Fund, which includes paying fees and expenses for services provided by the transfer agent, sub-transfer agents, omnibus account servicers and record-keepers. As compensation for its services under the class-level administration agreement, Funds Management receives an annual fee which is calculated based on the average daily net assets of each class as follows:
Class level administration fee |
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Class A |
0.22 | % | ||
Administrator Class |
0.10 | |||
Institutional Class |
0.08 | |||
Select Class |
0.04 | |||
Service Class |
0.12 | |||
Sweep Class |
0.03 | * |
* | Prior to November 17, 2016, the class-level administration fee for Sweep Class shares was 0.22% of its average daily net assets. |
Funds Management has contractually waived and/or reimbursed management and administration fees to the extent necessary to maintain certain net operating expense ratios for the Fund. Waiver of fees and/or reimbursement of expenses by Funds Management were made first from fund level expenses on a proportionate basis and then from class
Notes to financial statements | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | 41 |
specific expenses. Funds Management has committed through October 13, 2017 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 0.65% for Class A shares, 0.35% for Administrator Class shares, 0.20% for Institutional Class shares, 0.16% for Select Class shares, 0.50% for Service Class shares, and 1.00% for Sweep Class shares. 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. During the year ended January 31, 2017, Funds Management voluntarily waived additional expenses to maintain a positive yield.
During the year ended January 31, 2017, State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Fund’s custodian, reimbursed the Fund $70,328 for certain out-of-pocket expenses that were billed to the Fund in error from 1998-2015. This amount is included in interest income on the Statement of Operations. In addition, Funds Management was also reimbursed $30,192 for waivers/reimbursements it made to the Fund during the period the Fund was erroneously billed.
Distribution fee
The Trust has adopted a distribution plan for Sweep Class shares of the Fund pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. A distribution fee is charged to Sweep Class shares and paid to Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (“Funds Distributor”), the principal underwriter, at an annual rate of 0.35% of the average daily net assets of Sweep Class shares.
Shareholder servicing fees
The Trust has entered into contracts with one or more shareholder servicing agents, whereby Class A, Service Class, and Sweep Class of the Fund are charged a fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of the respective average daily net assets of each class. Administrator Class is charged a fee at an annual rate of 0.10% of its average daily net assets.
A portion of these total shareholder servicing fees were paid to affiliates of Wells Fargo.
5. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS
The tax character of distributions paid was $134,260,623 and $8,705,632 of ordinary income for the years ended January 31, 2017 and January 31, 2016, respectively.
As of January 31, 2017, distributable earnings on a tax basis consisted of $9,922,474 in undistributed ordinary income.
6. INDEMNIFICATION
Under the Trust’s organizational documents, the officers and Trustees have been granted certain indemnification rights against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust may enter into contracts with service providers that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated.
7. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT
In December 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-19, Technical Corrections and Improvements. ASU 2016-19 includes an amendment to FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement which clarifies the difference between a valuation approach and a valuation technique. The amendment also requires an entity to disclose when there has been a change in either or both a valuation approach and/or a valuation technique. The disclosure requirements are effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of this new guidance to the financial statements.
8. REGULATORY CHANGES
In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new rules and forms and amended existing rules and forms (together, “final rules”) intended to modernize and enhance the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies and to enhance liquidity risk management by open-end mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. The final rules will enhance the quality of information available to investors and will allow the SEC to more effectively collect and use data reported by funds. In part, the final rules amend Regulation S-X and require standardized, enhanced disclosure about derivatives in the Fund’s financial statements, as well as other amendments. The compliance date for the amendments to Regulation S-X is August 1, 2017 while the compliance date for the new form types is June 1, 2018 and the compliance date for the liquidity risk management program requirements is December 1, 2018. Management is currently assessing the potential impact of these enhancements and their impact on the financial statement disclosures and reporting requirements.
42 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | Report of independent registered public accounting firm |
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SHAREHOLDERS OF WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, of the Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund (the “Fund”), one of the funds constituting the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, as of January 31, 2017, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund as of January 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Boston, Massachusetts
Other information (unaudited) | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | 43 |
TAX INFORMATION
For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, $125,591,387 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.
For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, 30.84% of the dividends distributed was derived from interest on U.S. government securities.
PROXY VOTING INFORMATION
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222, visiting our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the Fund’s website at wellsfargofunds.com or by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION
The complete portfolio holdings for the Fund are publicly available on the Fund’s website (wellsfargofunds.com) on a 1-day delayed basis. The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q, which is available by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. In addition, the Fund’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC, and at regional offices in New York City, at 233 Broadway, and in Chicago, at 175 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 900. Information about the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
44 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | Other information (unaudited) |
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
Each of the Trustees and Officers1 listed in the table below acts in identical capacities for each fund in the Wells Fargo family of funds, which consists of 138 mutual funds comprising the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and four closed-end funds (collectively the “Fund Complex”). This table should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information2. The mailing address of each Trustee and Officer is 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Each Trustee and Officer serves an indefinite term, however, each Trustee serves such term until reaching the mandatory retirement age established by the Trustees.
Independent Trustees
Name and year of birth |
Position held and length of service* |
Principal occupations during past five years or longer | Current other public company or investment company directorships | |||
William R. Ebsworth (Born 1957) |
Trustee, since 2015 | Retired. From 1984 to 2013, equities analyst, portfolio manager, research director and chief financial officer at Fidelity Management and Research Company in Boston, Tokyo, and Hong Kong and retired in 2013 as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Strategic Advisers, Inc. where he lead a team of investment professionals managing client assets. Prior thereto, Board member of Hong Kong Securities Clearing Co., Hong Kong Options Clearing Corp., the Thailand International Fund, Ltd., Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company, and Empire Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company. Board member of the Fonté Foundation (non-profit organization) and the Vincent Memorial Hospital Endowment (non-profit organization), where he serves on the Investment Committee and as a Chair of the Audit Committee. Mr. Ebsworth is a CFA® charterholder and an Adjunct Lecturer, Finance, at Babson College. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Jane A. Freeman (Born 1953) |
Trustee, since 2015 | Retired. From 2012 to 2014 and 1999 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Scientific Learning Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, Ms. Freeman provided consulting services related to strategic business projects. Prior to 1999, Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller & Co. and Scudder, Stevens & Clark. Board member of the Harding Loevner Funds from 1996 to 2014, serving as both Lead Independent Director and chair of the Audit Committee. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust from 2011 to 2012 and the chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Freeman is a Board Member of Ruth Bancroft Garden (non-profit organization) and an inactive chartered financial analyst. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Peter G. Gordon** (Born 1942) |
Trustee, since 1998; Chairman, since 2005 | Co-Founder, Retired Chairman, President and CEO of Crystal Geyser Water Company. Trustee Emeritus, Colby College. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Isaiah Harris, Jr. (Born 1952) |
Trustee, since 2009 | Retired. Chairman of the Board of CIGNA Corporation since 2009, and Director since 2005. From 2003 to 2011, Director of Deluxe Corporation. Prior thereto, President and CEO of BellSouth Advertising and Publishing Corp. from 2005 to 2007, President and CEO of BellSouth Enterprises from 2004 to 2005 and President of BellSouth Consumer Services from 2000 to 2003. Emeritus member of the Iowa State University Foundation Board of Governors. Emeritus Member of the Advisory Board of Iowa State University School of Business. Advisory Board Member, Palm Harbor Academy (charter school). Advisory Board Member, Child Evangelism Fellowship (non-profit). Mr. Harris is a certified public accountant (inactive status). | CIGNA Corporation; Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Judith M. Johnson (Born 1949) |
Trustee, since 2008; Audit Committee Chairman, since 2008 | Retired. Prior thereto, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund from 1996 to 2008. Ms. Johnson is an attorney, certified public accountant and a certified managerial accountant. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
David F. Larcker (Born 1950) |
Trustee, since 2009 | James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Director of the Corporate Governance Research Initiative and Senior Faculty of The Rock Center for Corporate Governance since 2006. From 2005 to 2008, Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. Prior thereto, Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania from 1985 to 2005. | Asset Allocation Trust |
Other information (unaudited) | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | 45 |
Name and year of birth |
Position held and length of service* |
Principal occupations during past five years or longer | Current other public company or investment company directorships | |||
Olivia S. Mitchell (Born 1953) |
Trustee, since 2006 | International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania since 1993. Director of Wharton’s Pension Research Council and Boettner Center on Pensions & Retirement Research, and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Previously, Cornell University Professor from 1978 to 1993. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Timothy J. Penny (Born 1951) |
Trustee, since 1996 | President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, a non-profit organization, since 2007 and Senior Fellow at the Humphrey Institute Policy Forum at the University of Minnesota since 1995. Member of the Board of Trustees of NorthStar Education Finance, Inc., a non-profit organization, since 2007. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Michael S. Scofield (Born 1943) |
Trustee, since 2010 | Served on the Investment Company Institute’s Board of Governors and Executive Committee from 2008-2011 as well the Governing Council of the Independent Directors Council from 2006-2011 and the Independent Directors Council Executive Committee from 2008-2011. Chairman of the IDC from 2008-2010. Institutional Investor (Fund Directions) Trustee of Year in 2007. Trustee of the Evergreen Funds complex (and its predecessors) from 1984 to 2010. Chairman of the Evergreen Funds from 2000-2010. Former Trustee of the Mentor Funds. Retired Attorney, Law Offices of Michael S. Scofield. | Asset Allocation Trust |
* | Length of service dates reflect the Trustee’s commencement of service with the Trust’s predecessor entities, where applicable. |
** | Peter Gordon is expected to retire on December 31, 2017. |
Officers
Name and year of birth |
Position held and length of service |
Principal occupations during past five years or longer | ||||
(Born 1960) |
President, since 2017 | Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managaers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014. | ||||
(Born 1967) |
Treasurer, since 2012 | Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2011. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at LightBox Capital Management LLC, from 2008 to 2011. | ||||
C. David Messman (Born 1960) |
Secretary, since 2000; Chief Legal Officer, since 2003 | Senior Vice President and Secretary of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2001. Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2013 and Vice President and Managing Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. from 1996 to 2013. | ||||
Michael Whitaker (Born 1967) |
Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016 |
Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2016. Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity’s Fixed Income Funds and Asset Allocation Funds from 2008 to 2016, Compliance Officer of FMR Co., Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016. | ||||
David Berardi (Born 1975) |
Assistant Treasurer, since 2009 | Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010. | ||||
Jeremy DePalma1 (Born 1974) |
Assistant Treasurer, since 2009 | Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Senior Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010. |
1 | Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 69 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex. |
2 | The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222 or by visiting the website at wellsfargofunds.com. |
46 | Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund | List of abbreviations |
The following is a list of common abbreviations for terms and entities that may have appeared in this report.
ACA | — ACA Financial Guaranty Corporation |
ADR | — American depositary receipt |
ADS | — American depositary shares |
AGC | — Assured Guaranty Corporation |
AGM | — Assured Guaranty Municipal |
Ambac | — Ambac Financial Group Incorporated |
AMT | — Alternative minimum tax |
AUD | — Australian dollar |
BAN | — Bond anticipation notes |
BHAC | — Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corporation |
BRL | — Brazilian real |
CAB | — Capital appreciation bond |
CAD | — Canadian dollar |
CCAB | — Convertible capital appreciation bond |
CDA | — Community Development Authority |
CDO | — Collateralized debt obligation |
CHF | — Swiss franc |
COP | — Colombian peso |
CLP | — Chilean peso |
DKK | — Danish krone |
DRIVER | — Derivative inverse tax-exempt receipts |
DW&P | — Department of Water & Power |
DWR | — Department of Water Resources |
ECFA | — Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority |
EDA | — Economic Development Authority |
EDFA | — Economic Development Finance Authority |
ETF | — Exchange-traded fund |
EUR | — Euro |
FDIC | — Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
FFCB | — Federal Farm Credit Banks |
FGIC | — Financial Guaranty Insurance Corporation |
FHA | — Federal Housing Administration |
FHLB | — Federal Home Loan Bank |
FHLMC | — Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation |
FICO | — The Financing Corporation |
FNMA | — Federal National Mortgage Association |
FSA | — Farm Service Agency |
GBP | — Great British pound |
GDR | — Global depositary receipt |
GNMA | — Government National Mortgage Association |
GO | — General obligation |
HCFR | — Healthcare facilities revenue |
HEFA | — Health & Educational Facilities Authority |
HEFAR | — Higher education facilities authority revenue |
HFA | — Housing Finance Authority |
HFFA | — Health Facilities Financing Authority |
HKD | — Hong Kong dollar |
HUD | — Department of Housing and Urban Development |
HUF | — Hungarian forint |
IDA | — Industrial Development Authority |
IDAG | — Industrial Development Agency |
IDR | — Indonesian rupiah |
IEP | — Irish pound |
JPY | — Japanese yen |
KRW | — Republic of Korea won |
LIBOR | — London Interbank Offered Rate |
LIFER | — Long Inverse Floating Exempt Receipts |
LIQ | — Liquidity agreement |
LLC | — Limited liability company |
LLLP | — Limited liability limited partnership |
LLP | — Limited liability partnership |
LOC | — Letter of credit |
LP | — Limited partnership |
MBIA | — Municipal Bond Insurance Association |
MFHR | — Multifamily housing revenue |
MSTR | — Municipal securities trust receipts |
MTN | — Medium-term note |
MUD | — Municipal Utility District |
MXN | — Mexican peso |
MYR | — Malaysian ringgit |
National | — National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation |
NGN | — Nigerian naira |
NOK | — Norwegian krone |
NZD | — New Zealand dollar |
PCFA | — Pollution Control Financing Authority |
PCL | — Public Company Limited |
PCR | — Pollution control revenue |
PFA | — Public Finance Authority |
PFFA | — Public Facilities Financing Authority |
PFOTER | — Puttable floating option tax-exempt receipts |
plc | — Public limited company |
PLN | — Polish zloty |
PUTTER | — Puttable tax-exempt receipts |
R&D | — Research & development |
Radian | — Radian Asset Assurance |
RAN | — Revenue anticipation notes |
RDA | — Redevelopment Authority |
RDFA | — Redevelopment Finance Authority |
REIT | — Real estate investment trust |
ROC | — Reset option certificates |
RON | — Romanian lei |
RUB | — Russian ruble |
SAVRS | — Select auction variable rate securities |
SBA | — Small Business Authority |
SDR | — Swedish depositary receipt |
SEK | — Swedish krona |
SFHR | — Single-family housing revenue |
SFMR | — Single-family mortgage revenue |
SGD | — Singapore dollar |
SPA | — Standby purchase agreement |
SPDR | — Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipts |
SPEAR | — Short Puttable Exempt Adjustable Receipts |
STRIPS | — Separate trading of registered interest and |
principal securities |
TAN | — Tax anticipation notes |
TBA | — To be announced |
THB | — Thai baht |
TIPS | — Treasury inflation-protected securities |
TRAN | — Tax revenue anticipation notes |
TRY | — Turkish lira |
TTFA | — Transportation Trust Fund Authority |
TVA | — Tennessee Valley Authority |
ZAR | — South African rand |
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This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Fund. If this report is used for promotional purposes, distribution of the report must be accompanied or preceded by a current prospectus. Before investing, please consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses of the investment. For a current prospectus and, if available, a summary prospectus, containing this information, call 1-800-222-8222 or visit the Fund’s website at wellsfargofunds.com. Read the prospectus carefully before you invest or send money.
Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) is a trade name used by the asset management businesses of Wells Fargo & Company. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, provides investment advisory and administrative services for Wells Fargo Funds. Other affiliates of Wells Fargo & Company provide subadvisory and other services for the funds. The funds are distributed by Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC, Member FINRA, an affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company. Neither Wells Fargo Funds Management nor Wells Fargo Funds Distributor has Fund customer accounts/assets, and neither provides investment advice/recommendations or acts as an investment advice fiduciary to any investor.
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The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of January 31, 2017, unless otherwise noted, and are those of the Fund managers and/or Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Discussions of individual securities, or the markets generally, or any Wells Fargo Fund are not intended as individual recommendations. Future events or results may vary significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. The views expressed are subject to change at any time in response to changing circumstances in the market. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and the Fund disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any views expressed or forward-looking statements.
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2 | Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund | Letter to shareholders (unaudited) |
President
Wells Fargo Funds
U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.
Dear Shareholder:
As the new president of Wells Fargo Funds now that Karla Rabusch is retiring from that position after nearly 14 years, I am pleased to offer you this annual report for the Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund for the 12-month period that ended January 31, 2017. The U.S. economy displayed resilience during the period although growth remained somewhat sluggish. International economies generally faced deeper ongoing challenges. Despite heightened market volatility, global stocks delivered strong results overall. U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively, as measured by the S&P 500 Index1 and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net)2; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.
In February–March 2016, fears about global economic weakness prevailed and then abated.
As the reporting period began, most stock markets worldwide were in the midst of a decline fueled by concerns such as weak global growth, falling commodity prices, and uncertainty over the timing and effect of interest-rate increases by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed). In mid-February, fears abated somewhat and global markets generally rallied. Meanwhile, bond investors’ fears about falling commodity prices, a slowing Chinese economy, weakness in European banks, and market volatility also lessened, which led to a greater appetite for risk and allowed lower-rated and longer-maturity bonds to outperform. With ongoing uncertainties about global growth and financial markets, the Fed held off from raising the target interest rate. Outside the U.S., the eurozone fell into deflation in February; in response, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced an expansion of its stimulus program. In China, the government in March set an anticipated growth rate of 6.5% to 7.0% for 2016, an acknowledgment of weakening growth. In emerging markets, although central-bank stimulus and improved prices for oil and other commodities led to stock-market rallies, many of these countries’ economies faced the potential of credit downgrades due to challenges such as the likelihood of a stronger U.S. dollar, which would make dollar-denominated debt more expensive.
Worries over interest rates and the U.K.’s Brexit vote largely drove markets during the second quarter of 2016.
U.S. stocks were in positive territory in April, plunged briefly in May on worries of a possible June interest-rate increase, then rallied until early June. The first three weeks of June brought heightened volatility, spurred largely by a disappointing jobs report and uncertainty over whether the U.K. would remain in the European Union (E.U.). The U.K.’s Brexit vote on June 23 shocked countries worldwide. Stock markets fell as investors worried that the U.K.’s departure from the E.U. would slow global growth and prolong the low-interest-rate environment. Following the initial rout, however, U.S. stocks rose as investors seemed to decide that any negative effects would be more localized and not create a serious risk for global
1 | The S&P 500 Index consists of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation. It is a market-value-weighted index with each stock’s weight in the index proportionate to its market value. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
2 | The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) All Country World Index (ACWI) ex USA Index (Net) is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the United States and Canada. Source: MSCI. MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used as a basis for other indexes or any securities or financial products. This report is not approved, reviewed, or produced by MSCI. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
3 | The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (formerly known as Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index) is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar–denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
Letter to shareholders (unaudited) | Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund | 3 |
growth. Similarly, government bonds rallied immediately post-Brexit, and non-Treasury sectors rallied soon after as investors regained their appetite for risk. As a result, most bond markets remained in a situation of ultralow yields and tight credit spreads. Interestingly, U.S. bonds continued to be supported by demand from both domestic and foreign buyers looking for positive yield since U.S. interest rates were the highest among developed-country bonds. Also notable was the rebound in oil prices to nearly $50 per barrel in June, driven by a lower rig count, unplanned supply outages, more refinery production ahead of the summer driving season, and a weaker dollar.
Globally, stocks delivered positive results in the third quarter of 2016; bonds’ interest rates remained low.
Stocks’ upward trend continued into August and then lost some steam. Ever since the Great Recession, markets worldwide have been supported to varying degrees by accommodative policies from leading central banks, including the Fed, ECB, Bank of England, and Bank of Japan. As a result, investors have watched closely for any signs that global central banks might tighten their measures. In the U.S., early-September comments by several Fed officials appeared to suggest a September interest-rate increase, which sent stock and bond prices down. However, stocks surged following the Fed’s September 20 meeting on news that the Fed had decided to delay a rate increase to later in 2016. In bond markets, interest rates rose during the quarter but remained at historically low levels as a result of easy monetary policies, subdued global growth, and modest inflation expectations. After bottoming in early July, yields began to rise again as market participants felt that yields had overshot the real risks of the U.K.’s Brexit vote and as economic activity strengthened. At the front end of the yield curve, anticipation of new money market fund rules resulted in significantly higher yields on many short-term securities.
During the fourth quarter of 2016, prospects for faster growth and higher interest rates in the U.S. influenced markets.
Early in the fourth quarter of 2016, U.S. stocks tended to trade lower amid concerns such as a likely interest-rate increase and uncertainty over the approaching general election. However, following Donald Trump’s election as president in early November, U.S. stocks began to rally. Investors appeared optimistic that the new administration would usher in a series of pro-growth policies, and supportive economic news helped the rally carry through the quarter. The buoyant environment sent interest rates higher as well. At its mid-December meeting, Fed officials raised their short-term target interest rate for the first time in a year, by a quarter percentage point, to between 0.50% and 0.75%. The fourth quarter also saw the implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rules for money market funds, which included floating net asset values (NAVs) for institutional prime and municipal money market funds as well as liquidity fees and redemption gates. In the year leading up to money fund reform implementation, nearly $1 trillion in assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1 NAV. Outside of the U.S., the prospects for faster U.S. growth appeared to trigger some acceleration in Europe. The improvement may be partly attributable to expectations for further strengthening of the U.S. dollar, which in turn could improve demand for European goods in the U.S. due to weakening of the euro relative to the dollar.
4 | Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund | Letter to shareholders (unaudited) |
Investor optimism continued into January 2017.
January brought continued strength in global stock markets. Markets were lifted by factors such as strong trade data from Japan, robust earnings reports by businesses, and investors’ hopes that the U.S. government will approve a large fiscal stimulus package.
Don’t let short-term uncertainty derail long-term investment goals.
Periods of uncertainty can present challenges, but experience has taught us that maintaining long-term investment goals can be an effective way to plan for the future. To help you create a sound strategy based on your personal goals and risk tolerance, Wells Fargo Funds offers more than 100 mutual funds spanning a wide range of asset classes and investment styles. Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance. We encourage investors to know their investments and to understand that appropriate levels of risk-taking may unlock opportunities.
Thank you for choosing to invest in Wells Fargo Funds. We appreciate your confidence in us and remain committed to helping you meet your financial needs.
Sincerely,
President
Wells Fargo Funds
Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance.
For further information about your Fund, contact your investment professional, visit our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or call us directly at 1-800-222-8222. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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6 | Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund | Performance highlights (unaudited) |
Investment objective
The Fund seeks current income, while preserving capital and liquidity.
Manager
Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC
Subadvisers
Wells Capital Management Incorporated
Wells Capital Management Singapore
Portfolio managers
Michael C. Bird, CFA®
Jeffrey L. Weaver, CFA®
Laurie White
Average annual total returns (%) as of January 31, 20171
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Inception date | 1 year | 5 year | 10 year | Gross | Net3 | |||||||||||||||||
Administrator Class (SHMXX) | 6-29-1995 | 0.31 | 0.07 | 0.80 | 0.34 | 0.34 | ||||||||||||||||
Institutional Class (SHIXX) | 3-31-2000 | 0.44 | 0.12 | 0.88 | 0.22 | 0.20 | ||||||||||||||||
Select Class (WFJXX) | 6-29-2007 | 0.52 | 0.19 | 0.94 | 0.18 | 0.13 | ||||||||||||||||
Service Class (WHTXX) | 6-30-2010 | 0.21 | 0.05 | 0.79 | 0.51 | 0.43 |
Yield summary (%) as of January 31, 20173
Administrator Class |
Institutional Class |
Select Class |
Service Class |
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7-day current yield | 0.59 | 0.72 | 0.79 | 0.49 | ||||||||||
7-day compound yield | 0.59 | 0.72 | 0.79 | 0.49 | ||||||||||
30-day simple yield | 0.57 | 0.70 | 0.77 | 0.47 | ||||||||||
30-day compound yield | 0.57 | 0.70 | 0.77 | 0.47 |
Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results, and do not reflect taxes that a shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Investment returns will fluctuate. The Fund’s yield figures more closely reflect the current earnings of the Fund than the total return figures. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted, which assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund’s website, wellsfargofunds.com.
Each class is sold without a front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge.
For floating NAV money market funds: You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Because the share price of the Fund will fluctuate, when you sell your shares they may be worth more or less than what you originally paid for them. The Fund may impose a fee upon sale of your shares or may temporarily suspend your ability to sell shares if the Fund’s liquidity falls below required minimums because of market conditions or other factors. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the Fund at any time.
Please see footnotes on page 7.
Performance highlights (unaudited) | Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund | 7 |
Portfolio composition as of January 31, 20174 |
Effective maturity distribution as of January 31, 20174 |
Weighted average maturity as of January 31, 20175 | ||||
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Weighted average life as of January 31, 20176 | ||||
35 days |
1 | Historical performance shown for Select Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Institutional Class shares, and includes the higher expenses applicable to Institutional Class shares. If these expenses had not been included, returns would be higher. Historical performance shown for Service Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Administrator Class shares and has not been adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Service Class shares. If these expenses had been adjusted, returns would be lower. |
2 | Reflects the expense ratios as stated in the most recent prospectuses. The expense ratios shown are subject to change and may differ from the annualized expense ratios shown in the financial highlights of this report. |
3 | The manager has contractually committed through October 13, 2017, 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 0.35% for Administrator Class, 0.20% for Institutional Class, 0.13% for Select Class, and 0.43% for Service Class. 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. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the expense cap. Without this cap, the Fund’s returns would have been lower. Without waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses, the Fund’s 7-day current yield would have been 0.51%, 0.63%, 0.67%, and 0.34% for Administrator Class, Institutional Class, Select Class, and Service Class, respectively. |
4 | Amounts are calculated based on the total investments of the Fund. These amounts are subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. |
5 | Weighted Average Maturity (WAM): WAM is an average of the effective maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by each security’s percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. WAM calculations allow for the maturities of certain securities with demand features or periodic interest rate resets to be shortened. WAM is a way to measure a fund’s sensitivity to potential interest rate changes. WAM is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. |
6 | Weighted Average Life (WAL): WAL is an average of the final maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by their percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. In contrast to WAM, the calculation of WAL allows for the maturities of certain securities with demand features to be shortened, but not the periodic interest rate resets. WAL is a way to measure a fund’s potential sensitivity to credit spread changes. WAL is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. |
8 | Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund | Performance highlights (unaudited) |
MANAGER’S DISCUSSION
Interest rates were fairly steady throughout the Fund’s reporting period, which ended January 31, 2017. The reporting period began just after the first U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) tightening in 10 years, which occurred in December 2015, and expectations for further increases were quickly tempered due to concerns about the domestic economy, the Chinese economy, and slumping oil prices. Confirmation of economic softening followed in March when the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC’s) Summary of Economic Projections (also known as the dot plot) was revised to show only two increases expected for the year, down from the four implied by the previous dot plot release. The Fed used its April minutes to reopen the door to a possible hike during the summer months, but once again, the U.K.’s vote to exit the European Union at the end of June 2016 dashed those hopes. Using three-month LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) as a proxy, rates in the prime space bumped along near 0.60% for the entire first half of the year.
The amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, were fully implemented by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury and government money market funds continued to operate much as they always did, with stable $1.00 net asset values. Meanwhile, tax-exempt and prime funds experienced more changes. Institutional prime and municipal money market funds began transacting at market-based, or floating, net asset values. This was one of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s main rule changes taking effect in 2016, and it is intended to help prevent runs on money market funds by making it clear to shareholders that the value of these institutional money market funds may fluctuate. In addition, money market fund boards of directors have discretion to impose either a liquidity fee of up to 2% on shareholder redemptions or a temporary suspension of redemptions (gate) if a fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below 30% of its total assets and the board determines that the fee or gate is in the best interest of the fund’s shareholders. Meanwhile, retail investors will continue to transact at a stable $1.00 NAV but may be subject to liquidity fees and redemption gates. (For more information, see our website’s Money Market Fund Regulatory Resource Center, accessed through the Institutional Cash Management tab.)
The highlight for money market funds during the reporting period was the full implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) new rules in October 2016, including floating net asset values on institutional funds, and liquidity fees and redemption gates on all non-government funds. April 2016 was a milestone of sorts with the first set of rule changes being implemented. The April rule changes included enhanced stress testing, aggregation of affiliated issuers for diversification purposes, requiring the issuers of asset-backed commercial paper to be treated as guarantors subject to the 10% guarantor limit, and enhanced portfolio disclosures on each fund’s website to provide greater transparency to investors.
Midyear, the focus shifted from the economy and the Fed, usually the most important driver of money market rates, to the implementation of the new SEC rules. While many expected assets to shift out of prime money market funds and into government money market funds (and other asset classes), no one knew when these shifts might occur and how large they would be. By the second quarter of 2016, portfolio managers were shortening weighted average maturities of prime money market funds and increasing liquidity to prepare for the asset shift. That trend accelerated through the summer, with investors shunning trades in securities with a maturity date longer than October 14, 2016. At the same time, the pace of rotation out of prime funds and into government funds increased.
In the weeks leading up to implementation day, the intentions of direct-purchase money market fund holders was still a mystery and their assets were consequently stubbornly sticky. In contrast, most sponsor- and intermediary-driven flows resulting from prime money market shareholders converting to government money market funds or prime fund liquidations, had already occurred or were well communicated as to timing and amount. Consequently, most institutional prime fund managers, including us, chose to be extremely liquid. By the end of September 2016, prime assets had declined from $1.3 trillion at the end of 2015 to $583 billion, or about a 55% decline, and yields on short-term securities rapidly adjusted higher as demand dried up.
Leading into implementation, we repositioned a large portion of our holdings into variable-rate demand notes because they offered two advantages over very short-term time deposits or repurchase agreements (repos): daily or weekly liquidity and a significant yield advantage over taxable securities due to the reform-related asset outflows from tax-exempt money market products. As assets stabilized toward the end of the reporting period, we were then able to take advantage of a steep yield curve by opportunistically buying floating-rate notes and longer-dated securities. The steep money market curve reflected not only the marketplace’s efforts to find equilibrium between much-reduced demand and supply but also a belief that focus could once again revert back to economic expectations. Indeed, the Fed raised rates again at its December 2016 FOMC meeting, targeting the federal funds rate to between 0.50% and 0.75%.
Performance highlights (unaudited) | Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund | 9 |
Strategic outlook
Now that we, as an industry, are past money market reform, a bit of normalcy is returning. With a new president seeming to promise fiscal stimulus to prod the economy into renewed growth, the Fed is likely to become a bigger influence this year than it has been in the recent past. The yield spread between government and prime securities is wide and widening. While demand from the increase in government money market funds as well as other factors, such as worries about the approaching U.S. debt ceiling, should keep a lid on government yields, the yield curve in the prime space should maintain its positive slope as the Fed maintains its intention to continue to raise the federal funds rate during 2017. As the yield differential increases, we might see a shift from government funds back to prime funds. In any case, we remain ever mindful of our investment philosophy and strategy of preservation of principal and liquidity and continue to emphasize high-credit and highly liquid securities in the portfolios.
10 | Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund | Fund expenses (unaudited) |
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, shareholder servicing fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period from August 1, 2016 to January 31, 2017.
Actual expenses
The “Actual” line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the “Actual” line under the heading entitled “Expenses paid during period” for your applicable class of shares to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes
The “Hypothetical” line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the “Hypothetical” line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.
Beginning account value 8-1-2016 |
Ending account value 1-31-2017 |
Expenses paid during the period¹ |
Annualized net expense ratio |
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Administrator Class |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,002.02 | $ | 1.66 | 0.33 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.48 | $ | 1.68 | 0.33 | % | ||||||||
Institutional Class |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,002.67 | $ | 1.01 | 0.20 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,024.13 | $ | 1.02 | 0.20 | % | ||||||||
Select Class |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,003.13 | $ | 0.65 | 0.13 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,024.48 | $ | 0.66 | 0.13 | % | ||||||||
Service Class |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,001.52 | $ | 2.16 | 0.43 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,022.98 | $ | 2.19 | 0.43 | % |
1 | Expenses paid is equal to the annualized net expense ratio of each class multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year (to reflect the one-half-year period). |
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund | 11 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Certificates of Deposit: 20.96% |
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Banco del Estado de Chile |
1.10 | % | 4-18-2017 | $ | 36,000,000 | $ | 36,011,953 | |||||||||
Bank of Montreal |
1.08 | 4-4-2017 | 35,000,000 | 35,021,275 | ||||||||||||
Bank of Montreal |
1.16 | 6-7-2017 | 24,000,000 | 24,006,264 | ||||||||||||
Bank of Nova Scotia ± |
1.31 | 5-11-2017 | 21,000,000 | 21,017,338 | ||||||||||||
Bank of Nova Scotia ± |
1.32 | 4-6-2017 | 40,000,000 | 40,030,853 | ||||||||||||
Chiba Bank Limited |
1.10 | 3-13-2017 | 35,000,000 | 35,004,948 | ||||||||||||
Chiba Bank Limited |
1.10 | 3-23-2017 | 40,000,000 | 40,003,916 | ||||||||||||
Cooperatieve Centrale ± |
1.14 | 7-10-2017 | 45,000,000 | 45,001,708 | ||||||||||||
Credit Suisse (New York) ± |
1.47 | 5-12-2017 | 26,000,000 | 26,024,924 | ||||||||||||
Credit Suisse (New York) ± |
1.47 | 7-10-2017 | 35,000,000 | 35,006,012 | ||||||||||||
HSBC Bank plc |
0.60 | 2-1-2017 | 86,000,000 | 86,000,000 | ||||||||||||
KBC Bank |
0.58 | 2-1-2017 | 108,000,000 | 108,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Mizuho Bank Limited ± |
1.52 | 3-7-2017 | 28,500,000 | 28,520,307 | ||||||||||||
National Bank of Kuwait |
0.58 | 2-1-2017 | 108,500,000 | 108,500,000 | ||||||||||||
NBAD Americas NV |
0.58 | 2-1-2017 | 106,000,000 | 106,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Norinchukin Bank |
0.90 | 2-15-2017 | 36,000,000 | 36,002,640 | ||||||||||||
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation ± |
1.42 | 4-18-2017 | 32,000,000 | 32,026,763 | ||||||||||||
Svenska Handelsbanken NY ± |
1.17 | 8-7-2017 | 36,000,000 | 36,004,886 | ||||||||||||
Swedbank ± |
1.12 | 5-22-2017 | 20,000,000 | 20,004,380 | ||||||||||||
Total Certificates of Deposit (Cost $898,062,332) |
898,188,167 | |||||||||||||||
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Commercial Paper: 44.03% |
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Asset-Backed Commercial Paper: 25.60% | ||||||||||||||||
Alpine Securitization Limited (z)144A |
1.00 | 2-2-2017 | 13,000,000 | 12,999,758 | ||||||||||||
Alpine Securitization Limited (z)144A |
1.02 | 2-10-2017 | 13,000,000 | 12,997,663 | ||||||||||||
Alpine Securitization Limited (z)144A |
1.18 | 3-21-2017 | 12,000,000 | 11,986,192 | ||||||||||||
Anglesea Funding LLC 144A± |
1.00 | 6-30-2017 | 43,000,000 | 42,998,661 | ||||||||||||
Antalis SA (z)144A |
1.00 | 2-2-2017 | 11,000,000 | 10,999,796 | ||||||||||||
Antalis SA (z)144A |
1.15 | 4-7-2017 | 35,000,000 | 34,941,229 | ||||||||||||
Atlantic Asset Securitization Corporation (z)144A |
1.05 | 3-6-2017 | 19,000,000 | 18,984,099 | ||||||||||||
Barton Capital Corporation (z)144A |
0.95 | 3-8-2017 | 25,000,000 | 24,979,389 | ||||||||||||
Barton Capital Corporation (z)144A |
0.97 | 3-9-2017 | 22,860,000 | 22,840,432 | ||||||||||||
Cancara Asset Security Limited (z) |
0.91 | 3-13-2017 | 7,000,000 | 6,993,490 | ||||||||||||
Cedar Spring Capital Company (z)144A |
1.08 | 2-9-2017 | 15,000,000 | 14,996,793 | ||||||||||||
Chesham Finance Limited (z)144A |
0.73 | 2-1-2017 | 140,000,000 | 140,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Concord Minutemen Capital Company (z)144A |
0.85 | 2-9-2017 | 32,000,000 | 31,994,937 | ||||||||||||
Concord Minutemen Capital Company (z)144A |
0.85 | 2-13-2017 | 25,000,000 | 24,993,850 | ||||||||||||
Gotham Funding Corporation (z)144A |
0.94 | 3-8-2017 | 18,040,000 | 18,025,618 | ||||||||||||
Kells Funding LLC (z)144A |
0.78 | 2-14-2017 | 30,000,000 | 29,992,265 | ||||||||||||
Kells Funding LLC (z)144A |
0.79 | 2-21-2017 | 28,000,000 | 27,988,489 | ||||||||||||
Kells Funding LLC (z)144A |
0.95 | 2-7-2017 | 12,000,000 | 11,998,660 | ||||||||||||
Kells Funding LLC 144A± |
1.22 | 5-2-2017 | 30,000,000 | 30,011,516 | ||||||||||||
Legacy Capital Company (z)144A |
0.83 | 2-13-2017 | 22,584,000 | 22,576,939 | ||||||||||||
Lexington Parker Capital Company LLC (z)144A |
1.15 | 4-20-2017 | 38,500,000 | 38,417,001 | ||||||||||||
LMA Amercias LLC (z)144A |
0.95 | 2-8-2017 | 25,000,000 | 24,996,568 | ||||||||||||
LMA Americas LLC (z)144A |
1.05 | 3-7-2017 | 25,700,000 | 25,680,170 | ||||||||||||
Manhattan Asset Funding Company LLC (z)144A |
0.94 | 3-3-2017 | 23,000,000 | 22,984,609 | ||||||||||||
Matchpoint Finance plc (z)144A |
0.95 | 3-9-2017 | 19,000,000 | 18,982,843 | ||||||||||||
Matchpoint Finance plc (z)144A |
0.97 | 2-23-2017 | 5,000,000 | 4,997,381 | ||||||||||||
Matchpoint Finance plc (z)144A |
1.02 | 3-7-2017 | 29,000,000 | 28,975,432 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
12 | Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Asset-Backed Commercial Paper (continued) | ||||||||||||||||
Mont Blanc Capital Corporation (z)144A |
0.90 | % | 3-27-2017 | $ | 35,000,000 | $ | 34,953,643 | |||||||||
Mountcliff Funding LLC (z)144A |
0.73 | 2-1-2017 | 60,000,000 | 60,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Nieuw Amsterdam Receivable (z)144A |
0.87 | 3-13-2017 | 35,000,000 | 34,967,450 | ||||||||||||
Nieuw Amsterdam Receivable (z)144A |
0.88 | 2-3-2017 | 18,000,000 | 17,999,325 | ||||||||||||
Regency Markets No.1 LLC (z)144A |
0.80 | 2-8-2017 | 33,000,000 | 32,995,470 | ||||||||||||
Ridgefield Funding Company (z)144A |
0.82 | 2-3-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,998,125 | ||||||||||||
Ridgefield Funding Company (z)144A |
1.05 | 4-3-2017 | 44,000,000 | 43,932,155 | ||||||||||||
Starbird Funding Corporation (z)144A |
1.02 | 3-7-2017 | 29,000,000 | 28,975,432 | ||||||||||||
Versailles Commercial Paper LLC 144A± |
1.02 | 6-1-2017 | 50,000,000 | 50,000,001 | ||||||||||||
Victory Receivables (z)144A |
0.94 | 3-3-2017 | 25,000,000 | 24,979,104 | ||||||||||||
1,097,134,485 | ||||||||||||||||
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Financial Company Commercial Paper: 18.06% | ||||||||||||||||
Banco de Credito e Inversiones (z)144A |
1.10 | 2-15-2017 | 9,000,000 | 8,996,055 | ||||||||||||
Bank of Nova Scotia 144A± |
1.21 | 8-4-2017 | 32,000,000 | 32,002,004 | ||||||||||||
BPCE (z)144A |
1.16 | 5-1-2017 | 26,000,000 | 25,933,151 | ||||||||||||
Caisse Centrale Desjardins du Quebec (z)144A |
0.98 | 3-8-2017 | 37,800,000 | 37,766,925 | ||||||||||||
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 144A± |
1.17 | 8-4-2017 | 32,000,000 | 31,996,097 | ||||||||||||
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 144A± |
1.41 | 4-19-2017 | 40,000,000 | 40,041,627 | ||||||||||||
DBS Bank Limited (z)144A |
1.04 | 4-4-2017 | 35,000,000 | 34,954,310 | ||||||||||||
Erste Bank der oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG 144A± |
1.12 | 3-14-2017 | 69,000,000 | 69,025,825 | ||||||||||||
HSBC Bank plc 144A± |
1.19 | 6-7-2017 | 25,000,000 | 25,008,097 | ||||||||||||
ING Funding LLC ± |
1.22 | 5-30-2017 | 27,000,000 | 27,012,636 | ||||||||||||
Macquarie Bank Limited (z)144A |
0.84 | 2-13-2017 | 35,500,000 | 35,491,267 | ||||||||||||
Macquarie Bank Limited (z)144A |
0.90 | 3-7-2017 | 11,000,000 | 10,991,232 | ||||||||||||
Nationwide Building Society (z)144A |
1.09 | 4-3-2017 | 62,000,000 | 61,899,987 | ||||||||||||
Nationwide Buliding Society (z)144A |
0.90 | 2-2-2017 | 26,000,000 | 25,999,374 | ||||||||||||
NV Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten (z)144A |
0.82 | 2-9-2017 | 95,000,000 | 94,984,969 | ||||||||||||
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (z)144A |
1.05 | 4-6-2017 | 20,000,000 | 19,971,556 | ||||||||||||
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (z)144A |
1.05 | 4-10-2017 | 27,000,000 | 26,957,976 | ||||||||||||
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation 144A± |
1.17 | 7-19-2017 | 35,000,000 | 35,000,136 | ||||||||||||
Sumitomo Trust & Bankng Corporation (z)144A |
1.01 | 4-5-2017 | 52,000,000 | 51,925,926 | ||||||||||||
United Overseas Bank Limited (z)144A |
0.93 | 2-9-2017 | 18,000,000 | 17,997,312 | ||||||||||||
United Overseas Bank Limited (z)144A |
1.04 | 4-5-2017 | 30,000,000 | 29,959,890 | ||||||||||||
United Overseas Bank Limited (z)144A |
1.05 | 4-24-2017 | 30,000,000 | 29,940,003 | ||||||||||||
773,856,355 | ||||||||||||||||
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Other Commercial Paper: 0.37% | ||||||||||||||||
Erste Abwicklungsanstalt (z)144A |
1.04 | 4-25-2017 | 16,000,000 | 15,968,497 | ||||||||||||
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Total Commercial Paper (Cost $1,886,697,746) |
1,886,959,337 | |||||||||||||||
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Municipal Obligations: 29.42% |
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Arkansas: 0.27% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.27% | ||||||||||||||||
Maumelle AR Taxable Bonds Kimberly Clark Corporation Project (Industrial Development Revenue) 144A |
0.80 | 8-1-2045 | 11,700,000 | 11,700,000 | ||||||||||||
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California: 1.66% |
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Other Municipal Debt: 0.23% | ||||||||||||||||
Los Angeles County CA Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Transportation Revenue) |
0.84 | 2-9-2017 | 10,000,000 | 10,000,240 | ||||||||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund | 13 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.43% | ||||||||||||||||
California Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Palomar Pomerado Health Series XG0017 (GO Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A |
0.96 | % | 8-1-2037 | $ | 13,000,000 | $ | 13,000,000 | |||||||||
RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Water District Series E (Water & Sewer Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A |
0.80 | 4-5-2019 | 48,000,000 | 48,000,000 | ||||||||||||
61,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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Colorado: 4.12% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 4.12% | ||||||||||||||||
Colorado HFA MFHR Class I Series A-1 (Housing Revenue, FHLB LIQ) |
0.72 | 10-1-2036 | 20,000,000 | 20,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Colorado HFA MFHR Class I Series A-1 (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA) |
0.75 | 10-1-2034 | 6,825,000 | 6,825,000 | ||||||||||||
Colorado HFA MFHR Class I Series A-1 (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA) |
0.85 | 10-1-2033 | 16,240,000 | 16,240,000 | ||||||||||||
Colorado HFA MFHR Class I Series B-1 (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA) |
0.75 | 4-1-2040 | 6,020,000 | 6,020,000 | ||||||||||||
Colorado HFA MFHR Class II Series B (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA) |
0.80 | 5-1-2052 | 68,435,000 | 68,435,000 | ||||||||||||
Colorado Southern Ute Indian Tribe Reservation (Industrial Development Revenue) |
0.71 | 11-1-2031 | 25,000,000 | 25,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Colorado Southern Ute Indian Tribe Reservation (Miscellaneous Revenue) |
0.80 | 1-1-2027 | 33,920,000 | 33,920,000 | ||||||||||||
176,440,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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Georgia: 1.49% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.49% | ||||||||||||||||
Greene County GA Development Authority Taxable Bonds Reynolds Lodges Series A (Industrial Development Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC) |
0.74 | 4-1-2027 | 20,000,000 | 20,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Oglethorpe Power Corporation (Utilities Revenue, Societe Generale LOC, National Insured) 144A |
0.91 | 1-1-2035 | 43,650,000 | 43,650,000 | ||||||||||||
63,650,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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Illinois: 0.23% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.23% | ||||||||||||||||
Illinois Housing Development Authority Valley View Apartments Project 2006 (Housing Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC) |
0.73 | 5-1-2042 | 9,810,000 | 9,810,000 | ||||||||||||
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Louisiana: 0.47% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.47% | ||||||||||||||||
Saint Charles Parish LA Shell Oil Company Project Series A (Industrial Development Revenue) |
0.67 | 10-1-2022 | 20,000,000 | 20,000,000 | ||||||||||||
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Maine: 1.27% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.27% | ||||||||||||||||
Maine Housing Authority Mortgage Series D (Housing Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada SPA) |
0.80 | 11-15-2039 | 34,400,000 | 34,400,000 | ||||||||||||
Maine Housing Authority Series F (Housing Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) |
0.77 | 11-15-2032 | 20,000,000 | 20,000,000 | ||||||||||||
54,400,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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Maryland: 0.57% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.57% | ||||||||||||||||
Maryland Industrial Development Financing Authority Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Industrial Development Revenue) |
0.80 | 3-1-2030 | 24,475,000 | 24,475,000 | ||||||||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
14 | Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Michigan: 1.21% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.21% | ||||||||||||||||
Michigan Finance Authority Series A (Miscellaneous Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LOC) |
0.72 | % | 9-1-2053 | $ | 8,000,000 | $ | 8,000,000 | |||||||||
Michigan Housing Development Authority AMT Series C (Housing Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA) |
0.72 | 4-1-2042 | 8,260,000 | 8,260,000 | ||||||||||||
Michigan Housing Development Authority AMT Series E (Housing Revenue, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi SPA) |
0.80 | 12-1-2038 | 35,570,000 | 35,570,000 | ||||||||||||
51,830,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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|
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Minnesota: 0.94% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.94% | ||||||||||||||||
Bloomington MN Bristol Village Apartments Project Series 2002A-1 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.75 | 11-15-2032 | 9,705,000 | 9,705,000 | ||||||||||||
Dakota County MN CDA View Pointe Apartments Project Series 2007-A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.77 | 1-15-2038 | 16,865,000 | 16,865,000 | ||||||||||||
RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Floater Certificates Series E-69 (Housing Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A |
0.80 | 5-31-2018 | 1,375,000 | 1,375,000 | ||||||||||||
St. Louis Park MN Knollwood Place Apartment Project Series 2005 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.74 | 10-1-2035 | 12,300,000 | 12,300,000 | ||||||||||||
40,245,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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|
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New Jersey: 0.09% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.09% | ||||||||||||||||
New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency Series 2007 (Housing Revenue, Bank of America NA LOC) |
0.62 | 5-1-2029 | 3,855,000 | 3,855,000 | ||||||||||||
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|
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New York: 8.88% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 8.88% | ||||||||||||||||
JPMorgan Chase PUTTER/DRIVER Trust Series (Miscellaneous Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LOC, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A |
0.67 | 11-1-2019 | 50,000,000 | 50,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA 222 East 44TH Street Series B (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC) |
1.12 | 5-1-2050 | 8,000,000 | 8,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA 605 West 42nd Street Series B (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC) |
1.13 | 5-1-2048 | 98,000,000 | 98,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA Biltmore Tower Housing Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.68 | 5-15-2034 | 37,300,000 | 37,300,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA Manhattan West Residential Project Series B1 (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC) |
1.14 | 11-1-2049 | 33,000,000 | 33,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA Manhattan West Residential Project Series B2 (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC) |
1.12 | 11-1-2049 | 37,250,000 | 37,250,000 | ||||||||||||
New York Municipal Water Finance Authority Series T-30001-I (Water & Sewer Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A |
0.79 | 6-15-2044 | 9,000,000 | 9,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York Taxable Trust Floater Series Yeshiva University (Education Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A |
0.80 | 9-1-2024 | 27,855,000 | 27,855,000 | ||||||||||||
New York Taxable Trust Floater Series Yeshiva University (Education Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A |
0.80 | 9-1-2024 | 40,000,000 | 40,000,000 | ||||||||||||
RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Series E-51 for Invesco Van Kampen New York Value Income Trust (Miscellaneous Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A(i) |
1.28 | 7-1-2017 | 35,000,000 | 35,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Westchester County NY Healthcare Corporation Series D (Health Revenue, TD Bank NA LOC) |
0.79 | 11-1-2034 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||
380,405,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund | 15 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
North Carolina: 0.07% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.07% | ||||||||||||||||
North Carolina Medical Care Commission FirstHealth Carolina Project Series 2008A (Health Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust SPA) |
0.71 | % | 10-1-2028 | $ | 2,915,000 | $ | 2,915,000 | |||||||||
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|
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Ohio: 0.67% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.67% | ||||||||||||||||
Columbus OH Regional Airport Authority Flight Safety International Incorporated Project (Airport Revenue) |
0.68 | 4-1-2044 | 12,170,000 | 12,170,000 | ||||||||||||
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Akron Student Housing Association LLC (Education Revenue, Societe Generale LOC, AGM Insured) 144A |
0.91 | 3-15-2034 | 16,755,000 | 16,755,000 | ||||||||||||
28,925,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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Oklahoma: 1.00% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.00% | ||||||||||||||||
RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Series E-77 (Transportation Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A |
0.80 | 7-13-2017 | 42,935,000 | 42,935,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Other: 2.50% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.50% | ||||||||||||||||
FHLMC MFHR Series M004 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.78 | 1-15-2042 | 42,249,689 | 42,249,689 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC MFHR Series M011 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.85 | 8-15-2021 | 695,000 | 695,000 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC MFHR Series M019 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.69 | 1-15-2047 | 14,719,000 | 14,719,000 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC MFHR Series M020 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.69 | 11-15-2036 | 18,632,000 | 18,632,000 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC MFHR Series M021 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.69 | 6-15-2036 | 31,010,000 | 31,010,000 | ||||||||||||
107,305,689 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
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South Carolina: 2.01% |
||||||||||||||||
