Westpac Defensive Conservative Fund

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.

This data is compiled by Mindful Money from the fund information and portfolios that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with the Disclose register to Thu Sept. 30th 2021 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.

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.

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

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 Thu Sept. 30th 2021.

Showing the top 10 investments for this fund:

• US 5Yr Note (Cbt)
  United States Int Fixed Interest
  1.72%
• Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd
  New Zealand Australasian Equities
  0.89%
• Euro Schatz Future
  Germany Int Fixed Interest
  0.78%
• Westpac 32 Day Notice Deposit
  New Zealand Cash and Equivalents AA-
  0.73%
• Mainfreight Ltd
  New Zealand Australasian Equities
  0.68%
• NZ Government Bond 4.50% 15/04/2027
  New Zealand NZ Fixed Interest AAA
  0.66%
• NZ Government Bond 2.75% 15/04/2037
  New Zealand NZ Fixed Interest AAA
  0.65%
• NZ Government Bond 3% 20/04/2029
  New Zealand NZ Fixed Interest AAA
  0.61%
• Spark New Zealand Ltd
  New Zealand Australasian Equities
  0.56%
• NZ Government Inflation Index Bond 2% 20/09/2025
  New Zealand NZ Fixed Interest AAA
  0.54%

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with Disclose register Thu Sept. 30th 2021.

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 Thu Sept. 30th 2021.

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).

The Fund may have investments that are not consistent with their exclusions policy because they are still in the process of implementing their policy.

• Issue of concern
  Does this fund say it excludes this?
  Actual holdings
• Adult Entertainment/Pornography:
  0.00%
• Alcohol:
  0.31%
• Animal Testing:
  0.80%
• Fossil Fuels:
  1.38%
• Gambling:
  0.20%
• GMOs:
  0.00%
• Human Rights & Environmental Violations:
  0.19%
• Palm Oil:
  0.01%
• Tobacco:
  0.02%
• Weapons:
  0.05%

This data is compiled by Mindful Money from the fund information and portfolios that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with the Disclose register to Thu Sept. 30th 2021 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 the fund’s exclusions policy may not be consistent with its portfolio holdings because the fund might be still implementing its policy change or their policy may be less stringent than the definitions applied by Mindful Money.

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.

In their own words

"The Defensive Conservative Fund aims to provide stable returns over the short to medium term. The fund invests primarily in income assets but also has a 20% benchmark allocation to growth assets. Volatility is expected to be higher than the Cash Fund but lower than the Conservative Fund in the Westpac KiwiSaver Scheme."

Key Personnel

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with Disclose register to Thu Sept. 30th 2021.

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