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:

  • Adult Entertainment/Pornography
  • Alcohol
  • Animal Cruelty
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Gambling
  • GMOs
  • Human Rights & Environmental Violations
  • Palm Oil
  • Tobacco
  • Weapons

Companies of concern

    • Contact Energy Ltd 0.67%
    • BHP Group Ltd 0.56%
    • Nextera Energy Inc. 0.31%
    • Shell PLC 0.20%
    • Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.19%
    • Genesis Energy Ltd 0.17%
    • Woodside Energy Group Ltd 0.17%
    • Duke Energy Corp. 0.15%
    • Southern Co. 0.15%
    • Chevron Corp. 0.14%
    • Genesis Energy Ltd 5.00% 3/04/2025 0.14%
    • Enbridge Inc. 0.13%
    • Contact Energy 07/11/22 Promissory Note 0.11%
    • Cheniere Energy Inc. 0.10%
    • BP PLC 0.10%
    • Dominion Energy Inc. 0.10%
    • BHP Group Ltd. 0.09%
    • Totalenergies Se 0.09%
    • Reliance Industries Ltd. 0.09%
    • American Electric Power Co. Inc. 0.08%
    • National Grid PLC 0.08%
    • Sempra Energy 0.08%
    • Conocophillips 0.07%
    • Consolidated Edison Inc. 0.07%
    • Genesis Energy Ltd 251122 Pnote 0.07%
    • Santos Ltd 0.07%
    • Whitehaven Coal Ltd 0.07%
    • Williams Cos. Inc. 0.07%
    • Tc Energy Corp. 0.06%
    • Wec Energy Group Inc. 0.06%
    • Xcel Energy Inc. 0.06%
    • Ampol Ltd 0.05%
    • Glencore PLC 0.05%
    • Iberdrola SA 0.05%
    • Kinder Morgan Inc. 0.05%
    • Oneok Inc. 0.05%
    • Pg&E Corp. 0.05%
    • Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co Ltd 0.05%
    • Ameren Corp. 0.04%
    • Cms Energy Corp. 0.04%
    • Entergy Corp. 0.04%
    • Petroleo Brasileiro SA 0.04%
    • Ppl Corp. 0.04%
    • Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. 0.04%
    • Vale SA 0.04%
    • Agl Energy Ltd 0.03%
    • Apa Group 0.03%
    • Atmos Energy Corp. 0.03%
    • Fortis Inc./Canada 0.03%
    • Pembina Pipeline Corp. 0.03%
    • South32 Ltd 0.03%
    • Totalenergies 0.03%
    • Alliant Energy Corp. 0.02%
    • Anglo American PLC 0.02%
    • Clp Holdings Ltd. 0.02%
    • Constellation Energy Corp. 0.02%
    • Devon Energy Corp. 0.02%
    • Emera Inc. 0.02%
    • Enel Spa 0.02%
    • Eni Spa 0.02%
    • Eog Resources Inc. 0.02%
    • Equinor Asa 0.02%
    • Evergy Inc. 0.02%
    • Hess Corp. 0.02%
    • Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd. 0.02%
    • Itochu Corp. 0.02%
    • Mitsubishi Corp 0.02%
    • Mitsubishi Corp. 0.02%
    • Mitsui & Co. Ltd. 0.02%
    • Nisource Inc. 0.02%
    • Reliance Industries Ltd 0.02%
    • Rwe AG 0.02%
    • Saudi Arabian Oil Co. 0.02%
    • Targa Resources Corp. 0.02%
    • Woodside Energy Group Ltd. 0.02%
    • Coterra Energy Inc. 0.01%
    • Delta Air Lines Inc. 0.01%
    • Diamondback Energy Inc. 0.01%
    • Dte Energy Co. 0.01%
    • Genesis Energy Ltd 5.81% 8/03/2023 0.01%
    • Itochu Corp 0.01%
    • Lyondellbasell Industries Nv 0.01%
    • Marathon Petroleum Corp. 0.01%
    • Mitsui Ltd 0.01%
    • Neste Oyj 0.01%
    • New Hope Corp Ltd 0.01%
    • Nextera Energy Inc 0.01%
    • Occidental Petroleum Corp. 0.01%
    • Oge Energy Corp. 0.01%
    • Origin Energy Ltd 0.01%
    • Phillips 66 0.01%
    • Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 0.01%
    • Pioneer Natural Resources Co. 0.01%
    • Power Assets Holdings Ltd. 0.01%
    • Snam Spa 0.01%
    • Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd. 0.01%
    • Valero Energy Corp. 0.01%
    • Walmart Inc. 0.10%
    • Raytheon Technologies Corp. 0.07%
    • Honeywell International Inc. 0.06%
    • Lockheed Martin Corp. 0.04%
    • Airbus Se 0.03%
    • Amphenol Corp. 0.02%
    • Bae Systems PLC 0.02%
    • Boeing Co. 0.02%
    • Northrop Grumman Corp. 0.02%
    • Safran SA 0.02%
    • Transdigm Group Inc. 0.02%
    • Wal-Mart De Mexico Sab De Cv 0.02%
    • Walmart Inc 0.02%
    • General Dynamics Corp. 0.01%
    • Larsen & Toubro Ltd. 0.01%
    • Philip Morris International Inc. 0.07%
    • British American Tobacco PLC 0.06%
    • Altria Group Inc. 0.03%