Other Municipal Debt: 1.82% | ||||||||||||||||
South Carolina Public Service (Utilities Revenue) |
0.80 | 2-7-2017 | 17,402,000 | 17,402,179 | ||||||||||||
South Carolina Public Service (Utilities Revenue) |
0.84 | 2-3-2017 | 12,791,000 | 12,791,128 | ||||||||||||
South Carolina Public Service (Utilities Revenue) |
0.84 | 2-7-2017 | 15,928,000 | 15,928,185 | ||||||||||||
South Carolina Public Service (Utilities Revenue) |
0.84 | 2-14-2017 | 17,000,000 | 17,000,438 | ||||||||||||
South Carolina Public Service (Utilities Revenue) |
0.84 | 2-21-2017 | 15,000,000 | 15,000,104 | ||||||||||||
78,122,034 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.19% | ||||||||||||||||
South Carolina Public Service Authority (Utilities Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A |
0.85 | 1-1-2050 | 8,000,000 | 8,000,000 | ||||||||||||
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|
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Tennessee: 0.40% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.40% | ||||||||||||||||
Johnson City TN Health & Educational Facilities Board Series B1 (Health Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC) |
0.74 | 7-1-2033 | 5,590,000 | 5,590,000 | ||||||||||||
Montgomery County TN Industrial Development Hankook Bonds Tire Manufacturing Project Series A (Industrial Development Revenue, Kookmin Bank LOC) 144A |
1.10 | 12-1-2024 | 11,700,000 | 11,700,000 | ||||||||||||
17,290,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
16 | Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Texas: 0.35% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.35% | ||||||||||||||||
Port Arthur TX Navigation District Daily Fina Oil and Chemical Company Project (Industrial Development Revenue) |
0.73 | % | 5-1-2033 | $ | 14,825,000 | $ | 14,825,000 | |||||||||
|
|
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Utah: 0.68% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.68% | ||||||||||||||||
Utah Water Finance Agency Series B-1 (Water & Sewer Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA) |
0.69 | 10-1-2037 | 29,165,000 | 29,165,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
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Washington: 0.21% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.21% | ||||||||||||||||
JP Morgan Chase PUTTERS/DRIVERS Trust Series 5002 (Tax Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A |
0.67 | 11-1-2017 | 9,190,000 | 9,190,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
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Wisconsin: 0.33% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.33% | ||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin Housing & EDA Series F (Housing Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA) |
0.78 | 5-1-2030 | 14,000,000 | 14,000,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Total Municipal Obligations (Cost $1,260,481,573) |
1,260,482,963 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Other: 0.40% |
||||||||||||||||
Nuveen California Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares Series 5 (Citibank NA LIQ) ±144A§ |
0.79 | 8-1-2040 | 17,000,000 | 17,000,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Total Other (Cost $17,000,000) |
17,000,000 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Other Instruments: 1.42% |
||||||||||||||||
ANZ New Zealand International Limited of London 144A |
1.40 | 4-27-2017 | 11,000,000 | 11,007,789 | ||||||||||||
ROC III California Crossing Chino Hills Secured Series A ± |
0.75 | 2-1-2017 | 4,800,000 | 4,800,000 | ||||||||||||
ROC III California Crossing Chino Hills Secured Series B ± |
0.75 | 2-1-2017 | 3,200,000 | 3,200,000 | ||||||||||||
Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District Series D1 (z) |
1.00 | 2-16-2017 | 21,000,000 | 20,990,949 | ||||||||||||
Suncorp Metway Limited 144A± |
1.70 | 3-28-2017 | 21,000,000 | 21,013,526 | ||||||||||||
Total Other Instruments (Cost $61,011,764) |
61,012,264 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Other Notes: 3.89% |
||||||||||||||||
Corporate Bonds and Notes: 3.89% | ||||||||||||||||
Hartford Healthcare Corporation ±§ |
0.73 | 7-1-2049 | 36,000,000 | 36,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Providence Health & Services ±§ |
0.73 | 10-1-2042 | 34,170,000 | 34,170,000 | ||||||||||||
Providence Saint Joseph Health ±§ |
0.72 | 10-1-2047 | 52,000,000 | 52,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Racetrac Capital LLC ±§ |
0.73 | 9-1-2020 | 18,000,000 | 18,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Smithsonian Institution ±§ |
0.77 | 9-1-2018 | 17,500,000 | 17,500,000 | ||||||||||||
Steadfast Crestvilla LLC Series A ±§ |
0.75 | 2-1-2056 | 5,400,000 | 5,400,000 | ||||||||||||
Steadfast Crestvilla LLC Series B ±§ |
0.75 | 2-1-2056 | 3,600,000 | 3,600,000 | ||||||||||||
Total Other Notes (Cost $166,670,000) |
166,670,000 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
Total investments in securities (Cost $4,289,923,415) * | 100.12 | % | 4,290,312,731 | |||||
Other assets and liabilities, net |
(0.12 | ) | (5,136,978 | ) | ||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Total net assets | 100.00 | % | $ | 4,285,175,753 | ||||
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund | 17 |
± | Variable rate investment. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end. |
144A | The security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers, pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. |
(z) | Zero coupon security. The rate represents the current yield to maturity. |
ø | Variable rate demand notes are subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity. The maturity date shown represents the final maturity date of the security. The interest rate is determined and reset by the issuer daily, weekly, or monthly depending upon the terms of the security. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end. |
(i) | Illiquid security for which the designation as illiquid is unaudited. |
§ | The security is subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity. |
* | Cost for federal income tax purposes is $4,289,923,418 and unrealized gains (losses) consists of: |
Gross unrealized gains |
$ | 397,739 | ||
Gross unrealized losses |
(8,426 | ) | ||
|
|
|||
Net unrealized gains |
$ | 389,313 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
18 | Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund | Statement of assets and liabilities—January 31, 2017 |
Assets |
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Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value (cost $4,289,923,415) |
$ | 4,290,312,731 | ||
Receivable for investments sold |
12,000,220 | |||
Receivable for Fund shares sold |
150 | |||
Receivable for interest |
2,407,287 | |||
Receivable from broker |
86,000,000 | |||
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
252,793 | |||
|
|
|||
Total assets |
4,390,973,181 | |||
|
|
|||
Liabilities |
||||
Dividends payable |
436,310 | |||
Payable for investments purchased |
17,500,882 | |||
Due to custodian bank |
85,972,319 | |||
Management fee payable |
120,259 | |||
Administration fees payable |
175,097 | |||
Accrued expenses and other liabilities |
1,592,561 | |||
|
|
|||
Total liabilities |
105,797,428 | |||
|
|
|||
Total net assets |
$ | 4,285,175,753 | ||
|
|
|||
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF |
||||
Paid-in capital |
$ | 4,285,196,854 | ||
Overdistributed net investment income |
(410,417 | ) | ||
Net unrealized gains on investments |
389,316 | |||
|
|
|||
Total net assets |
$ | 4,285,175,753 | ||
|
|
|||
COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE |
||||
Net assets – Administrator Class |
$ | 82,591,403 | ||
Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1 |
82,569,274 | |||
Net asset value per share – Administrator Class |
$1.0003 | |||
Net assets – Institutional Class |
$ | 749,051,866 | ||
Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1 |
748,843,644 | |||
Net asset value per share – Institutional Class |
$1.0003 | |||
Net assets – Select Class |
$ | 3,386,093,285 | ||
Shares outstanding – Select Class1 |
3,384,892,402 | |||
Net asset value per share – Select Class |
$1.0004 | |||
Net assets – Service Class |
$ | 67,439,199 | ||
Shares outstanding – Service Class1 |
67,420,766 | |||
Net asset value per share – Service Class |
$1.0003 |
1 | The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Statement of operations—year ended January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund | 19 |
Investment income |
||||
Interest |
$ | 143,900,616 | ||
|
|
|||
Expenses |
||||
Management fee |
34,617,659 | |||
Administration fees |
||||
Administrator Class |
214,959 | |||
Institutional Class |
3,959,166 | |||
Select Class |
8,007,803 | |||
Service Class |
548,553 | |||
Shareholder servicing fees |
||||
Administrator Class |
214,959 | |||
Service Class |
1,135,674 | |||
Custody and accounting fees |
1,952,445 | |||
Professional fees |
64,142 | |||
Registration fees |
585,065 | |||
Shareholder report expenses |
78,972 | |||
Trustees’ fees and expenses |
17,059 | |||
Other fees and expenses |
613,506 | |||
|
|
|||
Total expenses |
52,009,962 | |||
Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements |
(13,412,649 | ) | ||
|
|
|||
Net expenses |
38,597,313 | |||
|
|
|||
Net investment income |
105,303,303 | |||
|
|
|||
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) ON INVESTMENTS |
||||
Net realized gains on investments |
86,447 | |||
Net change in unrealized gains on investments |
389,316 | |||
|
|
|||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments |
475,763 | |||
|
|
|||
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations |
$ | 105,779,066 | ||
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
20 | Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund | Statement of changes in net assets |
Year ended January 31, 2017 |
Year ended January 31, 2016 |
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Operations |
||||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
$ | 105,303,303 | $ | 57,918,622 | ||||||||||||
Net realized gains on investments |
86,447 | 44,104 | ||||||||||||||
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments |
389,316 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations |
105,779,066 | 57,962,726 | ||||||||||||||
|
|
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Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
||||||||||||||||
Administrator Class |
(526,144 | ) | (82,844 | ) | ||||||||||||
Institutional Class |
(17,905,043 | ) | (6,964,106 | ) | ||||||||||||
Select Class |
(86,260,247 | ) | (50,705,296 | ) | ||||||||||||
Service Class |
(599,853 | ) | (166,376 | ) | ||||||||||||
|
|
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Total distributions to shareholders |
(105,291,287 | ) | (57,918,622 | ) | ||||||||||||
|
|
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Capital share transactions |
Shares | Shares | ||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares sold |
||||||||||||||||
Administrator Class |
455,731,837 | 455,737,704 | 859,971,672 | 859,971,672 | ||||||||||||
Institutional Class |
29,504,670,500 | 29,504,977,813 | 48,495,724,190 | 48,495,724,190 | ||||||||||||
Select Class |
279,199,542,442 | 270,201,686,287 | 454,724,848,158 | 454,724,848,158 | ||||||||||||
Service Class |
10,449,618,132 | 10,449,635,008 | 25,397,956,170 | 25,397,956,170 | ||||||||||||
|
|
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310,612,036,812 | 529,478,500,190 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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Reinvestment of distributions |
||||||||||||||||
Administrator Class |
316,562 | 316,587 | 33,087 | 33,087 | ||||||||||||
Institutional Class |
5,832,711 | 5,832,989 | 1,709,633 | 1,709,633 | ||||||||||||
Select Class |
52,842,200 | 52,843,886 | 27,982,825 | 27,982,825 | ||||||||||||
Service Class |
147,805 | 147,820 | 19,446 | 19,446 | ||||||||||||
|
|
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59,141,282 | 29,744,991 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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Payment for shares redeemed |
||||||||||||||||
Administrator Class |
(631,620,593 | ) | (631,627,902 | ) | (914,600,653 | ) | (914,600,653 | ) | ||||||||
Institutional Class |
(37,013,949,429 | ) | (37,014,338,574 | ) | (49,641,942,181 | ) | (49,641,942,181 | ) | ||||||||
Select Class |
(313,085,833,381 | ) | (304,088,354,729 | ) | (452,780,915,187 | ) | (452,780,915,187 | ) | ||||||||
Service Class |
(11,280,593,935 | ) | (11,280,612,758 | ) | (25,624,163,521 | ) | (25,624,163,521 | ) | ||||||||
|
|
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(353,014,933,963 | ) | (528,961,621,542 | ) | |||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions |
(42,343,755,869 | ) | 546,623,639 | |||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Total increase (decrease) in net assets |
(42,343,268,090 | ) | 546,667,743 | |||||||||||||
|
|
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Net assets |
||||||||||||||||
Beginning of period |
46,628,443,843 | 46,081,776,100 | ||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
End of period |
$ | 4,285,175,753 | $ | 46,628,443,843 | ||||||||||||
|
|
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Overdistributed net investment income |
$ | (410,417 | ) | $ | (422,433 | ) | ||||||||||
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Financial highlights | Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund | 21 |
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
Year ended January 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS | 2017 | 20161 | 20151 | 20141 | 20131 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.0000 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.0028 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | |||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments |
0.0003 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | |||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
Total from investment operations |
0.0031 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | |||||||||||
Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
(0.0028 | ) | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.0003 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return3 |
0.31 | % | 0.03 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.35 | % | 0.34 | % | 0.34 | % | 0.34 | % | 0.34 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.33 | % | 0.25 | % | 0.19 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.24 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.24 | % | 0.03 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$82,591 | $258,152 | $312,748 | $286,618 | $278,541 |
1 | The presentation of prior year amounts reflect the Fund transacting shares at a fixed NAV rounded to two decimal places. Beginning October 11, 2016, the Fund began selling and redeeming shares of the Fund at a floating NAV rounded to the fourth decimal place. |
2 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Year ended January 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS | 2017 | 20161 | 20151 | 20141 | 20131 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.0000 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.0039 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | |||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments |
0.0005 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | |||||||||||
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Total from investment operations |
0.0044 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | |||||||||||
Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
(0.0041 | ) | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.0003 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.44 | % | 0.08 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.05 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.23 | % | 0.22 | % | 0.22 | % | 0.22 | % | 0.22 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.20 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.19 | % | 0.19 | % | 0.20 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.36 | % | 0.08 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.05 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$749,052 | $8,252,614 | $9,397,113 | $10,473,476 | $7,815,293 |
1 | The presentation of prior year amounts reflect the Fund transacting shares at a fixed NAV rounded to two decimal places. Beginning October 11, 2016, the Fund began selling and redeeming shares of the Fund at a floating NAV rounded to the fourth decimal place. |
2 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
Year ended January 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
SELECT CLASS | 2017 | 20161 | 20151 | 20141 | 20131 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.0000 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.0048 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | |||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments |
0.0004 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | |||||||||||
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Total from investment operations |
0.0052 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | |||||||||||
Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
(0.0048 | ) | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.0004 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.52 | % | 0.15 | % | 0.07 | % | 0.09 | % | 0.12 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.19 | % | 0.18 | % | 0.18 | % | 0.18 | % | 0.18 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.13 | % | 0.13 | % | 0.13 | % | 0.13 | % | 0.13 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.43 | % | 0.16 | % | 0.07 | % | 0.08 | % | 0.12 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$3,386,093 | $37,219,390 | $35,247,440 | $30,569,838 | $27,354,255 |
1 | The presentation of prior year amounts reflect the Fund transacting shares at a fixed NAV rounded to two decimal places. Beginning October 11, 2016, the Fund began selling and redeeming shares of the Fund at a floating NAV rounded to the fourth decimal place. |
2 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
Year ended January 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
SERVICE CLASS | 2017 | 20161 | 20151 | 20141 | 20131,2 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.0000 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.0016 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.00 | 3 | |||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments |
0.0005 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.00 | 3 | |||||||||||
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Total from investment operations |
0.0021 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.00 | 3 | |||||||||||
Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
(0.0018 | ) | (0.00 | )3 | (0.00 | )3 | (0.00 | )3 | (0.00 | )3 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.0003 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.21 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.52 | % | 0.51 | % | 0.50 | % | 0.50 | % | 0.50 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.43 | % | 0.27 | % | 0.19 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.24 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.13 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$67,439 | $898,288 | $1,124,475 | $1,064,804 | $662,253 |
1 | The presentation of prior year amounts reflect the Fund transacting shares at a fixed NAV rounded to two decimal places. Beginning October 11, 2016, the Fund began selling and redeeming shares of the Fund at a floating NAV rounded to the fourth decimal place. |
2 | For the period from June 30, 2010 (commencement of class operations) to January 31, 2011 |
3 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Notes to financial statements | Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund | 25 |
1. ORGANIZATION
Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust organized on March 10, 1999, is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). As an investment company, the Trust follows the accounting and reporting guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies. These financial statements report on the Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund (the “Fund”) which is a diversified series of the Trust.
During the year, the amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, were fully implemented by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury, government and retail money market funds continued to operate with stable $1.00 net asset values. Meanwhile, tax-exempt and prime money market funds experienced more changes. Institutional prime and municipal money market funds began transacting at market-based, or floating, net asset values. In addition, money market fund boards of directors have the discretion to impose liquidity fees or redemption gates on all non-government funds. As a result of the changes due to money market reform, the institutional prime and municipal money market funds may have been subject to significant flows in shareholder activity as assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1.00 net asset value.
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following significant accounting policies, which are consistently followed in the preparation of the financial statements of the Fund, are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Securities valuation
Debt securities are valued at the evaluated bid price provided by an independent pricing service or, if a reliable price is not available, the quoted bid price from an independent broker-dealer.
Investments which are not valued using the method discussed above are valued at their fair value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Trustees of the Fund. The Board of Trustees has established a Valuation Committee comprised of the Trustees and has delegated to it the authority to take any actions regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of portfolio securities, unless the determination has been delegated to the Management Valuation Team of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”). The Board of Trustees retains the authority to make or ratify any valuation decisions or approve any changes to the Valuation Procedures as it deems appropriate. On a quarterly basis, the Board of Trustees receives reports on any valuation actions taken by the Valuation Committee or the Management Valuation Team which may include items for ratification.
Valuations of fair valued securities are compared to the next actual sales price when available, or other appropriate market values, to assess the continued appropriateness of the fair valuation methodologies used. These securities are fair valued on a day-to-day basis, taking into consideration changes to appropriate market information and any significant changes to the inputs considered in the valuation process until there is a readily available price provided on an exchange or by an independent pricing service. Valuations received from an independent pricing service or independent broker-dealer quotes are periodically validated by comparisons to most recent trades and valuations provided by other independent pricing services in addition to the review of prices by the manager and/or subadviser. Unobservable inputs used in determining fair valuations are identified based on the type of security, taking into consideration factors utilized by market participants in valuing the investment, knowledge about the issuer and the current market environment.
Repurchase agreements
The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements and may participate in pooled repurchase agreement transactions with other funds advised by Funds Management. The repurchase agreements must be fully collateralized based on values that are marked-to-market daily. The collateral may be held by an agent bank under a tri-party agreement. It is the custodian’s responsibility to value collateral daily and to take action to obtain additional collateral as necessary to maintain market value equal to or greater than the resale price. The repurchase agreements are collateralized by instruments such as U.S. Treasury, federal agency, or high-grade corporate obligations. There could be potential loss to the Fund in the event that the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising its rights to dispose of the collateral, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying obligations during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert its rights.
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When-issued transactions
The Fund may purchase securities on a forward commitment or when-issued basis. The Fund records a when-issued transaction on the trade date and will segregate assets in an amount at least equal in value to the Fund’s commitment to purchase when-issued securities. Securities purchased on a when-issued basis are marked-to-market daily and the Fund begins earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may arise due to changes in the market value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.
Security transactions and income recognition
Securities transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses are recorded on the basis of identified cost.
Interest income is accrued daily and bond discounts are accreted and premiums are amortized daily based on the effective interest method. To the extent debt obligations are placed on non-accrual status, any related interest income may be reduced by writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has been determined to be doubtful based on consistently applied procedures and the fair value has decreased. If the issuer subsequently resumes interest payments or when the collectability of interest is reasonably assured, the debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status.
Distributions to shareholders
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income are accrued daily and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Such distributions are determined in conformity with federal income tax regulations, which may differ in amount or character from net investment income and realized gains recognized for purposes of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Federal and other taxes
The Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by distributing substantially all of its investment company taxable income and any net realized capital gains (after reduction for capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes was required.
The Fund’s income and federal excise tax returns and all financial records supporting those returns for the prior three fiscal years are subject to examination by the federal and Delaware revenue authorities. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal, state, and foreign tax returns for all open tax years and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.
Reclassifications are made to the Fund’s capital accounts for permanent tax differences to reflect income and gains available for distribution (or available capital loss carryforwards) under federal income tax regulations. U.S. generally accepted accounting principles require that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. The primary permanent difference causing such reclassifications is due to expiration of capital loss carryforwards. At January 31, 2017, as a result of permanent book-to-tax differences, the following reclassification adjustments were made on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:
Paid-in capital | Accumulated net on investments | |
$(6,486,785) | $6,486,785 |
Class allocations
The separate classes of shares offered by the Fund differ principally in shareholder servicing and administration fees. Class specific expenses are charged directly to that share class. Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative proportion of net assets of each class.
3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS
Fair value measurements of investments are determined within a framework that has established a fair value hierarchy based upon the various data inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The three-level hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the
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lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). The Fund’s investments are classified within the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The inputs are summarized into three broad levels as follows:
∎ | Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities |
∎ | Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) |
∎ | Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments in securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of January 31, 2017:
Quoted prices (Level 1) |
Other significant observable inputs (Level 2) |
Significant (Level 3) |
Total | |||||||||||||
Assets |
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Investments in: |
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Certificates of deposit |
$ | 0 | $ | 898,188,167 | $ | 0 | $ | 898,188,167 | ||||||||
Asset-backed commercial paper |
0 | 1,097,134,485 | 0 | 1,097,134,485 | ||||||||||||
Financial company commercial paper |
0 | 773,856,355 | 0 | 773,856,355 | ||||||||||||
Other commercial paper |
0 | 15,968,497 | 0 | 15,968,497 | ||||||||||||
Other municipal debt |
0 | 88,122,274 | 0 | 88,122,274 | ||||||||||||
Variable rate demand notes |
0 | 1,172,360,689 | 0 | 1,172,360,689 | ||||||||||||
Other |
0 | 17,000,000 | 0 | 17,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Other instruments |
0 | 61,012,264 | 0 | 61,012,264 | ||||||||||||
Other notes |
0 | 166,670,000 | 0 | 166,670,000 | ||||||||||||
Total assets |
$ | 0 | $ | 4,290,312,731 | $ | 0 | $ | 4,290,312,731 |
The Fund recognizes transfers between levels within the fair value hierarchy at the end of the reporting period. At January 31, 2017, the Fund did not have any transfers into/out of Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3.
4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND OTHER EXPENSES
Management fee
Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”), is the manager of the Fund and provides advisory and fund-level administrative services under an investment management agreement. Under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, supervising the subadvisers, providing fund-level administrative services in connection with the Fund’s operations, and providing any other fund-level administrative services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Fund. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive an annual management fee starting at 0.15% and declining to 0.13% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. For the year ended January 31, 2017, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.14% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
Funds Management has retained the services of a certain subadvisers to provide daily portfolio management to the Fund. The fee for subadvisory services is borne by Funds Management. Wells Capital Management Incorporated (“WellsCap”), an affiliate of Funds Management and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo, is a subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from Funds Management at an annual rate starting at 0.05% and declining to 0.01% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. Wells Capital Management Singapore, a separately identifiable department of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. an affiliate of Funds Management and wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo, is also a subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from WellsCap at an annual rate starting at 0.0025% and declining to 0.0005% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase.
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Administration fees
Under a class-level administration agreement, Funds Management provides class-level administrative services to the Fund, which includes paying fees and expenses for services provided by the transfer agent, sub-transfer agents, omnibus account servicers and record-keepers. As compensation for its services under the class-level administration agreement, Funds Management receives an annual fee which is calculated based on the average daily net assets of each class as follows:
Class-level administration fee |
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Administrator Class |
0.10 | % | ||
Institutional Class |
0.08 | |||
Select Class |
0.04 | |||
Service Class |
0.12 |
Funds Management has contractually waived and/or reimbursed management and administration fees to the extent necessary to maintain certain net operating expense ratios for the Fund. Waiver of fees and/or reimbursement of expenses by Funds Management were made first from fund level expenses on a proportionate basis and then from class specific expenses. Funds Management has committed through October 13, 2017 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 0.35% for Administrator Class shares, 0.20% for Institutional Class shares, 0.13% for Select Class shares, and 0.43% for Service Class shares. 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. During the year ended January 31, 2017, Funds Management voluntarily waived additional class specific expenses to maintain a positive yield.
During the year ended January 31,2017, State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Fund’s custodian, reimbursed the Fund $59,758 for certain out-of-pocket expenses that were billed to the Fund in error from 1998-2015. This amount is included in interest income on the Statement of Operations. In addition, Funds Management was also reimbursed $12,015 for waivers/reimbursements it made to the Fund during the period the Fund was erroneously billed.
Shareholder servicing fees
The Trust has entered into contracts with one or more shareholder servicing agents, whereby Administrator Class and Service Class of the Fund are charged a fee at an annual rate of 0.10% and 0.25%, respectively, of their average daily net assets.
A portion of these total shareholder servicing fees were paid to affiliates of Wells Fargo.
5. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS
The tax character of distributions paid was $105,291,287 and $57,918,622 of ordinary income for the years ended January 31, 2017 and January 31, 2016, respectively.
As of January 31, 2017, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:
Undistributed ordinary income |
Unrealized gains | |
$335,406 | $389,313 |
6. INDEMNIFICATION
Under the Trust’s organizational documents, the officers and Trustees have been granted certain indemnification rights against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust may enter into contracts with service providers that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated.
7. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT
In December 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-19, Technical Corrections and Improvements. ASU 2016-19 includes an amendment to FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement which clarifies the difference between a valuation approach and a valuation technique. The amendment also requires an entity to disclose when there has been a change in either or both a valuation approach
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and/or a valuation technique. The disclosure requirements are effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of this new guidance to the financial statements.
8. REGULATORY CHANGES
In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new rules and forms and amended existing rules and forms (together, “final rules”) intended to modernize and enhance the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies and to enhance liquidity risk management by open-end mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. The final rules will enhance the quality of information available to investors and will allow the SEC to more effectively collect and use data reported by funds. In part, the final rules amend Regulation S-X and require standardized, enhanced disclosure about derivatives in the Fund’s financial statements, as well as other amendments. The compliance date for the amendments to Regulation S-X is August 1, 2017 while the compliance date for the new form types is June 1, 2018 and the compliance date for the liquidity risk management program requirements is December 1, 2018. Management is currently assessing the potential impact of these enhancements and their impact on the financial statement disclosures and reporting requirements.
30 | Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund | Report of independent registered public accounting firm |
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SHAREHOLDERS OF WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, of the Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund (the “Fund”), one of the funds constituting the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, as of January 31, 2017, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund as of January 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Boston, Massachusetts
Other information (unaudited) | Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund | 31 |
TAX INFORMATION
For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, $78,153,411 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.
PROXY VOTING INFORMATION
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222, visiting our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the Fund’s website at wellsfargofunds.com or by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov.
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION
The complete portfolio holdings for the Fund are publicly available on the Fund’s website (wellsfargofunds.com) on a 1-day delayed basis. The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q, which is available by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. In addition, the Fund’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC, and at regional offices in New York City, at 233 Broadway, and in Chicago, at 175 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 900. Information about the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
32 | Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund | Other information (unaudited) |
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
Each of the Trustees and Officers1 listed in the table below acts in identical capacities for each fund in the Wells Fargo family of funds, which consists of 138 mutual funds comprising the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and four closed-end funds (collectively the “Fund Complex”). This table should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information2. The mailing address of each Trustee and Officer is 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Each Trustee and Officer serves an indefinite term, however, each Trustee serves such term until reaching the mandatory retirement age established by the Trustees.
Independent Trustees
Name and year of birth |
Position held and length of service* |
Principal occupations during past five years or longer | Current other public company or investment company directorships | |||
William R. Ebsworth (Born 1957) |
Trustee, since 2015 | Retired. From 1984 to 2013, equities analyst, portfolio manager, research director and chief financial officer at Fidelity Management and Research Company in Boston, Tokyo, and Hong Kong and retired in 2013 as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Strategic Advisers, Inc. where he lead a team of investment professionals managing client assets. Prior thereto, Board member of Hong Kong Securities Clearing Co., Hong Kong Options Clearing Corp., the Thailand International Fund, Ltd., Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company, and Empire Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company. Board member of the Fonté Foundation (non-profit organization) and the Vincent Memorial Hospital Endowment (non-profit organization), where he serves on the Investment Committee and as a Chair of the Audit Committee. Mr. Ebsworth is a CFA® charterholder and an Adjunct Lecturer, Finance, at Babson College. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Jane A. Freeman (Born 1953) |
Trustee, since 2015 | Retired. From 2012 to 2014 and 1999 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Scientific Learning Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, Ms. Freeman provided consulting services related to strategic business projects. Prior to 1999, Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller & Co. and Scudder, Stevens & Clark. Board member of the Harding Loevner Funds from 1996 to 2014, serving as both Lead Independent Director and chair of the Audit Committee. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust from 2011 to 2012 and the chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Freeman is a Board Member of Ruth Bancroft Garden (non-profit organization) and an inactive chartered financial analyst. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Peter G. Gordon** (Born 1942) |
Trustee, since 1998; Chairman, since 2005 |
Co-Founder, Retired Chairman, President and CEO of Crystal Geyser Water Company. Trustee Emeritus, Colby College. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Isaiah Harris, Jr. (Born 1952) |
Trustee, since 2009 | Retired. Chairman of the Board of CIGNA Corporation since 2009, and Director since 2005. From 2003 to 2011, Director of Deluxe Corporation. Prior thereto, President and CEO of BellSouth Advertising and Publishing Corp. from 2005 to 2007, President and CEO of BellSouth Enterprises from 2004 to 2005 and President of BellSouth Consumer Services from 2000 to 2003. Emeritus member of the Iowa State University Foundation Board of Governors. Emeritus Member of the Advisory Board of Iowa State University School of Business. Advisory Board Member, Palm Harbor Academy (charter school). Advisory Board Member, Child Evangelism Fellowship (non-profit). Mr. Harris is a certified public accountant (inactive status). | CIGNA Corporation; Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Judith M. Johnson (Born 1949) |
Trustee, since 2008; Audit Committee Chairman, since 2008 |
Retired. Prior thereto, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund from 1996 to 2008. Ms. Johnson is an attorney, certified public accountant and a certified managerial accountant. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
David F. Larcker (Born 1950) |
Trustee, since 2009 | James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Director of the Corporate Governance Research Initiative and Senior Faculty of The Rock Center for Corporate Governance since 2006. From 2005 to 2008, Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. Prior thereto, Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania from 1985 to 2005. | Asset Allocation Trust |
Other information (unaudited) | Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund | 33 |
Name and year of birth |
Position held and length of service* |
Principal occupations during past five years or longer | Current other public company or investment company directorships | |||
Olivia S. Mitchell (Born 1953) |
Trustee, since 2006 | International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania since 1993. Director of Wharton’s Pension Research Council and Boettner Center on Pensions & Retirement Research, and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Previously, Cornell University Professor from 1978 to 1993. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Timothy J. Penny (Born 1951) |
Trustee, since 1996 | President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, a non-profit organization, since 2007 and Senior Fellow at the Humphrey Institute Policy Forum at the University of Minnesota since 1995. Member of the Board of Trustees of NorthStar Education Finance, Inc., a non-profit organization, since 2007. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Michael S. Scofield (Born 1943) |
Trustee, since 2010 | Served on the Investment Company Institute’s Board of Governors and Executive Committee from 2008-2011 as well the Governing Council of the Independent Directors Council from 2006-2011 and the Independent Directors Council Executive Committee from 2008-2011. Chairman of the IDC from 2008-2010. Institutional Investor (Fund Directions) Trustee of Year in 2007. Trustee of the Evergreen Funds complex (and its predecessors) from 1984 to 2010. Chairman of the Evergreen Funds from 2000-2010. Former Trustee of the Mentor Funds. Retired Attorney, Law Offices of Michael S. Scofield. | Asset Allocation Trust |
* | Length of service dates reflect the Trustee’s commencement of service with the Trust’s predecessor entities, where applicable. |
** | Peter Gordon is expected to retire on December 31, 2017. |
Officers
Name and year of birth |
Position held and length of service |
Principal occupations during past five years or longer | ||||
Andrew Owen (Born 1960) |
President, since 2017 | Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managaers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014. | ||||
Nancy Wiser1 (Born 1967) |
Treasurer, since 2012 | Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2011. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at LightBox Capital Management LLC, from 2008 to 2011. | ||||
C. David Messman (Born 1960) |
Secretary, since 2000; Chief Legal Officer, since 2003 |
Senior Vice President and Secretary of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2001. Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2013 and Vice President and Managing Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. from 1996 to 2013. | ||||
Michael Whitaker (Born 1967) |
Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016 |
Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2016. Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity’s Fixed Income Funds and Asset Allocation Funds from 2008 to 2016, Compliance Officer of FMR Co., Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016. | ||||
David Berardi (Born 1975) |
Assistant Treasurer, since 2009 |
Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010. | ||||
Jeremy DePalma1 (Born 1974) |
Assistant Treasurer, since 2009 | Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Senior Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010. |
1 | Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 69 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex. |
2 | The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222 or by visiting the website at wellsfargofunds.com. |
34 | Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund | List of abbreviations |
The following is a list of common abbreviations for terms and entities that may have appeared in this report.
ACA | — ACA Financial Guaranty Corporation |
ADR | — American depositary receipt |
ADS | — American depositary shares |
AGC | — Assured Guaranty Corporation |
AGM | — Assured Guaranty Municipal |
Ambac | — Ambac Financial Group Incorporated |
AMT | — Alternative minimum tax |
AUD | — Australian dollar |
BAN | — Bond anticipation notes |
BHAC | — Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corporation |
BRL | — Brazilian real |
CAB | — Capital appreciation bond |
CAD | — Canadian dollar |
CCAB | — Convertible capital appreciation bond |
CDA | — Community Development Authority |
CDO | — Collateralized debt obligation |
CHF | — Swiss franc |
COP | — Colombian peso |
CLP | — Chilean peso |
DKK | — Danish krone |
DRIVER | — Derivative inverse tax-exempt receipts |
DW&P | — Department of Water & Power |
DWR | — Department of Water Resources |
ECFA | — Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority |
EDA | — Economic Development Authority |
EDFA | — Economic Development Finance Authority |
ETF | — Exchange-traded fund |
EUR | — Euro |
FDIC | — Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
FFCB | — Federal Farm Credit Banks |
FGIC | — Financial Guaranty Insurance Corporation |
FHA | — Federal Housing Administration |
FHLB | — Federal Home Loan Bank |
FHLMC | — Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation |
FICO | — The Financing Corporation |
FNMA | — Federal National Mortgage Association |
FSA | — Farm Service Agency |
GBP | — Great British pound |
GDR | — Global depositary receipt |
GNMA | — Government National Mortgage Association |
GO | — General obligation |
HCFR | — Healthcare facilities revenue |
HEFA | — Health & Educational Facilities Authority |
HEFAR | — Higher education facilities authority revenue |
HFA | — Housing Finance Authority |
HFFA | — Health Facilities Financing Authority |
HKD | — Hong Kong dollar |
HUD | — Department of Housing and Urban Development |
HUF | — Hungarian forint |
IDA | — Industrial Development Authority |
IDAG | — Industrial Development Agency |
IDR | — Indonesian rupiah |
IEP | — Irish pound |
JPY | — Japanese yen |
KRW | — Republic of Korea won |
LIBOR | — London Interbank Offered Rate |
LIFER | — Long Inverse Floating Exempt Receipts |
LIQ | — Liquidity agreement |
LLC | — Limited liability company |
LLLP | — Limited liability limited partnership |
LLP | — Limited liability partnership |
LOC | — Letter of credit |
LP | — Limited partnership |
MBIA | — Municipal Bond Insurance Association |
MFHR | — Multifamily housing revenue |
MSTR | — Municipal securities trust receipts |
MTN | — Medium-term note |
MUD | — Municipal Utility District |
MXN | — Mexican peso |
MYR | — Malaysian ringgit |
National | — National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation |
NGN | — Nigerian naira |
NOK | — Norwegian krone |
NZD | — New Zealand dollar |
PCFA | — Pollution Control Financing Authority |
PCL | — Public Company Limited |
PCR | — Pollution control revenue |
PFA | — Public Finance Authority |
PFFA | — Public Facilities Financing Authority |
PFOTER | — Puttable floating option tax-exempt receipts |
plc | — Public limited company |
PLN | — Polish zloty |
PUTTER | — Puttable tax-exempt receipts |
R&D | — Research & development |
Radian | — Radian Asset Assurance |
RAN | — Revenue anticipation notes |
RDA | — Redevelopment Authority |
RDFA | — Redevelopment Finance Authority |
REIT | — Real estate investment trust |
ROC | — Reset option certificates |
RON | — Romanian lei |
RUB | — Russian ruble |
SAVRS | — Select auction variable rate securities |
SBA | — Small Business Authority |
SDR | — Swedish depositary receipt |
SEK | — Swedish krona |
SFHR | — Single-family housing revenue |
SFMR | — Single-family mortgage revenue |
SGD | — Singapore dollar |
SPA | — Standby purchase agreement |
SPDR | — Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipts |
SPEAR | — Short Puttable Exempt Adjustable Receipts |
STRIPS | — Separate trading of registered interest and |
principal securities |
TAN | — Tax anticipation notes |
TBA | — To be announced |
THB | — Thai baht |
TIPS | — Treasury inflation-protected securities |
TRAN | — Tax revenue anticipation notes |
TRY | — Turkish lira |
TTFA | — Transportation Trust Fund Authority |
TVA | — Tennessee Valley Authority |
ZAR | — South African rand |
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Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) is a trade name used by the asset management businesses of Wells Fargo & Company. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, provides investment advisory and administrative services for Wells Fargo Funds. Other affiliates of Wells Fargo & Company provide subadvisory and other services for the funds. The funds are distributed by Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC, Member FINRA, an affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company. Neither Wells Fargo Funds Management nor Wells Fargo Funds Distributor has Fund customer accounts/assets, and neither provides investment advice/recommendations or acts as an investment advice fiduciary to any investor.
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The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of January 31, 2017, unless otherwise noted, and are those of the Fund managers and/or Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Discussions of individual securities, or the markets generally, or any Wells Fargo Fund are not intended as individual recommendations. Future events or results may vary significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. The views expressed are subject to change at any time in response to changing circumstances in the market. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and the Fund disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any views expressed or forward-looking statements.
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2 | Wells Fargo Money Market Fund | Letter to shareholders (unaudited) |
President
Wells Fargo Funds
U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.
Dear Shareholder:
As the new president of Wells Fargo Funds now that Karla Rabusch is retiring from that position after nearly 14 years, I am pleased to offer you this annual report for the Wells Fargo Money Market Fund for the 12-month period that ended January 31, 2017. The U.S. economy displayed resilience during the period although growth remained somewhat sluggish. International economies generally faced deeper ongoing challenges. Despite heightened market volatility, global stocks delivered strong results overall. U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively, as measured by the S&P 500 Index1 and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net)2; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.
In February–March 2016, fears about global economic weakness prevailed and then abated.
As the reporting period began, most stock markets worldwide were in the midst of a decline fueled by concerns such as weak global growth, falling commodity prices, and uncertainty over the timing and effect of interest-rate increases by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed). In mid-February, fears abated somewhat and global markets generally rallied. Meanwhile, bond investors’ fears about falling commodity prices, a slowing Chinese economy, weakness in European banks, and market volatility also lessened, which led to a greater appetite for risk and allowed lower-rated and longer-maturity bonds to outperform. With ongoing uncertainties about global growth and financial markets, the Fed held off from raising the target interest rate. Outside the U.S., the eurozone fell into deflation in February; in response, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced an expansion of its stimulus program. In China, the government in March set an anticipated growth rate of 6.5% to 7.0% for 2016, an acknowledgment of weakening growth. In emerging markets, although central-bank stimulus and improved prices for oil and other commodities led to stock-market rallies, many of these countries’ economies faced the potential of credit downgrades due to challenges such as the likelihood of a stronger U.S. dollar, which would make dollar-denominated debt more expensive.
Worries over interest rates and the U.K.’s Brexit vote largely drove markets during the second quarter of 2016.
U.S. stocks were in positive territory in April, plunged briefly in May on worries of a possible June interest-rate increase, then rallied until early June. The first three weeks of June brought heightened volatility, spurred largely by a disappointing jobs report and uncertainty over whether the U.K. would remain in the European Union (E.U.). The U.K.’s Brexit vote on June 23 shocked countries worldwide. Stock markets fell as investors worried that the U.K.’s departure from the E.U. would slow global growth and prolong the low-interest-rate environment. Following the initial rout, however, U.S. stocks rose as investors seemed to decide that any negative effects would be more localized and not create a serious risk for global
1 | The S&P 500 Index consists of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation. It is a market-value-weighted index with each stock’s weight in the index proportionate to its market value. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
2 | The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) All Country World Index (ACWI) ex USA Index (Net) is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the United States and Canada. Source: MSCI. MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used as a basis for other indexes or any securities or financial products. This report is not approved, reviewed, or produced by MSCI. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
3 | The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (formerly known as Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index) is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar–denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
Letter to shareholders (unaudited) | Wells Fargo Money Market Fund | 3 |
growth. Similarly, government bonds rallied immediately post-Brexit, and non-Treasury sectors rallied soon after as investors regained their appetite for risk. As a result, most bond markets remained in a situation of ultralow yields and tight credit spreads. Interestingly, U.S. bonds continued to be supported by demand from both domestic and foreign buyers looking for positive yield since U.S. interest rates were the highest among developed-country bonds. Also notable was the rebound in oil prices to nearly $50 per barrel in June, driven by a lower rig count, unplanned supply outages, more refinery production ahead of the summer driving season, and a weaker dollar.
Globally, stocks delivered positive results in the third quarter of 2016; bonds’ interest rates remained low.
Stocks’ upward trend continued into August and then lost some steam. Ever since the Great Recession, markets worldwide have been supported to varying degrees by accommodative policies from leading central banks, including the Fed, ECB, Bank of England, and Bank of Japan. As a result, investors have watched closely for any signs that global central banks might tighten their measures. In the U.S., early-September comments by several Fed officials appeared to suggest a September interest-rate increase, which sent stock and bond prices down. However, stocks surged following the Fed’s September 20 meeting on news that the Fed had decided to delay a rate increase to later in 2016. In bond markets, interest rates rose during the quarter but remained at historically low levels as a result of easy monetary policies, subdued global growth, and modest inflation expectations. After bottoming in early July, yields began to rise again as market participants felt that yields had overshot the real risks of the U.K.’s Brexit vote and as economic activity strengthened. At the front end of the yield curve, anticipation of new money market fund rules resulted in significantly higher yields on many short-term securities.
During the fourth quarter of 2016, prospects for faster growth and higher interest rates in the U.S. influenced markets.
Early in the fourth quarter of 2016, U.S. stocks tended to trade lower amid concerns such as a likely interest-rate increase and uncertainty over the approaching general election. However, following Donald Trump’s election as president in early November, U.S. stocks began to rally. Investors appeared optimistic that the new administration would usher in a series of pro-growth policies, and supportive economic news helped the rally carry through the quarter. The buoyant environment sent interest rates higher as well. At its mid-December meeting, Fed officials raised their short-term target interest rate for the first time in a year, by a quarter percentage point, to between 0.50% and 0.75%. The fourth quarter also saw the implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rules for money market funds, which included floating net asset values (NAVs) for institutional prime and municipal money market funds as well as liquidity fees and redemption gates. In the year leading up to money fund reform implementation, nearly $1 trillion in assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1 NAV. Outside of the U.S., the prospects for faster U.S. growth appeared to trigger some acceleration in Europe. The improvement may be partly attributable to expectations for further strengthening of the U.S. dollar, which in turn could improve demand for European goods in the U.S. due to weakening of the euro relative to the dollar.
4 | Wells Fargo Money Market Fund | Letter to shareholders (unaudited) |
Investor optimism continued into January 2017.
January brought continued strength in global stock markets. Markets were lifted by factors such as strong trade data from Japan, robust earnings reports by businesses, and investors’ hopes that the U.S. government will approve a large fiscal stimulus package.
Don’t let short-term uncertainty derail long-term investment goals.
Periods of uncertainty can present challenges, but experience has taught us that maintaining long-term investment goals can be an effective way to plan for the future. To help you create a sound strategy based on your personal goals and risk tolerance, Wells Fargo Funds offers more than 100 mutual funds spanning a wide range of asset classes and investment styles. Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance. We encourage investors to know their investments and to understand that appropriate levels of risk-taking may unlock opportunities.
Thank you for choosing to invest in Wells Fargo Funds. We appreciate your confidence in us and remain committed to helping you meet your financial needs.
Sincerely,
President
Wells Fargo Funds
Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance.
For further information about your Fund, contact your investment professional, visit our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or call us directly at 1-800-222-8222. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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6 | Wells Fargo Money Market Fund | Performance highlights (unaudited) |
Investment objective
The Fund seeks current income, while preserving capital and liquidity.
Manager
Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC
Subadvisers
Wells Capital Management Incorporated
Wells Capital Management Singapore
Portfolio managers
Michael C. Bird, CFA®
Jeffrey L. Weaver, CFA®
Laurie White
Average annual total returns (%) as of January 31, 20171
Including sales charge | Excluding sales charge | Expense ratios2 (%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inception date | 1 year | 5 year | 10 year | 1 year | 5 year | 10 year | Gross | Net3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A (STGXX) | 7-1-1992 | – | – | – | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.66 | 0.82 | 0.65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class B* | 7-1-1992 | (4.98 | ) | (0.39 | ) | 0.51 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.51 | 1.57 | 1.40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Class C** | 6-30-2010 | (0.99 | ) | 0.01 | 0.50 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.50 | 1.57 | 1.40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Premier Class (WMPXX) | 3-31-2016 | – | – | – | 0.36 | 0.08 | 0.69 | 0.43 | 0.20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Service Class (WMOXX) | 6-30-2010 | – | – | – | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.70 | 0.72 | 0.50 |
Yield summary (%) as of January 31, 20173
Class A | Class B* | Class C** | Premier Class |
Service Class |
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7-day current yield | 0.29 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.74 | 0.44 | |||||||||||||
7-day compound yield | 0.29 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.74 | 0.44 | |||||||||||||
30-day simple yield | 0.27 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.72 | 0.42 | |||||||||||||
30-day compound yield | 0.27 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.72 | 0.42 |
* | Class B shares are closed to investment, except in connection with the reinvestment of any distributions and permitted exchanges. |
** | Class C shares are available only to shareholders making an exchange out of Class C shares of another mutual fund within the Wells Fargo family of funds. |
Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results, and do not reflect taxes that a shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Investment returns will fluctuate. The Fund’s yield figures more closely reflect the current earnings of the Fund than the total return figures. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted, which assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund’s website, wellsfargofunds.com.
Class A shares, Premier Class shares, and Service Class shares are sold without a front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge. For Class B shares, the maximum contingent deferred sales charge is 5.00%. For Class C shares, the maximum contingent deferred sales charge is 1.00%. Performance including a contingent deferred sales charge assumes the sales charge for the corresponding time period.
