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Total Ethical Concerns: 9.87%

The average total concerns of all KiwiSaver balanced funds is 5.99%.

Companies of Concern

  • Environmental Harm 1.75%

    • BHP
      0.65%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Chevron Corp.
      0.14%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Fonterra
      0.10%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Shell
      0.10%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • The Coca-Cola Company
      0.10%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • PepsiCo
      0.07%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Danone
      0.05%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Mitsubishi Corp.
      0.05%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Coca-Cola Bottler
      0.04%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Enbridge, Inc.
      0.04%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Unilever
      0.04%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • 3M
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Duke Energy Corp
      0.03%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Barrick Mining
      0.02%
    • Corteva, Inc.
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Glencore
      0.02%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Mondelez
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Vale SA
      0.02%
    • Archer-Daniels Midland
      0.01%
    • Basf Se
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Bayer
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Jardine Matheson
      0.01%
    • Pg&E Corp
      0.01%
  • Fossil Fuels 4.32%

    • BHP
      0.65%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Exxon Mobil Corp.
      0.38%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Rio Tinto
      0.16%
    • Totalenergies Se
      0.16%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Chevron Corp.
      0.14%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Woodside Energy Group Ltd.
      0.14%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Caterpillar
      0.11%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Equinor Asa
      0.10%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Shell
      0.10%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Channel Infrastructure
      0.09%
    • Nextera Energy, Inc.
      0.06%
    • BP
      0.05%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Conocophillips
      0.05%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Mitsubishi Corp.
      0.05%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Santos Ltd.
      0.05%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Enbridge, Inc.
      0.04%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Itochu Corp.
      0.04%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
      0.04%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Origin Energy
      0.04%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • South32 Ltd.
      0.04%
    • The Williams Cos., Inc.
      0.04%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Apa Group
      0.03%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Duke Energy Corp
      0.03%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Enel
      0.03%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Engie SA
      0.03%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Eni Spa
      0.03%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Kinder Morgan, Inc.
      0.03%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Marubeni Corp.
      0.03%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • National Grid PLC
      0.03%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Phillips 66
      0.03%
    • Reliance Industries Ltd.
      0.03%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • SLB
      0.03%
    • Suncor Energy, Inc.
      0.03%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • The Southern Co.
      0.03%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Valero Energy Corp.
      0.03%
    • American Electric Power Co., Inc.
      0.02%
    • Ampol Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Baker Hughes
      0.02%
    • Barrick Mining
      0.02%
    • Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
      0.02%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Cassa Depositi E Prestiti Spa
      0.02%
    • Cheniere Energy, Inc.
      0.02%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Constellation Energy Corp.
      0.02%
    • E.On Se
      0.02%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Entergy Corp.
      0.02%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Eog Resources, Inc.
      0.02%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Glencore
      0.02%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Loews Corp.
      0.02%
    • Oneok, Inc.
      0.02%
    • Orica Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Petrobras
      0.02%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Sempra Energy
      0.02%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Sumitomo Corp.
      0.02%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Targa Resources Corp.
      0.02%
    • Tc Energy Corp.
      0.02%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Vale SA
      0.02%
    • Vistra Energy
      0.02%
    • Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Agl Energy Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Arcelormittal SA
      0.01%
    • Atmos Energy Corp.
      0.01%
    • Cenovus Energy, Inc.
      0.01%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Ck Hutchison
      0.01%
    • Consolidated Edison, Inc.
      0.01%
    • Dominion Energy, Inc.
      0.01%
    • Dte Energy Co.
      0.01%
    • Eneos Holdings, Inc.
      0.01%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Eqt Corp.
      0.01%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Firstenergy Corp.
      0.01%
    • Halliburton Co.
      0.01%
    • Jardine Matheson
      0.01%
    • Occidental Petroleum Corp.
      0.01%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Pg&E Corp
      0.01%
    • Repsol
      0.01%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Rwe AG
      0.01%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • SGS
      0.01%
    • Saudi Aramco
      0.01%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Smiths Group
      0.01%
    • Whitehaven Coal Ltd.
      0.01%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Worley
      0.01%
    • Xcel Energy, Inc.
      0.01%
  • Animal Cruelty 1.79%

