Funds

Kōura KiwiSaver New Zealand Cash Fund

Total Ethical Concerns: 3.60%

The average total concerns of all KiwiSaver defensive funds is 0.86%.

Companies of Concern

  • Environmental Harm 3.6%

    • Fonterra
      3.60%
      3.60%

From the Fund Provider

  • About this fund

    About this Fund

    Invests in bank products, term deposits, and short dated money market instruments to provide a high degree of liquidity to investors.

    Value $4.44M NZD
    Period of data report 31st March 2025
    Members 501
    Fund started 23rd Oct. 2019
    Total annual fund fees 0.63%
    Total performance based fees 0.0%
    Manager's basic fee 0.63%
    Other management and administration charges 0.0%
    Total other charges 30.0
    Total other charges currency NZD

    Warren Couillault

    Currently: Chairman, Investment Committee Member (5 years, 11 months)
    Previously: CEO, Hobson Wealth (6 years, 8 months)

    Rupert Carlyon

    Currently: Managing Director , Investment Committee Member (6 years, 7 months)
    Previously: Director, KPMG (2 years, 0 months)

    David Moore

    Currently: Investment Committee Member (5 years, 11 months)
    Previously: Executive Director, UBS AG (29 years, 6 months)

    Nigel Scott

    Currently: Director, Investment Committee Member (4 years, 4 months)
    Previously: Non Executive-Director, Hobson Wealth (3 years, 8 months)

    This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st March 2025.

  • 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
    2025 3.81% 3.21%
    2024 3.51% 3.53%
    2023 -0.13% 2.23%
    2022 -1.68% 0.3%
    2021 1.56% 0.17%

    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 2025.

  • Investments

    Top 10 Investments

    • BNZ NZD Account

      New Zealand Cash and Equivalents AA-

      85.85%
    • Vctnz 3.45% 27/05/2025

      New Zealand Cash and Equivalents BBB+

      5.46%
    • Fcgnz 4.15% 14/11/2025

      New Zealand Cash and Equivalents A-

      3.6%
    • Tpnz 1.735% 04/09/2025

      New Zealand Cash and Equivalents AA

      2.77%
    • Nzlgfa 2.75% 15/04/2025

      New Zealand Cash and Equivalents AAA

      2.32%
    Type Target Actual
    Cash and Cash Equivalents 100.0% 100.0%
    New Zealand Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
    International Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
    Australasian Equities 0.0% 0.0%
    International Equities 0.0% 0.0%
    Listed Properties 0.0% 0.0%
    Unlisted Properties 0.0% 0.0%
    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 2025.

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 2025 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

  • 0.0% Animal Cruelty
  • 0.0% Human Rights Violations
  • 0.0% Social Harm
  • 0.0% Fossil Fuels
  • 0.0% Weapons
  • 3.6% Environmental Harm

Companies of Concern

  • Environmental Harm

    • Fonterra
      3.60%
      3.60%

About this Fund

Invests in bank products, term deposits, and short dated money market instruments to provide a high degree of liquidity to investors.

Value $4.44M NZD
Period of data report 31st March 2025
Members 501
Fund started 23rd Oct. 2019
Total annual fund fees 0.63%
Total performance based fees 0.0%
Manager's basic fee 0.63%
Other management and administration charges 0.0%
Total other charges 30.0
Total other charges currency NZD

Warren Couillault

Currently: Chairman, Investment Committee Member (5 years, 11 months)
Previously: CEO, Hobson Wealth (6 years, 8 months)

Rupert Carlyon

Currently: Managing Director , Investment Committee Member (6 years, 7 months)
Previously: Director, KPMG (2 years, 0 months)

David Moore

Currently: Investment Committee Member (5 years, 11 months)
Previously: Executive Director, UBS AG (29 years, 6 months)

Nigel Scott

Currently: Director, Investment Committee Member (4 years, 4 months)
Previously: Non Executive-Director, Hobson Wealth (3 years, 8 months)

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st March 2025.

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
2025 3.81% 3.21%
2024 3.51% 3.53%
2023 -0.13% 2.23%
2022 -1.68% 0.3%
2021 1.56% 0.17%

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 2025.

Top 10 Investments

  • BNZ NZD Account

    New Zealand Cash and Equivalents AA-

    85.85%
  • Vctnz 3.45% 27/05/2025

    New Zealand Cash and Equivalents BBB+

    5.46%
  • Fcgnz 4.15% 14/11/2025

    New Zealand Cash and Equivalents A-

    3.6%
  • Tpnz 1.735% 04/09/2025

    New Zealand Cash and Equivalents AA

    2.77%
  • Nzlgfa 2.75% 15/04/2025

    New Zealand Cash and Equivalents AAA

    2.32%
Type Target Actual
Cash and Cash Equivalents 100.0% 100.0%
New Zealand Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
International Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
Australasian Equities 0.0% 0.0%
International Equities 0.0% 0.0%
Listed Properties 0.0% 0.0%
Unlisted Properties 0.0% 0.0%
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 2025.

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 2025 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.