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Booster KiwiSaver Asset Class Balanced Fund

Total Ethical Concerns: 5.19%

The average total concerns of all KiwiSaver balanced funds is 5.99%.

Companies of Concern

  • Environmental Harm 0.38%

    • Fonterra
      0.07%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • The Coca-Cola Company
      0.06%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • PepsiCo
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • TechnipFMC
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Unilever
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Coca-Cola Bottler
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Corteva, Inc.
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • 3M
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Bunge
      0.01%
    • Mondelez
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
  • Fossil Fuels 1.4%

    • Channel Infrastructure
      0.12%
    • Caterpillar
      0.09%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Flowserve
      0.06%
    • Baker Hughes
      0.04%
    • SLB
      0.04%
    • Rio Tinto
      0.03%
    • TechnipFMC
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Ampol Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Consolidated Edison, Inc.
      0.02%
    • E.On Se
      0.02%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Enel
      0.02%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Grupo México S.A.B. De C.V.
      0.02%
    • Halliburton Co.
      0.02%
    • Hd Hyundai Co., Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Orica Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Perenti Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Valero Energy Corp.
      0.02%
    • Viva Energy Group Ltd.
      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
    • Worley
      0.02%
    • AXIA Energia
      0.01%
    • Atmos Energy Corp.
      0.01%
    • Constellation Energy Corp.
      0.01%
    • Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Enn Clean Energy International Investment Ltd.
      0.01%
    • MasTec
      0.01%
    • Petron Corp.
      0.01%
    • Samsung C&T Corp.
      0.01%
    • Samsung E&A Co. Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Texas Pacific Land Corp.
      0.01%
  • Animal Cruelty 0.89%

    • Jab Holding Company
      0.14%
    • L'Oréal SA
      0.04%
    • The Sherwin-Williams Co.
      0.03%
    • Unilever
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Colgate-Palmolive Co.
      0.02%
    • Corteva, Inc.
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Ecolab Inc.
      0.02%
    • Hermès International Sca
      0.02%
    • Tapestry, Inc.
      0.02%
    • 3M
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Albemarle Corp.
      0.01%
    • Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
      0.01%
    • Dupont De Nemours
      0.01%
    • International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.
      0.01%
    • Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Nv
      0.01%
    • PPG Industries, Inc.
      0.01%
    • Rpm International, Inc.
      0.01%
    • Ultrapar Participaçoes SA
      0.01%
  • Human Rights Violations 2.15%

    • General Motors
      0.32%
    • IBM
      0.24%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Booking Holdings
      0.21%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Toronto-Dominion Bank
      0.19%
    • UBS
      0.15%
    • Caterpillar
      0.09%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Tesla
      0.07%
    • Rio Tinto
      0.03%
    • Airbnb
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Expedia Group
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Grupo México S.A.B. De C.V.
      0.02%
    • Li Ning Co Ltd
      0.02%
    • Motorola Solutions Inc
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Palantir Technologies
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Volvo Group
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Wells Fargo
      0.02%
    • AXIA Energia
      0.01%
    • Mtn Group Limited
      0.01%
    • Pan American Silver Corp.
      0.01%
    • Weichai Power
      0.01%
  • Social Harm 0.12%

  • Weapons 0.58%

    • Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
      0.07%
    • Amphenol Corp.
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Rheinmetall AG
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Transdigm Group, Inc.
      0.02%
    • Bharat Electronics Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
      0.01%
    • Hyundai Rotem Co.
      0.01%
    • Jacobs Solutions, Inc.
      0.01%

From the Fund Provider

  • About this fund

    About this Fund

    The Asset Class Balanced Fund is suited to investors who seek a medium level of returns on average over medium term periods (five years plus), allowing for shorter-term ups and downs. We aim to achieve this by investing in a mix of income and growth assets. Exposure is achieved by primarily investing in DFA Australia Limited (Dimensional) funds, utilising their Sustainability Trusts where available.