    • Exxon Mobil Corp.
      0.38%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • L'Oréal SA
      0.22%
    • Chevron Corp.
      0.14%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Hermès International Sca
      0.14%
    • Shell
      0.10%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Symrise AG
      0.04%
    • Unilever
      0.04%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • 3M
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Air Liquide
      0.03%
    • Eni Spa
      0.03%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Reliance Industries Ltd.
      0.03%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
      0.03%
    • The Sherwin-Williams Co.
      0.03%
    • Colgate-Palmolive Co.
      0.02%
    • Corteva, Inc.
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Ecolab Inc.
      0.02%
    • Basf Se
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Bayer
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Kimberly-Clark Corp.
      0.01%
    • Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Nv
      0.01%
    • Tapestry, Inc.
      0.01%
  • Human Rights Violations 2.66%

    • Tesla
      0.34%
    • Rio Tinto
      0.16%
    • Caterpillar
      0.11%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Wells Fargo
      0.11%
    • Nestlé
      0.10%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Palantir Technologies
      0.10%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • IBM
      0.08%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Airbnb
      0.07%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • UBS
      0.07%
    • Toronto-Dominion Bank
      0.06%
    • Booking Holdings
      0.05%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • General Motors
      0.05%
    • Glencore
      0.02%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Motorola Solutions Inc
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Petrobras
      0.02%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Volvo Group
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Arcelormittal SA
      0.01%
    • Ck Hutchison
      0.01%
    • Expedia Group
      0.01%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Holcim
      0.01%
    • Saudi Aramco
      0.01%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Teva Pharmaceuticals
      0.01%
  • Social Harm 0.9%

  • Weapons 0.83%

    • Amphenol Corp.
      0.05%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
      0.04%
    • AMETEK
      0.02%
    • Curtiss-Wright Corp.
      0.02%
    • Saab Ab
      0.02%
    • Teledyne Technologies, Inc.
      0.02%
    • Hensoldt AG
      0.01%
    • Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.
      0.01%

From the Fund Provider

  • About this fund

    About this Fund

    The Balanced Fund is suited to investors who seek a medium level of returns on average over medium term periods (five years plus), allowing for shorter-term ups and downs. We aim to achieve this by investing in a mix of income and growth assets.

    Value $877M NZD
    Period of data report 31st March 2026
    Members 32,252
    Fund started 1st Oct. 2007
    Total annual fund fees 1.18%
    Total performance based fees 0.0%
    Manager's basic fee 1.16%
    Other management and administration charges 0.03%
    Total other charges 36.0
    Total other charges currency NZD

    Aaron Usher

    Currently: Senior Manager – Investment Strategy (0 years, 3 months)
    Previously: Portfolio Strategy Manager, Booster Financial Services (4 years, 5 months)

    Rowan Calvert

    Currently: Portfolio Manager - Global Equities (8 years, 5 months)
    Previously: Senior Equity Analyst, Booster Financial Services (7 years, 4 months)

    Simon O'Grady

    Currently: Chief Investment Officer (0 years, 6 months)
    Previously: Chief Investment Officer, Kiwi Wealth (9 years, 8 months)

    Steffan Berridge

    Currently: Senior Manager - Global Investments (0 years, 2 months)
    Previously: Investment Committee Member, Booster Financial Services (0 years, 8 months)

    Diana Gordon

    Currently: Senior Portfolio Manager – Fixed Interest (0 years, 4 months)
    Previously: Head of Investment Management, Financial Markets Authority (2 years, 1 months)

    This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st March 2026.

  • Past Returns

    Past Returns

    Past annual returns for this fund are after fees and taxes. Please note that higher past returns do not always mean higher future returns.

    Year Market Average Fund Annual Return
    2026 6.37% 6.17%
    2025 4.34% 2.96%
    2024 10.79% 10.3%
    2023 -2.79% -3.17%
    2022 1.34% 2.34%
    2021 17.98% 18.97%
    2020 -1.40% -0.92%
    2019 5.81% 6.4%
    2018 5.28% 5.42%
    2017 5.86% 7.18%

    The market average is the average return for funds of the same risk category, sourced from the Commission for Financial Capability's Sorted website. The fund information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st March 2026.

