Funds
Smartshares Europe Equities ESG ETF
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
Fossil Fuel
- Shell PLC 2.62%
- Totalenergies 1.73%
- BP PLC 1.35%
- Iberdrola SA 0.77%
- Anglo American PLC 0.51%
- National Grid PLC 0.50%
- Enel 0.47%
- Equinor 0.45%
- Eni 0.42%
- Engie SA 0.30%
- Repsol SA 0.26%
- Neste 0.23%
- Arcelormittal SA 0.15%
- Aker BP 0.13%
- Snam 0.12%
- OMV AG 0.09%
- Eqt 0.08%
- Fortum 0.08%
- Endesa SA 0.07%
- Galp Energia Sgps SA 0.07%
- Bollore 0.06%
- Naturgy Energy SA 0.06%
- Oci Nv 0.05%
- Enagas SA 0.01%
Weapons
- Mtu Aero Engines Holding AG 0.12%
- Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 0.10%
- Rheinmetall AG 0.09%
- Melrose Industries PLC 0.08%
- Kongsberg Gruppen 0.04%
Gambling
- Flutter Entertainment PLC 0.28%
- Entain PLC 0.11%
- La Francaise Des Jeux SA 0.05%
Alcohol
- Diageo PLC 1.19%
- Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA 0.56%
- Pernod Ricard SA 0.46%
- Heineken Nv 0.27%
- Carlsberg As Cl B 0.14%
- Heineken Holding Nv 0.09%
- Davide Campari Milano Nv 0.06%
- Remy Cointreau SA 0.04%
Human Rights & Environmental Violations
- Nestle SA 3.83%
- Shell PLC 2.62%
- Rio Tinto PLC 0.77%
- Bayer AG 0.66%
- Credit Suisse Group AG 0.14%
Animal Cruelty
- Nestle SA 3.83%
- Shell PLC 2.62%
- LVMH 2.23%
- Unilever PLC 1.45%
- Loreal SA 0.95%
- Lair Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour 0.85%
- Bayer AG 0.66%
- Hermes International 0.53%
- Kering SA 0.44%
- Eni 0.42%
- Danone SA 0.40%
- Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Nv 0.37%
- Givaudan SA 0.35%
- Koninkilijke Dsm Nv 0.25%
- Rentokil Initial PLC 0.19%
- Sgs SA 0.18%
- Kerry Group PLC 0.17%
- Essity Class B 0.16%
- Symrise AG 0.16%
- Akzo Nobel Nv 0.14%
- Henkel & Kgaa Pref AG 0.14%
- Croda International PLC 0.13%
- Novozymes B 0.13%
- Beiersdorf AG 0.12%
- Burberry Group PLC 0.11%
- Moncler 0.11%
- The Swatch Group AG 0.11%
- Groupe Bruxelles Lambert Nv 0.10%
- Yara International 0.10%
- Umicore SA 0.09%
- Barry Callebaut AG 0.08%
- Covestro AG 0.08%
- Intertek Group PLC 0.08%
- Mowi 0.08%
- Solvay SA 0.08%
- Associated British Foods PLC 0.07%
- Chr Hansen Holding 0.07%
- Dcc PLC 0.07%
- Henkel AG 0.07%
- Arkema SA 0.06%
- Ems-Chemie Holding AG 0.06%
- Orkla 0.06%
- Evonik Industries AG 0.05%
- Johnson Matthey PLC 0.05%
- Clariant AG 0.04%
- Wendel 0.02%
This data is compiled by Mindful Money from the fund information and portfolios
that each 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
In their own words
Invests in European shares and is designed to track the return (before tax, fees and other expenses) of the MSCI Europe ESG Screened Index.
| Value | $37M NZD |
| Period of data report | 31st Dec. 2022 |
| Fund started | 6th June 2019 |
| Total annual fund fees | 0.55% |
| Total performance based fees | 0.0% |
| Manager's basic fee | 0.54% |
| Other management and administration charges | 0.01% |
| Total other charges | 0.0 |
| Total other charges currency | NZD |
Key Personnel
|
Guy Roulston Elliffe |
Currently: Director (7 years, 1 months) |
|
Stuart Kenneth Reginald Millar |
Currently: Chief Investment Officer - Smartshares (3 years, 7 months) |
|
Hugh Duncan Stevens |
Currently: Chief Executive Officer - Smartshares (4 years, 10 months) |
|
Alister John Williams |
Currently: Director (7 years, 1 months) |
This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each 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 | 0.00% | |
| Alcohol | 2.81% | |
| Animal Cruelty | 18.50% | |
| Fossil Fuels | 10.58% | |
| Gambling | 0.44% | |
| GMOs | 0.00% | |
| Human Rights & Environmental Violations | 8.02% | |
| Palm Oil | 0.00% | |
| Tobacco | 0.00% | |
| Weapons | 0.43% |
This data is compiled by Mindful Money from the fund information and portfolios
that each 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
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 | 3.19% | 1.73% |
| 2021 | 36.07% | 23.15% |
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 fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st Dec. 2022.
Top 10 Investments
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Ishares Msci Europe ESG Screened Ucits ETF
Ireland International Equities99.91% -
ANZ NZD Current Account
New Zealand Cash and Equivalents AA-0.56%
| Type | Target | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and Cash Equivalents | 0.0% | 0.091298% |
| New Zealand Fixed Interest | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| International Fixed Interest | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Australasian Equities | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| International Equities | 0.0% | 99.908702% |
| Listed Properties | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 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 against the fund's targets.
Target
Actual
This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st Dec. 2022.