Allspring High Yield Municipal Bond Fund Q1 2026 Commentary
2026-05-25·via All Articles on Seeking Alpha
Summary
Allspring High Yield Municipal Bond Fund underperformed its benchmark, the Bloomberg High Yield Municipal Bond Index, for the three-month period that ended March 31, 2026.
Credit was a positive contributor to performance, while sector and selection were the primary detractors from performance.
For the quarter as a whole, the broad Bloomberg Municipal Index declined 0.18%. In contrast, the Bloomberg Municipal High Yield Index rose 0.71%, making it the best-performing fixed income sector for the period.
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General Fund Information
Ticker: WHYIX
Portfolio managers:
Dennis Derby; and Nicholas Venditti, CFA®
Subadvisor: Allspring Global Investments, LLC
Category: High yield muni
Fund Strategy
Uses both bottom-up credit research and top-down macroeconomic analysis