  • Investments

    Top 10 Investments

    • NZ Cash (BNZ Bank Trust Account)

      New Zealand Cash and Equivalents A-1+

      2.27%
    • Aam Corporate Loan Fund Iii

      New Zealand NZ Fixed Interest

      2.09%
    • Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited

      New Zealand Australasian Equities

      1.69%
    • Nvidia Corp

      United States International Equities

      1.58%
    • Metrics Secured Private Debt Fund Ii

      Australia Fund

      1.5%
    • Vanguard ESG US Stock ETF

      United States Fund

      1.39%
    • Apple Inc

      United States International Equities

      1.27%
    • Microsoft Corporation

      United States International Equities

      1.12%
    • NZ Govt Stock 4.5% 15/04/2027

      New Zealand NZ Fixed Interest AAA

      1.12%
    • Secured Loan To Booster KiwiSaver Scheme Geared Growth Fund

      New Zealand NZ Fixed Interest

      1.07%
    Type Target Actual
    Cash and Cash Equivalents 2.0% 4.67%
    New Zealand Fixed Interest 19.0% 19.43%
    International Fixed Interest 19.0% 17.92%
    Australasian Equities 20.0% 16.11%
    International Equities 33.0% 37.14%
    Listed Properties 4.0% 2.16%
    Unlisted Properties 3.0% 2.57%
    Other 0.0% 0.0%
    Commodities 0.0% 0.0%

    Investment Mix

    How the money in this fund is invested by asset type.

    This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st March 2026.

This data is compiled by Mindful Money from the fund information and portfolios that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with the Disclose register to 31st March 2026 and Mindful Money analysis of funds within those portfolios. The list of companies of concern has been drawn from ratings agencies and public sources, including the Norwegian Sovereign Fund, NZ Super Fund, Sustainalytics and research organisations.

Please note that companies may breach more than one of these areas of concern.

The listing of companies of concern is based on definitions used in Mindful Money's methodology. These definitions may be different from the exclusions policy and definitions applied by the fund provider.

Mindful Money uses the term Mindful Funds as our standard for ethical investment and responsible investment. This does not imply that other funds are unethical or that the fund providers that do not meet these standards are unethical providers.

Issues of Concern

  • 1.75% Environmental Harm
  • 4.32% Fossil Fuels
  • 1.79% Animal Cruelty
  • 2.66% Human Rights Violations
  • 0.9% Social Harm
  • 0.83% Weapons

Companies of Concern

  • Environmental Harm

    • BHP
      0.65%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Chevron Corp.
      0.14%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Fonterra
      0.10%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Shell
      0.10%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • The Coca-Cola Company
      0.10%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • PepsiCo
      0.07%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Danone
      0.05%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Mitsubishi Corp.
      0.05%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Coca-Cola Bottler
      0.04%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Enbridge, Inc.
      0.04%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Unilever
      0.04%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • 3M
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Duke Energy Corp
      0.03%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Barrick Mining
      0.02%
    • Corteva, Inc.
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Glencore
      0.02%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Mondelez
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Vale SA
      0.02%
    • Archer-Daniels Midland
      0.01%
    • Basf Se
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Bayer
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Jardine Matheson
      0.01%
    • Pg&E Corp
      0.01%
  • Fossil Fuels

