Issues of concern

The graph below shows the percentage of the fund invested in each of the worst issues of concern to New Zealanders. Below the graph are listed all the companies this fund invests in, by issue of concern.

Key:

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

Companies of concern

    • Contact Energy Ltd 0.77% 1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway

Fund Provider Response

We consider Contact Energy to be a “good citizen” which is working hard to mitigate its contribution to climate change with its large investment in new renewable energy generation plants (geothermal and wind). Contact expects to move to 95% renewable energy by end of 2024, and 100% by 2026. It has two remaining fossil fuel generating plants which are used only when demand conditions make it necessary to preserve electrical grid supply to customers.

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 2024 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.

About this fund

Provides exposure to a diversified ethical portfolio with a higher exposure to growth assets and a lower exposure to income assets

Pathfinder is a boutique fund manager based in Auckland. We started investing ethically in 2010, and now manage 9 funds, with our research and expertise focused on investing responsibly and ethically in global markets. We seek out companies actively making a positive difference and believe these kinds of companies also make better long-term financial investments. Investing ethically to us means making conscious choices for doing good with the money we manage. We want our investors to both do good and do well.

Value $4.72M NZD
Period of data report 30th June 2024
Members 335
Fund started 19th April 2021
Total annual fund fees 1.28%
Total performance based fees 0.0%
Manager's basic fee 1.25%
Other management and administration charges 0.03%
Total other charges 0.0
Total other charges currency NZD

Mike Heath

Currently: Investment Committee Member (4 years, 3 months)
Previously: General Manager, InvestNow (6 years, 3 months)

Anthony Edmonds

Currently: Investment Committee Member (4 years, 3 months)
Previously: Director, FundRock NZ and InvestNow (13 years, 7 months)

Anthony Sowerby

Currently: Investment Committee Member (4 years, 3 months)
Previously: Head of Investment Management Oversight, FundRock NZ (2 years, 9 months)

Jason Choy

Currently: Investment Committee Member (1 years, 11 months)
Previously: Senior Portfolio Manager, FundRock NZ and InvestNow (2 years, 1 months)

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with Disclose register to 30th June 2024.

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
2024 14.32% 14.25%
2023 -3.87% -2.73%

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 30th June 2024.

Top 10 Investments

  • Pathfinder Ethical Growth Fund
    New Zealand Fund
    100.0%
Type Target Actual
Cash and Cash Equivalents 7.7% 7.22%
New Zealand Fixed Interest 8.8% 7.99%
International Fixed Interest 11.7% 5.22%
Australasian Equities 20.6% 18.02%
International Equities 41.5% 53.0%
Listed Properties 4.7% 5.84%
Unlisted Properties 0.0% 0.0%
Other 5.0% 2.72%
Commodities 0.0% 0.0%

Investment Mix

How the money in this fund is invested against the fund's targets.

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with Disclose register to 30th June 2024.