Funds

Westpac KiwiSaver Conservative Fund

Total Ethical Concerns: 4.99%

The average total concerns of all KiwiSaver conservative funds is 3.58%.

Companies of Concern

  • Environmental Harm 0.93%

    • Fonterra
      0.29%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • BHP
      0.15%
      !!
      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
      0.09%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Unilever
      0.09%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • The Coca-Cola Company
      0.07%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Mondelez
      0.05%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Duke Energy Corp
      0.04%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Eidp Inc
      0.03%
    • Glencore
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • PepsiCo
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Posco
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Wh Group
      0.01%
  • Fossil Fuels 1.99%

    • Contact Energy Ltd.
      0.30%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Genesis Energy Ltd.
      0.23%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Rio Tinto
      0.18%
    • BHP
      0.15%
      !!
      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
    • Engie SA
      0.12%
      !!
      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
    • Enel
      0.11%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • National Grid PLC
      0.08%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Nextera Energy, Inc.
      0.07%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Consolidated Edison, Inc.
      0.06%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Caterpillar
      0.05%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Duke Energy Corp
      0.04%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Edp Finance Bv
      0.04%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Nisource, Inc.
      0.04%
    • Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.
      0.03%
    • GATX
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Loews Corp.
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Orica Ltd.
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Sumitomo 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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Wärtsilä
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Électricité De France SA
      0.03%
    • Ck Hutchison
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Constellation Energy Corp.
      0.02%
    • Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure Ltd.
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Glencore
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Pinnacle West Capital Corp.
      0.02%
    • Posco
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • The Southern Co.
      0.02%
    • Endesa SA
      0.01%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Nippon Yusen Kk
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Quanta Services
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Xcel Energy, Inc.
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
  • Animal Cruelty 0.64%

    • Ecolab, Inc.
      0.09%
    • Unilever
      0.09%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Colgate-Palmolive Co.
      0.04%
    • Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Nv
      0.04%
    • Air Liquide
      0.03%
    • Cabot Corp.
      0.03%
    • Celanese US Holdings Llc
      0.03%
    • Eidp Inc
      0.03%
    • Kimberly-Clark Corp.
      0.03%
    • Orica Ltd.
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • PPG Industries, Inc.
      0.03%
    • Orbia Advance Corp. Sab De Cv
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Syensqo Nv
      0.02%
    • Symrise AG
      0.02%
  • Human Rights Violations 1.54%

    • Rio Tinto
      0.18%
    • Wells Fargo
      0.18%
    • Tesla
      0.16%
    • UBS
      0.11%
    • Booking Holdings
      0.10%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • General Motors
      0.06%
    • Caterpillar
      0.05%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Palantir Technologies
      0.04%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Teva Pharmaceuticals
      0.03%
    • Ck Hutchison
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Glencore
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Nestlé
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Orbia Advance Corp. Sab De Cv
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • IBM
      0.01%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
  • Social Harm 0.35%

  • Weapons 0.22%

    • Amphenol Corp.
      0.07%
    • Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
      0.06%
    • Teledyne Technologies, Inc.
      0.02%

From the Fund Provider

  • About this fund

    About this Fund

    The Conservative Fund aims to provide relatively stable returns over the short to medium term. The fund invests primarily in income assets but also has a 25% target allocation to growth assets. Volatility is expected to be higher than the Defensive Conservative Fund but lower than the Moderate Fund in the Westpac KiwiSaver Scheme.

    Value $3.26B NZD
    Period of data report 30th Sept. 2025
    Members 145,082
    Fund started 1st Oct. 2007
    Total annual fund fees 0.4%
    Total performance based fees 0.0%
    Manager's basic fee 0.4%
    Other management and administration charges 0.0%
    Total other charges 0.0
    Total other charges currency NZD

    Nigel Jackson

    Currently: Chief Executive Officer – BT Funds Management (NZ) Limited (3 years, 2 months)
    Previously: Head of Investments (1 years, 6 months)

    Philip Houghton-Brown

    Currently: Head of Investment Solutions (5 years, 0 months)
    Previously: Chief Investment Officer / Head of Investments, Mercer (8 years, 2 months)

    Andrew Winter

    Currently: Portfolio Manager Diversified Funds (1 years, 8 months)
    Previously: Implementation Portfolio Manager (3 years, 5 months)