    Value $22.0M NZD
    Period of data report 31st March 2026
    Members 610
    Fund started 29th Sept. 2017
    Total annual fund fees 1.2%
    Total performance based fees 0.0%
    Manager's basic fee 1.2%
    Other management and administration charges 0.0%
    Total other charges 36.0
    Total other charges currency NZD

    Stephanie Hui

    Currently: Head of Responsible Investment, Senior Public Policy Strategist & VP (0 years, 9 months)
    Previously: Lead Counsel for Public Policy and Vice President (3 years, 9 months)

    Rory O’Neill

    Currently: Executive Director, Stewart Financial Group Limited (3 years, 6 months)
    Previously: General Manager, Stewart Financial Group Limited (7 years, 5 months)

    Jed Fogdall

    Currently: Global Head of Portfolio Management, Dimensional Fund Advisors (7 years, 1 months)
    Previously: Co-Head of Portfolio Management and Vice President, Dimensional Fund Advisors (7 years, 0 months)

    Nicholas Stewart

    Currently: Executive Director, Stewart Financial Group Limited (23 years, 0 months)
    Previously: Financial Adviser, Stewart Financial Group Limited (2 years, 9 months)

    Bhanu Singh

    Currently: Chief Executive Officer, Australia and Senior Investment Director, Dimensional Fund Advisors (3 years, 3 months)
    Previously: Director and Head of Asia Pacific Portfolio Management, Dimensional Fund Advisors (7 years, 4 months)

    This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st March 2026.

  • 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
    2026 6.37% 8.23%
    2025 4.34% 4.47%
    2024 10.79% 12.01%
    2023 -2.79% -5.36%
    2022 1.34% 0.73%
    2021 17.98% 23.75%
    2020 -1.40% -7.66%
    2019 5.81% 3.32%

    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 2026.

  • Investments

    Top 10 Investments

    • DFA Global Bond Sustainability PIE Fund

      Australia Fund

      31.69%
    • DFA Global Sustainability PIE Fund

      New Zealand Fund

      17.78%
    • DFA Global Sustainability PIE Fund (NZD Hedged)

      New Zealand Fund

      17.5%
    • DFA Emerging Markets Sustainability Trust

      Australia Fund

      8.46%
    • NZX New Zealand Core Equity Trust Class

      New Zealand Fund

      8.03%
    • DFA Two-Year Sustainability Fixed Interest PIE Fund

      Australia Fund

      6.87%
    • DFA Global Real Estate Trust NZD Hedged Class Units

      Australia Fund

      4.9%
    • Dimensional Australian Sustainability PIE Fund

      New Zealand Fund

      2.73%
    • NZ Cash (BNZ Bank Trust Account)

      New Zealand Cash and Equivalents A-1+

      2.05%
    Type Target Actual
    Cash and Cash Equivalents 1.0% 2.05%
    New Zealand Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
    International Fixed Interest 39.0% 38.56%
    Australasian Equities 11.0% 10.75%
    International Equities 44.0% 43.74%
    Listed Properties 5.0% 4.9%
    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 2026.

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 2026 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

  • 0.38% Environmental Harm
  • 1.4% Fossil Fuels
  • 0.89% Animal Cruelty
  • 2.15% Human Rights Violations
  • 0.12% Social Harm
  • 0.58% Weapons

Companies of Concern

  • Environmental Harm

    • Fonterra
      0.07%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • The Coca-Cola Company
      0.06%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • PepsiCo
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • TechnipFMC
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Unilever
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Coca-Cola Bottler
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Corteva, Inc.
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • 3M
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Bunge
      0.01%
    • Mondelez
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
  • Fossil Fuels

    • Channel Infrastructure
      0.12%
    • Caterpillar
      0.09%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Flowserve
      0.06%
    • Baker Hughes
      0.04%
    • SLB
      0.04%
    • Rio Tinto
      0.03%
    • TechnipFMC
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Ampol Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Consolidated Edison, Inc.
      0.02%
    • E.On Se
      0.02%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Enel
      0.02%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Grupo México S.A.B. De C.V.
      0.02%
    • Halliburton Co.
      0.02%
    • Hd Hyundai Co., Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Orica Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Perenti Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Valero Energy Corp.
      0.02%
    • Viva Energy Group Ltd.
      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
    • Worley
      0.02%
    • AXIA Energia
      0.01%
    • Atmos Energy Corp.
      0.01%
    • Constellation Energy Corp.
      0.01%
    • Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Enn Clean Energy International Investment Ltd.
      0.01%
    • MasTec
      0.01%
    • Petron Corp.
      0.01%
    • Samsung C&T Corp.
      0.01%
    • Samsung E&A Co. Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Texas Pacific Land Corp.
      0.01%
  • Animal Cruelty

    • Jab Holding Company
      0.14%
    • L'Oréal SA
      0.04%
    • The Sherwin-Williams Co.
      0.03%
    • Unilever
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Colgate-Palmolive Co.
      0.02%
    • Corteva, Inc.
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Ecolab Inc.
      0.02%
    • Hermès International Sca
      0.02%
    • Tapestry, Inc.
      0.02%
    • 3M
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Albemarle Corp.
      0.01%
    • Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
      0.01%
    • Dupont De Nemours
      0.01%
    • International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.
      0.01%
    • Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Nv
      0.01%
    • PPG Industries, Inc.
      0.01%
    • Rpm International, Inc.
      0.01%
    • Ultrapar Participaçoes SA
      0.01%
  • Human Rights Violations