For retail money market funds: You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. The Fund may impose a fee upon sale of your shares or may temporarily suspend your ability to sell shares if the Fund’s liquidity falls below required minimums because of market conditions or other factors. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the Fund at any time.
Please see footnotes on page 7.
Performance highlights (unaudited) | Wells Fargo Money Market Fund | 7 |
Portfolio composition as of January 31, 20174 |
Effective maturity distribution as of January 31, 20174 |
Weighted average maturity as of January 31, 20175 | ||||
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Weighted average life as of January 31, 20176 | ||||
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1 | Historical performance shown for Class C shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Class B shares. Class B and Class C shares have the same expenses. Historical performance shown for Premier Class shares prior to their inception effects the performance of Class A shares, and includes the higher expenses applicable to Class A shares. If these expenses have not been included, returns would be higher. Historical performance shown for Service Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the former Investor Class shares, and includes the higher expenses applicable to the former Investor Class shares. If these expenses had not been included, returns would be higher. |
2 | Reflects the expense ratios as stated in the most recent prospectuses. The expense ratios shown are subject to change and may differ from the annualized expense ratios shown in the financial highlights of this report. |
3 | The manager has contractually committed through October 13, 2017, 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 the amounts shown. 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. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the expense cap. Without this cap, the Fund’s returns would have been lower. Without waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses, the Fund’s 7-day current yield would have been 0.10%, (0.65)%, (0.65)%, 0.49%, and 0.20% for Class A, Class B, Class C, Premier Class, and Service Class, respectively. |
4 | Amounts are calculated based on the total investments of the Fund. These amounts are subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. |
5 | Weighted Average Maturity (WAM): WAM is an average of the effective maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by each security’s percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. WAM calculations allow for the maturities of certain securities with demand features or periodic interest rate resets to be shortened. WAM is a way to measure a fund’s sensitivity to potential interest rate changes. WAM is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. |
6 | Weighted Average Life (WAL): WAL is an average of the final maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by their percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. In contrast to WAM, the calculation of WAL allows for the maturities of certain securities with demand features to be shortened, but not the periodic interest rate resets. WAL is a way to measure a fund’s potential sensitivity to credit spread changes. WAL is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. |
8 | Wells Fargo Money Market Fund | Performance highlights (unaudited) |
MANAGER’S DISCUSSION
Interest rates were fairly steady throughout the Fund’s reporting period, which ended January 31, 2017. The reporting period began just after the first U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) tightening in 10 years, which occurred in December 2015, and expectations for further increases were quickly tempered due to concerns about the domestic economy, the Chinese economy, and slumping oil prices. Confirmation of economic softening followed in March when the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC’s) Summary of Economic Projections (also known as the dot plot) was revised to show only two increases expected for the year, down from the four implied by the previous dot plot release. The Fed used its April minutes to reopen the door to a possible hike during the summer months, but once again, the U.K.’s vote to exit the European Union at the end of June 2016 dashed those hopes. Using three-month LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) as a proxy, rates in the prime space bumped along near 0.60% for the entire first half of the year.
The amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, were fully implemented by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury and government money market funds continued to operate much as they always did, with stable $1.00 net asset values. Meanwhile, tax-exempt and prime funds experienced more changes. Institutional prime and municipal money market funds began transacting at market-based, or floating, net asset values. This was one of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s main rule changes taking effect in 2016, and it is intended to help prevent runs on money market funds by making it clear to shareholders that the value of these institutional money market funds may fluctuate. In addition, money market fund boards of directors have discretion to impose either a liquidity fee of up to 2% on shareholder redemptions or a temporary suspension of redemptions (gate) if a fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below 30% of its total assets and the board determines that the fee or gate is in the best interest of the fund’s shareholders. Meanwhile, retail investors will continue to transact at a stable $1.00 NAV but may be subject to liquidity fees and redemption gates. (For more information, see our website’s Money Market Fund Regulatory Resource Center, accessed through the Institutional Cash Management tab.)
The highlight for money market funds during the reporting period was the full implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) new rules in October 2016, including floating net asset values on institutional funds, and liquidity fees and redemption gates on all non-government funds. April 2016 was a milestone of sorts with the first set of rule changes being implemented. The April rule changes included enhanced stress testing, aggregation of affiliated issuers for diversification purposes, requiring the issuers of asset-backed commercial paper to be treated as guarantors subject to the 10% guarantor limit, and enhanced portfolio disclosures on each fund’s website to provide greater transparency to investors.
Midyear, the focus shifted from the economy and the Fed, usually the most important driver of money market rates, to the implementation of the new SEC rules. While many expected assets to shift out of prime money market funds and into government money market funds (and other asset classes), no one knew when these shifts might occur and how large they would be. By the second quarter of 2016, portfolio managers were shortening weighted average maturities of prime money market funds and increasing liquidity to prepare for the asset shift. That trend accelerated through the summer, with investors shunning trades in securities with a maturity date longer than October 14, 2016. At the same time, the pace of rotation out of prime funds and into government funds increased.
In the weeks leading up to implementation day, the intentions of direct-purchase money market fund holders was still a mystery and their assets were consequently stubbornly sticky. In contrast, most sponsor- and intermediary-driven flows resulting from prime money market shareholders converting to government money market funds or prime fund liquidations, had already occurred or were well communicated as to timing and amount. Consequently, most institutional prime fund managers, including us, chose to be extremely liquid. By the end of September 2016, prime assets had declined from $1.3 trillion at the end of 2015 to $583 billion, or about a 55% decline, and yields on short-term securities rapidly adjusted higher as demand dried up.
Leading into implementation, we repositioned a large portion of our holdings into variable-rate demand notes because they offered two advantages over very short-term time deposits or repurchase agreements (repos): daily or weekly liquidity and a significant yield advantage over taxable securities due to the reform-related asset outflows from tax-exempt money market products. As assets stabilized toward the end of the reporting period, we were then able to take advantage of a steep yield curve by opportunistically buying floating-rate notes and longer-dated securities. The steep money market curve reflected not only the marketplace’s efforts to find equilibrium between much-reduced demand and supply but also a belief that focus could once again revert back to economic expectations. Indeed, the Fed raised rates again at its December 2016 FOMC meeting, targeting the federal funds rate to between 0.50% and 0.75%.
Performance highlights (unaudited) | Wells Fargo Money Market Fund | 9 |
Strategic outlook
Now that we, as an industry, are past money market reform, a bit of normalcy is returning. With a new president seeming to promise fiscal stimulus to prod the economy into renewed growth, the Fed is likely to become a bigger influence this year than it has been in the recent past. The yield spread between government and prime securities is wide and widening. While demand from the increase in government money market funds as well as other factors, such as worries about the approaching U.S. debt ceiling, should keep a lid on government yields, the yield curve in the prime space should maintain its positive slope as the Fed maintains its intention to continue to raise the federal funds rate during 2017. As the yield differential increases, we might see a shift from government funds back to prime funds. In any case, we remain ever mindful of our investment philosophy and strategy of preservation of principal and liquidity and continue to emphasize high-credit and highly liquid securities in the portfolios.
10 | Wells Fargo Money Market Fund | Fund expenses (unaudited) |
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including contingent deferred sales charges (if any) on redemptions and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution (12b-1) and/or shareholder service fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period from August 1, 2016 to January 31, 2017.
Actual expenses
The “Actual” line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the “Actual” line under the heading entitled “Expenses paid during period” for your applicable class of shares to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes
The “Hypothetical” line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as contingent deferred sales charges. Therefore, the “Hypothetical” line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your cost would have been higher.
Beginning account value 8-1-2016 |
Ending account value 1-31-2017 |
Expenses paid during the period¹ |
Annualized net expense ratio |
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Class A |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,000.44 | $ | 2.98 | 0.59 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,022.16 | $ | 3.01 | 0.59 | % | ||||||||
Class B |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,000.12 | $ | 3.22 | 0.64 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,021.91 | $ | 3.26 | 0.64 | % | ||||||||
Class C |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,000.05 | $ | 3.48 | 0.69 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,021.65 | $ | 3.52 | 0.69 | % | ||||||||
Premier Class |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,002.51 | $ | 1.01 | 0.20 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,024.13 | $ | 1.02 | 0.20 | % | ||||||||
Service Class |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,001.00 | $ | 2.51 | 0.50 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,022.62 | $ | 2.54 | 0.50 | % |
1 | Expenses paid is equal to the annualized net expense ratio of each class multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year (to reflect the one-half-year period). |
Summary portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Money Market Fund | 11 |
The Summary portfolio of investments shows the 50 largest portfolio holdings in unaffiliated issuers and any holdings exceeding 1% of the total net assets as of the report date. The remaining securities held are grouped as “Other securities” in each category.
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | Percent of net assets |
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Certificates of Deposit: 13.22% |
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Bank of Nova Scotia ± |
1.31 | % | 5-11-2017 | $ | 5,000,000 | $ | 5,002,818 | 0.87 | % | |||||||||||
Chiba Bank Limited |
1.10 | 3-13-2017 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 0.87 | |||||||||||||||
Chiba Bank Limited |
1.10 | 3-23-2017 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 0.87 | |||||||||||||||
Cooperatieve Centrale ± |
1.14 | 7-10-2017 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 0.87 | |||||||||||||||
HSBC Bank plc |
0.60 | 2-1-2017 | 8,000,000 | 8,000,000 | 1.39 | |||||||||||||||
HSBC Bank plc ±144A |
1.19 | 6-7-2017 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 0.70 | |||||||||||||||
National Bank of Kuwait |
0.58 | 2-1-2017 | 11,050,000 | 11,050,000 | 1.92 | |||||||||||||||
NBAD Americas NV |
0.58 | 2-1-2017 | 11,000,000 | 11,000,000 | 1.91 | |||||||||||||||
Other securities |
22,003,645 | 3.82 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total Certificates of Deposit (Cost $76,056,463) |
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Commercial Paper: 37.58% |
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Asset-Backed Commercial Paper: 20.56% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Antalis SA |
0.85-1.00 | 2-2-2017 to 2-13-2017 | 6,000,000 | 5,998,811 | 1.04 | |||||||||||||||
Chesham Finance Limited 144A(z) |
0.73 | 2-1-2017 | 9,000,000 | 9,000,000 | 1.57 | |||||||||||||||
Concord Minutemen Capital |
0.85 | 2-9-2017 | 4,000,000 | 3,999,244 | 0.70 | |||||||||||||||
Concord Minutemen Capital |
0.85 | 2-13-2017 | 5,000,000 | 4,998,583 | 0.87 | |||||||||||||||
Kells Funding LLC |
0.79-1.22 | 2-7-2017 to 5-2-2017 | 12,000,000 | 11,997,047 | 2.09 | |||||||||||||||
Lexington Parker Capital Company |
1.15 | 4-20-2017 | 5,000,000 | 4,987,542 | 0.87 | |||||||||||||||
LMA Americas LLC 144A(z) |
0.95-1.05 | 2-8-2017 to 3-7-2017 | 6,000,000 | 5,996,471 | 1.04 | |||||||||||||||
Matchpoint Finance plc 144A(z) |
0.97-1.02 | 2-23-2017 to 3-7-2017 | 12,000,000 | 11,992,145 | 2.09 | |||||||||||||||
Nieuw Amsterdam Receivable 144A(z) |
0.88-0.96 | 2-3-2017 to 2-23-2017 | 7,000,000 | 6,996,969 | 1.22 | |||||||||||||||
Regency Markets No.1 LLC 144A(z) |
0.80 | 2-8-2017 | 6,000,000 | 5,999,067 | 1.04 | |||||||||||||||
Ridgefield Funding Company 144A(z) |
1.06 | 4-3-2017 | 9,000,000 | 8,983,937 | 1.56 | |||||||||||||||
Versailles Commercial Paper LLC ±144A |
1.02 | 6-1-2017 | 8,000,000 | 8,000,000 | 1.39 | |||||||||||||||
Victory Receivables |
0.94-0.95 | 3-3-2017 to 3-10-2017 | 6,300,000 | 6,294,428 | 1.09 | |||||||||||||||
Other securities |
22,982,698 | 3.99 | ||||||||||||||||||
118,226,942 | 20.56 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Financial Company Commercial Paper: 15.98% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Barclays Bank plc 144A(z) |
0.97 | 2-15-2017 | 5,000,000 | 4,998,114 | 0.87 | |||||||||||||||
Caisse Centrale Desjardins du |
0.96 | 3-8-2017 | 5,000,000 | 4,995,352 | 0.87 | |||||||||||||||
Commonwealth Bank of Australia ±144A |
1.41 | 4-19-2017 | 6,000,000 | 6,004,584 | 1.04 | |||||||||||||||
DBS Bank Limited 144A(z) |
1.04 | 4-4-2017 | 7,000,000 | 6,987,462 | 1.21 | |||||||||||||||
Erste Bank der oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG ±144A |
1.12 | 3-14-2017 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 0.87 | |||||||||||||||
Nationwide Building Society 144A(z) |
0.90-1.10 | 2-2-2017 to 4-3-2017 | 8,000,000 | 7,990,606 | 1.39 | |||||||||||||||
NV Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten 144A(z) |
0.82 | 2-9-2017 | 5,000,000 | 4,999,089 | 0.87 | |||||||||||||||
Oversea-Chinese Banking |
1.05 | 4-10-2017 | 5,000,000 | 4,990,083 | 0.87 | |||||||||||||||
Oversea-Chinese Banking |
1.17 | 7-19-2017 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 0.87 | |||||||||||||||
Sumitomo Trust & Banking Company 144A(z) |
0.90 | 2-17-2017 | 12,000,000 | 11,995,200 | 2.09 | |||||||||||||||
Suncorp Group Limited 144A(z) |
0.88 | 2-1-2017 | 8,000,000 | 8,000,000 | 1.39 | |||||||||||||||
United Overseas Bank Limited 144A(z) |
1.05 | 4-24-2017 | 5,000,000 | 4,988,042 | 0.87 | |||||||||||||||
Other securities |
15,976,317 | 2.77 | ||||||||||||||||||
91,924,849 | 15.98 | |||||||||||||||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
12 | Wells Fargo Money Market Fund | Summary portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | Percent of net assets |
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Other Commercial Paper: 1.04% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Erste Abwicklungsanstalt 144A(z) |
0.91-1.04 | % | 2-15-2017 to 4-25-2017 | $ | 6,000,000 | $ | 5,993,788 | 1.04 | % | |||||||||||
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Total Commercial Paper (Cost $216,145,579) |
216,145,579 | 37.58 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Municipal Obligations: 39.89% |
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Arizona: 0.52% |
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Other Municipal Debt: 0.52% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other securities |
2,998,750 | 0.52 | ||||||||||||||||||
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California: 2.65% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.65% | ||||||||||||||||||||
JPMorgan Chase PUTTER/DRIVER Trust Series 3841 (Transportation Revenue, Ambac Insured, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A |
0.74 | 7-1-2024 | 5,235,000 | 5,235,000 | 0.91 | |||||||||||||||
RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Water District Series E (Water & Sewer Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A |
0.80 | 4-5-2019 | 6,000,000 | 6,000,000 | 1.04 | |||||||||||||||
Other securities |
4,000,000 | 0.70 | ||||||||||||||||||
15,235,000 | 2.65 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Colorado: 2.71% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.71% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other securities |
15,595,000 | 2.71 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Connecticut: 3.66% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.66% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Puttable Floating Option Taxable Series TNP-1013 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A |
1.30 | 4-15-2046 | 21,080,000 | 21,080,000 | 3.66 | |||||||||||||||
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District of Columbia: 2.61% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.61% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Howard University (Education Revenue) |
0.79 | 8-1-2031 | 15,000,000 | 15,000,000 | 2.61 | |||||||||||||||
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Florida: 0.87% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.87% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Orlando-Orange County FL Expressway Authority Series 2007 (Transportation Revenue, BHAC/AGM Insured, Citibank NA LIQ) |
0.71 | 7-1-2042 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 0.52 | |||||||||||||||
Other securities |
2,015,000 | 0.35 | ||||||||||||||||||
5,015,000 | 0.87 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Georgia: 1.71% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.71% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Columbus GA Housing Development Authority Puttable Floating Option Taxable Notes Series TN-024 (Housing Revenue, ACA Insured, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A |
1.02 | 10-1-2039 | 4,830,000 | 4,830,000 | 0.84 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Summary portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Money Market Fund | 13 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | Percent of net assets |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Macon-Bibb County GA Industrial Authority Development Kumho Tire Georgia Incorporated Series A (Industrial Development Revenue, Korea Development Bank LOC) |
1.05 | % | 12-1-2022 | $ | 5,000,000 | $ | 5,000,000 | 0.87 | % | |||||||||||
9,830,000 | 1.71 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Idaho: 0.58% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.58% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other securities |
3,335,000 | 0.58 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Iowa: 1.04% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.04% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa Finance Authority Midwestern Disaster Area Project (Industrial Development Revenue, Korea Development Bank LOC) |
0.87 | 4-1-2022 | 6,000,000 | 6,000,000 | 1.04 | |||||||||||||||
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Louisiana: 1.44% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.44% | ||||||||||||||||||||
East Baton Rouge Parish LA Sewerage Commission Revenue Series B005 (Water & Sewer Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A |
1.10 | 2-1-2045 | 8,280,000 | 8,280,000 | 1.44 | |||||||||||||||
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Maryland: 1.39% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.39% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland CDA Housing & Community Residential Series B (Housing Revenue, TD Bank NA SPA) |
0.70 | 9-1-2033 | 8,000,000 | 8,000,000 | 1.39 | |||||||||||||||
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Minnesota: 0.04% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.04% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other securities |
240,000 | 0.04 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Nebraska: 0.70% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.70% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other securities |
4,000,000 | 0.70 | ||||||||||||||||||
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New York: 8.69% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 8.69% | ||||||||||||||||||||
JPMorgan Chase PUTTER/DRIVER Trust Series 5012 (Miscellaneous Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LOC, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A |
0.67 | 11-1-2019 | 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 | 1.74 | |||||||||||||||
New York HFA 605 West 42nd Street Series B (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC) |
1.13 | 5-1-2048 | 17,000,000 | 17,000,000 | 2.96 | |||||||||||||||
New York HFA Biltmore Tower Housing Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.68 | 5-15-2034 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 0.69 | |||||||||||||||
New York HFA Manhattan West Residential Housing Series B-2 (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC) |
1.25 | 11-1-2049 | 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 | 1.74 | |||||||||||||||
New York HFA Manhattan West Residential Project Series B-2 (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC) |
1.12 | 11-1-2049 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 0.17 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
14 | Wells Fargo Money Market Fund | Summary portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
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RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Series E-51 for Invesco Van Kampen New York Value Income Trust (Miscellaneous Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A(i) |
1.28 | % | 7-1-2017 | $ | 4,000,000 | $ | 4,000,000 | 0.70 | % | |||||||||||
Other securities |
4,000,000 | 0.69 | ||||||||||||||||||
50,000,000 | 8.69 | |||||||||||||||||||
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North Dakota: 0.35% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.35% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other securities |
2,000,000 | 0.35 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Ohio: 0.35% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.35% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other securities |
2,000,000 | 0.35 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Oklahoma: 1.00% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.00% | ||||||||||||||||||||
RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Series E-77 (Transportation Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A |
0.80 | 7-13-2017 | 5,725,000 | 5,725,000 | 1.00 | |||||||||||||||
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Oregon: 0.87% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.87% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates (Miscellaneous Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A |
1.02 | 5-1-2035 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 0.87 | |||||||||||||||
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Other: 2.10% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.10% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificate Trust Series 2009-54 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ) |
0.72 | 2-15-2028 | 6,120,000 | 6,120,000 | 1.06 | |||||||||||||||
FHLMC MFHR Series M021 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.69 | 6-15-2036 | 5,965,000 | 5,965,000 | 1.04 | |||||||||||||||
12,085,000 | 2.10 | |||||||||||||||||||
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South Carolina: 0.52% |
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Other Municipal Debt: 0.52% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other securities |
3,000,000 | 0.52 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Tennessee: 0.87% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.87% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Montgomery County TN Industrial Development Bonds Hankook Tire Manufacturing Project Series A (Industrial Development Revenue, Kookmin Bank LOC) |
1.10 | 12-1-2024 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 0.87 | |||||||||||||||
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Texas: 4.00% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 4.00% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Brazos Harbor TX Industrial Development Corporation (Industrial Development Revenue) |
0.76 | 10-1-2036 | 15,000,000 | 15,000,000 | 2.61 | |||||||||||||||
Other securities |
8,000,000 | 1.39 | ||||||||||||||||||
23,000,000 | 4.00 | |||||||||||||||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Summary portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Money Market Fund | 15 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | Percent of net assets |
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Utah: 0.87% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.87% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Utah Water Finance Agency Series B-1 (Water & Sewer Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA) |
0.69 | % | 10-1-2037 | $ | 5,000,000 | $ | 5,000,000 | 0.87 | % | |||||||||||
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Wisconsin: 0.35% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.35% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other securities |
2,000,000 | 0.35 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Total Municipal Obligations (Cost $229,418,750) |
229,418,750 | 39.89 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Other: 1.83% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other securities |
10,500,000 | 1.83 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Other Instruments: 0.70% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other securities |
4,002,492 | 0.70 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Other Notes: 4.39% |
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Corporate Bonds and Notes: 4.39% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Providence Health & Services ±§ |
0.73 | 10-1-2042 | 5,780,000 | 5,780,000 | 1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Providence St. Joseph Health ±§ |
0.72 | 10-1-2047 | 7,000,000 | 7,000,000 | 1.22 | |||||||||||||||
Steadfast Crestvilla LLC ±§ |
0.75 | 2-1-2056 | 7,240,000 | 7,240,000 | 1.26 | |||||||||||||||
Other securities |
5,250,000 | 0.91 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total Other Notes (Cost $25,270,000) |
25,270,000 | 4.39 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Repurchase Agreements: 2.43% |
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GX Clarke & Company, dated 1-31-17, maturity value $14,000,272 ^^ |
0.70 | 2-1-2017 | 14,000,000 | 14,000,000 | 2.43 | |||||||||||||||
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Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $14,000,000) |
14,000,000 | 2.43 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Total investments in securities (Cost $575,393,284) * | 575,393,284 | 100.04 | ||||||||||||||||||
Other assets and liabilities, net |
(214,076 | ) | (0.04 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
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Total net assets | $ | 575,179,208 | 100.00 | % | ||||||||||||||||
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± | Variable rate investment. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end. |
144A | The security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers, pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. |
(z) | Zero coupon security. The rate represents the current yield to maturity. |
ø | Variable rate demand notes are subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity. The maturity date shown represents the final maturity date of the security. The interest rate is determined and reset by the issuer daily, weekly, or monthly depending upon the terms of the security. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end. |
(i) | Illiquid security for which the designation as illiquid is unaudited. |
§ | The security is subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity. |
^^ | Collateralized by U.S. government securities, 3.00% to 6.00%, 5-1-2023 to 10-1-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $14,420,101. |
* | Cost for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial reporting purposes. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
16 | Wells Fargo Money Market Fund | Statement of assets and liabilities—January 31, 2017 |
Assets |
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Investments in unaffiliated securities, at amortized cost |
$ | 575,393,284 | ||
Receivable from broker |
8,000,000 | |||
Receivable for Fund shares sold |
670,560 | |||
Receivable for interest |
359,746 | |||
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
247,709 | |||
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Total assets |
584,671,299 | |||
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Liabilities |
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Dividends payable |
80,506 | |||
Payable for Fund shares redeemed |
611,664 | |||
Due to custodian bank |
7,984,964 | |||
Management fee payable |
70,724 | |||
Distribution fees payable |
8,751 | |||
Administration fees payable |
106,509 | |||
Accrued expenses and other liabilities |
628,973 | |||
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Total liabilities |
9,492,091 | |||
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Total net assets |
$ | 575,179,208 | ||
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NET ASSETS CONSIST OF |
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Paid-in capital |
$ | 575,944,962 | ||
Overdistributed net investment income |
(357,463 | ) | ||
Accumulated net realized losses on investments |
(408,291 | ) | ||
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Total net assets |
$ | 575,179,208 | ||
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COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE |
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Net assets – Class A |
$ | 539,988,565 | ||
Shares outstanding – Class A1 |
539,711,464 | |||
Net asset value per share – Class A |
$1.00 | |||
Net assets – Class B |
$ | 195,697 | ||
Shares outstanding – Class B1 |
195,595 | |||
Net asset value per share – Class B |
$1.00 | |||
Net assets – Class C |
$ | 13,292,938 | ||
Shares outstanding – Class C1 |
13,286,079 | |||
Net asset value per share – Class C |
$1.00 | |||
Net assets – Premier Class |
$ | 100,411 | ||
Shares outstanding – Premier Class1 |
100,359 | |||
Net asset value per share – Premier Class |
$1.00 | |||
Net assets – Service Class |
$ | 21,601,597 | ||
Shares outstanding – Service Class1 |
21,590,420 | |||
Net asset value per share – Service Class |
$1.00 |
1 | The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Statement of operations—year ended January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Money Market Fund | 17 |
Investment income |
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Interest |
$ | 9,062,840 | ||
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Expenses |
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Management fee |
5,447,197 | |||
Administration fees |
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Class A |
2,161,829 | |||
Class B |
1,247 | |||
Class C |
30,246 | |||
Daily Class |
1,063,332 | 1 | ||
Premier Class |
67 | 2 | ||
Service Class |
154,271 | |||
Shareholder servicing fees |
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Class A |
2,456,624 | |||
Class B |
861 | |||
Class C |
34,371 | |||
Daily Class |
1,208,332 | 1 | ||
Service Class |
315,721 | |||
Distribution fees |
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Class B |
4,249 | |||
Class C |
103,112 | |||
Daily Class |
1,208,332 | 1 | ||
Custody and accounting fees |
117,820 | |||
Professional fees |
51,019 | |||
Registration fees |
98,525 | |||
Shareholder report expenses |
1,569 | |||
Trustees’ fees and expenses |
9,576 | |||
Other fees and expenses |
44,524 | |||
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Total expenses |
14,512,824 | |||
Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements |
(5,890,431 | ) | ||
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Net expenses |
8,622,393 | |||
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Net investment income |
440,447 | |||
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Net realized gains on investments |
5,152 | |||
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Net increase in net assets resulting from operations |
$ | 445,599 | ||
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1 | For the period from February 1, 2016 to August 31, 2016. At the close of business on August 31, 2016, Daily Class was liquidated and all outstanding shares were automatically redeemed. Effective September 1, 2016, Daily Class shares are no longer offered by the Fund. |
2 | For the period from March 31, 2016 (commencement of class operations) to January 31, 2017 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
18 | Wells Fargo Money Market Fund | Statement of changes in net assets |
Year ended January 31, 2017 |
Year ended January 31, 2016 |
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Operations |
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Net investment income |
$ | 440,447 | $ | 275,512 | ||||||||||||
Net realized gains on investments |
5,152 | 2,832 | ||||||||||||||
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Net increase in net assets resulting from operations |
445,599 | 278,344 | ||||||||||||||
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Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
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Class A |
(321,952 | ) | (91,868 | ) | ||||||||||||
Class B |
(79 | ) | (238 | ) | ||||||||||||
Class C |
(1,378 | ) | (1,307 | ) | ||||||||||||
Daily Class |
(48,461 | )1 | (117,623 | ) | ||||||||||||
Investor Class |
N/A | (34,975 | )2 | |||||||||||||
Premier Class |
(359 | )3 | N/A | |||||||||||||
Service Class |
(58,081 | ) | (29,501 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Total distributions to shareholders |
(430,310 | ) | (275,512 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Capital share transactions |
Shares | Shares | ||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares sold |
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Class A |
847,102,026 | 847,102,026 | 1,708,967,716 | 1,708,967,716 | ||||||||||||
Class B |
12,747 | 12,747 | 144,381 | 144,381 | ||||||||||||
Class C |
7,193,960 | 7,193,960 | 14,112,416 | 14,112,416 | ||||||||||||
Daily Class |
2,109,837,809 | 1 | 2,109,837,809 | 1 | 5,653,474,910 | 5,653,474,910 | ||||||||||
Investor Class |
N/A | N/A | 108,715,542 | 2 | 108,715,542 | 2 | ||||||||||
Premier Class |
100,000 | 3 | 100,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||
Service Class |
303,011,729 | 303,011,729 | 889,527,561 | 889,527,561 | ||||||||||||
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3,267,258,271 | 8,374,942,526 | |||||||||||||||
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Reinvestment of distributions |
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Class A |
294,442 | 294,442 | 85,462 | 85,462 | ||||||||||||
Class B |
75 | 75 | 230 | 230 | ||||||||||||
Class C |
1,293 | 1,293 | 1,226 | 1,226 | ||||||||||||
Daily Class |
28,154 | 1 | 28,154 | 1 | 63,821 | 63,821 | ||||||||||
Investor Class |
N/A | N/A | 26,023 | 2 | 26,023 | 2 | ||||||||||
Premier Class |
359 | 3 | 359 | 3 | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||
Service Class |
36,456 | 36,456 | 11,056 | 11,056 | ||||||||||||
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360,779 | 187,818 | |||||||||||||||
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Payment for shares redeemed |
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Class A |
(1,513,320,693 | ) | (1,513,320,693 | ) | (1,379,870,500 | ) | (1,379,870,500 | ) | ||||||||
Class B |
(1,097,796 | ) | (1,097,796 | ) | (3,140,844 | ) | (3,140,844 | ) | ||||||||
Class C |
(10,525,482 | ) | (10,525,482 | ) | (11,124,036 | ) | (11,124,036 | ) | ||||||||
Daily Class |
(3,361,722,860 | )1 | (3,361,722,860 | )1 | (5,670,757,057 | ) | (5,670,757,057 | ) | ||||||||
Investor Class |
N/A | N/A | (604,566,492 | )2 | (604,566,492 | )2 | ||||||||||
Service Class |
(555,677,111 | ) | (555,677,111 | ) | (896,450,778 | ) | (896,450,778 | ) | ||||||||
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(5,442,343,942 | ) | (8,565,909,707 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Net decrease in net assets resulting from capital share transactions |
(2,174,724,892 | ) | (190,779,363 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Total decrease in net assets |
(2,174,709,603 | ) | (190,776,531 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Net assets |
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Beginning of period |
2,749,888,811 | 2,940,665,342 | ||||||||||||||
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End of period |
$ | 575,179,208 | $ | 2,749,888,811 | ||||||||||||
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Overdistributed net investment income |
$ | (357,463 | ) | $ | (367,600 | ) | ||||||||||
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1 | For the period from February 1, 2016 to August 31, 2016. At the close of business on August 31, 2016, Daily Class was liquidated and all outstanding shares were automatically redeemed. Effective September 1, 2016, Daily Class shares are no longer offered by the Fund. |
2 | For the period from February 1, 2015 to October 23, 2015. Effective at the close of business on October 23, 2015, Investor Class shares were converted to Class A shares and are no longer offered by the Fund. |
3 | For the period from March 31, 2016 (commencement of class operations) to January 31, 2017 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Financial highlights | Wells Fargo Money Market Fund | 19 |
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
Year ended January 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
CLASS A | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains on investments |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Total from investment operations |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.05 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.83 | % | 0.82 | % | 0.83 | % | 0.82 | % | 0.80 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.55 | % | 0.29 | % | 0.19 | % | 0.22 | % | 0.25 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.03 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$539,989 | $1,205,785 | $876,562 | $1,468,645 | $2,040,718 |
1 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
20 | Wells Fargo Money Market Fund | Financial highlights |
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
Year ended January 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
CLASS B | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.00 | 1,2 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains on investments |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Total from investment operations |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.02 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
1.48 | % | 1.45 | % | 1.47 | % | 1.47 | % | 1.55 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.55 | % | 0.26 | % | 0.19 | % | 0.22 | % | 0.24 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$196 | $1,281 | $4,277 | $7,966 | $14,362 |
1 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
2 | Calculated based upon average shares outstanding |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Financial highlights | Wells Fargo Money Market Fund | 21 |
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
Year ended January 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
CLASS C | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains on investments |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Total from investment operations |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
1.58 | % | 1.57 | % | 1.58 | % | 1.57 | % | 1.55 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.60 | % | 0.29 | % | 0.19 | % | 0.22 | % | 0.25 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$13,293 | $16,617 | $13,628 | $16,270 | $14,491 |
1 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
22 | Wells Fargo Money Market Fund | Financial highlights |
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
PREMIER CLASS | Year ended January 31, 20171 |
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Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.00 | |||
Net investment income |
0.00 | 2 | ||
Net realized gains on investments |
0.00 | 2 | ||
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Total from investment operations |
0.00 | 2 | ||
Distributions to shareholders from |
||||
Net investment income |
(0.00 | )2 | ||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.00 | |||
Total return3 |
0.36 | % | ||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.45 | % | ||
Net expenses |
0.20 | % | ||
Net investment income |
0.43 | % | ||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$100 |
1 | For the period from March 31, 2016 (commencement of class operations) to January 31, 2017 |
2 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
3 | Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Financial highlights | Wells Fargo Money Market Fund | 23 |
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
Year ended January 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
SERVICE CLASS | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains on investments |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Total from investment operations |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.11 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.72 | % | 0.72 | % | 0.73 | % | 0.72 | % | 0.70 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.50 | % | 0.28 | % | 0.19 | % | 0.22 | % | 0.25 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.05 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$21,602 | $274,245 | $281,157 | $334,659 | $398,160 |
1 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
24 | Wells Fargo Money Market Fund | Notes to financial statements |
1. ORGANIZATION
Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust organized on March 10, 1999, is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). As an investment company, the Trust follows the accounting and reporting guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies. These financial statements report on the Wells Fargo Money Market Fund (the “Fund”) which is a diversified series of the Trust.
During the year, the amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, were fully implemented by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury, government and retail money market funds continued to operate with stable $1.00 net asset values. Meanwhile, tax-exempt and prime money market funds experienced more changes. Institutional prime and municipal money market funds began transacting at market-based, or floating, net asset values. In addition, money market fund boards of directors have the discretion to impose liquidity fees or redemption gates on all non-government funds. As a result of the changes due to money market reform, the institutional prime and municipal money market funds may have been subject to significant flows in shareholder activity as assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1.00 net asset value.
Effective September 1, 2016, Daily Class shares are no longer offered by the Fund. Information for Daily Class shares reflected in the financial statements represent activity through August 31, 2016.
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following significant accounting policies, which are consistently followed in the preparation of the financial statements of the Fund, are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Securities valuation
As permitted under Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act, portfolio securities are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. The amortized cost method involves valuing a security at its cost, plus accretion of discount or minus amortization of premium over the period until maturity.
Investments which are not valued using the method discussed above are valued at their fair value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Trustees of the Fund. The Board of Trustees has established a Valuation Committee comprised of the Trustees and has delegated to it the authority to take any actions regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of portfolio securities, unless the determination has been delegated to the Management Valuation Team of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”). The Board of Trustees retains the authority to make or ratify any valuation decisions or approve any changes to the Valuation Procedures as it deems appropriate. On a quarterly basis, the Board of Trustees receives reports on any valuation actions taken by the Valuation Committee or the Management Valuation Team which may include items for ratification.
Valuations of fair valued securities are compared to the next actual sales price when available, or other appropriate market values, to assess the continued appropriateness of the fair valuation methodologies used. These securities are fair valued on a day-to-day basis, taking into consideration changes to appropriate market information and any significant changes to the inputs considered in the valuation process until there is a readily available price provided on an exchange or by an independent pricing service. Valuations received from an independent pricing service or independent broker-dealer quotes are periodically validated by comparisons to most recent trades and valuations provided by other independent pricing services in addition to the review of prices by the manager and/or subadviser. Unobservable inputs used in determining fair valuations are identified based on the type of security, taking into consideration factors utilized by market participants in valuing the investment, knowledge about the issuer and the current market environment.
Repurchase agreements
The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements and may participate in pooled repurchase agreement transactions with other funds advised by Funds Management. The repurchase agreements must be fully collateralized based on values that are marked-to-market daily. The collateral may be held by an agent bank under a tri-party agreement. It is the custodian’s responsibility to value collateral daily and to take action to obtain additional collateral as necessary to maintain market value equal to or greater than the resale price. The repurchase agreements are collateralized by instruments such as U.S. Treasury, federal agency, or high-grade corporate obligations. There could be potential loss to the Fund in the event that
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the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising its rights to dispose of the collateral, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying obligations during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert its rights.
When-issued transactions
The Fund may purchase securities on a forward commitment or when-issued basis. The Fund records a when-issued transaction on the trade date and will segregate assets in an amount at least equal in value to the Fund’s commitment to purchase when-issued securities. Securities purchased on a when-issued basis are marked-to-market daily and the Fund begins earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may arise due to changes in the market value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.
Security transactions and income recognition
Securities transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses are recorded on the basis of identified cost.
Interest income is accrued daily and bond discounts are accreted and premiums are amortized daily based on the effective interest method. To the extent debt obligations are placed on non-accrual status, any related interest income may be reduced by writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has been determined to be doubtful based on consistently applied procedures and the fair value has decreased. If the issuer subsequently resumes interest payments or when the collectability of interest is reasonably assured, the debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status.
Distributions to shareholders
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income are accrued daily and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Such distributions are determined in conformity with federal income tax regulations, which may differ in amount or character from net investment income and realized gains recognized for purposes of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Federal and other taxes
The Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by distributing substantially all of its investment company taxable income and any net realized capital gains (after reduction for capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes was required.
The Fund’s income and federal excise tax returns and all financial records supporting those returns for the prior three fiscal years are subject to examination by the federal and Delaware revenue authorities. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal, state, and foreign tax returns for all open tax years and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.
Reclassifications are made to the Fund’s capital accounts for permanent tax differences to reflect income and gains available for distribution (or available capital loss carryforwards) under federal income tax regulations. U.S. generally accepted accounting principles require that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. The primary permanent difference causing such reclassifications is due to expiration of capital loss carryforwards. At January 31, 2017, as a result of permanent book-to-tax differences, the following reclassification adjustments were made on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:
Paid-in capital | Accumulated net realized losses on investments | |
$(3,468,520) | $3,468,520 |
As of January 31, 2017, the Fund had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future net realized capital gains in the amount of $408,286 expiring in 2019.
Class allocations
The separate classes of shares offered by the Fund differ principally in applicable sales charges, distribution, shareholder servicing, and administration fees. Class specific expenses are charged directly to that share class. Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative proportion of net assets of each class.
3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS
Fair value measurements of investments are determined within a framework that has established a fair value hierarchy based upon the various data inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The three-level hierarchy
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gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). The Fund’s investments are classified within the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The inputs are summarized into three broad levels as follows:
∎ | Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities |
∎ | Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) |
∎ | Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments in securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of January 31, 2017:
Quoted prices (Level 1) |
Other significant observable inputs (Level 2) |
Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) |
Total | |||||||||||||
Assets |
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Investments in: |
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Certificates of deposit |
$ | 0 | $ | 76,056,463 | $ | 0 | $ | 76,056,463 | ||||||||
Commercial paper |
0 | 216,145,579 | 0 | 216,145,579 | ||||||||||||
Municipal obligations |
0 | 229,418,750 | 0 | 229,418,750 | ||||||||||||
Other |
0 | 10,500,000 | 0 | 10,500,000 | ||||||||||||
Other instruments |
0 | 4,002,492 | 0 | 4,002,492 | ||||||||||||
Other notes |
0 | 25,270,000 | 0 | 25,270,000 | ||||||||||||
Repurchase agreements |
0 | 14,000,000 | 0 | 14,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Total assets |
$ | 0 | $ | 575,393,284 | $ | 0 | $ | 575,393,284 |
The Fund recognizes transfers between levels within the fair value hierarchy at the end of the reporting period. At January 31, 2017, the Fund did not have any transfers into/out of Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3.
4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND OTHER EXPENSES
Management fee
Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”), is the manager of the Fund and provides advisory and fund-level administrative services under an investment management agreement. Under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, supervising the subadvisers, providing fund-level administrative services in connection with the Fund’s operations, and providing any other fund-level administrative services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Fund. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive an annual management fee starting at 0.35% and declining to 0.23% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. For the year ended January 31, 2017, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.34% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
Funds Management has retained the services of certain subadvisers to provide daily portfolio management to the Fund. The fee for subadvisory services is borne by Funds Management. Wells Capital Management Incorporated, an affiliate of Funds Management and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo, is a subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from Funds Management at an annual rate starting at 0.05% and declining to 0.01% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. Wells Capital Management Singapore, a separately identifiable department of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., an affiliate of Funds Management and wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo, is also a subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from WellsCap at an annual rate starting at 0.0025% and declining to 0.0005% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase.
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Administration fees
Under a class-level administration agreement, Funds Management provides class-level administrative services to the Fund, which includes paying fees and expenses for services provided by the transfer agent, sub-transfer agents, omnibus account servicers and record-keepers. As compensation for its services under the class-level administration agreement, Funds Management receives an annual fee which is calculated based on the average daily net assets of each class as follows:
Class-level administration fee |
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Class A, Class B, Class C, Daily Class |
0.22 | % | ||
Premier Class |
0.08 | |||
Service Class |
0.12 |
Funds Management has contractually waived and/or reimbursed management and administration fees to the extent necessary to maintain certain net operating expense ratios for the Fund. Waiver of fees and/or reimbursement of expenses by Funds Management were made first from fund level expenses on a proportionate basis and then from class specific expenses. Funds Management has committed through October 13, 2017 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 0.65% for Class A shares, 1.40% for Class B shares, 1.40% for Class C shares, 0.20% for Premier Class shares, and 0.50% for Service Class shares. 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. During the year ended January 31, 2017, Funds Management voluntarily waived additional expenses to maintain a positive yield.
During the year ended January 31, 2017, State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Fund’s custodian, reimbursed the Fund $10,138 for certain out-of-pocket expenses that were billed to the Fund in error from 1998-2015. This amount is included in interest income on the Statement of Operations. In addition, Funds Management was also reimbursed $24,880 for waivers/reimbursements it made to the Fund during the period the Fund was erroneously billed.
Distribution fees
The Trust has adopted a distribution plan for Class B, Class C, and Daily Class shares of the Fund pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Distribution fees are charged to Class B, Class C, and Daily Class shares and paid to Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (“Funds Distributor”), the principal underwriter, at an annual rate of 0.75% of the average daily net assets of Class B and Class C shares and 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Daily Class shares.
In addition, Funds Distributor is entitled to receive the contingent deferred sales charges from redemptions of Class B and Class C shares.
Shareholder servicing fees
The Trust has entered into contracts with one or more shareholder servicing agents, whereby Class A, Class B, Class C, Daily Class, and Service Class of the Fund is charged a fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of the respective average daily net assets of each class.
A portion of these total shareholder servicing fees were paid to affiliates of Wells Fargo.
5. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS
The tax character of distributions paid was $430,310 and $275,512 of ordinary income for the years ended January 31, 2017 and January 31, 2016, respectively.
As of January 31, 2017, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:
Undistributed ordinary income |
Capital loss carryforward | |
$34,283 | $(408,286) |
6. INDEMNIFICATION
Under the Trust’s organizational documents, the officers and Trustees have been granted certain indemnification rights against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust may enter into contracts with service providers that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated.
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7. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT
In December 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-19, Technical Corrections and Improvements. ASU 2016-19 includes an amendment to FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement which clarifies the difference between a valuation approach and a valuation technique. The amendment also requires an entity to disclose when there has been a change in either or both a valuation approach and/or a valuation technique. The disclosure requirements are effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of this new guidance to the financial statements.
8. REGULATORY CHANGES
In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new rules and forms and amended existing rules and forms (together, “final rules”) intended to modernize and enhance the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies and to enhance liquidity risk management by open-end mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. The final rules will enhance the quality of information available to investors and will allow the SEC to more effectively collect and use data reported by funds. In part, the final rules amend Regulation S-X and require standardized, enhanced disclosure about derivatives in the Fund’s financial statements, as well as other amendments. The compliance date for the amendments to Regulation S-X is August 1, 2017 while the compliance date for the new form types is June 1, 2018 and the compliance date for the liquidity risk management program requirements is December 1, 2018. Management is currently assessing the potential impact of these enhancements and their impact on the financial statement disclosures and reporting requirements.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SHAREHOLDERS OF WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the summary portfolio of investments, of the Wells Fargo Money Market Fund (the “Fund”), one of the funds constituting the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, as of January 31, 2017, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Wells Fargo Money Market Fund as of January 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Boston, Massachusetts
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TAX INFORMATION
For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, $325,618 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.
PROXY VOTING INFORMATION
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222, visiting our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the Fund’s website at wellsfargofunds.com or by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov.
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION
The complete portfolio holdings for the Fund are publicly available on the Fund’s website (wellsfargofunds.com) on a 1-day delayed basis. The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q, which is available by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. In addition, the Fund’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC, and at regional offices in New York City, at 233 Broadway, and in Chicago, at 175 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 900. Information about the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
Each of the Trustees and Officers1 listed in the table below acts in identical capacities for each fund in the Wells Fargo family of funds, which consists of 138 mutual funds comprising the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and four closed-end funds (collectively the “Fund Complex”). This table should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information2. The mailing address of each Trustee and Officer is 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Each Trustee and Officer serves an indefinite term, however, each Trustee serves such term until reaching the mandatory retirement age established by the Trustees.
Independent Trustees
Name and year of birth |
Position held and length of service* |
Principal occupations during past five years or longer | Current other public company or investment company directorships | |||
William R. Ebsworth (Born 1957) |
Trustee, since 2015 | Retired. From 1984 to 2013, equities analyst, portfolio manager, research director and chief financial officer at Fidelity Management and Research Company in Boston, Tokyo, and Hong Kong and retired in 2013 as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Strategic Advisers, Inc. where he lead a team of investment professionals managing client assets. Prior thereto, Board member of Hong Kong Securities Clearing Co., Hong Kong Options Clearing Corp., the Thailand International Fund, Ltd., Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company, and Empire Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company. Board member of the Fonté Foundation (non-profit organization) and the Vincent Memorial Hospital Endowment (non-profit organization), where he serves on the Investment Committee and as a Chair of the Audit Committee. Mr. Ebsworth is a CFA® charterholder and an Adjunct Lecturer, Finance, at Babson College. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Jane A. Freeman (Born 1953) |
Trustee, since 2015 | Retired. From 2012 to 2014 and 1999 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Scientific Learning Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, Ms. Freeman provided consulting services related to strategic business projects. Prior to 1999, Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller & Co. and Scudder, Stevens & Clark. Board member of the Harding Loevner Funds from 1996 to 2014, serving as both Lead Independent Director and chair of the Audit Committee. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust from 2011 to 2012 and the chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Freeman is a Board Member of Ruth Bancroft Garden (non-profit organization) and an inactive chartered financial analyst. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Peter G. Gordon** (Born 1942) |
Trustee, since 1998; Chairman, since 2005 | Co-Founder, Retired Chairman, President and CEO of Crystal Geyser Water Company. Trustee Emeritus, Colby College. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Isaiah Harris, Jr. (Born 1952) |
Trustee, since 2009 | Retired. Chairman of the Board of CIGNA Corporation since 2009, and Director since 2005. From 2003 to 2011, Director of Deluxe Corporation. Prior thereto, President and CEO of BellSouth Advertising and Publishing Corp. from 2005 to 2007, President and CEO of BellSouth Enterprises from 2004 to 2005 and President of BellSouth Consumer Services from 2000 to 2003. Emeritus member of the Iowa State University Foundation Board of Governors. Emeritus Member of the Advisory Board of Iowa State University School of Business. Advisory Board Member, Palm Harbor Academy (charter school). Advisory Board Member, Child Evangelism Fellowship (non-profit). Mr. Harris is a certified public accountant (inactive status). | CIGNA Corporation; Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Judith M. Johnson (Born 1949) |
Trustee, since 2008; Audit Committee Chairman, since 2008 | Retired. Prior thereto, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund from 1996 to 2008. Ms. Johnson is an attorney, certified public accountant and a certified managerial accountant. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
David F. Larcker (Born 1950) |
Trustee, since 2009 | James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Director of the Corporate Governance Research Initiative and Senior Faculty of The Rock Center for Corporate Governance since 2006. From 2005 to 2008, Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. Prior thereto, Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania from 1985 to 2005. | Asset Allocation Trust |
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Name and year of birth |
Position held and length of service* |
Principal occupations during past five years or longer | Current other public company or investment company directorships | |||
Olivia S. Mitchell (Born 1953) |
Trustee, since 2006 | International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania since 1993. Director of Wharton’s Pension Research Council and Boettner Center on Pensions & Retirement Research, and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Previously, Cornell University Professor from 1978 to 1993. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Timothy J. Penny (Born 1951) |
Trustee, since 1996 | President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, a non-profit organization, since 2007 and Senior Fellow at the Humphrey Institute Policy Forum at the University of Minnesota since 1995. Member of the Board of Trustees of NorthStar Education Finance, Inc., a non-profit organization, since 2007. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Michael S. Scofield (Born 1943) |
Trustee, since 2010 | Served on the Investment Company Institute’s Board of Governors and Executive Committee from 2008-2011 as well the Governing Council of the Independent Directors Council from 2006-2011 and the Independent Directors Council Executive Committee from 2008-2011. Chairman of the IDC from 2008-2010. Institutional Investor (Fund Directions) Trustee of Year in 2007. Trustee of the Evergreen Funds complex (and its predecessors) from 1984 to 2010. Chairman of the Evergreen Funds from 2000-2010. Former Trustee of the Mentor Funds. Retired Attorney, Law Offices of Michael S. Scofield. | Asset Allocation Trust |
* | Length of service dates reflect the Trustee’s commencement of service with the Trust’s predecessor entities, where applicable. |
** | Peter Gordon is expected to retire on December 31, 2017. |
Officers
Name and year of birth |
Position held and length of service |
Principal occupations during past five years or longer | ||||
Andrew Owen (Born 1960) |
President, since 2017 | Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managaers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014. | ||||
Nancy Wiser1 (Born 1967) |
Treasurer, since 2012 | Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2011. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at LightBox Capital Management LLC, from 2008 to 2011. | ||||
C. David Messman (Born 1960) |
Secretary, since 2000; Chief Legal Officer, since 2003 | Senior Vice President and Secretary of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2001. Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2013 and Vice President and Managing Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. from 1996 to 2013. | ||||
Michael Whitaker (Born 1967) |
Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016 | Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2016. Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity’s Fixed Income Funds and Asset Allocation Funds from 2008 to 2016, Compliance Officer of FMR Co., Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016. | ||||
David Berardi (Born 1975) |
Assistant Treasurer, since 2009 | Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010. | ||||
Jeremy DePalma1 (Born 1974) |
Assistant Treasurer, since 2009 | Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Senior Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010. |
1 | Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 69 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex. |
2 | The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222 or by visiting the website at wellsfargofunds.com. |
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The following is a list of common abbreviations for terms and entities that may have appeared in this report.