    Stephen Hong

    Currently: Senior Portfolio Manager (13 years, 0 months)
    Previously: Portfolio Manager, AXA Global Investors (5 years, 9 months)

    Angelika Sansom

    Currently: Investment Analytics Manager (24 years, 1 months)
    Previously: Investment Consultant, Mercer (2 years, 4 months)

    This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with Disclose register to 30th Sept. 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 3.91% 4.05%
    2024 6.48% 6.42%
    2023 -1.85% -1.49%
    2022 -0.74% -1.43%
    2021 8.94% 8.99%
    2020 0.61% 0.16%
    2019 4.19% 4.34%
    2018 3.58% 4.56%
    2017 4.10% 2.92%
    2016 3.52% 3.51%

    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 Sept. 2025.

  • Investments

    Top 10 Investments

    • US 2Yr Note

      United States Int Fixed Interest AA+

      1.38%
    • NZ Government Bond 4.5% 15/05/2035

      New Zealand NZ Fixed Interest AAA

      1.2%
    • NZ Government Bond 4.25% 15/05/2034

      New Zealand NZ Fixed Interest AAA

      1.12%
    • Nvidia Corporation

      United States International Equities

      1.0%
    • NZ Government Bond 5% 15/05/2054

      New Zealand NZ Fixed Interest AAA

      0.99%
    • NZ Government Bond 3.5% 14/04/2033

      New Zealand NZ Fixed Interest AAA

      0.95%
    • NZ Government Bond 2.75% 15/04/2037

      New Zealand NZ Fixed Interest AAA

      0.84%
    • Microsoft Corporation

      United States International Equities

      0.79%
    • NZ Government Inflation Index Bond 2.5% 20/09/2035

      New Zealand NZ Fixed Interest AAA

      0.79%
    • US Long Bond Future

      United States Int Fixed Interest AA+

      0.72%
    Type Target Actual
    Cash and Cash Equivalents 12.0% 10.73%
    New Zealand Fixed Interest 25.0% 25.51%
    International Fixed Interest 38.0% 37.79%
    Australasian Equities 6.0% 6.06%
    International Equities 16.0% 16.53%
    Listed Properties 3.0% 3.38%
    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 30th Sept. 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 30th Sept. 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

  • 0.93% Environmental Harm
  • 1.99% Fossil Fuels
  • 0.64% Animal Cruelty
  • 1.54% Human Rights Violations
  • 0.35% Social Harm
  • 0.22% Weapons

Companies of Concern

  • Environmental Harm

    • Fonterra
      0.29%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • BHP
      0.15%
      !!
      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
      0.09%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Unilever
      0.09%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • The Coca-Cola Company
      0.07%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Mondelez
      0.05%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Duke Energy Corp
      0.04%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Eidp Inc
      0.03%
    • Glencore
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • PepsiCo
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Posco
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Wh Group
      0.01%
  • Fossil Fuels

    • Contact Energy Ltd.
      0.30%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Genesis Energy Ltd.
      0.23%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Rio Tinto
      0.18%
    • BHP
      0.15%
      !!
      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
    • Engie SA
      0.12%
      !!
      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
    • Enel
      0.11%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • National Grid PLC
      0.08%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Nextera Energy, Inc.
      0.07%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Consolidated Edison, Inc.
      0.06%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Caterpillar
      0.05%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Duke Energy Corp
      0.04%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Edp Finance Bv
      0.04%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Nisource, Inc.
      0.04%
    • Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.
      0.03%
    • GATX
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Loews Corp.
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Orica Ltd.
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Sumitomo 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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Wärtsilä
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Électricité De France SA
      0.03%
    • Ck Hutchison
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Constellation Energy Corp.
      0.02%
    • Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure Ltd.
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Glencore
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Pinnacle West Capital Corp.
      0.02%
    • Posco
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • The Southern Co.
      0.02%
    • Endesa SA
      0.01%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Nippon Yusen Kk
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Quanta Services
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Xcel Energy, Inc.
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
  • Animal Cruelty

