NEW YORK (S&P Global Ratings) Nov. 4, 2021--S&P Global Ratings today said that its assessments of the business and financial profiles and overall creditworthiness of Allspring Buyer LLC (BB-/Stable/--) have not materially changed following the recent close of the company's acquisition of Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM). Financial sponsors GTCR LLC and Reverence Capital Partners L.P. formed Allspring--previously known as Zebra Buyer LLC--to purchase WFAM from Wells Fargo&Co. in a deal announced earlier this year. The company used a $1.1 billion term loan B to help finance the acquisition. With the closing, WFAM has begun doing business as Allspring Global Investments, a subsidiary of Allspring. Overall, our ratings on Allspring reflect its long record in the asset management