ACA | — ACA Financial Guaranty Corporation |
ADR | — American depositary receipt |
ADS | — American depositary shares |
AGC | — Assured Guaranty Corporation |
AGM | — Assured Guaranty Municipal |
Ambac | — Ambac Financial Group Incorporated |
AMT | — Alternative minimum tax |
AUD | — Australian dollar |
BAN | — Bond anticipation notes |
BHAC | — Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corporation |
BRL | — Brazilian real |
CAB | — Capital appreciation bond |
CAD | — Canadian dollar |
CCAB | — Convertible capital appreciation bond |
CDA | — Community Development Authority |
CDO | — Collateralized debt obligation |
CHF | — Swiss franc |
COP | — Colombian peso |
CLP | — Chilean peso |
DKK | — Danish krone |
DRIVER | — Derivative inverse tax-exempt receipts |
DW&P | — Department of Water & Power |
DWR | — Department of Water Resources |
ECFA | — Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority |
EDA | — Economic Development Authority |
EDFA | — Economic Development Finance Authority |
ETF | — Exchange-traded fund |
EUR | — Euro |
FDIC | — Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
FFCB | — Federal Farm Credit Banks |
FGIC | — Financial Guaranty Insurance Corporation |
FHA | — Federal Housing Administration |
FHLB | — Federal Home Loan Bank |
FHLMC | — Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation |
FICO | — The Financing Corporation |
FNMA | — Federal National Mortgage Association |
FSA | — Farm Service Agency |
GBP | — Great British pound |
GDR | — Global depositary receipt |
GNMA | — Government National Mortgage Association |
GO | — General obligation |
HCFR | — Healthcare facilities revenue |
HEFA | — Health & Educational Facilities Authority |
HEFAR | — Higher education facilities authority revenue |
HFA | — Housing Finance Authority |
HFFA | — Health Facilities Financing Authority |
HKD | — Hong Kong dollar |
HUD | — Department of Housing and Urban Development |
HUF | — Hungarian forint |
IDA | — Industrial Development Authority |
IDAG | — Industrial Development Agency |
IDR | — Indonesian rupiah |
IEP | — Irish pound |
JPY | — Japanese yen |
KRW | — Republic of Korea won |
LIBOR | — London Interbank Offered Rate |
LIFER | — Long Inverse Floating Exempt Receipts |
LIQ | — Liquidity agreement |
LLC | — Limited liability company |
LLLP | — Limited liability limited partnership |
LLP | — Limited liability partnership |
LOC | — Letter of credit |
LP | — Limited partnership |
MBIA | — Municipal Bond Insurance Association |
MFHR | — Multifamily housing revenue |
MSTR | — Municipal securities trust receipts |
MTN | — Medium-term note |
MUD | — Municipal Utility District |
MXN | — Mexican peso |
MYR | — Malaysian ringgit |
National | — National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation |
NGN | — Nigerian naira |
NOK | — Norwegian krone |
NZD | — New Zealand dollar |
PCFA | — Pollution Control Financing Authority |
PCL | — Public Company Limited |
PCR | — Pollution control revenue |
PFA | — Public Finance Authority |
PFFA | — Public Facilities Financing Authority |
PFOTER | — Puttable floating option tax-exempt receipts |
plc | — Public limited company |
PLN | — Polish zloty |
PUTTER | — Puttable tax-exempt receipts |
R&D | — Research & development |
Radian | — Radian Asset Assurance |
RAN | — Revenue anticipation notes |
RDA | — Redevelopment Authority |
RDFA | — Redevelopment Finance Authority |
REIT | — Real estate investment trust |
ROC | — Reset option certificates |
RON | — Romanian lei |
RUB | — Russian ruble |
SAVRS | — Select auction variable rate securities |
SBA | — Small Business Authority |
SDR | — Swedish depositary receipt |
SEK | — Swedish krona |
SFHR | — Single-family housing revenue |
SFMR | — Single-family mortgage revenue |
SGD | — Singapore dollar |
SPA | — Standby purchase agreement |
SPDR | — Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipts |
SPEAR | — Short Puttable Exempt Adjustable Receipts |
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2 | Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund | Letter to shareholders (unaudited) |
President
Wells Fargo Funds
U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.
Dear Shareholder:
As the new president of Wells Fargo Funds now that Karla Rabusch is retiring from that position after nearly 14 years, I am pleased to offer you this annual report for the Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund for the 12-month period that ended January 31, 2017. The U.S. economy displayed resilience during the period although growth remained somewhat sluggish. International economies generally faced deeper ongoing challenges. Despite heightened market volatility, global stocks delivered strong results overall. U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively, as measured by the S&P 500 Index1 and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net)2; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.
In February–March 2016, fears about global economic weakness prevailed and then abated.
As the reporting period began, most stock markets worldwide were in the midst of a decline fueled by concerns such as weak global growth, falling commodity prices, and uncertainty over the timing and effect of interest-rate increases by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed). In mid-February, fears abated somewhat and global markets generally rallied. Meanwhile, bond investors’ fears about falling commodity prices, a slowing Chinese economy, weakness in European banks, and market volatility also lessened, which led to a greater appetite for risk and allowed lower-rated and longer-maturity bonds to outperform. With ongoing uncertainties about global growth and financial markets, the Fed held off from raising the target interest rate. Outside the U.S., the eurozone fell into deflation in February; in response, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced an expansion of its stimulus program. In China, the government in March set an anticipated growth rate of 6.5% to 7.0% for 2016, an acknowledgment of weakening growth. In emerging markets, although central-bank stimulus and improved prices for oil and other commodities led to stock-market rallies, many of these countries’ economies faced the potential of credit downgrades due to challenges such as the likelihood of a stronger U.S. dollar, which would make dollar-denominated debt more expensive.
Worries over interest rates and the U.K.’s Brexit vote largely drove markets during the second quarter of 2016.
U.S. stocks were in positive territory in April, plunged briefly in May on worries of a possible June interest-rate increase, then rallied until early June. The first three weeks of June brought heightened volatility, spurred largely by a disappointing jobs report and uncertainty over whether the U.K. would remain in the European Union (E.U.). The U.K.’s Brexit vote on June 23 shocked countries worldwide. Stock markets fell as investors worried that the U.K.’s departure from the E.U. would slow global growth and prolong the low-interest-rate environment. Following the initial rout, however, U.S. stocks rose as investors seemed to decide that any negative effects would be more localized and not create a serious risk for global
1 | The S&P 500 Index consists of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation. It is a market-value-weighted index with each stock’s weight in the index proportionate to its market value. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
2 | The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) All Country World Index (ACWI) ex USA Index (Net) is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the United States and Canada. Source: MSCI. MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used as a basis for other indexes or any securities or financial products. This report is not approved, reviewed, or produced by MSCI. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
3 | The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (formerly known as Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index) is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar–denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
Letter to shareholders (unaudited) | Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund | 3 |
growth. Similarly, government bonds rallied immediately post-Brexit, and non-Treasury sectors rallied soon after as investors regained their appetite for risk. As a result, most bond markets remained in a situation of ultralow yields and tight credit spreads. Interestingly, U.S. bonds continued to be supported by demand from both domestic and foreign buyers looking for positive yield since U.S. interest rates were the highest among developed-country bonds. Also notable was the rebound in oil prices to nearly $50 per barrel in June, driven by a lower rig count, unplanned supply outages, more refinery production ahead of the summer driving season, and a weaker dollar.
Globally, stocks delivered positive results in the third quarter of 2016; bonds’ interest rates remained low.
Stocks’ upward trend continued into August and then lost some steam. Ever since the Great Recession, markets worldwide have been supported to varying degrees by accommodative policies from leading central banks, including the Fed, ECB, Bank of England, and Bank of Japan. As a result, investors have watched closely for any signs that global central banks might tighten their measures. In the U.S., early-September comments by several Fed officials appeared to suggest a September interest-rate increase, which sent stock and bond prices down. However, stocks surged following the Fed’s September 20 meeting on news that the Fed had decided to delay a rate increase to later in 2016. In bond markets, interest rates rose during the quarter but remained at historically low levels as a result of easy monetary policies, subdued global growth, and modest inflation expectations. After bottoming in early July, yields began to rise again as market participants felt that yields had overshot the real risks of the U.K.’s Brexit vote and as economic activity strengthened. At the front end of the yield curve, anticipation of new money market fund rules resulted in significantly higher yields on many short-term securities.
During the fourth quarter of 2016, prospects for faster growth and higher interest rates in the U.S. influenced markets.
Early in the fourth quarter of 2016, U.S. stocks tended to trade lower amid concerns such as a likely interest-rate increase and uncertainty over the approaching general election. However, following Donald Trump’s election as president in early November, U.S. stocks began to rally. Investors appeared optimistic that the new administration would usher in a series of pro-growth policies, and supportive economic news helped the rally carry through the quarter. The buoyant environment sent interest rates higher as well. At its mid-December meeting, Fed officials raised their short-term target interest rate for the first time in a year, by a quarter percentage point, to between 0.50% and 0.75%. The fourth quarter also saw the implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rules for money market funds, which included floating net asset values (NAVs) for institutional prime and municipal money market funds as well as liquidity fees and redemption gates. In the year leading up to money fund reform implementation, nearly $1 trillion in assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1 NAV. Outside of the U.S., the prospects for faster U.S. growth appeared to trigger some acceleration in Europe. The improvement may be partly attributable to expectations for further strengthening of the U.S. dollar, which in turn could improve demand for European goods in the U.S. due to weakening of the euro relative to the dollar.
4 | Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund | Letter to shareholders (unaudited) |
Investor optimism continued into January 2017.
January brought continued strength in global stock markets. Markets were lifted by factors such as strong trade data from Japan, robust earnings reports by businesses, and investors’ hopes that the U.S. government will approve a large fiscal stimulus package.
Don’t let short-term uncertainty derail long-term investment goals.
Periods of uncertainty can present challenges, but experience has taught us that maintaining long-term investment goals can be an effective way to plan for the future. To help you create a sound strategy based on your personal goals and risk tolerance, Wells Fargo Funds offers more than 100 mutual funds spanning a wide range of asset classes and investment styles. Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance. We encourage investors to know their investments and to understand that appropriate levels of risk-taking may unlock opportunities.
Thank you for choosing to invest in Wells Fargo Funds. We appreciate your confidence in us and remain committed to helping you meet your financial needs.
Sincerely,
President
Wells Fargo Funds
Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance.
For further information about your Fund, contact your investment professional, visit our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or call us directly at 1-800-222-8222. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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6 | Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund | Performance highlights (unaudited) |
Investment objective
The Fund seeks current income exempt from regular federal income tax, while preserving capital and liquidity.
Manager
Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC
Subadviser
Wells Capital Management Incorporated
Portfolio managers
James Randazzo
Jeffrey L. Weaver, CFA®
Average annual total returns (%) as of January 31, 20171
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Administrator Class (WUCXX) | 7-9-2010 | 0.35 | 0.09 | 0.69 | 0.37 | 0.30 | ||||||||||||||||
Institutional Class (EMMXX) | 11-20-1996 | 0.44 | 0.12 | 0.71 | 0.25 | 0.20 | ||||||||||||||||
Service Class (EISXX) | 11-25-1996 | 0.23 | 0.07 | 0.59 | 0.54 | 0.45 |
Yield summary (%) as of January 31, 20173
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7-day current yield | 0.47 | 0.57 | 0.32 | |||||||
7-day compound yield | 0.47 | 0.57 | 0.32 | |||||||
30-day simple yield | 0.46 | 0.56 | 0.31 | |||||||
30-day compound yield | 0.46 | 0.56 | 0.31 |
Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results, and do not reflect taxes that a shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Investment returns will fluctuate. The Fund’s yield figures more closely reflect the current earnings of the Fund than the total return figures. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted, which assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund’s website, wellsfargofunds.com.
Each class is sold without a front-end sales charge or a contingent deferred sales charge.
For floating NAV money market funds: You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Because the share price of the Fund will fluctuate, when you sell your shares they may be worth more or less than what you originally paid for them. The Fund may impose a fee upon sale of your shares or may temporarily suspend your ability to sell shares if the Fund’s liquidity falls below required minimums because of market conditions or other factors. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the Fund at any time.
Please see footnotes on page 7.
Performance highlights (unaudited) | Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund | 7 |
Revenue source as of January 31, 20174 |
Effective maturity distribution as of January 31, 20174 |
Weighted average maturity as of January 31, 20175 |
6 days |
Weighted average life as of January 31, 20176 |
6 days |
1 | Historical performance shown for Administrator Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Institutional Class shares, and has not been adjusted to include the higher expenses applicable to Administrator Class shares. If these expenses had been included, returns would be lower. Historical performance shown for all classes of the Fund prior to July 12, 2010, is based on the performance of the Fund’s predecessor, Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund. |
2 | Reflects the expense ratios as stated in the most recent prospectuses. The expense ratios shown are subject to change and may differ from the annualized expense ratios shown in the financial highlights of this report. |
3 | The manager has contractually committed through October 13, 2017, 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 the amounts shown. 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. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the expense cap. Without this cap, the Fund’s returns would have been lower. Without waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses, the Fund’s 7-day current yield would have been 0.35%, 0.47%, and 0.18% for Administrator Class, Institutional Class, and Service Class, respectively. |
4 | Amounts are calculated based on the total investments of the Fund. These amounts are subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. |
5 | Weighted Average Maturity (WAM): WAM is an average of the effective maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by each security’s percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. WAM calculations allow for the maturities of certain securities with demand features or periodic interest rate resets to be shortened. WAM is a way to measure a fund’s sensitivity to potential interest rate changes. WAM is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. |
6 | Weighted Average Life (WAL): WAL is an average of the final maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by their percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. In contrast to WAM, the calculation of WAL allows for the maturities of certain securities with demand features to be shortened, but not the periodic interest rate resets. WAL is a way to measure a fund’s potential sensitivity to credit spread changes. WAL is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. |
7 | The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Municipal Swap Index is a seven-day high-grade market index composed of tax-exempt variable-rate demand obligations with certain characteristics. The index is calculated and published by Bloomberg. The index is overseen by SIFMA’s Municipal Swap Index Committee. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
8 | Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund | Performance highlights (unaudited) |
MANAGER’S DISCUSSION
During the period that ended January 31, 2017, the municipal money market space was influenced largely by broader market dynamics surrounding U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) monetary policy and the final implementation of money market reform, the latter of which resulted in a significant decline in industry assets. The period was characterized by shifts in investor demand, which created bouts of volatility resulting in extreme divergences between tax-exempt and taxable-equivalent yields for extended lengths of time. While tax-exempt yields normally tend to generally track taxable yields on a lagged basis, the municipal money markets seemed to have a mind of their own during the first half of the period.
The amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, were fully implemented by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury and government money market funds continued to operate much as they always did, with stable $1.00 net asset values. Meanwhile, tax-exempt and prime funds experienced more changes. Institutional prime and municipal money market funds began transacting at market-based, or floating, net asset values. This was one of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s main rule changes taking effect in 2016, and it is intended to help prevent runs on money market funds by making it clear to shareholders that the value of these institutional money market funds may fluctuate. In addition, money market fund boards of directors have discretion to impose either a liquidity fee of up to 2% on shareholder redemptions or a temporary suspension of redemptions (gate) if a fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below 30% of its total assets and the board determines that the fee or gate is in the best interest of the fund’s shareholders. Meanwhile, retail investors will continue to transact at a stable $1.00 NAV but may be subject to liquidity fees and redemption gates. (For more information, see our website’s Money Market Fund Regulatory Resource Center, accessed through the Institutional Cash Management tab.)
The idiosyncratic nature of the municipal money market was clearly evident in the first quarter of 2016 when the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index7 failed to rise despite the Fed’s long-awaited rate hike at the end of 2015. This index, which measures seven-day variable-rate demand note yields, remained glued at 0.01% through the first two months of 2016, despite the fact that taxable-equivalent yields rapidly adjusted higher in response to the change in monetary policy back in December. Demand for variable-rate demand notes (VRDNs) and tender option bonds (TOBs) from captive tax-exempt buyers easily outpaced available supply, thus reducing the impetus for higher interest rate levels in the municipal sector.
In late March 2016, the market finally experienced a meaningful change in benchmark rates as the large supply-and-demand imbalance began to moderate due to seasonal tax-related outflows. The SIFMA Municipal Swap Index quickly rose to 0.40% by the end of the first quarter of 2016 and remained in the 0.40%–0.50% range through the end of August. Buyers in the municipal money markets finally were able to savor the taste of higher yields after a multiyear drought driven by the Fed’s accommodative monetary policy. However, these new higher rates were just a small taste of what was in store for the markets in the coming months.
In the third quarter of 2016, the municipal yield curve shifted even higher due to the realities of money market reform. Conversion-related redemptions took their toll on the market, as municipal money market funds experienced redemptions in excess of $50 billion during August and September. Additionally, prime money market funds faced sizable outflows as well and could no longer be easily counted on for crossover support for VRDNs and TOBs. Accordingly, the municipal money market yields were forced to quickly recalibrate higher before supply and demand reached equilibrium levels. The SIFMA Municipal Swap Index rapidly rose to a multiyear high of 0.87% on October 5, one week prior to the money market fund reform implementation deadline. In a dramatic shift, yields on tax-exempt VRDNs and TOBs rose to levels nearly twice those being paid on comparable taxable paper and the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index closed out the month of October at a whopping 165% of one-month LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate).
Ultimately, municipal money market rates began to normalize following the uneventful implementation of the money market fund reform operational changes. The SIFMA Municipal Swap Index eventually settled into a range between 0.55% and 0.63% during November 2016 as assets in both the prime and municipal funds stabilized. Following the Fed’s rate hike in December 2016, the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index reset higher, finishing out 2016 at a healthy 0.72%, or 94% of one-month LIBOR.
The municipal money market ended the period on a strong note as seasonal reinvestment of cash in early January 2017 drove demand for tax-exempt paper. The SIFMA Municipal Swap Index settled into a comfortable range between 0.66% and 0.68% during the last month of the period, indicating evenly balanced supply-and-demand dynamics. The SIFMA Municipal Swap Index continued to reset at roughly 92% of one-week LIBOR during the month, preserving the relative attractiveness of tax-exempt floating-rate securities for both traditional and crossover buyers. Yields on one-year high-grade securities finished the period at 0.90%, up significantly from 0.40% at the start of the period.
Please see footnotes on page 7.
Performance highlights (unaudited) | Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund | 9 |
During the period, we emphasized principal preservation and portfolio liquidity due to our expectation of an uncertain and lagged response in the municipal market to Fed monetary policy and potential volatility surrounding money market fund reform. Throughout the period, we continued to maintain high exposures to daily and weekly floating-rate securities for defensive purposes while maintaining relatively low weighted-average maturities across our municipal funds. This strategy enabled us to reap the benefits of higher yields as the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index adjusted higher as the period progressed. This strategy also allowed us to maintain ample liquidity in the fund despite the large migration of assets away from municipal money market funds into other types of money market funds.
Strategic outlook
Looking forward, we anticipate that the attractive benefits of municipal money market funds will reemerge as the value of tax exemption increases exponentially with a rise in general market yields in response to the normalization of monetary policy by the Fed. In particular, we anticipate that the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index will remain elevated relative to taxable equivalents given the evolution of a new supply-and-demand paradigm in the post reform environment. This new market equilibrium should render VRDNs and TOBs attractive on both a pretax and tax-adjusted basis. Accordingly, we anticipate maintaining a conservative approach given the relative flatness of the municipal yield curve and the potential for greater-than-expected policy tightening by the Fed as we progress through 2017.
Please see footnotes on page 7.
10 | Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund | Fund expenses (unaudited) |
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, shareholder servicing fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period from August 1, 2016 to January 31, 2017.
Actual expenses
The “Actual” line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the “Actual” line under the heading entitled “Expenses paid during period” for your applicable class of shares to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes
The “Hypothetical” line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the “Hypothetical” line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.
Beginning account value 8-1-2016 |
Ending account value 1-31-2017 |
Expenses paid during the period¹ |
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$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,002.92 | $ | 1.51 | 0.30 | % | ||||||||
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$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.63 | $ | 1.53 | 0.30 | % | ||||||||
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$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,003.42 | $ | 1.01 | 0.20 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,024.13 | $ | 1.02 | 0.20 | % | ||||||||
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$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,002.18 | $ | 2.24 | 0.45 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,022.90 | $ | 2.27 | 0.45 | % |
1 | Expenses paid is equal to the annualized net expense ratio of each class multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year (to reflect the one-half-year period). |
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund | 11 |
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Municipal Obligations: 93.72% |
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Alabama: 1.55% |
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Chatom AL IDA Board Gulf Opportunity Zone PowerSouth Energy Cooperative Projects Series 2011 (Utilities Revenue) |
0.79 | % | 8-1-2041 | $ | 4,500,000 | $ | 4,500,000 | |||||||||
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Arizona: 4.38% |
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Maricopa County AZ IDA Solid Waste Disposal Ambian Dairy LLC Project Series 2008 (Resource Recovery Revenue, Farm Credit Services America LOC) |
0.77 | 11-1-2033 | 3,600,000 | 3,600,000 | ||||||||||||
Maricopa County AZ IDA Solid Waste Disposal Series 2006 (Resource Recovery Revenue, Farm Credit Services America LOC) |
0.77 | 8-1-2026 | 2,500,000 | 2,500,000 | ||||||||||||
Mesa AZ Utility System Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificate Trust Series 2009-33 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ) |
0.70 | 7-1-2024 | 1,650,000 | 1,650,000 | ||||||||||||
Pinal County AZ IDA Shamrock Farms Project (Resource Recovery Revenue, Farm Credit Services America LOC) |
0.75 | 8-1-2022 | 3,700,000 | 3,700,000 | ||||||||||||
Pinal County AZ IDA Solid Waste Disposal Feenstra Investments LLC Project Series 2002 (Resource Recovery Revenue, Farm Credit Services America LOC) |
0.75 | 8-1-2027 | 1,250,000 | 1,250,000 | ||||||||||||
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California: 3.75% |
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California PCFA Solid Waste Milk Time Dairy Farms Project (Resource Recovery Revenue, Rabobank LOC) |
0.76 | 11-1-2027 | 1,400,000 | 1,400,000 | ||||||||||||
California Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series XM0147 (Education Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A |
0.70 | 1-1-2039 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | ||||||||||||
California Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series ZM0473 (Airport Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A |
0.71 | 5-15-2024 | 2,600,000 | 2,600,000 | ||||||||||||
California Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series ZM0487 (Airport Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A |
0.71 | 5-15-2024 | 1,470,000 | 1,470,000 | ||||||||||||
JPMorgan Chase PUTTER/DRIVER Trust Series 3841 (Transportation Revenue, Ambac Insured, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A |
0.74 | 7-1-2024 | 1,890,000 | 1,890,000 | ||||||||||||
Los Angeles CA DW&P Sub Series B-1 (Utilities Revenue, Barclays Bank plc SPA) |
0.62 | 7-1-2034 | 2,500,000 | 2,500,000 | ||||||||||||
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Colorado: 2.58% |
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Arapahoe County CO Cottrell Printing Project (Industrial Development Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC) |
0.86 | 10-1-2019 | 945,000 | 945,000 | ||||||||||||
Colorado HFA AMT Multi-Family Project Series A-2 Class II (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA) |
0.68 | 4-1-2043 | 4,230,000 | 4,230,000 | ||||||||||||
Colorado HFA Catholic Health Initiatives (Health Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A |
0.80 | 10-1-2037 | 1,200,000 | 1,200,000 | ||||||||||||
Town of Hudson CO Series A (Industrial Development Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC) |
1.15 | 11-1-2020 | 1,090,000 | 1,090,000 | ||||||||||||
7,465,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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District of Columbia: 1.00% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.00% | ||||||||||||||||
Metropolitan Washington District of Columbia Airports Sub Series A-1 (Airport Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) |
0.67 | 10-1-2039 | 2,910,000 | 2,910,000 | ||||||||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
12 | Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Florida: 3.66% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.66% | ||||||||||||||||
Florida Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016 XL0027 (Airport Revenue, AGC Insured, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A |
0.86 | % | 10-1-2030 | $ | 7,995,000 | $ | 7,995,000 | |||||||||
Highlands County FL Health Facilities Authority Adventist Health System Sunbelt Obligated Group Series 2012 I-2 (Health Revenue) |
0.63 | 11-15-2032 | 1,100,000 | 1,100,000 | ||||||||||||
West Palm Beach FL Utilities Systems Series C (Water & Sewer Revenue, AGC Insured, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA) |
0.70 | 10-1-2038 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | ||||||||||||
10,595,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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Georgia: 2.65% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 2.65% | ||||||||||||||||
Gwinnett County GA Housing Lehman Municipal Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 06-K72 (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, Citibank NA LIQ) |
0.96 | 3-1-2037 | 7,675,000 | 7,675,000 | ||||||||||||
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Illinois: 8.20% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 8.20% | ||||||||||||||||
Chicago IL Education Marine Project Series 1984 (Industrial Development Revenue, FHLB LOC) |
1.10 | 7-1-2023 | 4,200,000 | 4,200,000 | ||||||||||||
Chicago IL Enterprise Zone Gardner Gibson Project (Industrial Development Revenue, BMO Harris Bank NA LOC) |
0.76 | 7-1-2033 | 1,780,000 | 1,780,000 | ||||||||||||
Chicago IL Series C-2 (Airport Revenue, Bank of Montreal LOC) |
0.71 | 1-1-2035 | 1,925,000 | 1,925,000 | ||||||||||||
Illinois Finance Authority The University of Chicago Medical Center Series 2009D-2 (Health Revenue, PNC Bank NA LOC) |
0.60 | 8-1-2043 | 7,300,000 | 7,300,000 | ||||||||||||
JPMorgan Chase PUTTER/DRIVER Trust Series 5014 (Health Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A |
0.67 | 12-23-2021 | 4,250,000 | 4,250,000 | ||||||||||||
Peoria County IL Caterpillar Incorporated Project (Industrial Development Revenue) |
0.86 | 2-1-2030 | 4,300,000 | 4,300,000 | ||||||||||||
23,755,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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Indiana: 3.64% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.64% | ||||||||||||||||
Indiana Certificate of Participation Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificate Trust Series 2009-34 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ) |
0.70 | 7-1-2023 | 480,000 | 480,000 | ||||||||||||
Jeffersonville IN Economic Development Eagle Steel Products Incorporated Project (Industrial Development Revenue, Bank of America NA LOC) |
0.80 | 12-1-2027 | 3,225,000 | 3,225,000 | ||||||||||||
Noblesville IN Greystone Apartments Project Series B (Housing Revenue, FHLB LOC) |
0.73 | 3-1-2041 | 1,415,000 | 1,415,000 | ||||||||||||
Spencer County IN American Iron Oxide Company Project Series 1999 (Industrial Development Revenue, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi LOC) |
0.80 | 9-1-2018 | 3,900,000 | 3,900,000 | ||||||||||||
St. Joseph County IN Midcorr Land Development LLC Project (Industrial Development Revenue, PNC Bank NA LOC) |
0.78 | 10-1-2023 | 1,530,000 | 1,530,000 | ||||||||||||
10,550,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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Iowa: 1.75% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.75% | ||||||||||||||||
Iowa Finance Authority John Maassen & Sons Project (Industrial Development Revenue, Farm Credit Services America LOC) |
0.75 | 11-1-2035 | 2,075,000 | 2,075,000 | ||||||||||||
Iowa Finance Authority Midwestern Disaster Area Project (Industrial Development Revenue, Korea Development Bank LOC) |
0.87 | 4-1-2022 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | ||||||||||||
5,075,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund | 13 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Kansas: 1.01% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.01% | ||||||||||||||||
Nemaha County KS Midwest AG Services LLC Project (Industrial Development Revenue, CoBank LOC) |
0.75 | % | 11-1-2020 | $ | 1,155,000 | $ | 1,155,000 | |||||||||
Olathe KS Integral Senior Living LLC Project (Industrial Development Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC) |
0.76 | 8-1-2027 | 1,765,000 | 1,765,000 | ||||||||||||
2,920,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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Kentucky: 0.54% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.54% | ||||||||||||||||
Jefferson County KY Dant Growth LLC Project Series 2002 (Industrial Development Revenue, Stock Yards Bank & Trust LOC) |
0.78 | 9-1-2022 | 1,550,000 | 1,550,000 | ||||||||||||
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Louisiana: 1.95% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.95% | ||||||||||||||||
East Baton Rouge Parish LA ExxonMobil Project Series B (Industrial Development Revenue) |
0.57 | 12-1-2040 | 1,650,000 | 1,650,000 | ||||||||||||
Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities CDA Honeywell International Incorporated Project (Industrial Development Revenue) |
0.81 | 12-1-2036 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | ||||||||||||
5,650,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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Massachusetts: 0.14% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.14% | ||||||||||||||||
Massachusetts Industrial Finance Agency Constitution Project (Miscellaneous Revenue, TD Bank NA LOC) |
0.87 | 6-1-2018 | 400,000 | 400,000 | ||||||||||||
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Michigan: 2.71% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.71% | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan University Barclays Residual Interest Bonds Trust Series 6WE (Miscellaneous Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LOC) 144A |
0.81 | 7-1-2018 | 800,000 | 800,000 | ||||||||||||
Green Lake Township MI Economic Development Corporation Interlochen Center Arts Project Series 2004 (Miscellaneous Revenue, BMO Harris Bank NA LOC) |
0.61 | 6-1-2034 | 775,000 | 775,000 | ||||||||||||
Michigan Housing Development Authority Series D (Housing Revenue, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi SPA) |
0.83 | 10-1-2039 | 1,600,000 | 1,600,000 | ||||||||||||
St. Joseph MI Hospital Finance Authority Lakeland Hospital Niles & St. Joseph Obligated Group Series 2002 (Health Revenue, AGM Insured, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA) |
0.78 | 1-1-2032 | 4,670,000 | 4,670,000 | ||||||||||||
7,845,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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Minnesota: 4.23% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 4.23% | ||||||||||||||||
Coon Rapids MN Drake Apartments Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.77 | 6-15-2038 | 2,655,000 | 2,655,000 | ||||||||||||
Forest Lake MN Kilkenny Court Apartments Project Series 2008 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.75 | 8-15-2038 | 750,000 | 750,000 | ||||||||||||
Mahtomedi MN Briarcliff Manor Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.77 | 6-15-2038 | 3,645,000 | 3,645,000 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
14 | Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued) | ||||||||||||||||
Minnesota Bond Securitization Trust Certificate Series S-1 Class A (Miscellaneous Revenue, PNC Bank NA LOC) |
0.89 | % | 2-1-2027 | $ | 2,360,000 | $ | 2,360,000 | |||||||||
St. Paul MN Housing & RDA Hampden Square Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.77 | 6-1-2032 | 2,840,000 | 2,840,000 | ||||||||||||
12,250,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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Mississippi: 0.28% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.28% | ||||||||||||||||
Mississippi Business Finance Commission Gulf Opportunity Zone Chevron USA Incorporated Project Series J (Industrial Development Revenue) |
0.58 | 11-1-2035 | 800,000 | 800,000 | ||||||||||||
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Missouri: 5.49% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 5.49% | ||||||||||||||||
Missouri Development Finance Board Kauffman Center For The Performing Arts Series A (Miscellaneous Revenue, Northern Trust Company SPA) |
0.59 | 6-1-2037 | 3,195,000 | 3,195,000 | ||||||||||||
St. Charles County MO IDA Kuenz Heating & Sheet Metal Series 2001 (Industrial Development Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC) |
0.82 | 4-1-2026 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | ||||||||||||
St. Joseph MO IDA Heartland Regional Medical Center Series 2009A (Health Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC) |
0.61 | 11-15-2043 | 6,200,000 | 6,200,000 | ||||||||||||
St. Louis County MO Sewer District Wastewater System Series 2013B (Water & Sewer Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A |
0.69 | 5-1-2043 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||
15,895,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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|
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Nebraska: 2.14% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 2.14% | ||||||||||||||||
Nebraska Investment Finance Authority MFHR Apple Creek Associates Project Series 1985-A (Housing Revenue, Northern Trust Company LOC) |
0.80 | 9-1-2031 | 6,190,000 | 6,190,000 | ||||||||||||
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|
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Nevada: 1.86% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.86% | ||||||||||||||||
Clark County NV Series B-2 (Airport Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) |
0.66 | 7-1-2022 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Nevada Housing Division Multi-Unit Fort Apache Road LLC Series A (Housing Revenue, Exchange Bank LOC) |
0.80 | 10-1-2026 | 1,400,000 | 1,400,000 | ||||||||||||
5,400,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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|
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New Jersey: 0.79% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.79% | ||||||||||||||||
New Jersey Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2015-XF0015 (Housing Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A |
0.76 | 4-1-2023 | 2,285,000 | 2,285,000 | ||||||||||||
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|
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New York: 9.51% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 9.51% | ||||||||||||||||
New York Dormitory Authority Series 12 Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificate Trust Series 2009-35 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ) |
0.70 | 11-15-2026 | 3,770,000 | 3,770,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA 605 West 42nd Street Series 2014A (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC) |
0.82 | 5-1-2048 | 7,580,000 | 7,580,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA Manhattan West Residential Housing Revenue Series 2015A (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC) |
0.87 | 11-1-2049 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund | 15 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued) | ||||||||||||||||
New York Homeowner Mortgage Agency Series 142 (Housing Revenue, Bank of New York Mellon SPA) |
0.61 | % | 10-1-2037 | $ | 2,050,000 | $ | 2,050,000 | |||||||||
New York Housing Finance Agency Affordable Housing 8 East 102 2nd Street (Housing Revenue, TD Bank NA LOC) |
0.63 | 5-1-2044 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority Sub Series E-4 (Transportation Revenue, Bank of the West LOC) |
0.70 | 11-15-2045 | 3,150,000 | 3,150,000 | ||||||||||||
New York Mortgage Agency Homeowner Mortgage Series 135 (Housing Revenue, Barclays Bank plc SPA) |
0.67 | 4-1-2037 | 6,000,000 | 6,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York NY Fiscal Series 2004-H-1 (GO Revenue, Bank of New York Mellon LOC) |
0.63 | 3-1-2034 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | ||||||||||||
27,550,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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North Carolina: 1.50% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.50% | ||||||||||||||||
North Carolina Medical Care Commission FirstHealth Carolina Project Series 2008A (Health Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust SPA) |
0.71 | 10-1-2028 | 2,700,000 | 2,700,000 | ||||||||||||
Rockingham County NC Industrial Facilities & PCFA Innofa USA Project Series 2007 (Industrial Development Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust LOC) |
0.73 | 1-1-2027 | 1,650,000 | 1,650,000 | ||||||||||||
4,350,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
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North Dakota: 0.44% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.44% | ||||||||||||||||
Mandan ND IDA Cloverdale Foods Company Project (Industrial Development Revenue, BNC National Bank LOC) |
0.84 | 12-1-2022 | 1,265,000 | 1,265,000 | ||||||||||||
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Ohio: 5.18% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 5.18% | ||||||||||||||||
Middletown OH Hospital Facility Premier Health Partners Obligation Group Series A (Health Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LIQ) 144A |
1.00 | 11-15-2045 | 6,000,000 | 6,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Montgomery County OH Catholic Health Initiatives Series A (Health Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A |
0.81 | 5-1-2034 | 7,000,000 | 7,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Ohio Capital Facilities Lease Adult Correctional Building Fund Series C (Miscellaneous Revenue) |
0.79 | 10-1-2036 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||||
15,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
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Oklahoma: 0.05% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.05% | ||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma Development Finance Authority Industrial Development Tracker Marine Project (Miscellaneous Revenue, Bank of America NA LOC) |
0.85 | 3-1-2018 | 150,000 | 150,000 | ||||||||||||
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|
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Other: 1.77% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.77% | ||||||||||||||||
FHLMC MFHR Series M031 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.67 | 12-15-2045 | 2,440,000 | 2,440,000 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC MFHR Series M033 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.67 | 3-15-2049 | 2,695,000 | 2,695,000 | ||||||||||||
5,135,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
16 | Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Pennsylvania: 3.15% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.15% | ||||||||||||||||
Allegheny County PA Hospital Development Authority University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Series 2010D JPMorgan Chase PUTTER/DRIVER Trust Series 5011 (Health Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LOC, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A |
0.67 | % | 12-1-2019 | $ | 1,300,000 | $ | 1,300,000 | |||||||||
Pennsylvania EDFA Series D-7 (Industrial Development Revenue, PNC Bank NA LOC) |
0.78 | 8-1-2022 | 800,000 | 800,000 | ||||||||||||
Pennsylvania EDFA Series G-10 (Miscellaneous Revenue, PNC Bank NA LOC) |
0.78 | 12-1-2025 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Pennsylvania Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016 ZF0504 (Water & Sewer Revenue, TD Bank NA LIQ) 144A |
0.81 | 8-15-2042 | 2,710,000 | 2,710,000 | ||||||||||||
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016-ZF0281 (Housing Revenue, TD Bank NA LIQ) 144A |
0.72 | 4-1-2029 | 2,325,000 | 2,325,000 | ||||||||||||
9,135,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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|
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Rhode Island: 0.48% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.48% | ||||||||||||||||
Narragansett Bay RI Commission Wastewater System Series 2013A Tender Option Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016-XM0140 (Water & Sewer Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A |
0.76 | 9-1-2020 | 1,400,000 | 1,400,000 | ||||||||||||
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|
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South Carolina: 0.38% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.38% | ||||||||||||||||
Charleston SC Waterworks & Sewer System Series 2010 Tender Option Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2015-ZF0219 (Water & Sewer Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A |
0.69 | 8-1-2019 | 1,100,000 | 1,100,000 | ||||||||||||
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|
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South Dakota: 0.55% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.55% | ||||||||||||||||
Grant County SD Mill Valley LLC Project (Industrial Development Revenue, Farm Credit Services America LOC) |
0.75 | 7-1-2037 | 1,600,000 | 1,600,000 | ||||||||||||
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|
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Texas: 9.06% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 9.06% | ||||||||||||||||
Brazos River Harbor TX Naval District BASF Corporation Project (Industrial Development Revenue) |
0.76 | 5-1-2036 | 500,000 | 500,000 | ||||||||||||
Dallam County TX Industrial Development Corporation Dalhart Jersey Ranch Incorporated Series 2008 (Resource Recovery Revenue) |
0.75 | 8-1-2039 | 1,700,000 | 1,700,000 | ||||||||||||
Dickinson TX Independent School District Unlimited Tax School House Refunding Bonds Series 2000 (GO Revenue, Societe Generale LIQ) |
0.69 | 2-15-2028 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Port Arthur TX Navigation District Jefferson County Total Petrochemicals USA Incorporated Project Series 2003-C (Industrial Development Revenue) |
0.69 | 4-1-2027 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Port Corpus Christi TX Flint Hills Resources Project Series 2007 (Resource Recovery Revenue) |
0.73 | 1-1-2032 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Port Corpus Christi TX Flint Hills Resources Project Series A (Resource Recovery Revenue) |
0.73 | 4-1-2028 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition & Supply Corporation Series 2848 (Utilities Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A |
0.96 | 12-15-2026 | 7,041,892 | 7,041,892 | ||||||||||||
26,241,892 | ||||||||||||||||
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|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund | 17 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Utah: 1.59% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.59% | ||||||||||||||||
Weber County UT Hospital IHC Health Services Series 2000-C (Health Revenue, Bank of New York Mellon SPA) |
0.61 | % | 2-15-2035 | $ | 4,600,000 | $ | 4,600,000 | |||||||||
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|
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Virginia: 0.60% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.60% | ||||||||||||||||
Chesterfield County VA IDA Super Radiator Coils Project Series A (Industrial Development Revenue, Marshall & Ilsley Bank LOC) |
0.71 | 4-1-2026 | 1,750,000 | 1,750,000 | ||||||||||||
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|
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Washington: 3.24% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.24% | ||||||||||||||||
Washington Finance Authority Smith Brothers Farms Incorporated Series 2001 (Industrial Development Revenue, Northwest Farm Credit LOC) |
0.75 | 9-1-2021 | 3,300,000 | 3,300,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington Housing Finance Commission Nonprofit Tacoma Art Museum Project Series 2002 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Northern Trust Company LOC) |
0.63 | 6-1-2032 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Washington Housing Finance Commission Whisperwood Apartments Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.70 | 5-15-2035 | 1,590,000 | 1,590,000 | ||||||||||||
Yakima County WA Solid Waste Disposal George Deruyter & Son Project Series 2006 (Resource Recovery Revenue, Northwest Farm Credit LOC) |
0.75 | 8-1-2026 | 1,510,000 | 1,510,000 | ||||||||||||
9,400,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
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West Virginia: 0.93% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.93% | ||||||||||||||||
West Virginia EDA Collins Hardwood Company LLC (Industrial Development Revenue, American AgCredit LOC) |
0.75 | 10-1-2031 | 2,700,000 | 2,700,000 | ||||||||||||
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Wisconsin: 0.99% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.99% | ||||||||||||||||
Manitowoc WI CDA Regency House Project (Housing Revenue, Bank First National LOC) |
0.82 | 11-1-2020 | 1,015,000 | 1,015,000 | ||||||||||||
Sheboygan WI Vortex Liquid Color Project (Industrial Development Revenue, Bank First National LOC) |
0.82 | 11-1-2020 | 800,000 | 800,000 | ||||||||||||
Two Rivers WI Riverside Foods Incorporated Project (Industrial Development Revenue, Bank First National LOC) |
0.86 | 12-1-2022 | 720,000 | 720,000 | ||||||||||||
West Bend WI Bestech Tool Corporation Project Series A (Industrial Development Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC) |
1.01 | 9-1-2019 | 330,000 | 330,000 | ||||||||||||
2,865,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
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Total Municipal Obligations (Cost $271,511,717) |
271,511,892 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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Other: 7.84% |
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Nuveen California Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares Series 3 (Deutsche Bank LIQ) 144A§± |
0.80 | 3-1-2040 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Western Asset Intermediate Municipal Fund Incorporated Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares Series 1 (Citibank NA LIQ) 144A§± |
0.79 | 2-25-2045 | 7,000,000 | 7,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Western Asset Managed Municipal Fund Incorporated Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares Series 1 (Citibank NA LIQ) 144A§± |
0.79 | 3-4-2045 | 9,000,000 | 9,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Western Asset Municipal Partners Incorporated Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares Series 1 (Citibank NA LIQ) 144A§± |
0.79 | 3-11-2045 | 3,700,000 | 3,700,000 | ||||||||||||
Total Other (Cost $22,700,000) |
22,700,000 | |||||||||||||||
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|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
18 | Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Value | ||||||||
Total investments in securities (Cost $294,211,717) * | 101.56 | % | $ | 294,211,892 | ||||
Other assets and liabilities, net |
(1.56 | ) | (4,515,763 | ) | ||||
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Total net assets | 100.00 | % | $ | 289,696,129 | ||||
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ø | Variable rate demand notes are subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity. The maturity date shown represents the final maturity date of the security. The interest rate is determined and reset by the issuer daily, weekly, or monthly depending upon the terms of the security. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end. |
144A | The security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers, pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. |
§ | The security is subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity. |
± | Variable rate investment. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end. |
* | Cost for federal income tax purposes is $294,211,717 and unrealized gains (losses) consists of: |
Gross unrealized gains |
$ | 175 | ||
Gross unrealized losses |
0 | |||
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Net unrealized gains |
$ | 175 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Statement of assets and liabilities—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund | 19 |
Assets |
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Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value (cost $294,211,717) |
$ | 294,211,892 | ||
Cash |
153,386 | |||
Receivable for investments sold |
1,190,000 | |||
Receivable for interest |
346,728 | |||
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
59,509 | |||
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Total assets |
295,961,515 | |||
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Liabilities |
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Dividends payable |
4,089 | |||
Payable for investments purchased |
6,000,750 | |||
Management fee payable |
17,237 | |||
Administration fees payable |
24,012 | |||
Accrued expenses and other liabilities |
219,298 | |||
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Total liabilities |
6,265,386 | |||
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Total net assets |
$ | 289,696,129 | ||
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NET ASSETS CONSIST OF |
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Paid-in capital |
$ | 289,769,957 | ||
Overdistributed net investment income |
(75,080 | ) | ||
Accumulated net realized gains on investments |
1,077 | |||
Net unrealized gains on investments |
175 | |||
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Total net assets |
$ | 289,696,129 | ||
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COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE |
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Net assets – Administrator Class |
$ | 3,223,162 | ||
Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1 |
3,221,577 | |||
Net asset value per share – Administrator Class |
$1.0005 | |||
Net assets – Institutional Class |
$ | 262,511,150 | ||
Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1 |
262,368,455 | |||
Net asset value per share – Institutional Class |
$1.0005 | |||
Net assets – Service Class |
$ | 23,961,817 | ||
Shares outstanding – Service Class1 |
23,949,942 | |||
Net asset value per share – Service Class |
$1.0005 |
1 | The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
20 | Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund | Statement of operations—year ended January 31, 2017 |
Investment income |
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Interest |
$ | 3,237,223 | ||
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Expenses |
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Management fee |
1,059,377 | |||
Administration fees |
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Administrator Class |
2,646 | |||
Institutional Class |
514,427 | |||
Service Class |
72,687 | |||
Shareholder servicing fees |
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Administrator Class |
2,646 | |||
Service Class |
114,373 | |||
Custody and accounting fees |
44,618 | |||
Professional fees |
39,224 | |||
Registration fees |
79,521 | |||
Shareholder report expenses |
14,146 | |||
Trustees’ fees and expenses |
11,987 | |||
Other fees and expenses |
22,994 | |||
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Total expenses |
1,978,646 | |||
Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements |
(570,138 | ) | ||
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Net expenses |
1,408,508 | |||
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Net investment income |
1,828,715 | |||
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REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) ON INVESTMENTS |
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Net realized gains on investments |
166,954 | |||
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments |
175 | |||
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Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments |
167,129 | |||
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Net increase in net assets resulting from operations |
$ | 1,995,844 | ||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Statement of changes in net assets | Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund | 21 |
Year ended January 31, 2017 |
Year ended January 31, 2016 |
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Operations |
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Net investment income |
$ | 1,828,715 | $ | 100,541 | ||||||||||||
Net realized gains on investments |
166,954 | 140,400 | ||||||||||||||
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments |
175 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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Net increase in net assets resulting from operations |
1,995,844 | 240,941 | ||||||||||||||
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Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
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Administrator Class |
(7,355 | ) | (354 | ) | ||||||||||||
Institutional Class |
(1,705,732 | ) | (87,631 | ) | ||||||||||||
Service Class |
(50,688 | ) | (12,556 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net realized gains |
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Administrator Class |
(1,354 | ) | (436 | ) | ||||||||||||
Institutional Class |
(200,959 | ) | (113,924 | ) | ||||||||||||
Service Class |
(13,947 | ) | (15,231 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Total distributions to shareholders |
(1,980,035 | ) | (230,132 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Capital share transactions |
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Proceeds from shares sold |
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Administrator Class |
2,105,087 | 2,105,101 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Institutional Class |
9,480,282,067 | 9,481,711,234 | 7,373,318,330 | 7,373,318,330 | ||||||||||||
Service Class |
331,085,947 | 331,086,245 | 222,789,154 | 222,789,154 | ||||||||||||
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9,814,902,580 | 7,596,107,484 | |||||||||||||||
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Reinvestment of distributions |
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Administrator Class |
8,721 | 8,709 | 790 | 790 | ||||||||||||
Institutional Class |
1,177,361 | 1,177,809 | 22,886 | 22,886 | ||||||||||||
Service Class |
40,681 | 40,692 | 11,849 | 11,849 | ||||||||||||
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1,227,210 | 35,525 | |||||||||||||||
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Payment for shares redeemed |
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Administrator Class |
(2,429,155 | ) | (2,429,170 | ) | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Institutional Class |
(10,172,020,238 | ) | (10,173,420,410 | ) | (7,428,980,604 | ) | (7,428,980,604 | ) | ||||||||
Service Class |
(415,655,259 | ) | (415,657,336 | ) | (254,784,279 | ) | (254,784,279 | ) | ||||||||
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(10,591,506,916 | ) | (7,683,764,883 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Net decrease in net assets resulting from capital share transactions |
(775,377,126 | ) | (87,621,874 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Total decrease in net assets |
(775,361,317 | ) | (87,611,065 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Net assets |
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Beginning of period |
1,065,057,446 | 1,152,668,511 | ||||||||||||||
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End of period |
$ | 289,696,129 | $ | 1,065,057,446 | ||||||||||||
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Overdistributed net investment income |
$ | (75,080 | ) | $ | (140,020 | ) | ||||||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
22 | Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund | Financial highlights |
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
Year ended January 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS | 2017 | 20161 | 20151 | 20141 | 20131 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.0000 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.0031 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | |||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments |
0.0008 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | |||||||||||
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Total from investment operations |
0.0039 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | |||||||||||
Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
(0.0030 | ) | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains |
(0.0004 | ) | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | ||||||||||
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Total distributions to shareholders |
(0.0034 | ) | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.0005 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.35 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.04 | % | 0.05 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.39 | % | 0.37 | % | 0.37 | % | 0.36 | % | 0.36 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.27 | % | 0.10 | % | 0.11 | % | 0.15 | % | 0.22 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.29 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$3,223 | $3,537 | $3,536 | $3,536 | $3,534 |
1 | The presentation of prior year amounts reflect the Fund transacting shares at a fixed NAV rounded to two decimal places. Beginning October 11, 2016, the Fund began selling and redeeming shares of the Fund at a floating NAV rounded to the fourth decimal place. |
2 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Financial highlights | Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund | 23 |
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
Year ended January 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS | 2017 | 20161 | 20151 | 20141 | 20131 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.0000 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.0035 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | |||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments |
0.0012 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | |||||||||||
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Total from investment operations |
0.0047 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | |||||||||||
Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
(0.0038 | ) | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains |
(0.0004 | ) | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | ||||||||||
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Total distributions to shareholders |
(0.0042 | ) | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.0005 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.44 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.04 | % | 0.08 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.26 | % | 0.25 | % | 0.25 | % | 0.24 | % | 0.24 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.18 | % | 0.10 | % | 0.11 | % | 0.15 | % | 0.19 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.27 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.04 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$262,511 | $953,036 | $1,008,667 | $1,104,686 | $1,566,716 |
1 | The presentation of prior year amounts reflect the Fund transacting shares at a fixed NAV rounded to two decimal places. Beginning October 11, 2016, the Fund began selling and redeeming shares of the Fund at a floating NAV rounded to the fourth decimal place. |
2 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
24 | Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund | Financial highlights |
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
Year ended January 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
SERVICE CLASS | 2017 | 20161 | 20151 | 20141 | 20131 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.0000 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.0037 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | |||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments |
(0.0010 | ) | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | ||||||||||
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Total from investment operations |
0.0027 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | |||||||||||
Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
(0.0018 | ) | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains |
(0.0004 | ) | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | ||||||||||
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Total distributions to shareholders |
(0.0022 | ) | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.0005 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.23 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.04 | % | 0.05 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.49 | % | 0.48 | % | 0.47 | % | 0.48 | % | 0.48 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.35 | % | 0.10 | % | 0.11 | % | 0.15 | % | 0.22 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.09 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$23,962 | $108,484 | $140,465 | $175,358 | $140,313 |
1 | The presentation of prior year amounts reflect the Fund transacting shares at a fixed NAV rounded to two decimal places. Beginning October 11, 2016, the Fund began selling and redeeming shares of the Fund at a floating NAV rounded to the fourth decimal place. |
2 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Notes to financial statements | Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund | 25 |
1. ORGANIZATION
Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust organized on March 10, 1999, is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). As an investment company, the Trust follows the accounting and reporting guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies. These financial statements report on the Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund (the “Fund”) which is a diversified series of the Trust.