    • BHP
      0.65%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Exxon Mobil Corp.
      0.38%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Rio Tinto
      0.16%
    • Totalenergies Se
      0.16%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Chevron Corp.
      0.14%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Woodside Energy Group Ltd.
      0.14%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Caterpillar
      0.11%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Equinor Asa
      0.10%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Shell
      0.10%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Channel Infrastructure
      0.09%
    • Nextera Energy, Inc.
      0.06%
    • BP
      0.05%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Conocophillips
      0.05%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Mitsubishi Corp.
      0.05%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Santos Ltd.
      0.05%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Enbridge, Inc.
      0.04%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Itochu Corp.
      0.04%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
      0.04%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Origin Energy
      0.04%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • South32 Ltd.
      0.04%
    • The Williams Cos., Inc.
      0.04%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Apa Group
      0.03%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Duke Energy Corp
      0.03%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Enel
      0.03%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Engie SA
      0.03%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Eni Spa
      0.03%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Kinder Morgan, Inc.
      0.03%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Marubeni Corp.
      0.03%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • National Grid PLC
      0.03%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Phillips 66
      0.03%
    • Reliance Industries Ltd.
      0.03%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • SLB
      0.03%
    • Suncor Energy, Inc.
      0.03%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • The Southern Co.
      0.03%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Valero Energy Corp.
      0.03%
    • American Electric Power Co., Inc.
      0.02%
    • Ampol Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Baker Hughes
      0.02%
    • Barrick Mining
      0.02%
    • Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
      0.02%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Cassa Depositi E Prestiti Spa
      0.02%
    • Cheniere Energy, Inc.
      0.02%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Constellation Energy Corp.
      0.02%
    • E.On Se
      0.02%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Entergy Corp.
      0.02%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Eog Resources, Inc.
      0.02%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Glencore
      0.02%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Loews Corp.
      0.02%
    • Oneok, Inc.
      0.02%
    • Orica Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Petrobras
      0.02%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Sempra Energy
      0.02%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Sumitomo Corp.
      0.02%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Targa Resources Corp.
      0.02%
    • Tc Energy Corp.
      0.02%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Vale SA
      0.02%
    • Vistra Energy
      0.02%
    • Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Agl Energy Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Arcelormittal SA
      0.01%
    • Atmos Energy Corp.
      0.01%
    • Cenovus Energy, Inc.
      0.01%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Ck Hutchison
      0.01%
    • Consolidated Edison, Inc.
      0.01%
    • Dominion Energy, Inc.
      0.01%
    • Dte Energy Co.
      0.01%
    • Eneos Holdings, Inc.
      0.01%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Eqt Corp.
      0.01%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Firstenergy Corp.
      0.01%
    • Halliburton Co.
      0.01%
    • Jardine Matheson
      0.01%
    • Occidental Petroleum Corp.
      0.01%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Pg&E Corp
      0.01%
    • Repsol
      0.01%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Rwe AG
      0.01%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • SGS
      0.01%
    • Saudi Aramco
      0.01%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Smiths Group
      0.01%
    • Whitehaven Coal Ltd.
      0.01%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Worley
      0.01%
    • Xcel Energy, Inc.
      0.01%
  • Animal Cruelty

    • Exxon Mobil Corp.
      0.38%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • L'Oréal SA
      0.22%
    • Chevron Corp.
      0.14%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Hermès International Sca
      0.14%
    • Shell
      0.10%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Symrise AG
      0.04%
    • Unilever
      0.04%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • 3M
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Air Liquide
      0.03%
    • Eni Spa
      0.03%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Reliance Industries Ltd.
      0.03%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
      0.03%
    • The Sherwin-Williams Co.
      0.03%
    • Colgate-Palmolive Co.
      0.02%
    • Corteva, Inc.
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Ecolab Inc.
      0.02%
    • Basf Se
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Bayer
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Kimberly-Clark Corp.
      0.01%
    • Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Nv
      0.01%
    • Tapestry, Inc.
      0.01%
  • Human Rights Violations

    • Tesla
      0.34%
    • Rio Tinto
      0.16%
    • Caterpillar
      0.11%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Wells Fargo
      0.11%
    • Nestlé
      0.10%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Palantir Technologies
      0.10%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • IBM
      0.08%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Airbnb
      0.07%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • UBS
      0.07%
    • Toronto-Dominion Bank
      0.06%
    • Booking Holdings
      0.05%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • General Motors
      0.05%
    • Glencore
      0.02%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Motorola Solutions Inc
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Petrobras
      0.02%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
    • Volvo Group
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Arcelormittal SA
      0.01%
    • Ck Hutchison
      0.01%
    • Expedia Group
      0.01%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Holcim
      0.01%
    • Saudi Aramco
      0.01%
      !!
      This company is expanding their fossil fuel production and is off track with the UN target to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Teva Pharmaceuticals
      0.01%
  • Weapons

    • Amphenol Corp.
      0.05%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
      0.04%
    • AMETEK
      0.02%
    • Curtiss-Wright Corp.
      0.02%
    • Saab Ab
      0.02%
    • Teledyne Technologies, Inc.
      0.02%
    • Hensoldt AG
      0.01%
    • Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.
      0.01%

About this Fund

The Balanced Fund is suited to investors who seek a medium level of returns on average over medium term periods (five years plus), allowing for shorter-term ups and downs. We aim to achieve this by investing in a mix of income and growth assets.