    • Imperial Brands PLC 0.01%
    • Itc Ltd. 0.01%
    • Japan Tobacco Inc. 0.01%
    • Swedish Match Ab 0.01%
    • Skycity Entertainment Group Ltd 0.24%
    • Aristocrat Leisure Ltd 0.05%
    • Star Entertainment Grp Ltd/The 0.02%
    • Vici Properties Inc. 0.02%
    • Flutter Entertainment PLC 0.01%
    • Lottery Corp Ltd/The 0.01%
    • Diageo PLC 0.09%
    • Metcash Ltd 0.03%
    • Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA/Nv 0.02%
    • Pernod Ricard SA 0.02%
    • Ambev SA 0.01%
    • Endeavour Group Ltd/Australia 0.01%
    • Heineken Nv 0.01%
    • Kweichow Moutai Co. Ltd. 0.01%
    • Treasury Wine Estates Ltd 0.01%
    • Corteva Inc. 0.03%
    • BHP Group Ltd 0.56%
    • Nestle SA 0.31%
    • Johnson & Johnson 0.25%
    • Shell PLC 0.19%
    • Meta Platforms Inc. 0.16%
    • Duke Energy Corp. 0.15%
    • Chevron Corp. 0.14%
    • Rio Tinto Ltd 0.11%
    • BHP Group Ltd. 0.09%
    • Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 0.09%
    • Raytheon Technologies Corp. 0.07%
    • Wells Fargo & Co. 0.07%
    • Glencore PLC 0.05%
    • Lockheed Martin Corp. 0.05%
    • Pg&E Corp. 0.05%
    • Rio Tinto PLC 0.05%
    • Bayer AG 0.04%
    • Caterpillar Inc. 0.04%
    • Petroleo Brasileiro SA 0.04%
    • Vale SA 0.04%
    • Corteva Inc. 0.03%
    • Basf Se 0.02%
    • Meta Platforms Inc Class A 0.02%
    • Motorola Solutions Inc. 0.02%
    • Activision Blizzard Inc. 0.01%
    • Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. 0.01%
    • Credit Suisse Group AG 1.00% 24/06/2027 0.01%
    • Credit Suisse Group AG 4.207% 12/06/2024 0.01%
    • Credit Suisse Group AG 4.55% 17/04/2026 0.01%
    • Credit Suisse Group AG 6.537% 12/08/2033 0.01%
    • Credit Suisse New York 3.70% 21/02/2025 0.01%
    • Li Ning Co. Ltd. 0.01%
    • Rio Tinto Ltd. 0.01%
    • Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 0.01%
    • Wells Fargo 0.01%
    • Wells Fargo & Company 3.526% 24/03/2028 0.01%
    • Nestle SA 0.31%
    • Shell PLC 0.20%
    • Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.19%
    • Procter & Gamble Co. 0.16%
    • Chevron Corp. 0.14%
    • Pepsico Inc. 0.12%
    • Unilever PLC 0.12%
    • Coca-Cola Co. 0.11%
    • LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton Se 0.11%
    • Reliance Industries Ltd. 0.09%
    • Philip Morris International Inc. 0.07%
    • British American Tobacco PLC 0.06%
    • Honeywell International Inc. 0.06%
    • L'Oreal SA 0.05%
    • Altria Group Inc. 0.04%
    • Bayer AG 0.04%
    • LVMH 0.04%
    • Mondelez International Inc. 0.04%
    • Orica Ltd 0.04%
    • Air Liquide SA 0.03%
    • Cie Financiere Richemont SA 0.03%
    • Corteva Inc. 0.03%
    • Hermes International 0.03%
    • Ping An Insurance Group Co. Of China Ltd. 0.03%
    • 3M Co. 0.02%
    • Albemarle Corp. 0.02%
    • Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. 0.02%
    • Asian Paints Ltd. 0.02%
    • Basf Se 0.02%
    • Coca-Cola 0.02%
    • Daikin Industries Ltd 0.02%
    • Daikin Industries Ltd. 0.02%
    • Danone SA 0.02%
    • Eni Spa 0.02%
    • Givaudan SA 0.02%
    • Hindustan Unilever Ltd. 0.02%
    • Kering SA 0.02%
    • Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Nv 0.02%
    • Lair Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour 0.02%
    • Loreal SA 0.02%
    • Mitsubishi Corp 0.02%
    • Mitsubishi Corp. 0.02%
    • Pepsico Inc 0.02%
    • Procter & Gamble 0.02%
    • Reliance Industries Ltd 0.02%
    • Canon Inc. 0.01%
    • Church & Dwight Co. Inc. 0.01%
    • Colgate-Palmolive Co. 0.01%
    • Denso Corp. 0.01%
    • Estee Lauder Cos. Inc. 0.01%
    • General Mills Inc. 0.01%
    • Imperial Brands PLC 0.01%
    • International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. 0.01%
    • Itc Ltd. 0.01%
    • Kao Corp. 0.01%
    • Kellogg Co. 0.01%
    • Koninklijke Dsm Nv 0.01%
    • Lyondellbasell Industries Nv 0.01%
    • Mosaic Co. 0.01%
    • Nan Ya Plastics Corp. 0.01%
    • Sherwin-Williams Co. 0.01%
    • Tesco PLC 0.01%
    • Tyson Foods Inc. 0.01%