During the year, the amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, were fully implemented by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury, government and retail money market funds continued to operate with stable $1.00 net asset values. Meanwhile, tax-exempt and prime money market funds experienced more changes. Institutional prime and municipal money market funds began transacting at market-based, or floating, net asset values. In addition, money market fund boards of directors have the discretion to impose liquidity fees or redemption gates on all non-government funds. As a result of the changes due to money market reform, the institutional prime and municipal money market funds may have been subject to significant flows in shareholder activity as assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1.00 net asset value.
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following significant accounting policies, which are consistently followed in the preparation of the financial statements of the Fund, are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Securities valuation
Debt securities are valued at the evaluated bid price provided by an independent pricing service or, if a reliable price is not available, the quoted bid price from an independent broker-dealer.
Investments which are not valued using the method discussed above are valued at their fair value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees has established a Valuation Committee comprised of the Trustees and has delegated to it the authority to take any actions regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of portfolio securities, unless the determination has been delegated to the Management Valuation Team of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”). The Board of Trustees retains the authority to make or ratify any valuation decisions or approve any changes to the Valuation Procedures as it deems appropriate. On a quarterly basis, the Board of Trustees receives reports on any valuation actions taken by the Valuation Committee or the Management Valuation Team which may include items for ratification.
Valuations of fair valued securities are compared to the next actual sales price when available, or other appropriate market values, to assess the continued appropriateness of the fair valuation methodologies used. These securities are fair valued on a day-to-day basis, taking into consideration changes to appropriate market information and any significant changes to the inputs considered in the valuation process until there is a readily available price provided on an exchange or by an independent pricing service. Valuations received from an independent pricing service or independent broker-dealer quotes are periodically validated by comparisons to most recent trades and valuations provided by other independent pricing services in addition to the review of prices by the manager and/or subadviser. Unobservable inputs used in determining fair valuations are identified based on the type of security, taking into consideration factors utilized by market participants in valuing the investment, knowledge about the issuer and the current market environment.
Repurchase agreements
The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements and may participate in pooled repurchase agreement transactions with other funds advised by Funds Management. The repurchase agreements must be fully collateralized based on values that are marked-to-market daily. The collateral may be held by an agent bank under a tri-party agreement. It is the custodian’s responsibility to value collateral daily and to take action to obtain additional collateral as necessary to maintain market value equal to or greater than the resale price. The repurchase agreements are collateralized by instruments such as U.S. Treasury, federal agency, or high-grade corporate obligations. There could be potential loss to the Fund in the event that the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising its rights to dispose of the collateral, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying obligations during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert its rights.
26 | Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund | Notes to financial statements |
When-issued transactions
The Fund may purchase securities on a forward commitment or when-issued basis. The Fund records a when-issued transaction on the trade date and will segregate assets in an amount at least equal in value to the Fund’s commitment to purchase when-issued securities. Securities purchased on a when-issued basis are marked-to-market daily and the Fund begins earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may arise due to changes in the market value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.
Security transactions and income recognition
Securities transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses are recorded on the basis of identified cost.
Interest income is accrued daily and bond discounts are accreted and premiums are amortized daily based on the effective interest method. To the extent debt obligations are placed on non-accrual status, any related interest income may be reduced by writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has been determined to be doubtful based on consistently applied procedures and the fair value has decreased. If the issuer subsequently resumes interest payments or when the collectability of interest is reasonably assured, the debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status.
Distributions to shareholders
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income are accrued daily and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Such distributions are determined in conformity with federal income tax regulations, which may differ in amount or character from net investment income and realized gains recognized for purposes of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Federal and other taxes
The Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by distributing substantially all of its investment company taxable and tax-exempt income and any net realized capital gains (after reduction for capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes was required.
The Fund’s income and federal excise tax returns and all financial records supporting those returns for the prior three fiscal years are subject to examination by the federal and Delaware revenue authorities. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal, state, and foreign tax returns for all open tax years and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.
Class allocations
The separate classes of shares offered by the Fund differ principally in shareholder servicing and administration fees. Class specific expenses are charged directly to that share class. Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative proportion of net assets of each class.
3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS
Fair value measurements of investments are determined within a framework that has established a fair value hierarchy based upon the various data inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The three-level hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). The Fund’s investments are classified within the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The inputs are summarized into three broad levels as follows:
∎ | Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities |
∎ | Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) |
∎ | Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments in securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
Notes to financial statements | Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund | 27 |
The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of January 31, 2017:
Quoted prices (Level 1) |
Other significant observable inputs (Level 2) |
Significant (Level 3) |
Total | |||||||||||||
Assets |
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Investments in: |
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Municipal obligations |
$ | 0 | $ | 271,511,892 | $ | 0 | $ | 271,511,892 | ||||||||
Other |
0 | 22,700,000 | 0 | 22,700,000 | ||||||||||||
Total assets |
$ | 0 | $ | 294,211,892 | $ | 0 | $ | 294,211,892 |
The Fund recognizes transfers between levels within the fair value hierarchy at the end of the reporting period. At January 31, 2017, the Fund did not have any transfers into/out of Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3.
4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND OTHER EXPENSES
Management fee
Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”), is the manager of the Fund and provides advisory and fund-level administrative services under an investment management agreement. Under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, supervising the subadviser, providing fund-level administrative services in connection with the Fund’s operations, and providing any other fund-level administrative services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Fund. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive an annual management fee starting at 0.15% and declining to 0.13% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. For the year ended January 31, 2017, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.15% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
Funds Management has retained the services of a subadviser to provide daily portfolio management to the Fund. The fee for subadvisory services is borne by Funds Management. Wells Capital Management Incorporated, an affiliate of Funds Management and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo, is the subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from Funds Management at an annual rate starting at 0.05% and declining to 0.01% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase.
Administration fees
Under a class-level administration agreement, Funds Management provides class-level administrative services to the Fund, which includes paying fees and expenses for services provided by the transfer agent, sub-transfer agents, omnibus account servicers and record-keepers. As compensation for its services under the class-level administration agreement, Funds Management receives an annual fee which is calculated based on the average daily net assets of each class as follows:
Class-level administration fee |
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Administrator Class |
0.10 | % | ||
Institutional Class |
0.08 | |||
Service Class |
0.12 |
Funds Management has contractually waived and/or reimbursed management and administration fees to the extent necessary to maintain certain net operating expense ratios for the Fund. Waiver of fees and/or reimbursement of expenses by Funds Management were made first from fund level expenses on a proportionate basis and then from class specific expenses. Funds Management has committed through October 13, 2017 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 0.30% for Administrator Class shares, 0.20% for Institutional Class shares, and 0.45% for Service Class shares. 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. During the year ended January 31, 2017, Funds Management voluntarily waived additional expenses to maintain a positive yield.
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During the year ended January 31, 2017, State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Fund’s custodian, reimbursed the Fund $75,199 for certain out-of-pocket expenses that were billed to the Fund in error from 1998-2015. This amount is included in interest income on the Statement of Operations. In addition, Funds Management was also reimbursed $6,247 for waivers/reimbursements it made to the Fund during the period the Fund was erroneously billed.
Shareholder servicing fees
The Trust has entered into contracts with one or more shareholder servicing agents. Administrator Class and Service Class of the Fund are charged a fee at an annual rate of 0.10% and 0.25%, respectively, of their average daily net assets.
A portion of these total shareholder servicing fees were paid to affiliates of Wells Fargo.
5. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS
The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended January 31, 2017 and January 31, 2016 were as follows:
Year ended January 31 | ||||||||
2017 | 2016 | |||||||
Ordinary income |
$ | 184,150 | $ | 123,413 | ||||
Tax-exempt income |
1,662,813 | 24,717 | ||||||
Long-term capital gain |
133,072 | 82,002 |
As of January 31, 2017, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:
Undistributed ordinary income |
Undistributed tax-exempt income |
Unrealized gains | ||
$1,076 | $69,004 | $175 |
6. INDEMNIFICATION
Under the Trust’s organizational documents, the officers and Trustees have been granted certain indemnification rights against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust may enter into contracts with service providers that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated.
7. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT
In December 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-19, Technical Corrections and Improvements. ASU 2016-19 includes an amendment to FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement which clarifies the difference between a valuation approach and a valuation technique. The amendment also requires an entity to disclose when there has been a change in either or both a valuation approach and/or a valuation technique. The disclosure requirements are effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of this new guidance to the financial statements.
8. REGULATORY CHANGES
In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new rules and forms and amended existing rules and forms (together, “final rules”) intended to modernize and enhance the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies and to enhance liquidity risk management by open-end mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. The final rules will enhance the quality of information available to investors and will allow the SEC to more effectively collect and use data reported by funds. In part, the final rules amend Regulation S-X and require standardized, enhanced disclosure about derivatives in the Fund’s financial statements, as well as other amendments. The compliance date for the amendments to Regulation S-X is August 1, 2017 while the compliance date for the new form types is June 1, 2018 and the compliance date for the liquidity risk management program requirements is December 1, 2018. Management is currently assessing the potential impact of these enhancements and their impact on the financial statement disclosures and reporting requirements.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SHAREHOLDERS OF WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, of the Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund (the “Fund”), one of the funds constituting the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, as of January 31, 2017, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund as of January 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Boston, Massachusetts
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TAX INFORMATION
Pursuant to Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, $133,072 was designated as a 20% rate gain distribution for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017.
For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, $100,750 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.
For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, $83,188 has been designated as short-term capital gain dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Pursuant to Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, 94.28% of distributions paid from net investment income is designated as exempt-interest dividends for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017.
PROXY VOTING INFORMATION
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222, visiting our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the Fund’s website at wellsfargofunds.com or by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov.
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION
The complete portfolio holdings for the Fund are publicly available on the Fund’s website (wellsfargofunds.com) on a 1-day delayed basis. The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q, which is available by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. In addition, the Fund’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC, and at regional offices in New York City, at 233 Broadway, and in Chicago, at 175 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 900. Information about the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
Other information (unaudited) | Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund | 31 |
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
Each of the Trustees and Officers1 listed in the table below acts in identical capacities for each fund in the Wells Fargo family of funds, which consists of 138 mutual funds comprising the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and four closed-end funds (collectively the “Fund Complex”). This table should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information2. The mailing address of each Trustee and Officer is 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Each Trustee and Officer serves an indefinite term, however, each Trustee serves such term until reaching the mandatory retirement age established by the Trustees.
Independent Trustees
Name and year of birth |
Position held and length of service* |
Principal occupations during past five years or longer | Current other public company or investment company directorships | |||
William R. Ebsworth (Born 1957) |
Trustee, since 2015 | Retired. From 1984 to 2013, equities analyst, portfolio manager, research director and chief financial officer at Fidelity Management and Research Company in Boston, Tokyo, and Hong Kong and retired in 2013 as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Strategic Advisers, Inc. where he lead a team of investment professionals managing client assets. Prior thereto, Board member of Hong Kong Securities Clearing Co., Hong Kong Options Clearing Corp., the Thailand International Fund, Ltd., Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company, and Empire Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company. Board member of the Fonté Foundation (non-profit organization) and the Vincent Memorial Hospital Endowment (non-profit organization), where he serves on the Investment Committee and as a Chair of the Audit Committee. Mr. Ebsworth is a CFA® charterholder and an Adjunct Lecturer, Finance, at Babson College. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Jane A. Freeman (Born 1953) |
Trustee, since 2015 | Retired. From 2012 to 2014 and 1999 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Scientific Learning Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, Ms. Freeman provided consulting services related to strategic business projects. Prior to 1999, Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller & Co. and Scudder, Stevens & Clark. Board member of the Harding Loevner Funds from 1996 to 2014, serving as both Lead Independent Director and chair of the Audit Committee. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust from 2011 to 2012 and the chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Freeman is a Board Member of Ruth Bancroft Garden (non-profit organization) and an inactive chartered financial analyst. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Peter G. Gordon** (Born 1942) |
Trustee, since 1998; Chairman, since 2005 | Co-Founder, Retired Chairman, President and CEO of Crystal Geyser Water Company. Trustee Emeritus, Colby College. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Isaiah Harris, Jr. (Born 1952) |
Trustee, since 2009 | Retired. Chairman of the Board of CIGNA Corporation since 2009, and Director since 2005. From 2003 to 2011, Director of Deluxe Corporation. Prior thereto, President and CEO of BellSouth Advertising and Publishing Corp. from 2005 to 2007, President and CEO of BellSouth Enterprises from 2004 to 2005 and President of BellSouth Consumer Services from 2000 to 2003. Emeritus member of the Iowa State University Foundation Board of Governors. Emeritus Member of the Advisory Board of Iowa State University School of Business. Advisory Board Member, Palm Harbor Academy (charter school). Advisory Board Member, Child Evangelism Fellowship (non-profit). Mr. Harris is a certified public accountant (inactive status). | CIGNA Corporation; Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Judith M. Johnson (Born 1949) |
Trustee, since 2008; Audit Committee Chairman, since 2008 | Retired. Prior thereto, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund from 1996 to 2008. Ms. Johnson is an attorney, certified public accountant and a certified managerial accountant. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
David F. Larcker (Born 1950) |
Trustee, since 2009 | James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Director of the Corporate Governance Research Initiative and Senior Faculty of The Rock Center for Corporate Governance since 2006. From 2005 to 2008, Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. Prior thereto, Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania from 1985 to 2005. | Asset Allocation Trust |
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Name and year of birth |
Position held and length of service* |
Principal occupations during past five years or longer | Current other public company or investment company directorships | |||
Olivia S. Mitchell (Born 1953) |
Trustee, since 2006 | International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania since 1993. Director of Wharton’s Pension Research Council and Boettner Center on Pensions & Retirement Research, and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Previously, Cornell University Professor from 1978 to 1993. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Timothy J. Penny (Born 1951) |
Trustee, since 1996 | President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, a non-profit organization, since 2007 and Senior Fellow at the Humphrey Institute Policy Forum at the University of Minnesota since 1995. Member of the Board of Trustees of NorthStar Education Finance, Inc., a non-profit organization, since 2007. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Michael S. Scofield (Born 1943) |
Trustee, since 2010 | Served on the Investment Company Institute’s Board of Governors and Executive Committee from 2008-2011 as well the Governing Council of the Independent Directors Council from 2006-2011 and the Independent Directors Council Executive Committee from 2008-2011. Chairman of the IDC from 2008-2010. Institutional Investor (Fund Directions) Trustee of Year in 2007. Trustee of the Evergreen Funds complex (and its predecessors) from 1984 to 2010. Chairman of the Evergreen Funds from 2000-2010. Former Trustee of the Mentor Funds. Retired Attorney, Law Offices of Michael S. Scofield. | Asset Allocation Trust |
* | Length of service dates reflect the Trustee’s commencement of service with the Trust’s predecessor entities, where applicable. |
** | Peter Gordon is expected to retire on December 31, 2017. |
Officers
Name and year of birth |
Position held and length of service |
Principal occupations during past five years or longer | ||||
Andrew Owen (Born 1960) |
President, since 2017 | Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managaers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014. | ||||
Nancy Wiser1 (Born 1967) |
Treasurer, since 2012 | Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2011. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at LightBox Capital Management LLC, from 2008 to 2011. | ||||
C. David Messman (Born 1960) |
Secretary, since 2000; Chief Legal Officer, since 2003 | Senior Vice President and Secretary of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2001. Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2013 and Vice President and Managing Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. from 1996 to 2013. | ||||
Michael Whitaker (Born 1967) |
Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016 | Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2016. Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity’s Fixed Income Funds and Asset Allocation Funds from 2008 to 2016, Compliance Officer of FMR Co., Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016. | ||||
David Berardi (Born 1975) |
Assistant Treasurer, since 2009 | Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010. | ||||
Jeremy DePalma1 (Born 1974) |
Assistant Treasurer, since 2009 | Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Senior Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010. |
1 | Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 69 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex. |
2 | The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222 or by visiting the website at wellsfargofunds.com. |
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The following is a list of common abbreviations for terms and entities that may have appeared in this report.
ACA | — ACA Financial Guaranty Corporation |
ADR | — American depositary receipt |
ADS | — American depositary shares |
AGC | — Assured Guaranty Corporation |
AGM | — Assured Guaranty Municipal |
Ambac | — Ambac Financial Group Incorporated |
AMT | — Alternative minimum tax |
AUD | — Australian dollar |
BAN | — Bond anticipation notes |
BHAC | — Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corporation |
BRL | — Brazilian real |
CAB | — Capital appreciation bond |
CAD | — Canadian dollar |
CCAB | — Convertible capital appreciation bond |
CDA | — Community Development Authority |
CDO | — Collateralized debt obligation |
CHF | — Swiss franc |
COP | — Colombian peso |
CLP | — Chilean peso |
DKK | — Danish krone |
DRIVER | — Derivative inverse tax-exempt receipts |
DW&P | — Department of Water & Power |
DWR | — Department of Water Resources |
ECFA | — Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority |
EDA | — Economic Development Authority |
EDFA | — Economic Development Finance Authority |
ETF | — Exchange-traded fund |
EUR | — Euro |
FDIC | — Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
FFCB | — Federal Farm Credit Banks |
FGIC | — Financial Guaranty Insurance Corporation |
FHA | — Federal Housing Administration |
FHLB | — Federal Home Loan Bank |
FHLMC | — Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation |
FICO | — The Financing Corporation |
FNMA | — Federal National Mortgage Association |
FSA | — Farm Service Agency |
GBP | — Great British pound |
GDR | — Global depositary receipt |
GNMA | — Government National Mortgage Association |
GO | — General obligation |
HCFR | — Healthcare facilities revenue |
HEFA | — Health & Educational Facilities Authority |
HEFAR | — Higher education facilities authority revenue |
HFA | — Housing Finance Authority |
HFFA | — Health Facilities Financing Authority |
HKD | — Hong Kong dollar |
HUD | — Department of Housing and Urban Development |
HUF | — Hungarian forint |
IDA | — Industrial Development Authority |
IDAG | — Industrial Development Agency |
IDR | — Indonesian rupiah |
IEP | — Irish pound |
JPY | — Japanese yen |
KRW | — Republic of Korea won |
LIBOR | — London Interbank Offered Rate |
LIFER | — Long Inverse Floating Exempt Receipts |
LIQ | — Liquidity agreement |
LLC | — Limited liability company |
LLLP | — Limited liability limited partnership |
LLP | — Limited liability partnership |
LOC | — Letter of credit |
LP | — Limited partnership |
MBIA | — Municipal Bond Insurance Association |
MFHR | — Multifamily housing revenue |
MSTR | — Municipal securities trust receipts |
MTN | — Medium-term note |
MUD | — Municipal Utility District |
MXN | — Mexican peso |
MYR | — Malaysian ringgit |
National | — National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation |
NGN | — Nigerian naira |
NOK | — Norwegian krone |
NZD | — New Zealand dollar |
PCFA | — Pollution Control Financing Authority |
PCL | — Public Company Limited |
PCR | — Pollution control revenue |
PFA | — Public Finance Authority |
PFFA | — Public Facilities Financing Authority |
PFOTER | — Puttable floating option tax-exempt receipts |
plc | — Public limited company |
PLN | — Polish zloty |
PUTTER | — Puttable tax-exempt receipts |
R&D | — Research & development |
Radian | — Radian Asset Assurance |
RAN | — Revenue anticipation notes |
RDA | — Redevelopment Authority |
RDFA | — Redevelopment Finance Authority |
REIT | — Real estate investment trust |
ROC | — Reset option certificates |
RON | — Romanian lei |
RUB | — Russian ruble |
SAVRS | — Select auction variable rate securities |
SBA | — Small Business Authority |
SDR | — Swedish depositary receipt |
SEK | — Swedish krona |
SFHR | — Single-family housing revenue |
SFMR | — Single-family mortgage revenue |
SGD | — Singapore dollar |
SPA | — Standby purchase agreement |
SPDR | — Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipts |
SPEAR | — Short Puttable Exempt Adjustable Receipts |
STRIPS | — Separate trading of registered interest and |
principal securities |
TAN | — Tax anticipation notes |
TBA | — To be announced |
THB | — Thai baht |
TIPS | — Treasury inflation-protected securities |
TRAN | — Tax revenue anticipation notes |
TRY | — Turkish lira |
TTFA | — Transportation Trust Fund Authority |
TVA | — Tennessee Valley Authority |
ZAR | — South African rand |
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The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of January 31, 2017, unless otherwise noted, and are those of the Fund managers and/or Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Discussions of individual securities, or the markets generally, or any Wells Fargo Fund are not intended as individual recommendations. Future events or results may vary significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. The views expressed are subject to change at any time in response to changing circumstances in the market. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and the Fund disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any views expressed or forward-looking statements.
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2 | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | Letter to shareholders (unaudited) |
President
Wells Fargo Funds
U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.
Dear Shareholder:
As the new president of Wells Fargo Funds now that Karla Rabusch is retiring from that position after nearly 14 years, I am pleased to offer you this annual report for the Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund for the 12-month period that ended January 31, 2017. The U.S. economy displayed resilience during the period although growth remained somewhat sluggish. International economies generally faced deeper ongoing challenges. Despite heightened market volatility, global stocks delivered strong results overall. U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively, as measured by the S&P 500 Index1 and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net)2; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.
In February–March 2016, fears about global economic weakness prevailed and then abated.
As the reporting period began, most stock markets worldwide were in the midst of a decline fueled by concerns such as weak global growth, falling commodity prices, and uncertainty over the timing and effect of interest-rate increases by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed). In mid-February, fears abated somewhat and global markets generally rallied. Meanwhile, bond investors’ fears about falling commodity prices, a slowing Chinese economy, weakness in European banks, and market volatility also lessened, which led to a greater appetite for risk and allowed lower-rated and longer-maturity bonds to outperform. With ongoing uncertainties about global growth and financial markets, the Fed held off from raising the target interest rate. Outside the U.S., the eurozone fell into deflation in February; in response, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced an expansion of its stimulus program. In China, the government in March set an anticipated growth rate of 6.5% to 7.0% for 2016, an acknowledgment of weakening growth. In emerging markets, although central-bank stimulus and improved prices for oil and other commodities led to stock-market rallies, many of these countries’ economies faced the potential of credit downgrades due to challenges such as the likelihood of a stronger U.S. dollar, which would make dollar-denominated debt more expensive.
Worries over interest rates and the U.K.’s Brexit vote largely drove markets during the second quarter of 2016.
U.S. stocks were in positive territory in April, plunged briefly in May on worries of a possible June interest-rate increase, then rallied until early June. The first three weeks of June brought heightened volatility, spurred largely by a disappointing jobs report and uncertainty over whether the U.K. would remain in the European Union (E.U.). The U.K.’s Brexit vote on June 23 shocked countries worldwide. Stock markets fell as investors worried that the U.K.’s departure from the E.U. would slow global growth and prolong the low-interest-rate environment. Following the initial rout, however, U.S. stocks rose as investors seemed to decide that any negative effects would be more localized and not create a serious risk for global
1 | The S&P 500 Index consists of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation. It is a market-value-weighted index with each stock’s weight in the index proportionate to its market value. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
2 | The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) All Country World Index (ACWI) ex USA Index (Net) is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the United States and Canada. Source: MSCI. MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used as a basis for other indexes or any securities or financial products. This report is not approved, reviewed, or produced by MSCI. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
3 | The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (formerly known as Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index) is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar–denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
Letter to shareholders (unaudited) | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | 3 |
growth. Similarly, government bonds rallied immediately post-Brexit, and non-Treasury sectors rallied soon after as investors regained their appetite for risk. As a result, most bond markets remained in a situation of ultralow yields and tight credit spreads. Interestingly, U.S. bonds continued to be supported by demand from both domestic and foreign buyers looking for positive yield since U.S. interest rates were the highest among developed-country bonds. Also notable was the rebound in oil prices to nearly $50 per barrel in June, driven by a lower rig count, unplanned supply outages, more refinery production ahead of the summer driving season, and a weaker dollar.
Globally, stocks delivered positive results in the third quarter of 2016; bonds’ interest rates remained low.
Stocks’ upward trend continued into August and then lost some steam. Ever since the Great Recession, markets worldwide have been supported to varying degrees by accommodative policies from leading central banks, including the Fed, ECB, Bank of England, and Bank of Japan. As a result, investors have watched closely for any signs that global central banks might tighten their measures. In the U.S., early-September comments by several Fed officials appeared to suggest a September interest-rate increase, which sent stock and bond prices down. However, stocks surged following the Fed’s September 20 meeting on news that the Fed had decided to delay a rate increase to later in 2016. In bond markets, interest rates rose during the quarter but remained at historically low levels as a result of easy monetary policies, subdued global growth, and modest inflation expectations. After bottoming in early July, yields began to rise again as market participants felt that yields had overshot the real risks of the U.K.’s Brexit vote and as economic activity strengthened. At the front end of the yield curve, anticipation of new money market fund rules resulted in significantly higher yields on many short-term securities.
During the fourth quarter of 2016, prospects for faster growth and higher interest rates in the U.S. influenced markets.
Early in the fourth quarter of 2016, U.S. stocks tended to trade lower amid concerns such as a likely interest-rate increase and uncertainty over the approaching general election. However, following Donald Trump’s election as president in early November, U.S. stocks began to rally. Investors appeared optimistic that the new administration would usher in a series of pro-growth policies, and supportive economic news helped the rally carry through the quarter. The buoyant environment sent interest rates higher as well. At its mid-December meeting, Fed officials raised their short-term target interest rate for the first time in a year, by a quarter percentage point, to between 0.50% and 0.75%. The fourth quarter also saw the implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rules for money market funds, which included floating net asset values (NAVs) for institutional prime and municipal money market funds as well as liquidity fees and redemption gates. In the year leading up to money fund reform implementation, nearly $1 trillion in assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1 NAV. Outside of the U.S., the prospects for faster U.S. growth appeared to trigger some acceleration in Europe. The improvement may be partly attributable to expectations for further strengthening of the U.S. dollar, which in turn could improve demand for European goods in the U.S. due to weakening of the euro relative to the dollar.
4 | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | Letter to shareholders (unaudited) |
Investor optimism continued into January 2017.
January brought continued strength in global stock markets. Markets were lifted by factors such as strong trade data from Japan, robust earnings reports by businesses, and investors’ hopes that the U.S. government will approve a large fiscal stimulus package.
Don’t let short-term uncertainty derail long-term investment goals.
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6 | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | Performance highlights (unaudited) |
Investment objective
The Fund seeks current income exempt from federal income tax, while preserving capital and liquidity.
Manager
Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC
Subadviser
Wells Capital Management Incorporated
Portfolio managers
James Randazzo
Jeffrey L. Weaver, CFA®
Average annual total returns (%) as of January 31, 2017
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1 year | 5 year | 10 year | Gross | Net2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Class A (NWMXX) | 7-28-2003 | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.47 | 0.63 | 0.63 | ||||||||||||||||
Administrator Class (WNTXX) | 4-8-2005 | 0.33 | 0.08 | 0.58 | 0.36 | 0.30 | ||||||||||||||||
Premier Class (WFNXX)* | 11-8-1999 | 0.41 | 0.10 | 0.63 | 0.24 | 0.20 | ||||||||||||||||
Service Class (MMIXX) | 8-3-1993 | 0.20 | 0.06 | 0.53 | 0.53 | 0.45 |
Yield summary (%) as of January 31, 20173
Class A | Administrator Class |
Premier Class* |
Service Class |
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7-day current yield | 0.06 | 0.40 | 0.50 | 0.25 | ||||||||||
7-day compound yield | 0.06 | 0.40 | 0.50 | 0.25 | ||||||||||
30-day simple yield | 0.07 | 0.42 | 0.52 | 0.27 | ||||||||||
30-day compound yield | 0.07 | 0.42 | 0.52 | 0.27 |
* | Effective April 1, 2016, Institutional Class was renamed Premier Class. |
Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results, and do not reflect taxes that a shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Investment returns will fluctuate. The Fund’s yield figures more closely reflect the current earnings of the Fund than the total return figures. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted, which assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund’s website, wellsfargofunds.com.
Each class is sold without a front-end sales charge or a contingent deferred sales charge.
For retail money market funds: You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. The Fund may impose a fee upon sale of your shares or may temporarily suspend your ability to sell shares if the Fund’s liquidity falls below required minimums because of market conditions or other factors. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the Fund at any time.
Please see footnotes on page 7.
Performance highlights (unaudited) | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | 7 |
Revenue source distribution as of January 31, 20173 |
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Effective maturity distribution as of January 31, 20173 |
Weighted average maturity as of January 31, 20174 |
6 days |
Weighted average life as of January 31, 20175 |
6 days |
1 | Reflects the expense ratios as stated in the most recent prospectuses. The expense ratios shown are subject to change and may differ from the annualized expense ratios shown in the financial highlights of this report. |
2 | The manager has contractually committed through May 31, 2018, 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 Class A, 0.30% for Administrator Class, 0.20% for Premier Class, and 0.45% for Service Class. 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. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Without this cap, the Fund’s returns would have been lower. Without waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses, the Fund’s 7-day current yield would have been 0.02%, 0.29%, 0.41%, and 0.13% for Class A, Administrator Class, Premier Class, and Service Class, respectively. |
3 | Amounts are calculated based on the total investments of the Fund. These amounts are subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. |
4 | Weighted Average Maturity (WAM): WAM is an average of the effective maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by each security’s percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. WAM calculations allow for the maturities of certain securities with demand features or periodic interest rate resets to be shortened. WAM is a way to measure a fund’s sensitivity to potential interest rate changes. WAM is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. |
5 | Weighted Average Life (WAL): WAL is an average of the final maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by their percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. In contrast to WAM, the calculation of WAL allows for the maturities of certain securities with demand features to be shortened, but not the periodic interest rate resets. WAL is a way to measure a fund’s potential sensitivity to credit spread changes. WAL is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. |
6 | The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Municipal Swap Index is a seven-day high-grade market index composed of tax-exempt variable-rate demand obligations with certain characteristics. The index is calculated and published by Bloomberg. The index is overseen by SIFMA’s Municipal Swap Index Committee. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
8 | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | Performance highlights (unaudited) |
MANAGER’S DISCUSSION
During the period that ended January 31, 2017, the municipal money market space was influenced largely by broader market dynamics surrounding U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) monetary policy and the final implementation of money market reform, the latter of which resulted in a significant decline in industry assets. The period was characterized by shifts in investor demand, which created bouts of volatility resulting in extreme divergences between tax-exempt and taxable-equivalent yields for extended lengths of time. While tax-exempt yields normally tend to generally track taxable yields on a lagged basis, the municipal money markets seemed to have a mind of their own during the first half of the period.
The amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, were fully implemented by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury and government money market funds continued to operate much as they always did, with stable $1.00 net asset values. Meanwhile, tax-exempt and prime funds experienced more changes. Institutional prime and municipal money market funds began transacting at market-based, or floating, net asset values. This was one of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s main rule changes taking effect in 2016, and it is intended to help prevent runs on money market funds by making it clear to shareholders that the value of these institutional money market funds may fluctuate. In addition, money market fund boards of directors have discretion to impose either a liquidity fee of up to 2% on shareholder redemptions or a temporary suspension of redemptions (gate) if a fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below 30% of its total assets and the board determines that the fee or gate is in the best interest of the fund’s shareholders. Meanwhile, retail investors will continue to transact at a stable $1.00 NAV but may be subject to liquidity fees and redemption gates. (For more information, see our website’s Money Market Fund Regulatory Resource Center, accessed through the Institutional Cash Management tab.)
The idiosyncratic nature of the municipal money market was clearly evident in the first quarter of 2016 when the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index6 failed to rise despite the Fed’s long-awaited rate hike at the end of 2015. This index, which measures seven-day variable-rate demand note yields, remained glued at 0.01% through the first two months of 2016, despite the fact that taxable-equivalent yields rapidly adjusted higher in response to the change in monetary policy back in December. Demand for variable-rate demand notes (VRDNs) and tender option bonds (TOBs) from captive tax-exempt buyers easily outpaced available supply, thus reducing the impetus for higher levels in the municipal sector.
In late March 2016, the market finally experienced a meaningful change in benchmark rates as the large supply-and-demand imbalance began to moderate due to seasonal tax-related outflows. The SIFMA Municipal Swap Index quickly rose to 0.40% by the end of the first quarter of 2016 and remained in the 0.40%–0.50% range through the end of August. Buyers in the municipal money markets finally were able to savor the taste of higher yields after a multiyear drought driven by the Fed’s accommodative monetary policy. However, these new higher interest rates were just a small taste of what was in store for the markets in the coming months.
In the third quarter of 2016, the municipal yield curve shifted even higher due to the harsh realities of money market reform. Conversion-related redemptions took their toll on the market, as municipal money market funds experienced redemptions in excess of $50 billion during August and September. Additionally, prime money market funds faced sizable outflows as well and could no longer be easily counted on for crossover support for VRDNs and TOBs. Accordingly, the municipal money market yields were forced to quickly recalibrate higher before supply and demand reached equilibrium levels. The SIFMA Municipal Swap Index rapidly rose to a multiyear high of 0.87% on October 5, one week prior to the money market fund reform implementation deadline. In a dramatic shift, yields on tax-exempt VRDNS and TOBs rose to levels nearly twice those being paid on comparable taxable paper and the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index closed out the month of October at a whopping 165% of one-month LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate).
Ultimately, municipal money market rates began to normalize following the uneventful implementation of the money market fund reform operational changes. The SIFMA Municipal Swap Index eventually settled into a range between 0.55% and 0.63% during November 2016 as assets in both the prime and municipal funds stabilized. Following the Fed’s rate hike in December 2016, the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index reset higher, finishing out 2016 at a healthy 0.72%, or 94% of one-month LIBOR.
The municipal money market ended the period on a strong note as seasonal reinvestment of cash in early January 2017 drove demand for tax-exempt paper. The SIFMA Municipal Swap Index settled into a comfortable range between 0.66% and 0.68% during the last month of the period, indicating evenly balanced supply-and-demand dynamics. The SIFMA Municipal Swap Index continued to reset at roughly 92% of one-week LIBOR during the month, preserving the relative attractiveness of tax-exempt floating-rate securities for both traditional and crossover buyers. Yields on one-year high-grade securities finished the period at 0.90%, up significantly from 0.40% at the start of the period.
Please see footnotes on page 7.
Performance highlights (unaudited) | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | 9 |
During the period, we emphasized principal preservation and portfolio liquidity due to our expectation of an uncertain and lagged response in the municipal market to Fed monetary policy and potential volatility surrounding money market fund reform. Throughout the period, we continued to maintain high exposures to daily and weekly floating-rate securities for defensive purposes while maintaining relatively low weighted-average maturities across our municipal funds. This strategy enabled us to reap the benefits of higher yields as the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index adjusted higher as the period progressed. This strategy also allowed us to maintain ample liquidity in the fund despite the large migration of assets away from municipal money market funds into other types of money market funds.
Strategic outlook
Looking forward, we anticipate that the attractive benefits of municipal money market funds will reemerge as the value of tax exemption increases exponentially with a rise in general market yields in response to the normalization of monetary policy by the Fed. In particular, we anticipate that the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index will remain elevated relative to taxable equivalents given the evolution of a new supply-and-demand paradigm in the post reform environment. This new market equilibrium should render VRDNS and TOBs attractive on both a pretax and tax-adjusted basis. Accordingly, we anticipate maintaining a conservative approach given the relative flatness of the municipal yield curve and the potential for greater-than-expected policy tightening by the Fed as we progress through 2017.
Please see footnotes on page 7.
10 | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | Fund expenses (unaudited) |
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution (12b-1) and/or
shareholder servicing fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period from August 1, 2016 to January 31, 2017.
Actual expenses
The “Actual” line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the “Actual” line under the heading entitled “Expenses paid during period” for your applicable class of shares to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes
The “Hypothetical” line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the “Hypothetical” line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.
Beginning account value 8-1-2016 |
Ending account value 1-31-2017 |
Expenses paid during the period¹ |
Annualized net expense ratio |
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Class A |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,001.22 | $ | 2.94 | 0.58 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,022.20 | $ | 2.97 | 0.58 | % | ||||||||
Administrator Class |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,002.74 | $ | 1.51 | 0.30 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.63 | $ | 1.53 | 0.30 | % | ||||||||
Premier Class |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,003.25 | $ | 1.01 | 0.20 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,024.13 | $ | 1.02 | 0.20 | % | ||||||||
Service Class |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,001.99 | $ | 2.25 | 0.45 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,022.89 | $ | 2.27 | 0.45 | % |
1 | Expenses paid is equal to the annualized net expense ratio of each class multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year (to reflect the one-half-year period). |
Summary portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | 11 |
The Summary portfolio of investments shows the 50 largest portfolio holdings in unaffiliated issuers and any holdings exceeding 1% of the total net assets as of the report date. The remaining securities held are grouped as “Other securities” in each category.