Value $877M NZD
Period of data report 31st March 2026
Members 32,252
Fund started 1st Oct. 2007
Total annual fund fees 1.18%
Total performance based fees 0.0%
Manager's basic fee 1.16%
Other management and administration charges 0.03%
Total other charges 36.0
Total other charges currency NZD

Aaron Usher

Currently: Senior Manager – Investment Strategy (0 years, 3 months)
Previously: Portfolio Strategy Manager, Booster Financial Services (4 years, 5 months)

Rowan Calvert

Currently: Portfolio Manager - Global Equities (8 years, 5 months)
Previously: Senior Equity Analyst, Booster Financial Services (7 years, 4 months)

Simon O'Grady

Currently: Chief Investment Officer (0 years, 6 months)
Previously: Chief Investment Officer, Kiwi Wealth (9 years, 8 months)

Steffan Berridge

Currently: Senior Manager - Global Investments (0 years, 2 months)
Previously: Investment Committee Member, Booster Financial Services (0 years, 8 months)

Diana Gordon

Currently: Senior Portfolio Manager – Fixed Interest (0 years, 4 months)
Previously: Head of Investment Management, Financial Markets Authority (2 years, 1 months)

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st March 2026.

Past Returns

Past annual returns for this fund are after fees and taxes. Please note that higher past returns do not always mean higher future returns.

Year Market Average Fund Annual Return
2026 6.37% 6.17%
2025 4.34% 2.96%
2024 10.79% 10.3%
2023 -2.79% -3.17%
2022 1.34% 2.34%
2021 17.98% 18.97%
2020 -1.40% -0.92%
2019 5.81% 6.4%
2018 5.28% 5.42%
2017 5.86% 7.18%

The market average is the average return for funds of the same risk category, sourced from the Commission for Financial Capability's Sorted website. The fund information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st March 2026.

Top 10 Investments

  • NZ Cash (BNZ Bank Trust Account)

    New Zealand Cash and Equivalents A-1+

    2.27%
  • Aam Corporate Loan Fund Iii

    New Zealand NZ Fixed Interest

    2.09%
  • Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited

    New Zealand Australasian Equities

    1.69%
  • Nvidia Corp

    United States International Equities

    1.58%
  • Metrics Secured Private Debt Fund Ii

    Australia Fund

    1.5%
  • Vanguard ESG US Stock ETF

    United States Fund

    1.39%
  • Apple Inc

    United States International Equities

    1.27%
  • Microsoft Corporation

    United States International Equities

    1.12%
  • NZ Govt Stock 4.5% 15/04/2027

    New Zealand NZ Fixed Interest AAA

    1.12%
  • Secured Loan To Booster KiwiSaver Scheme Geared Growth Fund

    New Zealand NZ Fixed Interest

    1.07%
Type Target Actual
Cash and Cash Equivalents 2.0% 4.67%
New Zealand Fixed Interest 19.0% 19.43%
International Fixed Interest 19.0% 17.92%
Australasian Equities 20.0% 16.11%
International Equities 33.0% 37.14%
Listed Properties 4.0% 2.16%
Unlisted Properties 3.0% 2.57%
Other 0.0% 0.0%
Commodities 0.0% 0.0%

Investment Mix

How the money in this fund is invested by asset type.

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st March 2026.

This data is compiled by Mindful Money from the fund information and portfolios that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with the Disclose register to 31st March 2026 and Mindful Money analysis of funds within those portfolios. The list of companies of concern has been drawn from ratings agencies and public sources, including the Norwegian Sovereign Fund, NZ Super Fund, Sustainalytics and research organisations.

Please note that companies may breach more than one of these areas of concern.

The listing of companies of concern is based on definitions used in Mindful Money's methodology. These definitions may be different from the exclusions policy and definitions applied by the fund provider.

Mindful Money uses the term Mindful Funds as our standard for ethical investment and responsible investment. This does not imply that other funds are unethical or that the fund providers that do not meet these standards are unethical providers.