This data is compiled by Mindful Money from the fund information and portfolios that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with the Disclose register to 30th Sept. 2022 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

SuperLife Age Steps automatically sets the proportion of your investment in income and growth assets based on your age. As you get older, the proportion of your investment in more volatile growth assets will be reduced, lowering the expected size of the ups and downs in the value of your investment. This option may be suitable if you are saving for retirement (assumed to be age 65), and assumes you will continue to invest your savings and spend them over your retirement period.Your SuperLife Age Steps - Age 50 investment will be allocated 25.8% to income assets and 74.2% to growth assets.

Value $20M NZD
Period of data report 31st Dec. 2022
Members 1,568
Fund started 15th Sept. 2013
Total annual fund fees 0.61%
Total performance based fees 0.0%
Manager's basic fee 0.61%
Other management and administration charges 0.0%
Total other charges 30.0
Total other charges currency NZD

Guy Roulston Elliffe

Currently: Director (7 years, 1 months)
Previously: Corporate Governance Manager - ACC (current position) (7 years, 8 months)

Stuart Kenneth Reginald Millar

Currently: Chief Investment Officer - Smartshares (3 years, 7 months)
Previously: Head of Portfolio Management - ANZ Investments (6 years, 4 months)

Hugh Duncan Stevens

Currently: Chief Executive Officer - Smartshares (4 years, 10 months)
Previously: Chief Operating Officer - Implemented Investment Solutions Ltd (2 years, 6 months)

Alister John Williams

Currently: Director (7 years, 1 months)
Previously: Investment Manager - Trust Management (5 years, 4 months)

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st Dec. 2022.

Investment Exclusions

Does this fund exclude companies that cause deep concern to New Zealanders? The first column shows if the fund has a credible policy to exclude the issue. The second column shows if there are any current investments (source: Mindful Money research).

Note that the fund’s exclusions policy may not be consistent with its portfolio holdings because the fund might be still implementing its policy change or the fund’s exclusion policy and thresholds may be different from the definitions applied by Mindful Money.

Issue of concern Does this fund say it excludes this? Actual holdings
Adult Entertainment /Pornography 0.02%
Alcohol 0.46%
Animal Cruelty 4.32%
Fossil Fuels 7.94%
Gambling 0.50%
GMOs 0.05%
Human Rights & Environmental Violations 3.31%
Palm Oil 0.03%
Tobacco 0.26%
Weapons 0.88%

This data is compiled by Mindful Money from the fund information and portfolios that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with the Disclose register to 30th Sept. 2022 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.

Note that many KiwiSaver funds exclude controversial weapons. However, the category of Weapons used in this analysis is broader in scope, covering all munitions, firearms and military weapons. Similarly Mindful Money uses a broader scope for fossil fuels than the government’s rules for default KiwiSaver funds. The full definitions used in the Mindful Money analysis are here.

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
2022 1.87% 3.1%
2021 27.41% 28.64%
2020 -3.40% -8.53%
2019 6.95% 7.05%
2018 7.80% 4.54%
2017 9.24% 9.95%
2016 3.62% 4.79%
2015 13.73% 11.59%

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 Dec. 2022.

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Type Target Actual
Cash and Cash Equivalents 18.75% 4.505797%
New Zealand Fixed Interest 5.5% 9.872255%
International Fixed Interest 0.0% 10.4927%
Australasian Equities 48.0% 19.029255%
International Equities 10.5% 48.473646%
Listed Properties 3.75% 3.762938%
Unlisted Properties 9.75% 0.0%
Other 0.0% 3.863409%
Commodities 3.75% 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 31st Dec. 2022.