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | Percent of net assets |
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Municipal Obligations: 97.97% |
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Alabama: 3.29% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.29% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority Series 2016A Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016-XF2373 (Tax Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A |
0.69 | % | 9-1-2024 | $ | 5,000,000 | $ | 5,000,000 | 1.06 | % | |||||||||||
Chatom AL IDA Board Gulf Opportunity Zone PowerSouth Energy Cooperative Projects Series 2011 (Utilities Revenue) |
0.79 | 8-1-2041 | 10,500,000 | 10,500,000 | 2.23 | |||||||||||||||
15,500,000 | 3.29 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Arizona: 2.64% |
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Mesa AZ Utility System Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificates Trust Series 2009-33 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ) |
0.70 | 7-1-2024 | 8,405,000 | 8,405,000 | 1.79 | |||||||||||||||
Phoenix AZ IDA Mayo Clinic Series A (Health Revenue, Bank of America NA SPA) |
0.57 | 11-15-2052 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 0.85 | |||||||||||||||
12,405,000 | 2.64 | |||||||||||||||||||
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California: 8.92% |
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California Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series XM0147 (Education Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A |
0.70 | 1-1-2039 | 9,000,000 | 9,000,000 | 1.91 | |||||||||||||||
JPMorgan Chase PUTTER/DRIVER Trust Series 3841 (Transportation Revenue, Ambac Insured, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A |
0.74 | 7-1-2024 | 8,075,000 | 8,075,000 | 1.72 | |||||||||||||||
Los Angeles CA DW&P Sub Series B-1 (Utilities Revenue, Barclays Bank plc SPA) |
0.62 | 7-1-2034 | 12,500,000 | 12,500,000 | 2.66 | |||||||||||||||
San Joaquin CA Delta Community College Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series ZF0180 (GO Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A |
0.76 | 8-1-2022 | 2,415,000 | 2,415,000 | 0.51 | |||||||||||||||
Other securities |
9,990,000 | 2.12 | ||||||||||||||||||
41,980,000 | 8.92 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Colorado: 3.82% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.82% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado Health Facilities Authority Catholic Health Initiatives Series 2013-3364 (Health Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A |
0.80 | 10-1-2037 | 6,250,000 | 6,250,000 | 1.33 | |||||||||||||||
Colorado Springs CO Utilities Systems Series B (Utilities Revenue, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking SPA) |
0.70 | 11-1-2026 | 8,120,000 | 8,120,000 | 1.73 | |||||||||||||||
Other securities |
3,600,000 | 0.76 | ||||||||||||||||||
17,970,000 | 3.82 | |||||||||||||||||||
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District of Columbia: 0.76% |
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Other securities |
3,600,000 | 0.76 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
12 | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | Summary portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | Percent of net assets |
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Florida: 1.62% |
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Other securities |
$ | 7,630,000 | 1.62 | % | ||||||||||||||||
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Georgia: 1.23% |
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Metropolitan Atlanta GA Rapid Transit Authority Series P (Tax Revenue, Societe Generale LOC, Ambac Insured) 144A |
0.66 | % | 7-1-2020 | $ | 5,765,000 | 5,765,000 | 1.23 | |||||||||||||
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Illinois: 3.42% |
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Quad Cities Illinois Regional EDA Augustana College Series 2005 (Education Revenue, Harris NA LOC) |
0.66 | 10-1-2035 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 1.06 | |||||||||||||||
Other securities |
11,075,000 | 2.36 | ||||||||||||||||||
16,075,000 | 3.42 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Indiana: 3.30% |
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Indiana Certificates of Participation Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificates Trust Series 2009-34 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ) |
0.70 | 7-1-2023 | 10,815,000 | 10,815,000 | 2.30 | |||||||||||||||
Spencer County IN American Iron Oxide Company Project Series 1999 (Industrial Development Revenue, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi LOC) |
0.80 | 9-1-2018 | 4,700,000 | 4,700,000 | 1.00 | |||||||||||||||
15,515,000 | 3.30 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Iowa: 0.68% |
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Other securities |
3,220,000 | 0.68 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Kansas: 2.13% |
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Wyandotte County KS Unified School District #500 Series 2016A Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016-ZM0463 (GO Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A |
0.74 | 9-1-2024 | 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 | 2.13 | |||||||||||||||
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Louisiana: 0.90% |
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Other securities |
4,250,000 | 0.90 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Maryland: 2.01% |
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Maryland Transportation Authority Facilities Project Series 2008 Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016-XF0278 (Transportation Revenue, AGM Insured, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A |
0.73 | 7-1-2041 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 0.85 | |||||||||||||||
Other securities |
5,450,000 | 1.16 | ||||||||||||||||||
9,450,000 | 2.01 | |||||||||||||||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Summary portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | 13 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | Percent of net assets |
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Massachusetts: 0.80% |
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Other securities |
$ | 3,745,000 | 0.80 | % | ||||||||||||||||
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Michigan: 3.39% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.39% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan University Barclays Residual Interest Bonds Trust Series 6WE (Miscellaneous Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LOC) 144A |
0.81 | % | 7-1-2018 | $ | 7,930,000 | 7,930,000 | 1.69 | |||||||||||||
St. Joseph MI Hospital Finance Authority Lakeland Hospital Niles & St. Joseph Obligated Group Series 2002 (Health Revenue, AGM Insured, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA) |
0.78 | 1-1-2032 | 5,810,000 | 5,810,000 | 1.23 | |||||||||||||||
Other securities |
2,235,000 | 0.47 | ||||||||||||||||||
15,975,000 | 3.39 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Minnesota: 3.02% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.02% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Forest Lake MN Kilkenny Court Apartments Project Series 2008 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.75 | 8-15-2038 | 4,500,000 | 4,500,000 | 0.96 | |||||||||||||||
Other securities |
9,705,000 | 2.06 | ||||||||||||||||||
14,205,000 | 3.02 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Mississippi: 5.24% |
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Mississippi Business Finance Corporation Chevron USA Incorporated Project Series K (Industrial Development Revenue) |
0.60 | 11-1-2035 | 8,200,000 | 8,200,000 | 1.74 | |||||||||||||||
Mississippi Series A Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificates Trust Series 2009-60 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ) |
0.70 | 11-1-2018 | 12,460,000 | 12,460,000 | 2.65 | |||||||||||||||
Other securities |
4,000,000 | 0.85 | ||||||||||||||||||
24,660,000 | 5.24 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Missouri: 1.10% |
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Other securities |
5,170,000 | 1.10 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Nebraska: 0.92% |
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Nebraska Investment Finance Authority MFHR Apple Creek Associates Project Series 1985-A (Housing Revenue, Northern Trust Company LOC) |
0.80 | 9-1-2031 | 4,310,000 | 4,310,000 | 0.92 | |||||||||||||||
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New Jersey: 0.72% |
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Other securities |
3,370,000 | 0.72 | ||||||||||||||||||
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New York: 11.86% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 11.86% | ||||||||||||||||||||
New York Dormitory Authority Debt City University Consolidated 5th General Resolution Series E (Education Revenue, TD Bank NA LOC) |
0.63 | 7-1-2031 | 10,625,000 | 10,625,000 | 2.26 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
14 | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | Summary portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | Percent of net assets |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued) | ||||||||||||||||||||
New York HFA 605 West 42nd Street Series 2014A (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC) |
0.82 | % | 5-1-2048 | $ | 4,600,000 | $ | 4,600,000 | 0.98 | % | |||||||||||
New York HFA 605 West 42nd Street Series 2015A (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC) |
0.82 | 5-1-2048 | 4,900,000 | 4,900,000 | 1.04 | |||||||||||||||
New York HFA Manhattan West Residential Housing Revenue Series 2015A (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC) |
0.87 | 11-1-2049 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 1.06 | |||||||||||||||
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority Series A-1 Sub Series E-4 (Transportation Revenue, Bank of the West LOC) 144A |
0.62-0.70 | 11-1-2031 to 11-15-2045 | 6,740,000 | 6,740,000 | 1.43 | |||||||||||||||
New York NY Fiscal Series 2004H-4 (GO Revenue, Bank of New York Mellon LOC) |
0.63 | 3-1-2034 | 4,400,000 | 4,400,000 | 0.94 | |||||||||||||||
New York NY Fiscal Series 2004-H-1 (GO Revenue, Bank of New York Mellon LOC) |
0.63 | 3-1-2034 | 4,200,000 | 4,200,000 | 0.89 | |||||||||||||||
New York NY Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Tax-Exempt Bonds Fiscal 2015 Sub Series A-3 (Tax Revenue, Mizuho Bank Limited SPA) |
0.63 | 8-1-2043 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 1.06 | |||||||||||||||
Other securities |
10,360,000 | 2.20 | ||||||||||||||||||
55,825,000 | 11.86 | |||||||||||||||||||
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North Carolina: 4.96% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 4.96% | ||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina Capital Facilities Finance Agency Educational Hill Center Project Series 2008 (Education Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust LOC) |
0.68 | 7-1-2028 | 3,830,000 | 3,830,000 | 0.81 | |||||||||||||||
North Carolina Medical Care Commission FirstHealth Carolina Project Series 2008A (Health Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust SPA) |
0.71 | 10-1-2028 | 5,100,000 | 5,100,000 | 1.08 | |||||||||||||||
North Carolina Medical Care Commission Hospice Alamance-Caswell Project Series 2008 (Health Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust LOC) |
0.68 | 12-1-2033 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 0.85 | |||||||||||||||
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Series 2009- A (Education Revenue, TD Bank NA SPA) |
0.63 | 2-1-2024 | 8,160,000 | 8,160,000 | 1.74 | |||||||||||||||
Other securities |
2,250,500 | 0.48 | ||||||||||||||||||
23,340,500 | 4.96 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Ohio: 3.10% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.10% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Middletown OH Hospital Facility Premier Health Partners Obligation Group Series A (Health Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LIQ) 144A |
1.00 | 11-15-2045 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 0.85 | |||||||||||||||
Montgomery County OH Catholic Health Initiatives Series A (Health Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A |
0.81 | 5-1-2034 | 6,565,000 | 6,565,000 | 1.40 | |||||||||||||||
Ohio Capital Facilities Lease Adult Correctional Building Fund Series C (Miscellaneous Revenue) |
0.79 | 10-1-2036 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 0.85 | |||||||||||||||
14,565,000 | 3.10 | |||||||||||||||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Summary portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | 15 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | Percent of net assets |
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Other: 0.99% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.99% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other securities |
$ | 4,664,000 | 0.99 | % | ||||||||||||||||
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Pennsylvania: 1.88% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.88% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Pennsylvania Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series (Health Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A |
0.69-0.81 | % | 8-15-2042 to 6-1-2044 | $ | 5,165,000 | 5,165,000 | 1.10 | |||||||||||||
Other securities |
3,700,000 | 0.78 | ||||||||||||||||||
8,865,000 | 1.88 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Rhode Island: 1.83% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.83% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Narragansett Bay RI Commission Wastewater System Series 2013A Tender Option Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016-XM0140 (Water & Sewer Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A |
0.76 | 9-1-2020 | 8,600,000 | 8,600,000 | 1.83 | |||||||||||||||
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South Carolina: 4.00% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 4.00% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Charleston SC Waterworks & Sewer System Series 2010 Tender Option Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2015-ZF0219 (Water & Sewer Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A |
0.69 | 8-1-2019 | 6,400,000 | 6,400,000 | 1.36 | |||||||||||||||
Greenville SC Health System Hospital Series 2014B Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2015-XF0145 (Health Revenue, TD Bank NA LIQ) 144A |
0.70 | 5-30-2022 | 8,020,000 | 8,020,000 | 1.71 | |||||||||||||||
Other securities |
4,410,000 | 0.93 | ||||||||||||||||||
18,830,000 | 4.00 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Tennessee: 3.78% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.78% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Clarksville TN Public Building Authority Tennessee Municipal Bond Fund (Miscellaneous Revenue, Bank of America NA LOC) |
0.69 | 1-1-2033 | 8,800,000 | 8,800,000 | 1.87 | |||||||||||||||
Clarksville TN Public Building Authority Tennessee Municipal Building Fund Series 2004 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Bank of America NA LOC) |
0.69 | 7-1-2034 | 2,620,000 | 2,620,000 | 0.55 | |||||||||||||||
Sevier County TN Public Building Authority Local Government Public Improvement Series 6-A1 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust SPA) |
0.68 | 6-1-2029 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 0.85 | |||||||||||||||
Other securities |
2,390,000 | 0.51 | ||||||||||||||||||
17,810,000 | 3.78 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Texas: 8.53% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 8.53% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bexar County TX Housing Finance Corporation Palisades Park Apartments Project Series 2009 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.74 | 9-1-2039 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 0.85 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
16 | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | Summary portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | Percent of net assets |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Brazos Harbor TX Industrial Development Corporation BASF Corporation Project Series 2001 (Industrial Development Revenue) |
0.71 | % | 7-1-2022 | $ | 4,900,000 | $ | 4,900,000 | 1.04 | % | |||||||||||
Dickinson TX Independent School District Unlimited Tax School House Refunding Bonds Series 2000 (GO Revenue, Societe Generale LIQ) |
0.69 | 2-15-2028 | 8,350,000 | 8,350,000 | 1.78 | |||||||||||||||
Harris County TX Cultural Educational Facilities Finance Corporation Children’s Hospital Project Series 2015-3 JPMorgan PUTTER Series 5001 (Hospital Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A |
0.67 | 6-1-2019 | 4,665,000 | 4,665,000 | 0.99 | |||||||||||||||
Port Corpus Christi TX Solid Waste Disposal Flint Hills Resources Project Series 2002B (Resource Recovery Revenue) |
0.68 | 7-1-2029 | 4,200,000 | 4,200,000 | 0.89 | |||||||||||||||
Tarrant County TX Cultural Educational Facilities Finance Corporation Christus Health Series 2008C-2 (Health Revenue, Bank of New York Mellon LOC) |
0.67 | 7-1-2047 | 7,905,000 | 7,905,000 | 1.68 | |||||||||||||||
Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition & Supply Corporation Series 2848 (Utilities Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A |
0.96 | 12-15-2026 | 6,108,108 | 6,108,108 | 1.30 | |||||||||||||||
40,128,108 | 8.53 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Utah: 1.81% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.81% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Utah Water Finance Agency Series B-1 (Water & Sewer Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA) |
0.69 | 10-1-2037 | 8,500,000 | 8,500,000 | 1.81 | |||||||||||||||
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Vermont: 1.04% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.04% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont Educational & Health Buildings Financing Agency (Education Revenue, TD Bank NA LOC) 144A |
0.60-0.63 | 7-1-2033 to 9-1-2038 | 4,895,000 | 4,895,000 | 1.04 | |||||||||||||||
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Virginia: 0.63% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.63% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other securities |
2,960,000 | 0.63 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Washington: 0.40% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.40% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other securities |
1,900,000 | 0.40 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Wisconsin: 3.25% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.25% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Appleton WI Recovery Zone Facilities Foremost Farms Project Series 2010 (Industrial Development Revenue, CoBank LOC) |
0.69 | 5-1-2037 | 7,700,000 | 7,700,000 | 1.64 | |||||||||||||||
Wisconsin PFA Midwestern Disaster Area Program Series 2011 (Industrial Development Revenue, Farm Credit Services America LOC) |
0.76 | 9-1-2036 | 3,840,000 | 3,840,000 | 0.81 | |||||||||||||||
Other securities |
3,755,000 | 0.80 | ||||||||||||||||||
15,295,000 | 3.25 | |||||||||||||||||||
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|
|
|
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Total Municipal Obligations (Cost $460,972,608) |
460,972,608 | 97.97 | ||||||||||||||||||
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|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Summary portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | 17 |
Value | Percent of net assets |
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Total investments in securities (Cost $460,972,608) * | $ | 460,972,608 | 97.97 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Other assets and liabilities, net |
9,533,070 | 2.03 | ||||||||||||||||||
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|
|
|
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Total net assets | $ | 470,505,678 | 100.00 | % | ||||||||||||||||
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|
|
|
ø | Variable rate demand notes are subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity. The maturity date shown represents the final maturity date of the security. The interest rate is determined and reset by the issuer daily, weekly, or monthly depending upon the terms of the security. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end. |
144A | The security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers, pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. |
* | Cost for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial reporting purposes. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
18 | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | Statement of assets and liabilities—January 31, 2017 |
Assets |
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Investments In unaffiliated securities, at amortized cost |
$ | 460,972,608 | ||
Cash |
172,589 | |||
Receivable for investments sold |
14,005,224 | |||
Receivable for Fund shares sold |
502,927 | |||
Receivable for interest |
435,493 | |||
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
131,664 | |||
|
|
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Total assets |
476,220,505 | |||
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|
|||
Liabilities |
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Dividends payable |
24,021 | |||
Payable for investments purchased |
4,000,500 | |||
Payable for Fund shares redeemed |
1,361,487 | |||
Management fee payable |
13,773 | |||
Administration fees payable |
52,656 | |||
Accrued expenses and other liabilities |
262,390 | |||
|
|
|||
Total liabilities |
5,714,827 | |||
|
|
|||
Total net assets |
$ | 470,505,678 | ||
|
|
|||
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF |
||||
Paid-in capital |
$ | 470,585,822 | ||
Overdistributed net investment income |
(80,140 | ) | ||
Accumulated net realized losses on investments |
(4 | ) | ||
|
|
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Total net assets |
$ | 470,505,678 | ||
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|
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COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE |
||||
Net assets – Class A |
$ | 135,703,711 | ||
Shares outstanding – Class A1 |
135,684,421 | |||
Net asset value per share – Class A |
$1.00 | |||
Net assets – Administrator Class |
$ | 155,448,488 | ||
Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1 |
155,426,499 | |||
Net asset value per share – Administrator Class |
$1.00 | |||
Net assets – Premier Class |
$ | 105,881,269 | ||
Shares outstanding – Premier Class1 |
105,866,681 | |||
Net asset value per share – Premier Class |
$1.00 | |||
Net assets – Service Class |
$ | 73,472,210 | ||
Shares outstanding – Service Class1 |
73,461,785 | |||
Net asset value per share – Service Class |
$1.00 |
1 | The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Statement of operations—year ended January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | 19 |
Investment income |
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Interest |
$ | 5,703,160 | ||
|
|
|||
Expenses |
||||
Management fee |
2,250,184 | |||
Administration fees |
||||
Class A |
233,416 | |||
Administrator Class |
163,858 | |||
Premier Class1 |
652,532 | |||
Service Class |
73,858 | |||
Sweep Class |
776,497 | 2 | ||
Shareholder servicing fees |
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Class A |
265,246 | |||
Administrator Class |
162,551 | |||
Service Class |
151,250 | |||
Sweep Class |
882,382 | 2 | ||
Distribution fee |
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Sweep Class |
1,235,335 | 2 | ||
Custody and accounting fees |
95,012 | |||
Professional fees |
43,228 | |||
Registration fees |
81,819 | |||
Shareholder report expenses |
37,295 | |||
Trustees’ fees and expenses |
22,172 | |||
Other fees and expenses |
48,980 | |||
|
|
|||
Total expenses |
7,175,615 | |||
Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements |
(3,406,010 | ) | ||
|
|
|||
Net expenses |
3,769,605 | |||
|
|
|||
Net investment income |
1,933,555 | |||
|
|
|||
Net realized gains on investments |
195,185 | |||
|
|
|||
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations |
$ | 2,128,740 | ||
|
|
1 | Effective April 1, 2016, Institutional Class was renamed Premier Class. |
2 | For the period from February 1, 2016 to August 31, 2016. At the close of business on August 31, 2016, Sweep Class was liquidated and outstanding shares were automatically redeemed. Effective September 1, 2016, Sweep Class shares are no longer offered by the Fund. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
20 | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | Statement of changes in net assets |
Year ended January 31, 2017 |
Year ended January 31, 2016 |
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Operations |
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Net investment income |
$ | 1,933,555 | $ | 297,398 | ||||||||||||
Net realized gains on investments |
195,185 | 517,640 | ||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations |
2,128,740 | 815,038 | ||||||||||||||
|
|
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Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
||||||||||||||||
Class A |
(20,946 | ) | (15,282 | ) | ||||||||||||
Administrator Class |
(363,184 | ) | (18,792 | ) | ||||||||||||
Premier Class1 |
(1,492,448 | ) | (189,990 | ) | ||||||||||||
Service Class |
(21,340 | ) | (15,245 | ) | ||||||||||||
Sweep Class |
(35,384 | )2 | (58,080 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net realized gains |
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Class A |
(29,049 | ) | (14,089 | ) | ||||||||||||
Administrator Class |
(140,887 | ) | (15,700 | ) | ||||||||||||
Premier Class1 |
(233,674 | ) | (175,944 | ) | ||||||||||||
Service Class |
(13,473 | ) | (11,103 | ) | ||||||||||||
Sweep Class |
(98,267 | )2 | (54,176 | ) | ||||||||||||
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|
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Total distributions to shareholders |
(2,448,652 | ) | (568,401 | ) | ||||||||||||
|
|
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Capital share transactions |
Shares | Shares | ||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares sold |
||||||||||||||||
Class A |
114,884,864 | 114,884,864 | 345,360,688 | 345,360,688 | ||||||||||||
Administrator Class |
92,880,863 | 92,880,863 | 134,625,938 | 134,625,938 | ||||||||||||
Premier Class1 |
3,084,454,000 | 3,084,454,000 | 8,231,106,752 | 8,231,106,752 | ||||||||||||
Service Class |
147,571,199 | 147,571,199 | 279,035,075 | 279,035,075 | ||||||||||||
Sweep Class |
940,580,808 | 2 | 940,580,808 | 2 | 1,649,583,801 | 1,649,583,802 | ||||||||||
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|
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4,380,371,734 | 10,639,712,255 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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Reinvestment of distributions |
||||||||||||||||
Class A |
45,465 | 45,465 | 25,578 | 25,578 | ||||||||||||
Administrator Class |
478,069 | 478,069 | 30,423 | 30,423 | ||||||||||||
Premier Class1 |
348,250 | 348,250 | 86,696 | 86,696 | ||||||||||||
Service Class |
12,977 | 12,977 | 6,394 | 6,394 | ||||||||||||
Sweep Class |
30,506 | 2 | 30,506 | 2 | 112,419 | 112,419 | ||||||||||
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915,267 | 261,510 | |||||||||||||||
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|
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Payment for shares redeemed |
||||||||||||||||
Class A |
(272,167,842 | ) | (272,167,842 | ) | (296,201,135 | ) | (296,201,135 | ) | ||||||||
Administrator Class |
(117,070,901 | ) | (117,070,901 | ) | (147,267,265 | ) | (147,267,265 | ) | ||||||||
Premier Class1 |
(4,659,151,833 | ) | (4,659,151,833 | ) | (8,822,783,114 | ) | (8,822,783,114 | ) | ||||||||
Service Class |
(255,796,391 | ) | (255,796,391 | ) | (256,379,316 | ) | (256,379,316 | ) | ||||||||
Sweep Class |
(1,583,291,129 | )2 | (1,583,291,129 | )2 | (1,575,114,559 | ) | (1,575,114,559 | ) | ||||||||
|
|
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(6,887,478,096 | ) | (11,097,745,389 | ) | |||||||||||||
|
|
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Net asset value of shares issued in acquisition |
||||||||||||||||
Class A |
120,222,543 | 120,102,778 | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||
Premier Class1 |
2,813,688 | 2,810,859 | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||
Service Class |
19,115,113 | 19,095,896 | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
142,009,533 | N/A | |||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Net decrease in net assets resulting from capital share transactions |
(2,364,181,562 | ) | (457,771,624 | ) | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Total decrease in net assets |
(2,364,501,474 | ) | (457,524,987 | ) | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Net assets |
||||||||||||||||
Beginning of period |
2,835,007,152 | 3,292,532,139 | ||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
End of period |
$ | 470,505,678 | $ | 2,835,007,152 | ||||||||||||
|
|
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Undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income |
$ | (80,140 | ) | $ | 293 | |||||||||||
|
|
1 | Effective April 1, 2016, Institutional Class was renamed Premier Class. |
2 | For the period from February 1, 2016 to August 31, 2016. At the close of business on August 31, 2016, Sweep Class was liquidated and outstanding shares were automatically redeemed. Effective September 1, 2016, Sweep Class shares are no longer offered by the Fund. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Financial highlights | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | 21 |
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
Year ended January 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
CLASS A | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains on investments |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Total from investment operations |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
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|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
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Total distributions to shareholders |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.13 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.02 | % | ||||||||||
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Gross expenses |
0.65 | % | 0.63 | % | 0.63 | % | 0.63 | % | 0.63 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.39 | % | 0.08 | % | 0.08 | % | 0.12 | % | 0.18 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.02 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$135,704 | $172,725 | $123,525 | $203,609 | $284,041 |
1 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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ADMINISTRATOR CLASS | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains on investments |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
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0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Net investment income |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
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Total distributions to shareholders |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.33 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.02 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.40 | % | 0.36 | % | 0.36 | % | 0.36 | % | 0.36 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.27 | % | 0.08 | % | 0.08 | % | 0.11 | % | 0.18 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.22 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$155,448 | $179,171 | $191,766 | $214,788 | $226,083 |
1 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Financial highlights | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | 23 |
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PREMIER CLASS1 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains on investments |
0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | ||||||||||
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0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | ||||||||||
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Net investment income |
(0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains |
(0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | ||||||||||
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(0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | (0.00 | )2 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.41 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.03 | % | ||||||||||
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Gross expenses |
0.25 | % | 0.24 | % | 0.24 | % | 0.24 | % | 0.24 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.18 | % | 0.08 | % | 0.08 | % | 0.11 | % | 0.17 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.18 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.02 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$105,881 | $1,677,748 | $2,269,187 | $2,292,160 | $2,112,183 |
1 | Effective April 1, 2016, Institutional Class was renamed Premier Class. |
2 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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SERVICE CLASS | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
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$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains on investments |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Net investment income |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
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(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.20 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.02 | % | ||||||||||
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Gross expenses |
0.54 | % | 0.53 | % | 0.52 | % | 0.53 | % | 0.53 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.32 | % | 0.08 | % | 0.08 | % | 0.12 | % | 0.18 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.03 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$73,472 | $162,593 | $139,915 | $166,178 | $264,063 |
1 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Notes to financial statements | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | 25 |
1. ORGANIZATION
Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust organized on March 10, 1999, is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). As an investment company, the Trust follows the accounting and reporting guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies. These financial statements report on the Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund (the “Fund”) which is a diversified series of the Trust.
During the year, the amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, were fully implemented by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury, government and retail money market funds continued to operate with stable $1.00 net asset values. Meanwhile, tax-exempt and prime money market funds experienced more changes. Institutional prime and municipal money market funds began transacting at market-based, or floating, net asset values. In addition, money market fund boards of directors have the discretion to impose liquidity fees or redemption gates on all non-government funds. As a result of the changes due to money market reform, the institutional prime and municipal money market funds may have been subject to significant flows in shareholder activity as assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1.00 net asset value.
Effective September 1, 2016, Sweep Class shares are no longer offered by the Fund. Information for Sweep Class shares reflected in the financial statements represent activity through August 31, 2016.
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following significant accounting policies, which are consistently followed in the preparation of the financial statements of the Fund, are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Securities valuation
As permitted under Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act, portfolio securities are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. The amortized cost method involves valuing a security at its cost, plus accretion of discount or minus amortization of premium over the period until maturity.
Investments which are not valued using the method discussed above are valued at their fair value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Trustees of the Fund. The Board of Trustees has established a Valuation Committee comprised of the Trustees and has delegated to it the authority to take any actions regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of portfolio securities, unless the determination has been delegated to the Management Valuation Team of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”). The Board of Trustees retains the authority to make or ratify any valuation decisions or approve any changes to the Valuation Procedures as it deems appropriate. On a quarterly basis, the Board of Trustees receives reports on any valuation actions taken by the Valuation Committee or the Management Valuation Team which may include items for ratification.
Valuations of fair valued securities are compared to the next actual sales price when available, or other appropriate market values, to assess the continued appropriateness of the fair valuation methodologies used. These securities are fair valued on a day-to-day basis, taking into consideration changes to appropriate market information and any significant changes to the inputs considered in the valuation process until there is a readily available price provided on an exchange or by an independent pricing service. Valuations received from an independent pricing service or independent broker-dealer quotes are periodically validated by comparisons to most recent trades and valuations provided by other independent pricing services in addition to the review of prices by the manager and/or subadviser. Unobservable inputs used in determining fair valuations are identified based on the type of security, taking into consideration factors utilized by market participants in valuing the investment, knowledge about the issuer and the current market environment.
Repurchase agreements
The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements and may participate in pooled repurchase agreement transactions with other funds advised by Funds Management. The repurchase agreements must be fully collateralized based on values that are marked-to-market daily. The collateral may be held by an agent bank under a tri-party agreement. It is the custodian’s responsibility to value collateral daily and to take action to obtain additional collateral as necessary to maintain market value equal to or greater than the resale price. The repurchase agreements are collateralized by instruments such as U.S. Treasury, federal agency, or high-grade corporate obligations. There could be potential loss to the Fund in the event that the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising its rights to dispose of the collateral, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying obligations during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert its rights.
26 | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | Notes to financial statements |
Security transactions and income recognition
Securities transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses are recorded on the basis of identified cost.
Interest income is accrued daily and bond discounts are accreted and premiums are amortized daily based on the effective interest method. To the extent debt obligations are placed on non-accrual status, any related interest income may be reduced by writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has been determined to be doubtful based on consistently applied procedures and the fair value has decreased. If the issuer subsequently resumes interest payments or when the collectability of interest is reasonably assured, the debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status.
Distributions to shareholders
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income are accrued daily and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Such distributions are determined in conformity with federal income tax regulations, which may differ in amount or character from net investment income and realized gains recognized for purposes of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Federal and other taxes
The Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by distributing substantially all of its investment company taxable and tax-exempt income and any net realized capital gains (after reduction for capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes was required.
The Fund’s income and federal excise tax returns and all financial records supporting those returns for the prior three fiscal years are subject to examination by the federal and Delaware revenue authorities. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal, state, and foreign tax returns for all open tax years and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.
Class allocations
The separate classes of shares offered by the Fund differ principally in distribution, shareholder servicing, and administration fees. Class specific expenses are charged directly to that share class. Investment income, common expenses, and realized gains (losses) on investments are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative proportion of net assets of each class.
3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS
Fair value measurements of investments are determined within a framework that has established a fair value hierarchy based upon the various data inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The three-level hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). The Fund’s investments are classified within the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The inputs are summarized into three broad levels as follows:
∎ | Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities |
∎ | Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) |
∎ | Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments in securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of January 31, 2017:
Quoted prices (Level 1) |
Other significant observable inputs (Level 2) |
Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) |
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Municipal obligations |
$ | 0 | $ | 460,972,608 | $ | 0 | $ | 460,972,608 | ||||||||
Total assets |
$ | 0 | $ | 460,972,608 | $ | 0 | $ | 460,972,608 |
Notes to financial statements | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | 27 |
The Fund recognizes transfers between levels within the fair value hierarchy at the end of the reporting period. At January 31, 2017, the Fund did not have any transfers into/out of Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3.
4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND OTHER EXPENSES
Management fee
Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”), is the manager of the Fund and provides advisory and fund-level administrative services under an investment management agreement. Under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, supervising the subadviser, providing fund-level administrative services in connection with the Fund’s operations, and providing any other fund-level administrative services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Fund. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive an annual management fee starting at 0.15% and declining to 0.13% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. For the year ended January 31, 2017, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.15% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
Funds Management has retained the services of a subadviser to provide daily portfolio management to the Fund. The fee for subadvisory services is borne by Funds Management. Wells Capital Management Incorporated, an affiliate of Funds Management and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo, is the subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from Funds Management at an annual rate starting at 0.05% and declining to 0.01% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase.
Administration fees
Under a class-level administration agreement, Funds Management provides class-level administrative services to the Fund, which includes paying fees and expenses for services provided by the transfer agent, sub-transfer agents, omnibus account servicers and record-keepers. As compensation for its services under the class-level administration agreement, Funds Management receives an annual fee which is calculated based on the average daily net assets of each class as follows:
Class-level administration fee |
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Class A, Sweep Class |
0.22 | % | ||
Administrator Class |
0.10 | |||
Premier Class1 |
0.08 | |||
Service Class |
0.12 |
1 | Effective April 1, 2016, Institutional Class was renamed Premier Class. |
Funds Management has contractually waived and/or reimbursed management and administration fees to the extent necessary to maintain certain net operating expense ratios for the Fund. Waiver of fees and/or reimbursement of expenses by Funds Management were made first from fund level expenses on a proportionate basis and then from class specific expenses. Funds Management has committed through May 31, 2018 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 0.64% for Class A shares, 0.30% for Administrator Class shares, 0.20% for Premier Class shares and 0.45% for Service Class shares. 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. During the year ended January 31, 2017, Funds Management voluntarily waived additional expenses to maintain a positive yield. Prior to January 23, 2017, the Fund’s expenses were capped at 0.65% for Class A shares.
During the year ended January 31, 2017, State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Fund’s custodian, reimbursed the Fund $255 for certain out-of-pocket expenses that were billed to the Fund in error from 1998-2015. This amount is included in interest income on the Statement of Operations. In addition, Funds Management was also reimbursed $3,329 for waivers/reimbursements it made to the Fund during the period the Fund was erroneously billed.
Distribution fees
The Trust has adopted a distribution plan for Sweep Class shares of the Fund pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. A distribution fee is charged to Sweep shares and paid to Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC, the principal underwriter, at an annual rate of 0.35% of the average daily net assets of Sweep Class shares.
Shareholder servicing fees
The Trust has entered into contracts with one or more shareholder servicing agents, whereby Class A, Service Class and Sweep Class of the Fund are charged a fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of the respective average daily net assets of each class. Administrator Class is charged a fee at an annual rate of 0.10% of its average daily net assets.
28 | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | Notes to financial statements |
A portion of these total shareholder servicing fees were paid to affiliates of Wells Fargo.
5. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS
The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended January 31, 2017 and January 31, 2016 were as follows:
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Ordinary income |
$ | 323,167 | $ | 253,594 | ||||
Tax-exempt income |
1,757,834 | 160,082 | ||||||
Long-term capital gain |
367,651 | 154,725 |
As of January 31, 2017, distributable earnings on a tax basis consisted of $24,168 in undistributed tax-exempt income.
6. ACQUISITION
After the close of business on January 20, 2017, the Fund acquired the net assets of Wells Fargo Municipal Money Market Fund. The purpose of the transaction was to combine two funds with similar investment objectives and strategies. Shareholders holding Class A, Premier Class and Service Class shares of Wells Fargo Municipal Money Market Fund received Class A, Premier Class and Service Class shares, respectively, of the Fund in the reorganization. The acquisition was accomplished by a tax-free exchange of all of the shares of Wells Fargo Municipal Money Market Fund for 142,151,344 shares of the Fund valued at $142,009,533 at an exchange ratio of 1.00, 1.00 and 1.00 for Class A, Premier Class and Service Class shares, respectively. The investment portfolio of Wells Fargo Municipal Money Market Fund with an amortized cost of $139,920,548 at January 20, 2017 were the principal assets acquired by the Fund. The aggregate net assets of Wells Fargo Municipal Money Market Fund and the Fund immediately prior to the acquisition were $142,009,533 and $325,404,888, respectively. The aggregate net assets of the Fund immediately after the acquisition were $476,414,421. For financial reporting purposes, assets received and shares issued by the Fund were recorded at fair value; however, the cost basis of the investments received from Wells Fargo Municipal Money Market Fund was carried forward to align ongoing reporting of the Fund’s realized gains and losses with amounts distributable to shareholders for tax purposes.
Assuming the acquisition had been completed February 1, 2016, the beginning of the annual reporting period for the Fund, the pro forma results of operations for the twelve months ended January 31, 2017 would have been:
Net investment income |
$ | 2,239,826 | ||
Net realized gains on investments |
$ | 225,550 | ||
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations |
$ | 2,465,376 |
Because the combined investment portfolios have been managed as a single integrated portfolio since the acquisition was completed, it is not practicable to separate the amounts of revenue and earnings of Wells Fargo Municipal Money Market Fund that have been included in the Fund’s Statement of Operations since January 23, 2017.
7. INDEMNIFICATION
Under the Trust’s organizational documents, the officers and Trustees have been granted certain indemnification rights against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust may enter into contracts with service providers that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated.
8. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT
In December 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-19, Technical Corrections and Improvements. ASU 2016-19 includes an amendment to FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement which clarifies the difference between a valuation approach and a valuation technique. The amendment also requires an entity to disclose when there has been a change in either or both a valuation approach and/or a valuation technique. The disclosure requirements are effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of this new guidance to the financial statements.
Notes to financial statements | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | 29 |
9. REGULATORY CHANGES
In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new rules and forms and amended existing rules and forms (together, “final rules”) intended to modernize and enhance the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies and to enhance liquidity risk management by open-end mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. The final rules will enhance the quality of information available to investors and will allow the SEC to more effectively collect and use data reported by funds. In part, the final rules amend Regulation S-X and require standardized, enhanced disclosure about derivatives in the Fund’s financial statements, as well as other amendments. The compliance date for the amendments to Regulation S-X is August 1, 2017 while the compliance date for the new form types is June 1, 2018 and the compliance date for the liquidity risk management program requirements is December 1, 2018. Management is currently assessing the potential impact of these enhancements and their impact on the financial statement disclosures and reporting requirements.
30 | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | Report of independent registered public accounting firm |
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SHAREHOLDERS OF WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the summary portfolio of investments, of the Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund (the “Fund”), one of the funds constituting the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, as of January 31, 2017, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund as of January 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Boston, Massachusetts
Other information (unaudited) | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | 31 |
TAX INFORMATION
Pursuant to Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, $367,651 was designated as a 20% rate gain distribution for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017.
For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, $175,467 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.
For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, $147,700 has been designated as short-term capital gain dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Pursuant to Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, 90.92% of distributions paid from net investment income is designated as exempt-interest dividends for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017.
PROXY VOTING INFORMATION
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222, visiting our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the Fund’s website at wellsfargofunds.com or by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov.
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION
The complete portfolio holdings for the Fund are publicly available on the Fund’s website (wellsfargofunds.com) on a 1-day delayed basis. The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q, which is available by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. In addition, the Fund’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC, and at regional offices in New York City, at 233 Broadway, and in Chicago, at 175 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 900. Information about the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
32 | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | Other information (unaudited) |
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
Each of the Trustees and Officers1 listed in the table below acts in identical capacities for each fund in the Wells Fargo family of funds, which consists of 138 mutual funds comprising the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and four closed-end funds (collectively the “Fund Complex”). This table should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information2. The mailing address of each Trustee and Officer is 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Each Trustee and Officer serves an indefinite term, however, each Trustee serves such term until reaching the mandatory retirement age established by the Trustees.
Independent Trustees
Name and year of birth |
Position held and length of service* |
Principal occupations during past five years or longer | Current other public company or investment company directorships | |||
William R. Ebsworth (Born 1957) |
Trustee, since 2015 | Retired. From 1984 to 2013, equities analyst, portfolio manager, research director and chief financial officer at Fidelity Management and Research Company in Boston, Tokyo, and Hong Kong and retired in 2013 as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Strategic Advisers, Inc. where he lead a team of investment professionals managing client assets. Prior thereto, Board member of Hong Kong Securities Clearing Co., Hong Kong Options Clearing Corp., the Thailand International Fund, Ltd., Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company, and Empire Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company. Board member of the Fonté Foundation (non-profit organization) and the Vincent Memorial Hospital Endowment (non-profit organization), where he serves on the Investment Committee and as a Chair of the Audit Committee. Mr. Ebsworth is a CFA® charterholder and an Adjunct Lecturer, Finance, at Babson College. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Jane A. Freeman (Born 1953) |
Trustee, since 2015 | Retired. From 2012 to 2014 and 1999 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Scientific Learning Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, Ms. Freeman provided consulting services related to strategic business projects. Prior to 1999, Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller & Co. and Scudder, Stevens & Clark. Board member of the Harding Loevner Funds from 1996 to 2014, serving as both Lead Independent Director and chair of the Audit Committee. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust from 2011 to 2012 and the chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Freeman is a Board Member of Ruth Bancroft Garden (non-profit organization) and an inactive chartered financial analyst. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Peter G. Gordon** (Born 1942) |
Trustee, since 1998; Chairman, since 2005 |
Co-Founder, Retired Chairman, President and CEO of Crystal Geyser Water Company. Trustee Emeritus, Colby College. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Isaiah Harris, Jr. (Born 1952) |
Trustee, since 2009 | Retired. Chairman of the Board of CIGNA Corporation since 2009, and Director since 2005. From 2003 to 2011, Director of Deluxe Corporation. Prior thereto, President and CEO of BellSouth Advertising and Publishing Corp. from 2005 to 2007, President and CEO of BellSouth Enterprises from 2004 to 2005 and President of BellSouth Consumer Services from 2000 to 2003. Emeritus member of the Iowa State University Foundation Board of Governors. Emeritus Member of the Advisory Board of Iowa State University School of Business. Advisory Board Member, Palm Harbor Academy (charter school). Advisory Board Member, Child Evangelism Fellowship (non-profit). Mr. Harris is a certified public accountant (inactive status). | CIGNA Corporation; Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Judith M. Johnson (Born 1949) |
Trustee, since 2008; Audit Committee Chairman, since 2008 |
Retired. Prior thereto, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund from 1996 to 2008. Ms. Johnson is an attorney, certified public accountant and a certified managerial accountant. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
David F. Larcker (Born 1950) |
Trustee, since 2009 | James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Director of the Corporate Governance Research Initiative and Senior Faculty of The Rock Center for Corporate Governance since 2006. From 2005 to 2008, Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. Prior thereto, Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania from 1985 to 2005. | Asset Allocation Trust |
Other information (unaudited) | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | 33 |
Name and year of birth |
Position held and length of service* |
Principal occupations during past five years or longer | Current other public company or investment company directorships | |||
Olivia S. Mitchell (Born 1953) |
Trustee, since 2006 | International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania since 1993. Director of Wharton’s Pension Research Council and Boettner Center on Pensions & Retirement Research, and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Previously, Cornell University Professor from 1978 to 1993. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Timothy J. Penny (Born 1951) |
Trustee, since 1996 | President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, a non-profit organization, since 2007 and Senior Fellow at the Humphrey Institute Policy Forum at the University of Minnesota since 1995. Member of the Board of Trustees of NorthStar Education Finance, Inc., a non-profit organization, since 2007. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Michael S. Scofield (Born 1943) |
Trustee, since 2010 | Served on the Investment Company Institute’s Board of Governors and Executive Committee from 2008-2011 as well the Governing Council of the Independent Directors Council from 2006-2011 and the Independent Directors Council Executive Committee from 2008-2011. Chairman of the IDC from 2008-2010. Institutional Investor (Fund Directions) Trustee of Year in 2007. Trustee of the Evergreen Funds complex (and its predecessors) from 1984 to 2010. Chairman of the Evergreen Funds from 2000-2010. Former Trustee of the Mentor Funds. Retired Attorney, Law Offices of Michael S. Scofield. | Asset Allocation Trust |
* | Length of service dates reflect the Trustee’s commencement of service with the Trust’s predecessor entities, where applicable. |
** | Peter Gordon is expected to retire on December 31, 2017. |
Officers
Name and year of birth |
Position held and length of service |
Principal occupations during past five years or longer | ||||
Andrew Owen (Born 1960) |
President, since 2017 | Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managaers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014. | ||||
Nancy Wiser1 (Born 1967) |
Treasurer, since 2012 | Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2011. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at LightBox Capital Management LLC, from 2008 to 2011. | ||||
C. David Messman (Born 1960) |
Secretary, since 2000; Chief Legal Officer, since 2003 | Senior Vice President and Secretary of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2001. Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2013 and Vice President and Managing Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. from 1996 to 2013. | ||||
Michael Whitaker (Born 1967) |
Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016 | Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2016. Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity’s Fixed Income Funds and Asset Allocation Funds from 2008 to 2016, Compliance Officer of FMR Co., Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016. | ||||
David Berardi (Born 1975) |
Assistant Treasurer, since 2009 | Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010. | ||||
Jeremy DePalma1 (Born 1974) |
Assistant Treasurer, since 2009 | Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Senior Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010. |
1 | Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 69 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex. |
2 | The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222 or by visiting the website at wellsfargofunds.com. |
34 | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | List of abbreviations |
The following is a list of common abbreviations for terms and entities that may have appeared in this report.
ACA | — ACA Financial Guaranty Corporation |
ADR | — American depositary receipt |
ADS | — American depositary shares |
AGC | — Assured Guaranty Corporation |
AGM | — Assured Guaranty Municipal |
Ambac | — Ambac Financial Group Incorporated |
AMT | — Alternative minimum tax |
AUD | — Australian dollar |
BAN | — Bond anticipation notes |
BHAC | — Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corporation |
BRL | — Brazilian real |
CAB | — Capital appreciation bond |
CAD | — Canadian dollar |
CCAB | — Convertible capital appreciation bond |
CDA | — Community Development Authority |
CDO | — Collateralized debt obligation |
CHF | — Swiss franc |
COP | — Colombian peso |
CLP | — Chilean peso |
DKK | — Danish krone |
DRIVER | — Derivative inverse tax-exempt receipts |
DW&P | — Department of Water & Power |
DWR | — Department of Water Resources |
ECFA | — Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority |
EDA | — Economic Development Authority |
EDFA | — Economic Development Finance Authority |
ETF | — Exchange-traded fund |
EUR | — Euro |
FDIC | — Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
FFCB | — Federal Farm Credit Banks |
FGIC | — Financial Guaranty Insurance Corporation |
FHA | — Federal Housing Administration |
FHLB | — Federal Home Loan Bank |
FHLMC | — Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation |
FICO | — The Financing Corporation |
FNMA | — Federal National Mortgage Association |
FSA | — Farm Service Agency |
GBP | — Great British pound |
GDR | — Global depositary receipt |
GNMA | — Government National Mortgage Association |
GO | — General obligation |
HCFR | — Healthcare facilities revenue |
HEFA | — Health & Educational Facilities Authority |
HEFAR | — Higher education facilities authority revenue |
HFA | — Housing Finance Authority |
HFFA | — Health Facilities Financing Authority |
HKD | — Hong Kong dollar |
HUD | — Department of Housing and Urban Development |
HUF | — Hungarian forint |
IDA | — Industrial Development Authority |
IDAG | — Industrial Development Agency |
IDR | — Indonesian rupiah |
IEP | — Irish pound |
JPY | — Japanese yen |
KRW | — Republic of Korea won |
LIBOR | — London Interbank Offered Rate |
LIFER | — Long Inverse Floating Exempt Receipts |
LIQ | — Liquidity agreement |
LLC | — Limited liability company |
LLLP | — Limited liability limited partnership |
LLP | — Limited liability partnership |
LOC | — Letter of credit |
LP | — Limited partnership |
MBIA | — Municipal Bond Insurance Association |
MFHR | — Multifamily housing revenue |
MSTR | — Municipal securities trust receipts |
MTN | — Medium-term note |
MUD | — Municipal Utility District |
MXN | — Mexican peso |
MYR | — Malaysian ringgit |
National | — National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation |
NGN | — Nigerian naira |
NOK | — Norwegian krone |
NZD | — New Zealand dollar |
PCFA | — Pollution Control Financing Authority |
PCL | — Public Company Limited |
PCR | — Pollution control revenue |
PFA | — Public Finance Authority |
PFFA | — Public Facilities Financing Authority |
PFOTER | — Puttable floating option tax-exempt receipts |
plc | — Public limited company |
PLN | — Polish zloty |
PUTTER | — Puttable tax-exempt receipts |
R&D | — Research & development |
Radian | — Radian Asset Assurance |
RAN | — Revenue anticipation notes |
RDA | — Redevelopment Authority |
RDFA | — Redevelopment Finance Authority |
REIT | — Real estate investment trust |
ROC | — Reset option certificates |
RON | — Romanian lei |
RUB | — Russian ruble |
SAVRS | — Select auction variable rate securities |
SBA | — Small Business Authority |
SDR | — Swedish depositary receipt |
SEK | — Swedish krona |
SFHR | — Single-family housing revenue |
SFMR | — Single-family mortgage revenue |
SGD | — Singapore dollar |
SPA | — Standby purchase agreement |
SPDR | — Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipts |
SPEAR | — Short Puttable Exempt Adjustable Receipts |
STRIPS | — Separate trading of registered interest and |
principal securities |
TAN | — Tax anticipation notes |
TBA | — To be announced |
THB | — Thai baht |
TIPS | — Treasury inflation-protected securities |
TRAN | — Tax revenue anticipation notes |
TRY | — Turkish lira |
TTFA | — Transportation Trust Fund Authority |
TVA | — Tennessee Valley Authority |
ZAR | — South African rand |
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Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) is a trade name used by the asset management businesses of Wells Fargo & Company. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, provides investment advisory and administrative services for Wells Fargo Funds. Other affiliates of Wells Fargo & Company provide subadvisory and other services for the funds. The funds are distributed by Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC, Member FINRA, an affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company. Neither Wells Fargo Funds Management nor Wells Fargo Funds Distributor has Fund customer accounts/assets, and neither provides investment advice/recommendations or acts as an investment advice fiduciary to any investor.
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The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of January 31, 2017, unless otherwise noted, and are those of the Fund managers and/or Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Discussions of individual securities, or the markets generally, or any Wells Fargo Fund are not intended as individual recommendations. Future events or results may vary significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. The views expressed are subject to change at any time in response to changing circumstances in the market. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and the Fund disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any views expressed or forward-looking statements.
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2 | Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund | Letter to shareholders (unaudited) |
President
Wells Fargo Funds
U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.
Dear Shareholder:
As the new president of Wells Fargo Funds now that Karla Rabusch is retiring from that position after nearly 14 years, I am pleased to offer you this annual report for the Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund for the 12-month period that ended January 31, 2017. The U.S. economy displayed resilience during the period although growth remained somewhat sluggish. International economies generally faced deeper ongoing challenges. Despite heightened market volatility, global stocks delivered strong results overall. U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively, as measured by the S&P 500 Index1 and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net)2; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.
In February–March 2016, fears about global economic weakness prevailed and then abated.
As the reporting period began, most stock markets worldwide were in the midst of a decline fueled by concerns such as weak global growth, falling commodity prices, and uncertainty over the timing and effect of interest-rate increases by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed). In mid-February, fears abated somewhat and global markets generally rallied. Meanwhile, bond investors’ fears about falling commodity prices, a slowing Chinese economy, weakness in European banks, and market volatility also lessened, which led to a greater appetite for risk and allowed lower-rated and longer-maturity bonds to outperform. With ongoing uncertainties about global growth and financial markets, the Fed held off from raising the target interest rate. Outside the U.S., the eurozone fell into deflation in February; in response, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced an expansion of its stimulus program. In China, the government in March set an anticipated growth rate of 6.5% to 7.0% for 2016, an acknowledgment of weakening growth. In emerging markets, although central-bank stimulus and improved prices for oil and other commodities led to stock-market rallies, many of these countries’ economies faced the potential of credit downgrades due to challenges such as the likelihood of a stronger U.S. dollar, which would make dollar-denominated debt more expensive.
Worries over interest rates and the U.K.’s Brexit vote largely drove markets during the second quarter of 2016.
U.S. stocks were in positive territory in April, plunged briefly in May on worries of a possible June interest-rate increase, then rallied until early June. The first three weeks of June brought heightened volatility, spurred largely by a disappointing jobs report and uncertainty over whether the U.K. would remain in the European Union (E.U.). The U.K.’s Brexit vote on June 23 shocked countries worldwide. Stock markets fell as investors worried that the U.K.’s departure from the E.U. would slow global growth and prolong the low-interest-rate environment. Following the initial rout, however, U.S. stocks rose as investors seemed to decide that any negative effects would be more localized and not create a serious risk for global
1 | The S&P 500 Index consists of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation. It is a market-value-weighted index with each stock’s weight in the index proportionate to its market value. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
2 | The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) All Country World Index (ACWI) ex USA Index (Net) is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the United States and Canada. Source: MSCI. MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used as a basis for other indexes or any securities or financial products. This report is not approved, reviewed, or produced by MSCI. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
3 | The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (formerly known as Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index) is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar–denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
Letter to shareholders (unaudited) | Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund | 3 |
growth. Similarly, government bonds rallied immediately post-Brexit, and non-Treasury sectors rallied soon after as investors regained their appetite for risk. As a result, most bond markets remained in a situation of ultralow yields and tight credit spreads. Interestingly, U.S. bonds continued to be supported by demand from both domestic and foreign buyers looking for positive yield since U.S. interest rates were the highest among developed-country bonds. Also notable was the rebound in oil prices to nearly $50 per barrel in June, driven by a lower rig count, unplanned supply outages, more refinery production ahead of the summer driving season, and a weaker dollar.
Globally, stocks delivered positive results in the third quarter of 2016; bonds’ interest rates remained low.
Stocks’ upward trend continued into August and then lost some steam. Ever since the Great Recession, markets worldwide have been supported to varying degrees by accommodative policies from leading central banks, including the Fed, ECB, Bank of England, and Bank of Japan. As a result, investors have watched closely for any signs that global central banks might tighten their measures. In the U.S., early-September comments by several Fed officials appeared to suggest a September interest-rate increase, which sent stock and bond prices down. However, stocks surged following the Fed’s September 20 meeting on news that the Fed had decided to delay a rate increase to later in 2016. In bond markets, interest rates rose during the quarter but remained at historically low levels as a result of easy monetary policies, subdued global growth, and modest inflation expectations. After bottoming in early July, yields began to rise again as market participants felt that yields had overshot the real risks of the U.K.’s Brexit vote and as economic activity strengthened. At the front end of the yield curve, anticipation of new money market fund rules resulted in significantly higher yields on many short-term securities.
During the fourth quarter of 2016, prospects for faster growth and higher interest rates in the U.S. influenced markets.
Early in the fourth quarter of 2016, U.S. stocks tended to trade lower amid concerns such as a likely interest-rate increase and uncertainty over the approaching general election. However, following Donald Trump’s election as president in early November, U.S. stocks began to rally. Investors appeared optimistic that the new administration would usher in a series of pro-growth policies, and supportive economic news helped the rally carry through the quarter. The buoyant environment sent interest rates higher as well. At its mid-December meeting, Fed officials raised their short-term target interest rate for the first time in a year, by a quarter percentage point, to between 0.50% and 0.75%. The fourth quarter also saw the implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rules for money market funds, which included floating net asset values (NAVs) for institutional prime and municipal money market funds as well as liquidity fees and redemption gates. In the year leading up to money fund reform implementation, nearly $1 trillion in assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1 NAV. Outside of the U.S., the prospects for faster U.S. growth appeared to trigger some acceleration in Europe. The improvement may be partly attributable to expectations for further strengthening of the U.S. dollar, which in turn could improve demand for European goods in the U.S. due to weakening of the euro relative to the dollar.
4 | Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund | Letter to shareholders (unaudited) |
Investor optimism continued into January 2017.
January brought continued strength in global stock markets. Markets were lifted by factors such as strong trade data from Japan, robust earnings reports by businesses, and investors’ hopes that the U.S. government will approve a large fiscal stimulus package.
Don’t let short-term uncertainty derail long-term investment goals.
Periods of uncertainty can present challenges, but experience has taught us that maintaining long-term investment goals can be an effective way to plan for the future. To help you create a sound strategy based on your personal goals and risk tolerance, Wells Fargo Funds offers more than 100 mutual funds spanning a wide range of asset classes and investment styles. Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance. We encourage investors to know their investments and to understand that appropriate levels of risk-taking may unlock opportunities.
Thank you for choosing to invest in Wells Fargo Funds. We appreciate your confidence in us and remain committed to helping you meet your financial needs.
Sincerely,
President
Wells Fargo Funds
Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance.
For further information about your Fund, contact your investment professional, visit our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or call us directly at 1-800-222-8222. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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6 | Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund | Performance highlights (unaudited) |
Investment objective
The Fund seeks current income, while preserving capital and liquidity.