    • General Motors
      0.32%
    • IBM
      0.24%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Booking Holdings
      0.21%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Toronto-Dominion Bank
      0.19%
    • UBS
      0.15%
    • Caterpillar
      0.09%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Tesla
      0.07%
    • Rio Tinto
      0.03%
    • Airbnb
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Expedia Group
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Grupo México S.A.B. De C.V.
      0.02%
    • Li Ning Co Ltd
      0.02%
    • Motorola Solutions Inc
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Palantir Technologies
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Volvo Group
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Wells Fargo
      0.02%
    • AXIA Energia
      0.01%
    • Mtn Group Limited
      0.01%
    • Pan American Silver Corp.
      0.01%
    • Weichai Power
      0.01%
  • Weapons

    • Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
      0.07%
    • Amphenol Corp.
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Rheinmetall AG
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Transdigm Group, Inc.
      0.02%
    • Bharat Electronics Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
      0.01%
    • Hyundai Rotem Co.
      0.01%
    • Jacobs Solutions, Inc.
      0.01%

About this Fund

The Asset Class Balanced Fund is suited to investors who seek a medium level of returns on average over medium term periods (five years plus), allowing for shorter-term ups and downs. We aim to achieve this by investing in a mix of income and growth assets. Exposure is achieved by primarily investing in DFA Australia Limited (Dimensional) funds, utilising their Sustainability Trusts where available.

Value $22.0M NZD
Period of data report 31st March 2026
Members 610
Fund started 29th Sept. 2017
Total annual fund fees 1.2%
Total performance based fees 0.0%
Manager's basic fee 1.2%
Other management and administration charges 0.0%
Total other charges 36.0
Total other charges currency NZD

Stephanie Hui

Currently: Head of Responsible Investment, Senior Public Policy Strategist & VP (0 years, 9 months)
Previously: Lead Counsel for Public Policy and Vice President (3 years, 9 months)

Rory O’Neill

Currently: Executive Director, Stewart Financial Group Limited (3 years, 6 months)
Previously: General Manager, Stewart Financial Group Limited (7 years, 5 months)

Jed Fogdall

Currently: Global Head of Portfolio Management, Dimensional Fund Advisors (7 years, 1 months)
Previously: Co-Head of Portfolio Management and Vice President, Dimensional Fund Advisors (7 years, 0 months)

Nicholas Stewart

Currently: Executive Director, Stewart Financial Group Limited (23 years, 0 months)
Previously: Financial Adviser, Stewart Financial Group Limited (2 years, 9 months)

Bhanu Singh

Currently: Chief Executive Officer, Australia and Senior Investment Director, Dimensional Fund Advisors (3 years, 3 months)
Previously: Director and Head of Asia Pacific Portfolio Management, Dimensional Fund Advisors (7 years, 4 months)

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st March 2026.

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
2026 6.37% 8.23%
2025 4.34% 4.47%
2024 10.79% 12.01%
2023 -2.79% -5.36%
2022 1.34% 0.73%
2021 17.98% 23.75%
2020 -1.40% -7.66%
2019 5.81% 3.32%

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 2026.

Top 10 Investments

  • DFA Global Bond Sustainability PIE Fund

    Australia Fund

    31.69%
  • DFA Global Sustainability PIE Fund

    New Zealand Fund

    17.78%
  • DFA Global Sustainability PIE Fund (NZD Hedged)

    New Zealand Fund

    17.5%
  • DFA Emerging Markets Sustainability Trust

    Australia Fund

    8.46%
  • NZX New Zealand Core Equity Trust Class

    New Zealand Fund

    8.03%
  • DFA Two-Year Sustainability Fixed Interest PIE Fund

    Australia Fund

    6.87%
  • DFA Global Real Estate Trust NZD Hedged Class Units

    Australia Fund

    4.9%
  • Dimensional Australian Sustainability PIE Fund

    New Zealand Fund

    2.73%
  • NZ Cash (BNZ Bank Trust Account)

    New Zealand Cash and Equivalents A-1+

    2.05%
Type Target Actual
Cash and Cash Equivalents 1.0% 2.05%
New Zealand Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
International Fixed Interest 39.0% 38.56%
Australasian Equities 11.0% 10.75%
International Equities 44.0% 43.74%
Listed Properties 5.0% 4.9%
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 2026.

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 2026 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.