    • Ecolab, Inc.
      0.09%
    • Unilever
      0.09%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Colgate-Palmolive Co.
      0.04%
    • Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Nv
      0.04%
    • Air Liquide
      0.03%
    • Cabot Corp.
      0.03%
    • Celanese US Holdings Llc
      0.03%
    • Eidp Inc
      0.03%
    • Kimberly-Clark Corp.
      0.03%
    • Orica Ltd.
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • PPG Industries, Inc.
      0.03%
    • Orbia Advance Corp. Sab De Cv
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Syensqo Nv
      0.02%
    • Symrise AG
      0.02%
  • Human Rights Violations

    • Rio Tinto
      0.18%
    • Wells Fargo
      0.18%
    • Tesla
      0.16%
    • UBS
      0.11%
    • Booking Holdings
      0.10%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • General Motors
      0.06%
    • Caterpillar
      0.05%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Palantir Technologies
      0.04%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Teva Pharmaceuticals
      0.03%
    • Ck Hutchison
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Glencore
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Nestlé
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Orbia Advance Corp. Sab De Cv
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • IBM
      0.01%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
  • Weapons

    • Amphenol Corp.
      0.07%
    • Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
      0.06%
    • Teledyne Technologies, Inc.
      0.02%

About this Fund

The Conservative Fund aims to provide relatively stable returns over the short to medium term. The fund invests primarily in income assets but also has a 25% target allocation to growth assets. Volatility is expected to be higher than the Defensive Conservative Fund but lower than the Moderate Fund in the Westpac KiwiSaver Scheme.

Value $3.26B NZD
Period of data report 30th Sept. 2025
Members 145,082
Fund started 1st Oct. 2007
Total annual fund fees 0.4%
Total performance based fees 0.0%
Manager's basic fee 0.4%
Other management and administration charges 0.0%
Total other charges 0.0
Total other charges currency NZD

Nigel Jackson

Currently: Chief Executive Officer – BT Funds Management (NZ) Limited (3 years, 2 months)
Previously: Head of Investments (1 years, 6 months)

Philip Houghton-Brown

Currently: Head of Investment Solutions (5 years, 0 months)
Previously: Chief Investment Officer / Head of Investments, Mercer (8 years, 2 months)

Andrew Winter

Currently: Portfolio Manager Diversified Funds (1 years, 8 months)
Previously: Implementation Portfolio Manager (3 years, 5 months)

Stephen Hong

Currently: Senior Portfolio Manager (13 years, 0 months)
Previously: Portfolio Manager, AXA Global Investors (5 years, 9 months)

Angelika Sansom

Currently: Investment Analytics Manager (24 years, 1 months)
Previously: Investment Consultant, Mercer (2 years, 4 months)

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with Disclose register to 30th Sept. 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 3.91% 4.05%
2024 6.48% 6.42%
2023 -1.85% -1.49%
2022 -0.74% -1.43%
2021 8.94% 8.99%
2020 0.61% 0.16%
2019 4.19% 4.34%
2018 3.58% 4.56%
2017 4.10% 2.92%
2016 3.52% 3.51%

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 Sept. 2025.

Top 10 Investments

  • US 2Yr Note

    United States Int Fixed Interest AA+

    1.38%
  • NZ Government Bond 4.5% 15/05/2035

    New Zealand NZ Fixed Interest AAA

    1.2%
  • NZ Government Bond 4.25% 15/05/2034

    New Zealand NZ Fixed Interest AAA

    1.12%
  • Nvidia Corporation

    United States International Equities

    1.0%
  • NZ Government Bond 5% 15/05/2054

    New Zealand NZ Fixed Interest AAA

    0.99%
  • NZ Government Bond 3.5% 14/04/2033

    New Zealand NZ Fixed Interest AAA

    0.95%
  • NZ Government Bond 2.75% 15/04/2037

    New Zealand NZ Fixed Interest AAA

    0.84%
  • Microsoft Corporation

    United States International Equities

    0.79%
  • NZ Government Inflation Index Bond 2.5% 20/09/2035

    New Zealand NZ Fixed Interest AAA

    0.79%
  • US Long Bond Future

    United States Int Fixed Interest AA+

    0.72%
Type Target Actual
Cash and Cash Equivalents 12.0% 10.73%
New Zealand Fixed Interest 25.0% 25.51%
International Fixed Interest 38.0% 37.79%
Australasian Equities 6.0% 6.06%
International Equities 16.0% 16.53%
Listed Properties 3.0% 3.38%
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 30th Sept. 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 30th Sept. 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.