Manager
Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC
Subadviser
Wells Capital Management Incorporated
Portfolio managers
Michael C. Bird, CFA®
Jeffrey L. Weaver, CFA®
Laurie White
Average annual total returns (%) as of January 31, 20171
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1 year | 5 year | 10 year | Gross | Net3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Class A (PIVXX) | 7-28-2003 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.51 | 0.62 | 0.62 | ||||||||||||||||
Administrator Class (WTPXX) | 3-31-2008 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.57 | 0.35 | 0.35 | ||||||||||||||||
Institutional Class (PISXX) | 8-11-1995 | 0.20 | 0.05 | 0.61 | 0.23 | 0.20 | ||||||||||||||||
Service Class (PRVXX) | 10-1-1985 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.54 | 0.52 | 0.45 | ||||||||||||||||
Sweep Class | 6-30-2010 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.51 | 0.78 | 0.78 |
Yield summary (%) as of January 31, 20173
Class A | Administrator Class |
Institutional Class |
Service Class |
Sweep Class |
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7-day current yield | 0.01 | 0.23 | 0.38 | 0.13 | 0.01 | |||||||||||||
7-day compound yield | 0.01 | 0.23 | 0.38 | 0.13 | 0.01 | |||||||||||||
30-day simple yield | 0.01 | 0.23 | 0.37 | 0.12 | 0.01 | |||||||||||||
30-day compound yield | 0.01 | 0.23 | 0.37 | 0.12 | 0.01 |
Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results, and do not reflect taxes that a shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Investment returns will fluctuate. The Fund’s yield figures more closely reflect the current earnings of the Fund than the total return figures. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted, which assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund’s website, wellsfargofunds.com.
Each class is sold without a front-end sales charge or a contingent deferred sales charge.
For government money market funds: You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the Fund at any time.
Please see footnotes on page 7.
Performance highlights (unaudited) | Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund | 7 |
Portfolio composition as of January 31, 20174 |
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Effective maturity distribution as of January 31, 20174 |
Weighted average maturity as of January 31, 20175 | ||||
43 days |
Weighted average life as of January 31, 20176 | ||||
73 days |
1 | Historical performance shown for Administrator Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Institutional Class shares, adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Administrator Class shares. Historical performance shown for Sweep Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Class A shares, and has not been adjusted to include the higher expenses applicable to Sweep Class shares. If these expenses had been adjusted, returns would be lower. |
2 | Reflects the expense ratios as stated in the most recent prospectuses. The expense ratios shown are subject to change and may differ from the annualized expense ratios shown in the financial highlights of this report. |
3 | The manager has contractually committed through October 13, 2017, 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 0.65% for Class A, 0.35% for Administrator Class, 0.20% for Institutional Class, 0.45% for Service Class, and 1.00% for Sweep Class. 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. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Without this cap, the Fund’s returns would have been lower. Without waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses, the Fund’s 7-day current yield would have been (0.04)%, 0.23%, 0.35%, 0.06%, and (0.19)% for Class A, Administrator Class, Institutional Class, Service Class, and Sweep Class, respectively. |
4 | Amounts are calculated based on the total investments of the Fund. These amounts are subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. |
5 | Weighted Average Maturity (WAM): WAM is an average of the effective maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by each security’s percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. WAM calculations allow for the maturities of certain securities with demand features or periodic interest rate resets to be shortened. WAM is a way to measure a fund’s sensitivity to potential interest rate changes. WAM is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. |
6 | Weighted Average Life (WAL): WAL is an average of the final maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by their percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. In contrast to WAM, the calculation of WAL allows for the maturities of certain securities with demand features to be shortened, but not the periodic interest rate resets. WAL is a way to measure a fund’s potential sensitivity to credit spread changes. WAL is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. |
7 | The Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon Treasury Tri-Party Repo Index reflects the daily average of the interest rates negotiated between buyers and sellers for repurchase transactions involving particular collateral types where BNY Mellon acts as agent and intermediary for the buyer and seller. This index specifically reflects the interest rate for repurchase transactions collateralized by U.S. Treasuries excluding Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
8 | Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund | Performance highlights (unaudited) |
MANAGER’S DISCUSSION
The majority of the Fund’s fiscal year that ended January 31, 2017, was characterized by steady interest rates that were higher than the near-zero rates prevailing for the several preceding years but still low by historical standards. Rates were higher in the last two months of the period due to an increase of 0.25% in the federal funds rate by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) on December 14, 2016, to a new target range of 0.50% to 0.75%. Interest rates on all categories of government money market securities moved higher shortly before the Fed’s move and generally maintained those levels after the official increase. This past year also saw the full implementation of amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury and government money market funds continued to operate much as they always did, with stable $1.00 net asset values.
That action by the Fed came almost exactly one year after its previous interest-rate hike of 0.25% on December 16, 2015. At that time, after seven years with interest rates set near zero, the Fed’s projections showed further gradual interest-rate increases throughout 2016. Economic developments, including international ones, led the Fed to delay those plans for higher interest rates, and it ultimately was able to produce the lone December 2016 hike.
Three-month Treasury bill (T-bill) yields averaged 30 basis points (bps; 100 bps equals 1.00%) during the first 10.5 months of the reporting period preceding the Fed’s interest-rate hike. In the last 1.5 months of the reporting period, after the Fed hike, 3-month T-bills yielded an average of 50 bps. For the entire year that ended January 31, 2017, 3-month T-bill yields averaged 33 bps, compared with 6 bps in the preceding 12-month period.
Although the increase in T-bill yields from year to year roughly matched the Fed’s moves, there were several underlying factors affecting interest rates that tended to offset each other over the year. Changes in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules regarding money market funds (MMFs) that became effective in October 2016 resulted in approximately $1 trillion of money moving from prime MMFs to U.S. government MMFs in the second half of 2016, adding to the demand for government securities, including T-bills. On the other hand, the U.S. Treasury increased the supply of T-bills by $284 billion in the year that ended January 31, 2017, partially offsetting the increased demand.
The yields on repurchase agreements (repos) generally followed the same path and were also heavily influenced by the Fed’s decisions. Overnight repo rates, as measured by the BNY Mellon Treasury Tri-Party Repo Index,7 averaged 29 bps in the first 10.5 months of the reporting period, before the Fed’s interest-rate hike, then rose to 51 bps on average over the balance of the reporting period that ended January 31, 2017. Overall, the average repo yield for the fiscal year that ended January 31, 2017, was 32 bps, compared with 10 bps in the prior 12-month period.
Our investment strategy remained consistent. We invested in T-bills and U.S. Treasury notes, including floating-rate notes, as well as Treasury collateralized repos while taking into account the Fund’s overall level of liquidity and average maturity.
Strategic outlook
In spite of having recently raised the federal funds rate, the Fed projects that it will continue to raise rates throughout the coming year. A year ago, the situation was nearly identical, but the Fed was able to raise rates only once, near the end of the year, which may cast doubt on its projections again this year. The economy has continued its solid, if unspectacular, performance, with a stronger labor market and very gradually rising, but still below target, inflation. The Fed has signaled that it will continue to proceed cautiously, weighing incoming economic data and other factors and modifying its interest-rate path accordingly. Added to the usual uncertainty this year are the changes in U.S. leadership resulting from the election in November 2016, with a Republican sweep of the presidency and both houses of Congress suggesting possible significant changes in economic policy. It’s possible that changes in fiscal policy could in turn affect the Fed’s interest-rate decisions. In the face of this heightened uncertainty, we believe that our investment strategy, with its focus on capital preservation and liquidity, will enable the Fund to continue to meet its objectives.
Please see footnotes on page 7.
Fund expenses (unaudited) | Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund | 9 |
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution (12b-1) and/or shareholder servicing fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period from August 1, 2016 to January 31, 2017.
Actual expenses
The “Actual” line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the “Actual” line under the heading entitled “Expenses paid during period” for your applicable class of shares to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes
The “Hypothetical” line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the “Hypothetical” line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.
Beginning account value 8-1-2016 |
Ending account value 1-31-2017 |
Expenses paid during the period¹ |
Annualized net expense ratio |
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Class A |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,000.05 | $ | 2.17 | 0.43 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,022.97 | $ | 2.19 | 0.43 | % | ||||||||
Administrator Class |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,000.48 | $ | 1.74 | 0.35 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.40 | $ | 1.76 | 0.35 | % | ||||||||
Institutional Class |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,001.21 | $ | 1.01 | 0.20 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,024.13 | $ | 1.02 | 0.20 | % | ||||||||
Service Class |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,000.19 | $ | 2.03 | 0.40 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.11 | $ | 2.05 | 0.40 | % | ||||||||
Sweep Class |
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Actual |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,000.05 | $ | 2.02 | 0.40 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,023.11 | $ | 2.05 | 0.40 | % |
1 | Expenses paid is equal to the annualized net expense ratio of each class multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year (to reflect the one-half-year period). |
10 | Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Repurchase Agreements ^^: 52.28% |
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Bank of Nova Scotia NY, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $960,014,400 (1) |
0.54 | % | 2-1-2017 | $ | 960,000,000 | $ | 960,000,000 | |||||||||
Barclays Capital Incorporated, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $300,004,583 (2) |
0.55 | 2-1-2017 | 300,000,000 | 300,000,000 | ||||||||||||
BNP Paribas, dated 1-4-2017, maturity value $250,145,000 (3)¢±§ |
0.58 | 2-9-2017 | 250,000,000 | 250,000,000 | ||||||||||||
BNP Paribas, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $1,090,016,350 (4) |
0.54 | 2-1-2017 | 1,090,000,000 | 1,090,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Citigroup Global Markets Incorporated, dated 1-26-2017, maturity value $250,025,764 (5) |
0.53 | 2-2-2017 | 250,000,000 | 250,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Credit Agricole, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $1,000,015,000 (6) |
0.54 | 2-1-2017 | 1,000,000,000 | 1,000,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Credit Suisse Securities USA, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $500,007,500 (7) |
0.54 | 2-1-2017 | 500,000,000 | 500,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $850,011,806 (8) |
0.50 | 2-1-2017 | 850,000,000 | 850,000,000 | ||||||||||||
JPMorgan Securities, dated 1-3-2017, maturity value $550,239,250 (9)¢±§ |
0.54 | 2-1-2017 | 550,000,000 | 550,000,000 | ||||||||||||
JPMorgan Securities, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $125,001,875 (10) |
0.54 | 2-1-2017 | 125,000,000 | 125,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $535,008,025 (11) |
0.54 | 2-1-2017 | 535,000,000 | 535,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Met Life, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $100,003,725 (12) |
0.56 | 2-1-2017 | 100,002,169 | 100,002,169 | ||||||||||||
Prudential Insurance Company NJ, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $251,491,412 (13) |
0.56 | 2-1-2017 | 251,487,500 | 251,487,500 | ||||||||||||
Prudential, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $42,541,412 (14) |
0.56 | 2-1-2017 | 42,540,750 | 42,540,750 | ||||||||||||
RBC Capital Markets, dated 1-26-2017, maturity value $250,045,000 (15)¢±§ |
0.54 | 2-7-2017 | 250,000,000 | 250,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Royal Bank of Scotland, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $250,003,819 (16) |
0.55 | 2-1-2017 | 250,000,000 | 250,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Toronto Dominion Bank, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $455,006,825 (17) |
0.54 | 2-1-2017 | 455,000,000 | 455,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $7,759,030,419) |
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7,759,030,419 | ||||||||||||||
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Treasury Debt: 46.90% |
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U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.21 | 2-2-2017 | 14,930,000 | 14,929,824 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.47 | 3-2-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,980,566 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.53 | 5-11-2017 | 40,000,000 | 39,941,150 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.54 | 3-30-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,956,554 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z)## |
0.59 | 7-13-2017 | 80,000,000 | 79,786,700 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.59 | 4-27-2017 | 15,000,000 | 14,978,750 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.60 | 7-20-2017 | 70,000,000 | 69,802,833 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.60 | 5-25-2017 | 120,000,000 | 119,771,489 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.62 | 6-1-2017 | 60,000,000 | 59,875,800 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z)%% |
0.62 | 8-3-2017 | 80,000,000 | 79,747,222 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.62 | 5-18-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,907,913 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.63 | 7-6-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,862,868 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill (z) |
0.67 | 6-29-2017 | 50,000,000 | 49,862,196 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bond |
8.75 | 5-15-2017 | 250,000,000 | 255,781,778 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.50 | 2-28-2017 | 29,000,000 | 28,998,045 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.50 | 4-30-2017 | 150,000,000 | 149,985,689 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.63 | 2-15-2017 | 180,000,000 | 180,003,912 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.63 | 5-31-2017 | 410,000,000 | 410,054,470 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.63 | 8-31-2017 | 95,000,000 | 94,958,378 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.63 | 9-30-2017 | 35,000,000 | 34,948,996 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note ± |
0.65 | 1-31-2019 | 80,000,000 | 80,000,000 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note ± |
0.67 | 10-31-2017 | 550,000,000 | 549,795,652 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note ± |
0.68 | 10-31-2018 | 260,000,000 | 259,977,143 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note ± |
0.68 | 7-31-2018 | 350,000,000 | 350,002,934 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note ± |
0.70 | 4-30-2018 | 186,851,000 | 186,868,279 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.75 | 3-15-2017 | 220,000,000 | 220,050,606 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.75 | 10-31-2017 | 20,000,000 | 19,981,583 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note ± |
0.78 | 1-31-2018 | 400,000,000 | 400,099,441 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.88 | 2-28-2017 | 295,000,000 | 295,078,603 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.88 | 4-15-2017 | 120,000,000 | 120,074,503 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund | 11 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Treasury Debt (continued) |
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U.S. Treasury Note |
0.88 | % | 4-30-2017 | $ | 375,000,000 | $ | 375,294,587 | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.88 | 5-15-2017 | 125,000,000 | 125,128,959 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.88 | 7-15-2017 | 35,000,000 | 35,023,159 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.88 | 8-15-2017 | 75,000,000 | 75,070,541 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.88 | 10-15-2017 | 76,858,000 | 76,861,773 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.88 | 11-15-2017 | 45,000,000 | 45,005,782 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
0.88 | 1-15-2018 | 10,000,000 | 9,986,838 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
1.00 | 3-31-2017 | 50,000,000 | 50,031,906 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
1.00 | 9-15-2017 | 160,000,000 | 160,211,649 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
1.88 | 9-30-2017 | 300,000,000 | 302,136,170 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
1.88 | 10-31-2017 | 55,000,000 | 55,407,321 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
2.25 | 11-30-2017 | 94,000,000 | 95,091,439 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
2.75 | 5-31-2017 | 107,000,000 | 107,750,282 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
3.00 | 2-28-2017 | 250,000,000 | 250,465,026 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
3.13 | 4-30-2017 | 50,000,000 | 50,314,448 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
3.25 | 3-31-2017 | 20,000,000 | 20,085,054 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
4.25 | 11-15-2017 | 160,800,000 | 165,051,185 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
4.50 | 5-15-2017 | 45,000,000 | 45,496,904 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
4.63 | 2-15-2017 | 463,700,000 | 464,428,138 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Note |
4.75 | 8-15-2017 | 85,000,000 | 86,814,167 | ||||||||||||
Total Treasury Debt (Cost $6,960,719,205) |
6,960,719,205 | |||||||||||||||
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|
Total investments in securities (Cost $14,719,749,624) * | 99.18 | % | 14,719,749,624 | |||||
Other assets and liabilities, net |
0.82 | 122,156,373 | ||||||
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|
|
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Total net assets | 100.00 | % | $ | 14,841,905,997 | ||||
|
|
|
|
^^ | Collateralized by: |
(1) | U.S. government securities, 0.13% to 8.50%, 9-30-2017 to 11-15-2045, fair value including accrued interest is $979,200,001. |
(2) | U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 2.88%, 4-15-2017 to 5-15-2043, fair value including accrued interest is $306,000,046. |
(3) | U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 8.13%, 6-22-2017 to 8-15-2044, fair value including accrued interest is $255,000,000. |
(4) | U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 9.13%, 2-28-2017 to 8-15-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $1,111,800,000. |
(5) | U.S. government securities, 1.75%, 12-31-2020, fair value including accrued interest is $255,000,062. |
(6) | U.S. government securities, 0.63% to 9.00%, 3-15-2017 to 11-15-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $1,020,000,044. |
(7) | U.S. government securities, 1.38% to 9.00%, 11-15-2018 to 11-30-2018, fair value including accrued interest is $510,003,537. |
(8) | U.S. government securities, 2.00% to 4.38%, 2-15-2022 to 8-15-2043, fair value including accrued interest is $850,011,854. |
(9) | U.S. government securities, 0.13% to 1.63%, 1-15-2018 to 7-15-2026, fair value including accrued interest is $561,000,912. |
(10) | U.S. government securities, 3.00%, 11-15-2044, fair value including accrued interest is $127,500,351. |
(11) | U.S. government securities, 0.13% to 3.00%, 4-15-2017 to 11-15-2044, fair value including accrued interest is $545,700,064. |
(12) | U.S. government securities, 1.75%, 11-30-2021, fair value including accrued interest is $101,666,738. |
(13) | U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 2.25%, 7-31-2021 to 2-15-2026, fair value including accrued interest is $256,517,250. |
(14) | U.S. government securities, 0.00%, 2-15-2018, fair value including accrued interest is $43,391,565. |
(15) | U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 6.25%, 3-31-2017 to 5-15-2045, fair value including accrued interest is $255,000,002. |
(16) | U.S. government securities, 2.13%, 8-15-2021, fair value including accrued interest is $255,001,670. |
(17) | U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 3.38%, 4-30-2017 to 2-15-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $464,100,089. |
¢ | The security represents a long-dated and extendible repurchase agreement which automatically renews on previously set terms. The maturity date represents the next put date. |
± | Variable rate investment. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end. |
§ | The security is subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity. |
(z) | Zero coupon security. The rate represents the current yield to maturity. |
## | All or a portion of this security is segregated for when-issued securities. |
%% | The security is issued on a when-issued basis. |
* | Cost for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial reporting purposes. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
12 | Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund | Statement of assets and liabilities—January 31, 2017 |
Assets |
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Investments |
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In repurchase agreements, at amortized cost |
$ | 7,759,030,419 | ||
In unaffiliated securities, at amortized cost |
6,960,719,205 | |||
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Total investments, at amortized cost |
14,719,749,624 | |||
Cash |
176,291,864 | |||
Receivable for Fund shares sold |
219,281 | |||
Receivable for interest |
31,888,548 | |||
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
573,800 | |||
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|
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Total assets |
14,928,723,117 | |||
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|
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Liabilities |
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Dividends payable |
2,283,263 | |||
Payable for investments purchased |
79,747,222 | |||
Payable for Fund shares redeemed |
597,061 | |||
Management fee payable |
1,409,167 | |||
Distribution fee payable |
30 | |||
Administration fees payable |
1,297,810 | |||
Accrued expenses and other liabilities |
1,482,567 | |||
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|
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Total liabilities |
86,817,120 | |||
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|
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Total net assets |
$ | 14,841,905,997 | ||
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NET ASSETS CONSIST OF |
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Paid-in capital |
$ | 14,842,118,304 | ||
Overdistributed net investment income |
(289,731 | ) | ||
Accumulated net realized gains on investments |
77,424 | |||
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Total net assets |
$ | 14,841,905,997 | ||
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COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE |
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Net assets – Class A |
$ | 1,745,419,256 | ||
Shares outstanding – Class A1 |
1,745,139,288 | |||
Net asset value per share – Class A |
$1.00 | |||
Net assets – Administrator Class |
$ | 106,245,525 | ||
Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1 |
106,232,479 | |||
Net asset value per share – Administrator Class |
$1.00 | |||
Net assets – Institutional Class |
$ | 11,489,674,147 | ||
Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1 |
11,488,259,974 | |||
Net asset value per share – Institutional Class |
$1.00 | |||
Net assets – Service Class |
$ | 1,500,467,050 | ||
Shares outstanding – Service Class1 |
1,500,267,960 | |||
Net asset value per share – Service Class |
$1.00 | |||
Net assets – Sweep Class |
$ | 100,019 | ||
Shares outstanding – Sweep Class1 |
100,005 | |||
Net asset value per share – Sweep Class |
$1.00 |
1 | The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Statement of operations—year ended January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund | 13 |
Investment income |
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Interest |
$ | 61,242,941 | ||
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Expenses |
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Management fee |
21,488,590 | |||
Administration fees |
||||
Class A |
3,582,457 | |||
Administrator Class |
98,798 | |||
Institutional Class |
9,807,808 | |||
Service Class |
1,665,106 | |||
Sweep Class |
2,826 | |||
Shareholder servicing fees |
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Class A |
4,070,974 | |||
Administrator Class |
97,532 | |||
Service Class |
3,461,488 | |||
Sweep Class |
3,255 | |||
Distribution fee |
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Sweep Class |
4,559 | |||
Custody and accounting fees |
717,450 | |||
Professional fees |
49,699 | |||
Registration fees |
91,302 | |||
Shareholder report expenses |
39,912 | |||
Trustees’ fees and expenses |
6,350 | |||
Other fees and expenses |
60,388 | |||
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|
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Total expenses |
45,248,494 | |||
Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements |
(8,896,689 | ) | ||
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|
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Net expenses |
36,351,805 | |||
|
|
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Net investment income |
24,891,136 | |||
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|
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Net realized gains on investments |
81,744 | |||
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|
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Net increase in net assets resulting from operations |
$ | 24,972,880 | ||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
14 | Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund | Statement of changes in net assets |
Year ended January 31, 2017 |
Year ended January 31, 2016 |
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Operations |
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Net investment income |
$ | 24,891,136 | $ | 3,092,239 | ||||||||||||
Net realized gains on investments |
81,744 | 1,750 | ||||||||||||||
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Net increase in net assets resulting from operations |
24,972,880 | 3,093,989 | ||||||||||||||
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Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
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Class A |
(163,265 | ) | (185,550 | ) | ||||||||||||
Administrator Class |
(51,470 | ) | (11,187 | ) | ||||||||||||
Institutional Class |
(24,297,004 | ) | (2,738,718 | ) | ||||||||||||
Service Class |
(350,804 | ) | (156,479 | ) | ||||||||||||
Sweep Class |
(131 | ) | (305 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Total distributions to shareholders |
(24,862,674 | ) | (3,092,239 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Capital share transactions |
Shares | Shares | ||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares sold |
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Class A |
11,296,081,222 | 11,296,081,222 | 9,695,234,245 | 9,695,234,245 | ||||||||||||
Administrator Class |
499,035,081 | 499,035,081 | 1,485,239,239 | 1,485,239,239 | ||||||||||||
Institutional Class |
122,393,174,334 | 122,393,174,334 | 92,509,317,999 | 92,509,317,999 | ||||||||||||
Service Class |
7,018,205,428 | 7,018,205,428 | 6,667,123,211 | 6,667,123,211 | ||||||||||||
Sweep Class |
3,292,744 | 3,292,744 | 7,264,570 | 7,264,570 | ||||||||||||
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141,209,788,809 | 110,364,179,264 | |||||||||||||||
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Reinvestment of distributions |
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Class A |
53,041 | 53,041 | 60,846 | 60,846 | ||||||||||||
Administrator Class |
50,911 | 50,911 | 9,295 | 9,295 | ||||||||||||
Institutional Class |
10,877,460 | 10,877,460 | 1,058,693 | 1,058,693 | ||||||||||||
Service Class |
108,713 | 108,713 | 10,293 | 10,293 | ||||||||||||
Sweep Class |
126 | 126 | 305 | 305 | ||||||||||||
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11,090,251 | 1,139,432 | |||||||||||||||
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Payment for shares redeemed |
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Class A |
(11,507,366,314 | ) | (11,507,366,314 | ) | (9,471,777,216 | ) | (9,471,777,216 | ) | ||||||||
Administrator Class |
(494,273,687 | ) | (494,273,687 | ) | (1,489,995,863 | ) | (1,489,995,863 | ) | ||||||||
Institutional Class |
(123,531,631,920 | ) | (123,531,631,920 | ) | (91,084,112,215 | ) | (91,084,112,215 | ) | ||||||||
Service Class |
(6,857,724,021 | ) | (6,857,724,021 | ) | (7,172,613,690 | ) | (7,172,613,690 | ) | ||||||||
Sweep Class |
(6,337,930 | ) | (6,337,930 | ) | (7,173,689 | ) | (7,173,689 | ) | ||||||||
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(142,397,333,872 | ) | (109,225,672,673 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions |
(1,176,454,812 | ) | 1,139,646,023 | |||||||||||||
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Total increase (decrease) in net assets |
(1,176,344,606 | ) | 1,139,647,773 | |||||||||||||
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Net assets |
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Beginning of period |
16,018,250,603 | 14,878,602,830 | ||||||||||||||
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End of period |
$ | 14,841,905,997 | $ | 16,018,250,603 | ||||||||||||
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Overdistributed net investment income |
$ | (289,731 | ) | $ | (318,193 | ) | ||||||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Financial highlights | Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund | 15 |
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Year ended January 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
CLASS A | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investments |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Total from investment operations |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains |
0.00 | 0.00 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | |||||||||||||
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Total distributions to shareholders |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.62 | % | 0.62 | % | 0.62 | % | 0.62 | % | 0.62 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.39 | % | 0.11 | % | 0.06 | % | 0.06 | % | 0.12 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$1,745,419 | $1,956,626 | $1,733,107 | $1,998,010 | $1,589,730 |
1 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
16 | Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund | Financial highlights |
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
Year ended January 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investments |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Total from investment operations |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains |
0.00 | 0.00 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | |||||||||||||
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Total distributions to shareholders |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.06 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.34 | % | 0.34 | % | 0.34 | % | 0.34 | % | 0.35 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.34 | % | 0.10 | % | 0.06 | % | 0.07 | % | 0.13 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.05 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$106,246 | $101,432 | $106,179 | $98,633 | $204,264 |
1 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Financial highlights | Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund | 17 |
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
Year ended January 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investments |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Total from investment operations |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains |
0.00 | 0.00 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | |||||||||||||
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Total distributions to shareholders |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.20 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.23 | % | 0.23 | % | 0.23 | % | 0.23 | % | 0.23 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.20 | % | 0.10 | % | 0.06 | % | 0.06 | % | 0.12 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.20 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$11,489,674 | $12,617,153 | $11,190,887 | $9,522,210 | $7,557,137 |
1 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
18 | Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund | Financial highlights |
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
Year ended January 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
SERVICE CLASS | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investments |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Total from investment operations |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains |
0.00 | 0.00 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | |||||||||||||
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Total distributions to shareholders |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.02 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.52 | % | 0.52 | % | 0.52 | % | 0.52 | % | 0.52 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.38 | % | 0.11 | % | 0.06 | % | 0.06 | % | 0.12 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.03 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$1,500,467 | $1,339,895 | $1,845,375 | $1,589,951 | $1,932,680 |
1 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Financial highlights | Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund | 19 |
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Year ended January 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
SWEEP CLASS | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.00 | 1,2 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investments |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Total from investment operations |
0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
Distributions to shareholders from |
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Net investment income |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains |
0.00 | 0.00 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | 0.00 | |||||||||||||
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Total distributions to shareholders |
(0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | (0.00 | )1 | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 | |||||||||||||||
Total return |
0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (annualized) |
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Gross expenses |
0.96 | % | 0.97 | % | 0.97 | % | 0.97 | % | 0.97 | % | ||||||||||
Net expenses |
0.34 | % | 0.11 | % | 0.06 | % | 0.06 | % | 0.12 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) |
$100 | $3,145 | $3,054 | $20,122 | $27,152 |
1 | Amount is less than $0.005. |
2 | Calculated based upon average shares outstanding |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
20 | Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund | Notes to financial statements |
1. ORGANIZATION
Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust organized on March 10, 1999, is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). As an investment company, the Trust follows the accounting and reporting guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies. These financial statements report on the Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund (the “Fund”) which is a diversified series of the Trust.
During the year, the amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, were fully implemented by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury, government and retail money market funds continued to operate with stable $1.00 net asset values. Meanwhile, tax-exempt and prime money market funds experienced more changes. Institutional prime and municipal money market funds began transacting at market-based, or floating, net asset values. In addition, money market fund boards of directors have the discretion to impose liquidity fees or redemption gates on all non-government funds. As a result of the changes due to money market reform, the institutional prime and municipal money market funds may have been subject to significant flows in shareholder activity as assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1.00 net asset value.
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following significant accounting policies, which are consistently followed in the preparation of the financial statements of the Fund, are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Securities valuation
As permitted under Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act, portfolio securities are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. The amortized cost method involves valuing a security at its cost, plus accretion of discount or minus amortization of premium over the period until maturity.
Investments which are not valued using the method discussed above are valued at their fair value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Trustees of the Funds. The Board of Trustees has established a Valuation Committee comprised of the Trustees and has delegated to it the authority to take any actions regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of portfolio securities, unless the determination has been delegated to the Management Valuation Team of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”). The Board of Trustees retains the authority to make or ratify any valuation decisions or approve any changes to the Valuation Procedures as it deems appropriate. On a quarterly basis, the Board of Trustees receives reports on any valuation actions taken by the Valuation Committee or the Management Valuation Team which may include items for ratification.
Valuations of fair valued securities are compared to the next actual sales price when available, or other appropriate market values, to assess the continued appropriateness of the fair valuation methodologies used. These securities are fair valued on a day-to-day basis, taking into consideration changes to appropriate market information and any significant changes to the inputs considered in the valuation process until there is a readily available price provided on an exchange or by an independent pricing service. Valuations received from an independent pricing service or independent broker-dealer quotes are periodically validated by comparisons to most recent trades and valuations provided by other independent pricing services in addition to the review of prices by the manager and/or subadviser. Unobservable inputs used in determining fair valuations are identified based on the type of security, taking into consideration factors utilized by market participants in valuing the investment, knowledge about the issuer and the current market environment.
Repurchase agreements
The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements and may participate in pooled repurchase agreement transactions with other funds advised by Funds Management. The repurchase agreements must be fully collateralized based on values that are marked-to-market daily. The collateral may be held by an agent bank under a tri-party agreement. It is the custodian’s responsibility to value collateral daily and to take action to obtain additional collateral as necessary to maintain market value equal to or greater than the resale price. The repurchase agreements are collateralized by instruments such as U.S. Treasury, federal agency, or high-grade corporate obligations. There could be potential loss to the Fund in the event that the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising its rights to dispose of the collateral, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying obligations during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert its rights.
Notes to financial statements | Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund | 21 |
When-issued transactions
The Fund may purchase securities on a forward commitment or when-issued basis. The Fund records a when-issued transaction on the trade date and will segregate assets in an amount at least equal in value to the Fund’s commitment to purchase when-issued securities. Securities purchased on a when-issued basis are marked-to-market daily and the Fund begins earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may arise due to changes in the market value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.
Security transactions and income recognition
Securities transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses are recorded on the basis of identified cost.
Interest income is accrued daily and bond discounts are accreted and premiums are amortized daily based on the effective interest method. To the extent debt obligations are placed on non-accrual status, any related interest income may be reduced by writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has been determined to be doubtful based on consistently applied procedures and the fair value has decreased. If the issuer subsequently resumes interest payments or when the collectability of interest is reasonably assured, the debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status.
Distributions to shareholders
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income are accrued daily and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Such distributions are determined in conformity with federal income tax regulations, which may differ in amount or character from net investment income and realized gains recognized for purposes of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Federal and other taxes
The Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by distributing substantially all of its investment company taxable income and any net realized capital gains (after reduction for capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes was required.
The Fund’s income and federal excise tax returns and all financial records supporting those returns for the prior three fiscal years are subject to examination by the federal and Delaware revenue authorities. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal, state, and foreign tax returns for all open tax years and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.
Class allocations
The separate classes of shares offered by the Fund differ principally in distribution, shareholder servicing, and administration fees. Class specific expenses are charged directly to that share class. Investment income, common expenses, and realized gains (losses) on investments are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative proportion of net assets of each class.
3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS
Fair value measurements of investments are determined within a framework that has established a fair value hierarchy based upon the various data inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The three-level hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). The Fund’s investments are classified within the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The inputs are summarized into three broad levels as follows:
∎ | Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities |
∎ | Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) |
∎ | Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments in securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
22 | Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund | Notes to financial statements |
The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of January 31, 2017:
Quoted prices (Level 1) |
Other significant (Level 2) |
Significant (Level 3) |
Total | |||||||||||||
Assets |
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Investments in: |
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Repurchase agreements |
$ | 0 | $ | 7,759,030,419 | $ | 0 | $ | 7,759,030,419 | ||||||||
Treasury debt |
0 | 6,960,719,205 | 0 | 6,960,719,205 | ||||||||||||
Total assets |
$ | 0 | $ | 14,719,749,624 | $ | 0 | $ | 14,719,749,624 |
The Fund recognizes transfers between levels within the fair value hierarchy at the end of the reporting period. At January 31, 2017, the Fund did not have any transfers into/out of Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3.
4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND OTHER EXPENSES
Management fee
Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”), is the manager of the Fund and provides advisory and fund-level administrative services under an investment management agreement. Under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, supervising the subadviser, providing fund-level administrative services in connection with the Fund’s operations, and providing any other fund-level administrative services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Fund. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive an annual management fee starting at 0.15% and declining to 0.13% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. For the year ended January 31, 2017, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.14% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
Funds Management has retained the services of a subadviser to provide daily portfolio management to the Fund. The fee for subadvisory services is borne by Funds Management. Wells Capital Management Incorporated, an affiliate of Funds Management and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo, is the subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from Funds Management at an annual rate starting at 0.05% and declining to 0.01% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase.
Administration fees
Under a class-level administration agreement, Funds Management provides class-level administrative services to the Fund, which includes paying fees and expenses for services provided by the transfer agent, sub-transfer agents, omnibus account servicers and record-keepers. As compensation for its services under the class-level administration agreement, Funds Management receives an annual fee which is calculated based on the average daily net assets of each class as follows:
Class-level administration fee |
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Class A |
0.22 | % | ||
Administrator Class |
0.10 | |||
Institutional Class |
0.08 | |||
Service Class |
0.12 | |||
Sweep Class |
0.03 | * |
* | Prior to November 17, 2016, the class-level administration fee for Sweep Class shares was 0.22% of its average daily net assets. |
Funds Management has contractually waived and/or reimbursed management and administration fees to the extent necessary to maintain certain net operating expense ratios for the Fund. Waiver of fees and/or reimbursement of expenses by Funds Management were made first from fund level expenses on a proportionate basis and then from class specific expenses. Funds Management has committed through October 13, 2017 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 0.65% for Class A shares, 0.35% for Administrator Class shares, 0.20% for Institutional Class shares, 0.45% for Service Class shares, and 1.00% for Sweep Class shares. 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. During the year ended January 31, 2017, Funds Management voluntarily waived additional expenses to maintain a positive yield.
Notes to financial statements | Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund | 23 |
During the year ended January 31, 2017, State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Fund’s custodian, reimbursed the Fund $28,462 for certain out-of-pocket expenses that were billed to the Fund in error from 1998-2015. This amount is included in interest income on the Statement of Operations. In addition, Funds Management was also reimbursed $16,066 for waivers/reimbursements it made to the Fund during the period the Fund was erroneously billed.
Distribution fee
The Trust has adopted a distribution plan for Sweep Class shares of the Fund pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. A distribution fee is charged to Sweep Class shares and paid to Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (“Funds Distributor”), the principal underwriter, at an annual rate of 0.35% of the average daily net assets of Sweep Class shares.
Shareholder servicing fees
The Trust has entered into contracts with one or more shareholder servicing agents, whereby Class A, Service Class, and Sweep Class of the Fund are charged a fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of the respective average daily net assets of each class. Administrator Class is charged a fee at an annual rate of 0.10% of its average daily net assets.
A portion of these total shareholder servicing fees were paid to affiliates of Wells Fargo.
5. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS
The tax character of distributions paid was $24,862,674 and $3,092,239 of ordinary income for the years ended January 31, 2017 and January 31, 2016, respectively.
As of January 31, 2017, distributable earnings on a tax basis consisted of $2,304,094 in undistributed ordinary income.
6. INDEMNIFICATION
Under the Trust’s organizational documents, the officers and Trustees have been granted certain indemnification rights against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust may enter into contracts with service providers that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated.
7. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT
In December 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-19, Technical Corrections and Improvements. ASU 2016-19 includes an amendment to FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement which clarifies the difference between a valuation approach and a valuation technique. The amendment also requires an entity to disclose when there has been a change in either or both a valuation approach and/or a valuation technique. The disclosure requirements are effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of this new guidance to the financial statements.
8. REGULATORY CHANGES
In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new rules and forms and amended existing rules and forms (together, “final rules”) intended to modernize and enhance the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies and to enhance liquidity risk management by open-end mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. The final rules will enhance the quality of information available to investors and will allow the SEC to more effectively collect and use data reported by funds. In part, the final rules amend Regulation S-X and require standardized, enhanced disclosure about derivatives in the Fund’s financial statements, as well as other amendments. The compliance date for the amendments to Regulation S-X is August 1, 2017 while the compliance date for the new form types is June 1, 2018 and the compliance date for the liquidity risk management program requirements is December 1, 2018. Management is currently assessing the potential impact of these enhancements and their impact on the financial statement disclosures and reporting requirements.
24 | Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund | Report of independent registered public accounting firm |
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SHAREHOLDERS OF WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, of the Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund (the “Fund”), one of the funds constituting the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, as of January 31, 2017, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund as of January 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Boston, Massachusetts
Other information (unaudited) | Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund | 25 |
TAX INFORMATION
For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, $23,315,696 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.
For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, 48% of the dividends distributed was derived from interest on U.S. government securities.
PROXY VOTING INFORMATION
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222, visiting our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the Fund’s website at wellsfargofunds.com or by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov.
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION
The complete portfolio holdings for the Fund are publicly available on the Fund’s website (wellsfargofunds.com) on a 1-day delayed basis. The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q, which is available by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. In addition, the Fund’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC, and at regional offices in New York City, at 233 Broadway, and in Chicago, at 175 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 900. Information about the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
26 | Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund | Other information (unaudited) |
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
Each of the Trustees and Officers1 listed in the table below acts in identical capacities for each fund in the Wells Fargo family of funds, which consists of 138 mutual funds comprising the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and four closed-end funds (collectively the “Fund Complex”). This table should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information2. The mailing address of each Trustee and Officer is 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Each Trustee and Officer serves an indefinite term, however, each Trustee serves such term until reaching the mandatory retirement age established by the Trustees.
Independent Trustees
Name and year of birth |
Position held and length of service* |
Principal occupations during past five years or longer | Current other public company or | |||
William R. Ebsworth (Born 1957) |
Trustee, since 2015 | Retired. From 1984 to 2013, equities analyst, portfolio manager, research director and chief financial officer at Fidelity Management and Research Company in Boston, Tokyo, and Hong Kong and retired in 2013 as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Strategic Advisers, Inc. where he lead a team of investment professionals managing client assets. Prior thereto, Board member of Hong Kong Securities Clearing Co., Hong Kong Options Clearing Corp., the Thailand International Fund, Ltd., Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company, and Empire Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company. Board member of the Fonté Foundation (non-profit organization) and the Vincent Memorial Hospital Endowment (non-profit organization), where he serves on the Investment Committee and as a Chair of the Audit Committee. Mr. Ebsworth is a CFA® charterholder and an Adjunct Lecturer, Finance, at Babson College. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Jane A. Freeman (Born 1953) |
Trustee, since 2015 | Retired. From 2012 to 2014 and 1999 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Scientific Learning Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, Ms. Freeman provided consulting services related to strategic business projects. Prior to 1999, Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller & Co. and Scudder, Stevens & Clark. Board member of the Harding Loevner Funds from 1996 to 2014, serving as both Lead Independent Director and chair of the Audit Committee. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust from 2011 to 2012 and the chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Freeman is a Board Member of Ruth Bancroft Garden (non-profit organization) and an inactive chartered financial analyst. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Peter G. Gordon** (Born 1942) |
Trustee, since 1998; Chairman, since 2005 | Co-Founder, Retired Chairman, President and CEO of Crystal Geyser Water Company. Trustee Emeritus, Colby College. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Isaiah Harris, Jr. (Born 1952) |
Trustee, since 2009 | Retired. Chairman of the Board of CIGNA Corporation since 2009, and Director since 2005. From 2003 to 2011, Director of Deluxe Corporation. Prior thereto, President and CEO of BellSouth Advertising and Publishing Corp. from 2005 to 2007, President and CEO of BellSouth Enterprises from 2004 to 2005 and President of BellSouth Consumer Services from 2000 to 2003. Emeritus member of the Iowa State University Foundation Board of Governors. Emeritus Member of the Advisory Board of Iowa State University School of Business. Advisory Board Member, Palm Harbor Academy (charter school). Advisory Board Member, Child Evangelism Fellowship (non-profit). Mr. Harris is a certified public accountant (inactive status). | CIGNA Corporation; Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Judith M. Johnson (Born 1949) |
Trustee, since 2008; Audit Committee Chairman, since 2008 | Retired. Prior thereto, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund from 1996 to 2008. Ms. Johnson is an attorney, certified public accountant and a certified managerial accountant. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
David F. Larcker (Born 1950) |
Trustee, since 2009 | James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Director of the Corporate Governance Research Initiative and Senior Faculty of The Rock Center for Corporate Governance since 2006. From 2005 to 2008, Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. Prior thereto, Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania from 1985 to 2005. | Asset Allocation Trust |
Other information (unaudited) | Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund | 27 |
Name and year of birth |
Position held and length of service* |
Principal occupations during past five years or longer | Current other public company or | |||
Olivia S. Mitchell (Born 1953) |
Trustee, since 2006 | International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania since 1993. Director of Wharton’s Pension Research Council and Boettner Center on Pensions & Retirement Research, and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Previously, Cornell University Professor from 1978 to 1993. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Timothy J. Penny (Born 1951) |
Trustee, since 1996 | President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, a non-profit organization, since 2007 and Senior Fellow at the Humphrey Institute Policy Forum at the University of Minnesota since 1995. Member of the Board of Trustees of NorthStar Education Finance, Inc., a non-profit organization, since 2007. | Asset Allocation Trust | |||
Michael S. Scofield (Born 1943) |
Trustee, since 2010 | Served on the Investment Company Institute’s Board of Governors and Executive Committee from 2008-2011 as well the Governing Council of the Independent Directors Council from 2006-2011 and the Independent Directors Council Executive Committee from 2008-2011. Chairman of the IDC from 2008-2010. Institutional Investor (Fund Directions) Trustee of Year in 2007. Trustee of the Evergreen Funds complex (and its predecessors) from 1984 to 2010. Chairman of the Evergreen Funds from 2000-2010. Former Trustee of the Mentor Funds. Retired Attorney, Law Offices of Michael S. Scofield. | Asset Allocation Trust |
* | Length of service dates reflect the Trustee’s commencement of service with the Trust’s predecessor entities, where applicable. |
** | Peter Gordon is expected to retire on December 31, 2017. |
Officers
Name and year of birth |
Position held and length of service |
Principal occupations during past five years or longer | ||||
(Born 1960) |
President, since 2017 | Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managaers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014. | ||||
(Born 1967) |
Treasurer, since 2012 | Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2011. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at LightBox Capital Management LLC, from 2008 to 2011. | ||||
C. David Messman (Born 1960) |
Secretary, since 2000; Chief Legal Officer, since 2003 | Senior Vice President and Secretary of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2001. Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2013 and Vice President and Managing Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. from 1996 to 2013. | ||||
Michael Whitaker (Born 1967) |
Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016 | Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2016. Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity’s Fixed Income Funds and Asset Allocation Funds from 2008 to 2016, Compliance Officer of FMR Co., Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016. | ||||
David Berardi (Born 1975) |
Assistant Treasurer, since 2009 | Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010. | ||||
Jeremy DePalma1 (Born 1974) |
Assistant Treasurer, since 2009 | Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Senior Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010. |
1 | Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 69 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex. |
2 | The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222 or by visiting the website at wellsfargofunds.com. |
28 | Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund | List of abbreviations |
The following is a list of common abbreviations for terms and entities that may have appeared in this report.
ACA | — ACA Financial Guaranty Corporation |
ADR | — American depositary receipt |
ADS | — American depositary shares |
AGC | — Assured Guaranty Corporation |
AGM | — Assured Guaranty Municipal |
Ambac | — Ambac Financial Group Incorporated |
AMT | — Alternative minimum tax |
AUD | — Australian dollar |
BAN | — Bond anticipation notes |
BHAC | — Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corporation |
BRL | — Brazilian real |
CAB | — Capital appreciation bond |
CAD | — Canadian dollar |
CCAB | — Convertible capital appreciation bond |
CDA | — Community Development Authority |
CDO | — Collateralized debt obligation |
CHF | — Swiss franc |
COP | — Colombian peso |
CLP | — Chilean peso |
DKK | — Danish krone |
DRIVER | — Derivative inverse tax-exempt receipts |
DW&P | — Department of Water & Power |
DWR | — Department of Water Resources |
ECFA | — Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority |
EDA | — Economic Development Authority |
EDFA | — Economic Development Finance Authority |
ETF | — Exchange-traded fund |
EUR | — Euro |
FDIC | — Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
FFCB | — Federal Farm Credit Banks |
FGIC | — Financial Guaranty Insurance Corporation |
FHA | — Federal Housing Administration |
FHLB | — Federal Home Loan Bank |
FHLMC | — Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation |
FICO | — The Financing Corporation |
FNMA | — Federal National Mortgage Association |
FSA | — Farm Service Agency |
GBP | — Great British pound |
GDR | — Global depositary receipt |
GNMA | — Government National Mortgage Association |
GO | — General obligation |
HCFR | — Healthcare facilities revenue |
HEFA | — Health & Educational Facilities Authority |
HEFAR | — Higher education facilities authority revenue |
HFA | — Housing Finance Authority |
HFFA | — Health Facilities Financing Authority |
HKD | — Hong Kong dollar |
HUD | — Department of Housing and Urban Development |
HUF | — Hungarian forint |
IDA | — Industrial Development Authority |
IDAG | — Industrial Development Agency |
IDR | — Indonesian rupiah |
IEP | — Irish pound |
JPY | — Japanese yen |
KRW | — Republic of Korea won |
LIBOR | — London Interbank Offered Rate |
LIFER | — Long Inverse Floating Exempt Receipts |
LIQ | — Liquidity agreement |
LLC | — Limited liability company |
LLLP | — Limited liability limited partnership |
LLP | — Limited liability partnership |
LOC | — Letter of credit |
LP | — Limited partnership |
MBIA | — Municipal Bond Insurance Association |
MFHR | — Multifamily housing revenue |
MSTR | — Municipal securities trust receipts |
MTN | — Medium-term note |
MUD | — Municipal Utility District |
MXN | — Mexican peso |
MYR | — Malaysian ringgit |
National | — National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation |
NGN | — Nigerian naira |
NOK | — Norwegian krone |
NZD | — New Zealand dollar |
PCFA | — Pollution Control Financing Authority |
PCL | — Public Company Limited |
PCR | — Pollution control revenue |
PFA | — Public Finance Authority |
PFFA | — Public Facilities Financing Authority |
PFOTER | — Puttable floating option tax-exempt receipts |
plc | — Public limited company |
PLN | — Polish zloty |
PUTTER | — Puttable tax-exempt receipts |
R&D | — Research & development |
Radian | — Radian Asset Assurance |
RAN | — Revenue anticipation notes |
RDA | — Redevelopment Authority |
RDFA | — Redevelopment Finance Authority |
REIT | — Real estate investment trust |
ROC | — Reset option certificates |
RON | — Romanian lei |
RUB | — Russian ruble |
SAVRS | — Select auction variable rate securities |
SBA | — Small Business Authority |
SDR | — Swedish depositary receipt |
SEK | — Swedish krona |
SFHR | — Single-family housing revenue |
SFMR | — Single-family mortgage revenue |
SGD | — Singapore dollar |
SPA | — Standby purchase agreement |
SPDR | — Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipts |
SPEAR | — Short Puttable Exempt Adjustable Receipts |
STRIPS | — Separate trading of registered interest and |
principal securities |
TAN | — Tax anticipation notes |
TBA | — To be announced |
THB | — Thai baht |
TIPS | — Treasury inflation-protected securities |
TRAN | — Tax revenue anticipation notes |
TRY | — Turkish lira |
TTFA | — Transportation Trust Fund Authority |
TVA | — Tennessee Valley Authority |
ZAR | — South African rand |
For more information
More information about Wells Fargo Funds is available free upon request. To obtain literature, please write, email, visit the Fund’s website, or call:
Wells Fargo Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Email: fundservice@wellsfargo.com
Website: wellsfargofunds.com
Individual investors: 1-800-222-8222
Retail investment professionals: 1-888-877-9275
Institutional investment professionals: 1-866-765-0778
This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Fund. If this report is used for promotional purposes, distribution of the report must be accompanied or preceded by a current prospectus. Before investing, please consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses of the investment. For a current prospectus and, if available, a summary prospectus, containing this information, call 1-800-222-8222 or visit the Fund’s website at wellsfargofunds.com. Read the prospectus carefully before you invest or send money.
Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) is a trade name used by the asset management businesses of Wells Fargo & Company. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, provides investment advisory and administrative services for Wells Fargo Funds. Other affiliates of Wells Fargo & Company provide subadvisory and other services for the funds. The funds are distributed by Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC, Member FINRA, an affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company. Neither Wells Fargo Funds Management nor Wells Fargo Funds Distributor has Fund customer accounts/assets, and neither provides investment advice/recommendations or acts as an investment advice fiduciary to any investor.
NOT FDIC INSURED ◾ NO BANK GUARANTEE ◾ MAY LOSE VALUE
© 2017 Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. All rights reserved.
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ITEM 2. | CODE OF ETHICS |
(a) As of the end of the period covered by the report, Wells Fargo Funds Trust has adopted a code of ethics that applies to its President and Treasurer. A copy of the code of ethics is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR.
(c) During the period covered by this report, there were no amendments to the provisions of the code of ethics adopted in Item 2(a) above.
(d) During the period covered by this report, there were no implicit or explicit waivers to the provisions of the code of ethics adopted in Item 2(a) above.
ITEM 3. | AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT |
The Board of Trustees of Wells Fargo Funds Trust has determined that Judith Johnson is an audit committee financial expert, as defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR. Mrs. Johnson is independent for purposes of Item 3 of Form N-CSR.
ITEM 4. | PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES |
(a), (b), (c), (d) The following table presents aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for services rendered to the Registrant by the Registrant’s principal accountant. These fees were billed to the registrant and were approved by the Registrant’s audit committee.
Fiscal year ended January 31, 2017 |
Fiscal year ended January 31, 2016 |
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Audit fees |
$ | 306,344 | $ | 364,309 | ||||
Audit-related fees |
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Tax fees (1) |
14,960 | 18,000 | ||||||
All other fees |
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$ | 321,304 | $ | 382,309 | |||||
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(1) | Tax fees consist of fees for tax compliance, tax advice, tax planning and excise tax. |
(e) The Chairman of the Audit Committees is authorized to pre-approve: (1) audit services for the mutual funds of Wells Fargo Funds Trust; (2) non-audit tax or compliance consulting or training services provided to the Funds by the independent auditors (“Auditors”) if the fees for any particular engagement are not anticipated to exceed $50,000; and (3) non-audit tax or compliance consulting or training services provided by the Auditors to a Fund’s investment adviser and its controlling entities (where pre-approval is required because the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund) if the fee to the Auditors for any particular engagement is not anticipated to exceed $50,000. For any such pre-approval sought from the Chairman, Management shall prepare a brief description of the proposed services. If the Chairman approves of such service, he or she shall sign the statement prepared by Management. Such written statement shall be presented to the full Committees at their next regularly scheduled meetings.
(f) Not applicable
(g) Not applicable
(h) Not applicable
ITEM 5. | AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS |
Not applicable.
ITEM 6. | INVESTMENTS |
Wells Fargo Money Market Fund and Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund included a Summary Portfolio of Investments under Item 1. A Portfolio of Investments for each of Wells Fargo Money Market Fund and Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund is filed under this Item.
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Money Market Fund | 1 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Certificates of Deposit: 13.22% |
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Banco del estado de Chile |
1.10 | % | 4-18-2017 | $ | 2,000,000 | $ | 2,000,000 | |||||||||
Bank of Montreal |
1.16 | 6-7-2017 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Bank of Nova Scotia ± |
1.31 | 5-11-2017 | 5,000,000 | 5,002,818 | ||||||||||||
Chiba Bank Limited |
1.10 | 3-13-2017 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Chiba Bank Limited |
1.10 | 3-23-2017 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Cooperatieve Centrale ± |
1.14 | 7-10-2017 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Credit Suisse (New York) ± |
1.47 | 5-12-2017 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | ||||||||||||
HSBC Bank plc |
0.60 | 2-1-2017 | 8,000,000 | 8,000,000 | ||||||||||||
ING Funding LLC ± |
1.22 | 5-30-2017 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Mizuho Bank Limited ± |
1.52 | 3-7-2017 | 4,000,000 | 4,001,118 | ||||||||||||
National Bank of Kuwait |
0.58 | 2-1-2017 | 11,050,000 | 11,050,000 | ||||||||||||
NBAD Americas NV |
0.58 | 2-1-2017 | 11,000,000 | 11,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Norinchukin Bank |
0.90 | 2-15-2017 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,173 | ||||||||||||
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation ± |
1.42 | 4-18-2017 | 3,000,000 | 3,002,354 | ||||||||||||
Swedbank ± |
1.12 | 5-22-2017 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Total Certificates of Deposit (Cost $76,056,463) |
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Commercial Paper: 37.58% |
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Asset-Backed Commercial Paper: 20.56% | ||||||||||||||||
Alpine Securitization Limited 144A(z) |
1.00 | 2-2-2017 | 2,000,000 | 1,999,944 | ||||||||||||
Alpine Securitization Limited 144A(z) |
1.02 | 2-10-2017 | 1,000,000 | 999,745 | ||||||||||||
Alpine Securitization Limited 144A(z) |
1.18 | 3-21-2017 | 2,000,000 | 1,996,853 | ||||||||||||
Anglesea Funding LLC 144A± |
1.00 | 6-30-2017 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Antalis SA 144A(z) |
0.85 | 2-13-2017 | 4,000,000 | 3,998,867 | ||||||||||||
Antalis SA 144A(z) |
1.00 | 2-2-2017 | 2,000,000 | 1,999,944 | ||||||||||||
Atlantic Asset Securitization Corporation 144A(z) |
1.05 | 3-6-2017 | 3,000,000 | 2,997,113 | ||||||||||||
Barton Capital Corporation 144A(z) |
0.97 | 3-9-2017 | 3,000,000 | 2,997,090 | ||||||||||||
Cedar Spring Capital Company 144A(z) |
1.08 | 2-9-2017 | 3,000,000 | 2,999,280 | ||||||||||||
Chesham Finance Limited 144A(z) |
0.73 | 2-1-2017 | 9,000,000 | 9,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Concord Minutemen Capital Company 144A(z) |
0.85 | 2-9-2017 | 4,000,000 | 3,999,244 | ||||||||||||
Concord Minutemen Capital Company 144A(z) |
0.85 | 2-13-2017 | 5,000,000 | 4,998,583 | ||||||||||||
Kells Funding LLC 144A(z) |
0.79 | 2-21-2017 | 6,000,000 | 5,997,367 | ||||||||||||
Kells Funding LLC 144A(z) |
0.95 | 2-7-2017 | 2,000,000 | 1,999,683 | ||||||||||||
Kells Funding LLC 144A± |
1.22 | 5-2-2017 | 4,000,000 | 3,999,997 | ||||||||||||
Lexington Parker Capital Company LLC 144A(z) |
1.15 | 4-20-2017 | 5,000,000 | 4,987,542 | ||||||||||||
LMA Amercias LLC 144A(z) |
0.95 | 2-8-2017 | 3,000,000 | 2,999,446 | ||||||||||||
LMA Americas LLC 144A(z) |
1.05 | 3-7-2017 | 3,000,000 | 2,997,025 | ||||||||||||
Matchpoint Finance plc 144A(z) |
0.97 | 2-23-2017 | 10,000,000 | 9,994,072 | ||||||||||||
Matchpoint Finance plc 144A(z) |
1.02 | 3-7-2017 | 2,000,000 | 1,998,073 | ||||||||||||
Mont Blanc Capital Corporation 144A(z) |
0.90 | 3-27-2017 | 4,000,000 | 3,994,600 | ||||||||||||
Nieuw Amsterdam Receivable 144A(z) |
0.88 | 2-3-2017 | 2,000,000 | 1,999,902 | ||||||||||||
Nieuw Amsterdam Receivable 144A(z) |
0.96 | 2-23-2017 | 5,000,000 | 4,997,067 | ||||||||||||
Regency Markets No.1 LLC 144A(z) |
0.80 | 2-8-2017 | 6,000,000 | 5,999,067 | ||||||||||||
Ridgefield Funding Company 144A(z) |
1.06 | 4-3-2017 | 9,000,000 | 8,983,937 | ||||||||||||
Starbird Funding Corporation 144A(z) |
1.02 | 3-7-2017 | 2,000,000 | 1,998,073 | ||||||||||||
Versailles Commercial Paper LLC 144A± |
1.02 | 6-1-2017 | 8,000,000 | 8,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Victory Receivables 144A(z) |
0.94 | 3-3-2017 | 3,000,000 | 2,997,650 | ||||||||||||
Victory Receivables 144A(z) |
0.95 | 3-10-2017 | 3,300,000 | 3,296,778 | ||||||||||||
118,226,942 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
2 | Wells Fargo Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Financial Company Commercial Paper: 15.98% | ||||||||||||||||
Banco de Credito e Inversiones 144A(z) |
1.10 | % | 2-15-2017 | $ | 2,000,000 | $ | 1,999,144 | |||||||||
Barclays Bank plc 144A(z) |
0.97 | 2-15-2017 | 5,000,000 | 4,998,114 | ||||||||||||
BPCE SA 144A(z) |
1.16 | 5-1-2017 | 4,000,000 | 3,988,529 | ||||||||||||
Caisse Centrale Desjardins du Quebec 144A(z) |
0.96 | 3-8-2017 | 5,000,000 | 4,995,352 | ||||||||||||
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 144A± |
1.41 | 4-19-2017 | 6,000,000 | 6,004,584 | ||||||||||||
DBS Bank Limited 144A(z) |
1.04 | 4-4-2017 | 7,000,000 | 6,987,462 | ||||||||||||
Erste Bank der Oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG ±144A |
1.12 | 3-14-2017 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||
HSBC Bank plc 144A± |
1.19 | 6-7-2017 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Macquarie Bank Limited 144A(z) |
0.90 | 3-7-2017 | 2,000,000 | 1,998,300 | ||||||||||||
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corporation (z) |
1.10 | 4-21-2017 | 4,000,000 | 3,990,344 | ||||||||||||
Nationwide Building Society 144A(z) |
1.10 | 4-3-2017 | 5,000,000 | 4,990,681 | ||||||||||||
Nationwide Buliding Society 144A(z) |
0.90 | 2-2-2017 | 3,000,000 | 2,999,925 | ||||||||||||
NV Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten 144A(z) |
0.82 | 2-9-2017 | 5,000,000 | 4,999,089 | ||||||||||||
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation 144A(z) |
1.05 | 4-10-2017 | 5,000,000 | 4,990,083 | ||||||||||||
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation 144A± |
1.17 | 7-19-2017 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sumitomo Trust & Banking Company 144A(z) |
0.90 | 2-17-2017 | 12,000,000 | 11,995,200 | ||||||||||||
Suncorp Group Limited 144A(z) |
0.88 | 2-1-2017 | 8,000,000 | 8,000,000 | ||||||||||||
United Overseas Bank Limited 144A(z) |
1.05 | 4-24-2017 | 5,000,000 | 4,988,042 | ||||||||||||
91,924,849 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Other Commercial Paper: 1.04% | ||||||||||||||||
Erste Abwicklungsanstalt 144A(z) |
0.91 | 2-15-2017 | 4,000,000 | 3,998,584 | ||||||||||||
Erste Abwicklungsanstalt 144A(z) |
1.04 | 4-25-2017 | 2,000,000 | 1,995,204 | ||||||||||||
5,993,788 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Total Commercial Paper (Cost $216,145,579) |
216,145,579 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Municipal Obligations: 39.89% |
||||||||||||||||
Arizona: 0.52% |
||||||||||||||||
Other Municipal Debt: 0.52% | ||||||||||||||||
Arizona Agricultural Improvement & Power District Salt River Project Series D1 (Utilities Revenue) (z) |
0.94 | 2-16-2017 | 3,000,000 | 2,998,750 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
California: 2.65% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.65% | ||||||||||||||||
JPMorgan Chase PUTTER/DRIVER Trust Series 3841 (Transportation Revenue, Ambac Insured, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A |
0.74 | 7-1-2024 | 5,235,000 | 5,235,000 | ||||||||||||
RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Water District Series E (Water & Sewer Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A |
0.80 | 4-5-2019 | 6,000,000 | 6,000,000 | ||||||||||||
San Francisco City & County CA Certificate of Participation Series B001 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A |
1.10 | 11-1-2041 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates for Palomar Pomerado Health Series XG0017 (GO Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A |
0.96 | 8-1-2037 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||||
15,235,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Colorado: 2.71% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.71% | ||||||||||||||||
Colorado HFA Class I Series A-1 (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA) |
0.75 | 10-1-2034 | 805,000 | 805,000 | ||||||||||||
Colorado HFA Class II Series A-2 (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA) |
0.85 | 10-1-2033 | 3,220,000 | 3,220,000 |
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Money Market Fund | 3 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued) | ||||||||||||||||
Colorado HFA MFHR Project B-2 (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA) |
0.80 | % | 5-1-2052 | $ | 9,570,000 | $ | 9,570,000 | |||||||||
Colorado Southern Ute Indian Tribe Reservation Series 2007 (Miscellaneous Revenue) |
0.80 | 1-1-2027 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||||
15,595,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Connecticut: 3.66% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 3.66% | ||||||||||||||||
Puttable Floating Option Taxable Series TNP-1013 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A |
1.30 | 4-15-2046 | 21,080,000 | 21,080,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
District of Columbia: 2.61% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 2.61% | ||||||||||||||||
Howard University (Education Revenue) |
0.79 | 8-1-2031 | 15,000,000 | 15,000,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Florida: 0.87% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.87% | ||||||||||||||||
Florida Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016 XL0027 (Airport Revenue, AGC Insured, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A |
0.86 | 10-1-2030 | 2,015,000 | 2,015,000 | ||||||||||||
Orlando-Orange County FL Expressway Authority Series 2007 (Transportation Revenue, BHAC/AGM Insured, Citibank NA LIQ) |
0.71 | 7-1-2042 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | ||||||||||||
5,015,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Georgia: 1.71% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.71% | ||||||||||||||||
Columbus GA Housing Development Authority Puttable Floating Option Taxable Notes Series TN-024 (Housing Revenue, ACA Insured, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A |
1.02 | 10-1-2039 | 4,830,000 | 4,830,000 | ||||||||||||
Macon-Bibb County GA Industrial Authority Development Kumho Tire Georgia Incorporated Series A (Industrial Development Revenue, Korea Development Bank LOC) |
1.05 | 12-1-2022 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||
9,830,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Idaho: 0.58% |
||||||||||||||||
Other Municipal Debt: 0.58% | ||||||||||||||||
Idaho HFA Series A3 Class II (Housing Revenue, Barclays Bank plc SPA) |
0.85 | 7-1-2034 | 1,375,000 | 1,375,000 | ||||||||||||
Idaho HFA Series A4 Class II (Housing Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LIQ) |
0.85 | 1-1-2036 | 1,960,000 | 1,960,000 | ||||||||||||
3,335,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Iowa: 1.04% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.04% | ||||||||||||||||
Iowa Finance Authority Midwestern Disaster Area Project (Industrial Development Revenue, Korea Development Bank LOC) |
0.87 | 4-1-2022 | 6,000,000 | 6,000,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Louisiana: 1.44% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.44% | ||||||||||||||||
East Baton Rouge Parish LA Sewerage Commission Revenue Series B005 (Water & Sewer Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A |
1.10 | 2-1-2045 | 8,280,000 | 8,280,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
4 | Wells Fargo Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Maryland: 1.39% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.39% | ||||||||||||||||
Maryland CDA Housing & Community Residential Series B (Housing Revenue, TD Bank NA SPA) |
0.70 | % | 9-1-2033 | $ | 8,000,000 | $ | 8,000,000 | |||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Minnesota: 0.04% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.04% | ||||||||||||||||
RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Series E-69 (Housing Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A |
0.80 | 5-31-2018 | 240,000 | 240,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Nebraska: 0.70% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.70% | ||||||||||||||||
Nebraska Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Omaha Packaging Facilities Corporation Series SGT13 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Societe Generale LIQ) 144A |
0.91 | 3-1-2033 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
New York: 8.69% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 8.69% | ||||||||||||||||
JPMorgan Chase PUTTER/DRIVER Trust Series 5012 (Miscellaneous Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LOC, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A |
0.67 | 11-1-2019 | 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA 605 West 42nd Street Series B (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC) |
1.13 | 5-1-2048 | 17,000,000 | 17,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA Biltmore Tower Housing Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.68 | 5-15-2034 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA Manhattan West Residential Housing Series B-2 (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC) |
1.25 | 11-1-2049 | 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA Manhattan West Residential Project Series B-2 (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC) |
1.12 | 11-1-2049 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York NY Municipal Water Finance Series F1B-RMKT (Water & Sewer Revenue, U.S. Bank NA SPA) |
0.63 | 6-15-2035 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | ||||||||||||
RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Series E-51 for Invesco Van Kampen New York Value Income Trust (Miscellaneous Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A(i) |
1.28 | 7-1-2017 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | ||||||||||||
50,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
North Dakota: 0.35% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.35% | ||||||||||||||||
North Dakota HFA Mortgage Finance Program Series F (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA) |
0.75 | 1-1-2047 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Ohio: 0.35% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.35% | ||||||||||||||||
Columbus OH Regional Airport Authority (Airport Revenue) |
0.68 | 4-1-2044 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Oklahoma: 1.00% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.00% | ||||||||||||||||
RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust (Transportation Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A |
0.80 | 7-13-2017 | 5,725,000 | 5,725,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Oregon: 0.87% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.87% | ||||||||||||||||
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates (Miscellaneous Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A |
1.02 | 5-1-2035 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo Money Market Fund | 5 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Other: 2.10% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.10% | ||||||||||||||||
Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificate Trust Series 2009-54 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ) |
0.72 | % | 2-15-2028 | $ | 6,120,000 | $ | 6,120,000 | |||||||||
FHLMC MFHR Series M021 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.69 | 6-15-2036 | 5,965,000 | 5,965,000 | ||||||||||||
12,085,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
South Carolina: 0.52% |
||||||||||||||||
Other Municipal Debt: 0.52% | ||||||||||||||||
South Carolina Public Service (Utilities Revenue) |
0.84 | 2-14-2017 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Tennessee: 0.87% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.87% | ||||||||||||||||
Montgomery County TN Industrial Development Bonds Hankook Tire Manufacturing Project Series A (Industrial Development Revenue, Kookmin Bank LOC) |
1.10 | 12-1-2024 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Texas: 4.00% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 4.00% | ||||||||||||||||
Brazos Harbor TX Industrial Development Corporation (Industrial Development Revenue) |
0.76 | 10-1-2036 | 15,000,000 | 15,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Port Arthur TX Navigation District Daily Fina Oil and Chemical Company Project (Industrial Development Revenue) |
0.73 | 5-1-2033 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Port Arthur TX Navigation District Industrial Development Corporation Total Petrochemicals USA Incorporated Project Series 2012 (Industrial Development Revenue) |
0.69 | 3-1-2042 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Port Corpus Christi TX Flint Hills Resources Project Series A (Resource Recovery Revenue) |
0.73 | 4-1-2028 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | ||||||||||||
23,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Utah: 0.87% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.87% | ||||||||||||||||
Utah Water Finance Agency Series B-1 (Water & Sewer Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA) |
0.69 | 10-1-2037 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Wisconsin: 0.35% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.35% | ||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin Housing & EDA Series F (Housing Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA) |
0.78 | 5-1-2030 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Total Municipal Obligations (Cost $229,418,750) |
229,418,750 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Other: 1.83% |
||||||||||||||||
Nuveen California Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares Series 5 (Citibank NA LIQ) ±§144A |
0.79 | 8-1-2040 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | ||||||||||||
Nuveen California Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares Series 6 (Citibank NA LIQ) ±§144A |
0.79 | 8-1-2040 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Nuveen Enhanced Municipal Credit Opportunities Fund Series 1 ±§144A |
0.81 | 3-1-2040 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Western Asset Managed Municipal Fund Incorporated Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares Series 1 (Citibank NA LIQ) ±§ |
0.79 | 3-4-2045 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Total Other (Cost $10,500,000) |
10,500,000 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
6 | Wells Fargo Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Other Instruments: 0.70% |
||||||||||||||||
ANZ New Zealand International Limited of London 144A± |
1.40 | % | 4-27-2017 | $ | 1,000,000 | $ | 1,000,768 | |||||||||
Suncorp Metway Limited 144A± |
1.70 | 3-28-2017 | 3,000,000 | 3,001,724 | ||||||||||||
Total Other Instruments (Cost $4,002,492) |
4,002,492 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Other Notes: 4.39% |
||||||||||||||||
Corporate Bonds and Notes: 4.39% | ||||||||||||||||
Providence Health & Services ±§ |
0.73 | 10-1-2042 | 5,780,000 | 5,780,000 | ||||||||||||
Providence St. Joseph Health ±§ |
0.72 | 10-1-2047 | 7,000,000 | 7,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Racetrac Capital LLC ±§ |
0.73 | 9-1-2020 | 4,250,000 | 4,250,000 | ||||||||||||
SSAB AB Series A ±§ |
0.75 | 6-1-2035 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Steadfast Crestvilla LLC ±§ |
0.75 | 2-1-2056 | 7,240,000 | 7,240,000 | ||||||||||||
Total Other Notes (Cost $25,270,000) |
25,270,000 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Repurchase Agreements: 2.43% |
||||||||||||||||
GX Clarke & Company, dated 1-31-17, maturity value $14,000,272 ^^ |
0.70 | 2-1-2017 | 14,000,000 | 14,000,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $14,000,000) |
14,000,000 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
Total investments in securities (Cost $575,393,284) * | 100.04 | % | 575,393,284 | |||||
Other assets and liabilities, net |
(0.04 | ) | (214,076 | ) | ||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Total net assets | 100.00 | % | $ | 575,179,208 | ||||
|
|
|
|
± | Variable rate investment. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end. |
144A | The security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers, pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. |
§ | The security is subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity. |
(z) | Zero coupon security. The rate represents the current yield to maturity. |
ø | Variable rate demand notes are subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity. The maturity date shown represents the final maturity date of the security. The interest rate is determined and reset by the issuer daily, weekly, or monthly depending upon the terms of the security. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end. |
(i) | Illiquid security for which the designation as illiquid is unaudited. |
^^ | Collateralized by U.S. government securities, 3.00% to 6.00%, 5-1-2023 to 10-1-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $14,420,101. |
* | Cost for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial reporting purposes. |
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | 1 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Municipal Obligations: 97.97% |
||||||||||||||||
Alabama: 3.29% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.29% | ||||||||||||||||
Alabama Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority Series 2016A Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016-XF2373 (Tax Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A |
0.69 | % | 9-1-2024 | $ | 5,000,000 | $ | 5,000,000 | |||||||||
Chatom AL IDA Board Gulf Opportunity Zone PowerSouth Energy Cooperative Projects Series 2011 (Utilities Revenue) |
0.79 | 8-1-2041 | 10,500,000 | 10,500,000 | ||||||||||||
15,500,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Arizona: 2.64% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.64% | ||||||||||||||||
Mesa AZ Utility System Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificates Trust Series 2009-33 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ) |
0.70 | 7-1-2024 | 8,405,000 | 8,405,000 | ||||||||||||
Phoenix AZ IDA Mayo Clinic Series A (Health Revenue, Bank of America NA SPA) |
0.57 | 11-15-2052 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | ||||||||||||
12,405,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
California: 8.92% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 8.92% | ||||||||||||||||
California CDA Motion Picture & Television Fund Series 2001-A (Health Revenue, Northern Trust Company LOC) |
0.71 | 3-1-2031 | 1,450,000 | 1,450,000 | ||||||||||||
California Municipal Finance Authority High Desert Partnership (Education Revenue, Union Bank NA LOC) |
0.76 | 4-1-2042 | 1,240,000 | 1,240,000 | ||||||||||||
California Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series XM0147 (Education Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A |
0.70 | 1-1-2039 | 9,000,000 | 9,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Irvine CA Limited Obligation Improvement Bonds Series A (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LOC) |
0.58 | 9-2-2026 | 600,000 | 600,000 | ||||||||||||
JPMorgan Chase PUTTER/DRIVER Trust Series 3841 (Transportation Revenue, Ambac Insured, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A |
0.74 | 7-1-2024 | 8,075,000 | 8,075,000 | ||||||||||||
Los Angeles CA DW&P Sub Series B-1 (Utilities Revenue, Barclays Bank plc SPA) |
0.62 | 7-1-2034 | 12,500,000 | 12,500,000 | ||||||||||||
Rancho CA Water District Finance Authority Series 2016A Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016-XF2367 (Water & Sewer Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A |
0.69 | 8-1-2024 | 3,200,000 | 3,200,000 | ||||||||||||
San Francisco CA RDA Fillmore Center 1999 Issue B1 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.68 | 12-1-2017 | 3,500,000 | 3,500,000 | ||||||||||||
San Joaquin CA Delta Community College Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series ZF0180 (GO Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A |
0.76 | 8-1-2022 | 2,415,000 | 2,415,000 | ||||||||||||
41,980,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Colorado: 3.82% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.82% | ||||||||||||||||
Colorado Health Facilities Authority Catholic Health Initiatives Series 2013-3364 (Health Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A |
0.80 | 10-1-2037 | 6,250,000 | 6,250,000 | ||||||||||||
Colorado Springs CO Utilities Systems Series B (Utilities Revenue, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking SPA) |
0.70 | 11-1-2026 | 8,120,000 | 8,120,000 | ||||||||||||
Moffat County CO Tri State General Association Project (Industrial Development Revenue, Bank of America NA LOC) |
0.68 | 3-1-2036 | 3,600,000 | 3,600,000 | ||||||||||||
17,970,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
2 | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
District of Columbia: 0.76% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.76% | ||||||||||||||||
District of Columbia Community Connection Real Estate Foundation Issue Series 2007A (Miscellaneous Revenue, Manufacturers & Traders LOC) |
0.71 | % | 7-1-2032 | $ | 3,600,000 | $ | 3,600,000 | |||||||||
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|
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Florida: 1.62% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.62% | ||||||||||||||||
Highlands County FL Health Facilities Authority Adventist Health System Sunbelt Obligated Group Series 2012 I-2 (Health Revenue) |
0.63 | 11-15-2032 | 600,000 | 600,000 | ||||||||||||
Orange County FL School Board Certificate of Participation Series 2009A (Miscellaneous Revenue, AGC Insured, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A |
0.79 | 8-1-2034 | 3,300,000 | 3,300,000 | ||||||||||||
Pinellas County FL IDA Neighborly Care Network Project Series 2008 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust LOC) |
0.68 | 8-1-2028 | 3,730,000 | 3,730,000 | ||||||||||||
7,630,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
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Georgia: 1.23% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.23% | ||||||||||||||||
Metropolitan Atlanta GA Rapid Transit Authority Series P (Tax Revenue, Societe Generale LOC, Ambac Insured) 144A |
0.66 | 7-1-2020 | 5,765,000 | 5,765,000 | ||||||||||||
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|
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Illinois: 3.42% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.42% | ||||||||||||||||
DuPage & Will Counties IL Community School District #204 Indian Prairie School Building Series A Royal Bank of Canada Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 0-26 (GO Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A |
0.74 | 4-12-2017 | 3,515,000 | 3,515,000 | ||||||||||||
Illinois Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series XF2202 (Transportation Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A |
0.69 | 7-1-2023 | 1,140,000 | 1,140,000 | ||||||||||||
Illinois Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series ZM0120 (Transportation Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A |
0.71 | 7-1-2023 | 3,100,000 | 3,100,000 | ||||||||||||
Quad Cities Illinois Regional EDA Augustana College Series 2005 (Education Revenue, Harris NA LOC) |
0.66 | 10-1-2035 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Yorkville Kendall County IL Special Service Area #2003-101 Windett Ridge Project JPMorgan PUTTER Series 4380 (Tax Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A |
0.88 | 3-1-2023 | 3,320,000 | 3,320,000 | ||||||||||||
16,075,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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|
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Indiana: 3.30% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.30% | ||||||||||||||||
Indiana Certificates of Participation Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificates Trust Series 2009-34 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ) |
0.70 | 7-1-2023 | 10,815,000 | 10,815,000 | ||||||||||||
Spencer County IN American Iron Oxide Company Project Series 1999 (Industrial Development Revenue, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi LOC) |
0.80 | 9-1-2018 | 4,700,000 | 4,700,000 | ||||||||||||
15,515,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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|
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Iowa: 0.68% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.68% | ||||||||||||||||
Iowa Finance Authority Midwestern Disaster Area Project (Industrial Development Revenue, Korea Development Bank LOC) |
0.87 | 4-1-2022 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Iowa Finance Authority Multifamily Housing Series 2006 A Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016-XF0386 (Housing Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A |
0.73 | 7-1-2041 | 2,220,000 | 2,220,000 | ||||||||||||
3,220,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | 3 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Kansas: 2.13% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 2.13% | ||||||||||||||||
Wyandotte County KS Unified School District #500 Series 2016A Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016-ZM0463 (GO Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A |
0.74 | % | 9-1-2024 | $ | 10,000,000 | $ | 10,000,000 | |||||||||
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|
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Louisiana: 0.90% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.90% | ||||||||||||||||
East Baton Rouge Parish LA ExxonMobil Project Series B (Industrial Development Revenue) |
0.57 | 12-1-2040 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | ||||||||||||
East Baton Rouge Parish LA Industrial Development Board ExxonMobil Project Series 2010A (Industrial Development Revenue) |
0.57 | 8-1-2035 | 2,750,000 | 2,750,000 | ||||||||||||
4,250,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
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Maryland: 2.01% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.01% | ||||||||||||||||
Maryland HEFA University of Maryland Medical System Series D (Health Revenue, TD Bank NA LOC) |
0.62 | 7-1-2041 | 3,200,000 | 3,200,000 | ||||||||||||
Maryland State Stadium Authority Sports Facilities Football Stadium Series 2007 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking SPA) |
0.68 | 3-1-2026 | 2,250,000 | 2,250,000 | ||||||||||||
Maryland Transportation Authority Facilities Project Series 2008 Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016-XF0278 (Transportation Revenue, AGM Insured, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A |
0.73 | 7-1-2041 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | ||||||||||||
9,450,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
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Massachusetts: 0.80% |
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Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.80% | ||||||||||||||||
Massachusetts HEFA Baystate Medical Center Series K (Health Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LOC) |
0.61 | 7-1-2039 | 3,745,000 | 3,745,000 | ||||||||||||
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|
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Michigan: 3.39% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.39% | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan University Barclays Residual Interest Bonds Trust Series 6WE (Miscellaneous Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LOC) 144A |
0.81 | 7-1-2018 | 7,930,000 | 7,930,000 | ||||||||||||
Green Lake Township MI Economic Development Corporation Interlochen Center Arts Project Series 2004 (Miscellaneous Revenue, BMO Harris Bank NA LOC) |
0.61 | 6-1-2034 | 2,235,000 | 2,235,000 | ||||||||||||
St. Joseph MI Hospital Finance Authority Lakeland Hospital Niles & St. Joseph Obligated Group Series 2002 (Health Revenue, AGM Insured, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA) |
0.78 | 1-1-2032 | 5,810,000 | 5,810,000 | ||||||||||||
15,975,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
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Minnesota: 3.02% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.02% | ||||||||||||||||
Bloomington MN Bristol Village Apartments Project Series 2002A-1 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.75 | 11-15-2032 | 1,200,000 | 1,200,000 | ||||||||||||
Burnsville MN Bridgeway Apartments Project Series 2003 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.74 | 10-15-2033 | 2,375,000 | 2,375,000 | ||||||||||||
Forest Lake MN Kilkenny Court Apartments Project Series 2008 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.75 | 8-15-2038 | 4,500,000 | 4,500,000 |
4 | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued) | ||||||||||||||||
Maple Grove MN MFHR Basswood Trails Apartment Project Series 2002 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.74 | % | 3-1-2029 | $ | 2,340,000 | $ | 2,340,000 | |||||||||
Minnesota HEFAR Concordia University Series P-1 (Education Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC) |
0.61 | 4-1-2027 | 925,000 | 925,000 | ||||||||||||
Plymouth MN Lancaster Village Apartments Project Series 2001 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ) |
0.74 | 9-15-2031 | 2,865,000 | 2,865,000 | ||||||||||||
14,205,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Mississippi: 5.24% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 5.24% | ||||||||||||||||
Mississippi Business Finance Commission Gulf Opportunity Zone Chevron USA Incorporated Project Series A (Industrial Development Revenue) |
0.58 | 12-1-2030 | 1,100,000 | 1,100,000 | ||||||||||||
Mississippi Business Finance Commission Gulf Opportunity Zone Chevron USA Incorporated Project Series J (Industrial Development Revenue) |
0.58 | 11-1-2035 | 2,900,000 | 2,900,000 | ||||||||||||
Mississippi Business Finance Corporation Chevron USA Incorporated Project Series K (Industrial Development Revenue) |
0.60 | 11-1-2035 | 8,200,000 | 8,200,000 | ||||||||||||
Mississippi Series A Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificates Trust Series 2009-60 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ) |
0.70 | 11-1-2018 | 12,460,000 | 12,460,000 | ||||||||||||
24,660,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Missouri: 1.10% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.10% | ||||||||||||||||
Missouri Development Finance Board Cultural Facilities Nelson Gallery Foundation Series A (Miscellaneous Revenue, U.S. Bank NA SPA) |
0.62 | 12-1-2037 | 1,700,000 | 1,700,000 | ||||||||||||
Missouri Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series XF2198 (Water & Sewer Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A |
0.69 | 5-1-2023 | 2,670,000 | 2,670,000 | ||||||||||||
St. Joseph MO IDA Heartland Regional Medical Center Series 2009A (Health Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC) |
0.61 | 11-15-2043 | 800,000 | 800,000 | ||||||||||||
5,170,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Nebraska: 0.92% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.92% | ||||||||||||||||
Nebraska Investment Finance Authority MFHR Apple Creek Associates Project Series 1985-A (Housing Revenue, Northern Trust Company LOC) |
0.80 | 9-1-2031 | 4,310,000 | 4,310,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
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New Jersey: 0.72% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.72% | ||||||||||||||||
New Jersey Tender Option Bond Trust Receipt/Certificates Series 2016-XM0226 (Miscellaneous Revenue, BHAC/National Insured, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A |
0.78 | 7-1-2026 | 3,370,000 | 3,370,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
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New York: 11.86% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 11.86% | ||||||||||||||||
New York Dormitory Authority Debt City University Consolidated 5th General Resolution Series E (Education Revenue, TD Bank NA LOC) |
0.63 | 7-1-2031 | 10,625,000 | 10,625,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA 605 West 42nd Street Series 2014A (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC) |
0.82 | 5-1-2048 | 4,600,000 | 4,600,000 | ||||||||||||
New York HFA 605 West 42nd Street Series 2015A (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC) |
0.82 | 5-1-2048 | 4,900,000 | 4,900,000 |
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | 5 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued) | ||||||||||||||||
New York HFA Manhattan West Residential Housing Revenue Series 2015A (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC) |
0.87 | % | 11-1-2049 | $ | 5,000,000 | $ | 5,000,000 | |||||||||
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority Dedicated Tax Fund Series A-1 (Tax Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) |
0.62 | 11-1-2031 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority Sub Series E-4 (Transportation Revenue, Bank of the West LOC) |
0.70 | 11-15-2045 | 3,740,000 | 3,740,000 | ||||||||||||
New York NY Fiscal Series 2004H-4 (GO Revenue, Bank of New York Mellon LOC) |
0.63 | 3-1-2034 | 4,400,000 | 4,400,000 | ||||||||||||
New York NY Fiscal Series 2004-H-1 (GO Revenue, Bank of New York Mellon LOC) |
0.63 | 3-1-2034 | 4,200,000 | 4,200,000 | ||||||||||||
New York NY Municipal Water Finance Authority Water & Sewer System 2nd General Resolution Bonds Fiscal 2011 Sub Series DD-1 (Water & Sewer Revenue, TD Bank NA SPA) |
0.62 | 6-15-2043 | 1,300,000 | 1,300,000 | ||||||||||||
New York NY Municipal Water Finance Authority Water & Sewer System 2nd General Resolution Bonds Fiscal 2011 Sub Series FF-1 (Water & Sewer Revenue, Bank of America NA SPA) |
0.63 | 6-15-2044 | 2,700,000 | 2,700,000 | ||||||||||||
New York NY Municipal Water Finance Authority Water & Sewer System 2nd General Resolution Bonds Fiscal 2014 Sub Series AA-6 (Water & Sewer Revenue, Mizuho Bank Limited SPA) |
0.64 | 6-15-2048 | 3,080,000 | 3,080,000 | ||||||||||||
New York NY Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Bonds Fiscal 2013 Sub Series A-5 (Tax Revenue, U.S. Bank NA SPA) |
0.62 | 8-1-2039 | 1,600,000 | 1,600,000 | ||||||||||||
New York NY Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Bonds Fiscal 2013 Sub Series A-4 (Tax Revenue, Northern Trust Company SPA) |
0.62 | 8-1-2039 | 100,000 | 100,000 | ||||||||||||
New York NY Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Tax-Exempt Bonds Fiscal 2015 Sub Series A-3 (Tax Revenue, Mizuho Bank Limited SPA) |
0.63 | 8-1-2043 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | ||||||||||||
New York NY Transitional Finance Authority Recovery Bonds Fiscal 2003 Series 3 Sub Series 3F (Tax Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada SPA) |
0.62 | 11-1-2022 | 1,580,000 | 1,580,000 | ||||||||||||
55,825,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
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North Carolina: 4.96% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 4.96% | ||||||||||||||||
North Carolina Capital Facilities Finance Agency Duke University Project Series 2015B Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2015-ZM0105 (Education Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A |
0.69 | 10-1-2055 | 2,250,500 | 2,250,500 | ||||||||||||
North Carolina Capital Facilities Finance Agency Educational Hill Center Project Series 2008 (Education Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust LOC) |
0.68 | 7-1-2028 | 3,830,000 | 3,830,000 | ||||||||||||
North Carolina Medical Care Commission FirstHealth Carolina Project Series 2008A (Health Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust SPA) |
0.71 | 10-1-2028 | 5,100,000 | 5,100,000 | ||||||||||||
North Carolina Medical Care Commission Hospice Alamance-Caswell Project Series 2008 (Health Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust LOC) |
0.68 | 12-1-2033 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | ||||||||||||
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Series 2009- A (Education Revenue, TD Bank NA SPA) |
0.63 | 2-1-2024 | 8,160,000 | 8,160,000 | ||||||||||||
23,340,500 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Ohio: 3.10% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.10% | ||||||||||||||||
Middletown OH Hospital Facility Premier Health Partners Obligation Group Series A (Health Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LIQ) 144A |
1.00 | 11-15-2045 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Montgomery County OH Catholic Health Initiatives Series A (Health Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A |
0.81 | 5-1-2034 | 6,565,000 | 6,565,000 | ||||||||||||
Ohio Capital Facilities Lease Adult Correctional Building Fund Series C (Miscellaneous Revenue) |
0.79 | 10-1-2036 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | ||||||||||||
14,565,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
6 | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Other: 0.99% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.99% | ||||||||||||||||
Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificates Trust Series 2009-54 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ) |
0.72 | % | 2-15-2028 | $ | 2,764,000 | $ | 2,764,000 | |||||||||
FHLMC (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.67 | 3-15-2049 | 800,000 | 800,000 | ||||||||||||
FHLMC MFHR Series M031 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.67 | 12-15-2045 | 1,100,000 | 1,100,000 | ||||||||||||
4,664,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
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Pennsylvania: 1.88% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.88% | ||||||||||||||||
Allegheny County PA Hospital Development Authority University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Series 2010D JPMorgan Chase PUTTER Series 5011 (Health Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LOC, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A |
0.67 | 12-1-2019 | 3,700,000 | 3,700,000 | ||||||||||||
Pennsylvania Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016 ZF0504 (Water & Sewer Revenue, TD Bank NA LIQ) 144A |
0.81 | 8-15-2042 | 2,165,000 | 2,165,000 | ||||||||||||
Southcentral Pennsylvania General Authority WellSpan Health Obliged Group Series 2014A Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2015-ZM0081 (Health Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A |
0.69 | 6-1-2044 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | ||||||||||||
8,865,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
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Rhode Island: 1.83% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.83% | ||||||||||||||||
Narragansett Bay RI Commission Wastewater System Series 2013A Tender Option Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016-XM0140 (Water & Sewer Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A |
0.76 | 9-1-2020 | 8,600,000 | 8,600,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
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South Carolina: 4.00% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 4.00% | ||||||||||||||||
Charleston SC Waterworks & Sewer System Series 2010 Tender Option Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2015-ZF0219 (Water & Sewer Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A |
0.69 | 8-1-2019 | 6,400,000 | 6,400,000 | ||||||||||||
Greenville SC Health System Hospital Series 2014B Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2015-XF0145 (Health Revenue, TD Bank NA LIQ) 144A |
0.70 | 5-30-2022 | 8,020,000 | 8,020,000 | ||||||||||||
South Carolina Educational Facilities Authority for Private Non-Profit Institutions Higher Learning Educational Facilities Spartanburg Methodist Series 2005 (Education Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust LOC) |
0.70 | 8-1-2025 | 3,025,000 | 3,025,000 | ||||||||||||
South Carolina Jobs EDA Institutional Business & Home Safety Project Series 2009 (Industrial Development Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust LOC) |
0.72 | 11-1-2034 | 1,385,000 | 1,385,000 | ||||||||||||
18,830,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
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Tennessee: 3.78% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.78% | ||||||||||||||||
Clarksville TN Public Building Authority Tennessee Municipal Bond Fund (Miscellaneous Revenue, Bank of America NA LOC) |
0.69 | 1-1-2033 | 8,800,000 | 8,800,000 | ||||||||||||
Clarksville TN Public Building Authority Tennessee Municipal Building Fund Series 2004 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Bank of America NA LOC) |
0.69 | 7-1-2034 | 2,620,000 | 2,620,000 | ||||||||||||
Franklin County TN HEFA Board University of the South Project Series 1998B (Education Revenue) |
0.71 | 9-1-2018 | 2,390,000 | 2,390,000 | ||||||||||||
Sevier County TN Public Building Authority Local Government Public Improvement Series 6-A1 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust SPA) |
0.68 | 6-1-2029 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | ||||||||||||
17,810,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | 7 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
Texas: 8.53% |
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Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 8.53% | ||||||||||||||||
Bexar County TX Housing Finance Corporation Palisades Park Apartments Project Series 2009 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ) |
0.74 | % | 9-1-2039 | $ | 4,000,000 | $ | 4,000,000 | |||||||||
Brazos Harbor TX Industrial Development Corporation BASF Corporation Project Series 2001 (Industrial Development Revenue) |
0.71 | 7-1-2022 | 4,900,000 | 4,900,000 | ||||||||||||
Dickinson TX Independent School District Unlimited Tax School House Refunding Bonds Series 2000 (GO Revenue, Societe Generale LIQ) |
0.69 | 2-15-2028 | 8,350,000 | 8,350,000 | ||||||||||||
Harris County TX Cultural Educational Facilities Finance Corporation Children’s Hospital Project Series 2015-3 JPMorgan PUTTER Series 5001 (Hospital Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A |
0.67 | 6-1-2019 | 4,665,000 | 4,665,000 | ||||||||||||
Port Corpus Christi TX Solid Waste Disposal Flint Hills Resources Project Series 2002B (Resource Recovery Revenue) |
0.68 | 7-1-2029 | 4,200,000 | 4,200,000 | ||||||||||||
Tarrant County TX Cultural Educational Facilities Finance Corporation Christus Health Series 2008C-2 (Health Revenue, Bank of New York Mellon LOC) |
0.67 | 7-1-2047 | 7,905,000 | 7,905,000 | ||||||||||||
Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition & Supply Corporation Series 2848 (Utilities Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A |
0.96 | 12-15-2026 | 6,108,108 | 6,108,108 | ||||||||||||
40,128,108 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
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Utah: 1.81% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.81% | ||||||||||||||||
Utah Water Finance Agency Series B-1 (Water & Sewer Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA) |
0.69 | 10-1-2037 | 8,500,000 | 8,500,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
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Vermont: 1.04% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.04% | ||||||||||||||||
Vermont Educational & Health Buildings Financing Agency Landmark College Project Series 2008A (Education Revenue, TD Bank NA LOC) |
0.60 | 7-1-2033 | 2,895,000 | 2,895,000 | ||||||||||||
Vermont Educational & Health Buildings Financing Agency Norwich University Project Series 2008 (Education Revenue, TD Bank NA LOC) |
0.63 | 9-1-2038 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||||
4,895,000 | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Virginia: 0.63% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.63% | ||||||||||||||||
Fauquier County VA IDA Highland School Project Series 2008 (Education Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust LOC) |
0.68 | 12-1-2033 | 2,960,000 | 2,960,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
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Washington: 0.40% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.40% | ||||||||||||||||
Washington Housing Finance Commission Nonprofit Tacoma Art Museum Project Series 2002 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Northern Trust Company LOC) |
0.63 | 6-1-2032 | 1,900,000 | 1,900,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Wisconsin: 3.25% |
||||||||||||||||
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.25% | ||||||||||||||||
Appleton WI Recovery Zone Facilities Foremost Farms Project Series 2010 (Industrial Development Revenue, CoBank LOC) |
0.69 | 5-1-2037 | 7,700,000 | 7,700,000 | ||||||||||||
Wisconsin Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificates Trust Series 2009-36 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ) |
0.70 | 5-1-2020 | 3,755,000 | 3,755,000 |
8 | Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund | Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017 |
Security name | Interest rate | Maturity date | Principal | Value | ||||||||||||
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Wisconsin PFA Midwestern Disaster Area Program Series 2011 (Industrial Development Revenue, Farm Credit Services America LOC) |
0.76 | % | 9-1-2036 | $ | 3,840,000 | $ | 3,840,000 | |||||||||
15,295,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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Total Municipal Obligations (Cost $460,972,608) |
460,972,608 | |||||||||||||||
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Total investments in securities (Cost $460,972,608) * | 97.97 | % | 460,972,608 | |||||
Other assets and liabilities, net |
2.03 | 9,533,070 | ||||||
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Total net assets | 100.00 | % | $ | 470,505,678 | ||||
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ø | Variable rate demand notes are subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity. The maturity date shown represents the final maturity date of the security. The interest rate is determined and reset by the issuer daily, weekly, or monthly depending upon the terms of the security. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end. |
144A | The security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers, pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. |
* | Cost for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial reporting purposes. |
KPMG LLP Two Financial Center 60 South Street |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Board of Trustees and Shareholders of
Wells Fargo Funds Trust:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the summary portfolio of investments, of the Wells Fargo Money Market Fund (the “Fund”), one of the funds constituting the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, as of January 31, 2017, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, (the financial statements and financial highlights are included in Item 1 of this Form N-CSR), and the portfolio of investments as of January 31, 2017 (included in Item 6 of this Form N- CSR). These financial statements, financial highlights, and portfolio of investments are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements, financial highlights, and portfolio of investments based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements, financial highlights, and portfolio of investments are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and portfolio of investments. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements, financial highlights, and portfolio of investments referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Wells Fargo Money Market Fund as of January 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five- year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Boston, Massachusetts
KPMG LLP is a Delaware limited liability partnership, | ||||
the U.S. member firm of KPMG International Cooperative | ||||
(“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity. |
KPMG LLP Two Financial Center 60 South Street |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Board of Trustees and Shareholders
of Wells Fargo Funds Trust:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the summary portfolio of investments, of the Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund (the “Fund”), one of the funds constituting the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, as of January 31, 2017, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended (the financial statements and financial highlights are included in Item 1 of this Form N-CSR), and the portfolio of investments as of January 31, 2017 (included in Item 6 of this Form N-CSR). These financial statements, financial highlights, and portfolio of investments are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements, financial highlights, and portfolio of investments based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements, financial highlights, and portfolio of investments are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and portfolio of investments. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements, financial highlights, and portfolio of investments referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund as of January 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Boston, Massachusetts
KPMG LLP is a Delaware limited liability partnership, | ||||
the U.S. member firm of KPMG International Cooperative | ||||
(“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity. |
ITEM 7. | DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES |
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. | PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES |
Not applicable.
ITEM 9. | PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS |
Not applicable.
ITEM 10. | SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS |
There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s Board of Trustees that have been implemented since the registrant’s last provided disclosure in response to the requirements of this Item.
ITEM 11. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES |
(a) The President and Treasurer have concluded that the Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”) disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) provide reasonable assurances that material information relating to the Trust is made known to them by the appropriate persons based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report.
(b) There were no significant changes in the Trust’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 12. | EXHIBITS |
(a)(1) Code of Ethics pursuant to Item 2 of Form N-CSR is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit COE.
(a)(2) Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.
(a)(3) Not applicable.
(b) Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)) is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.906CERT.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Wells Fargo Funds Trust | ||
By: | /s/ Andrew Owen | |
President | ||
Date: March 24, 2017 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Wells Fargo Funds Trust | ||
By: | /s/ Andrew Owen | |
President | ||
Date: March 24, 2017 | ||
By: | /s/ Nancy Wiser | |
Treasurer | ||
Date: March 24, 2017 |