Funds
Smartshares Global Aggregate Bond 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:
- Human Rights Violations
- Environmental Harm
- Animal Cruelty
- Weapons
- Fossil Fuels
- Social Harm
Companies of concern
Human Rights Violations
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Wells Fargo & Co 0.02%
Business Ethics
Where low standards of ethics create harm because of poor culture and inappropriate incentives, inadequate governance and oversight, and incidents of bribery and corruption.
WELLS FARGO & CO Business Ethics
Well Fargo is one of the largest banks in the United States. From 2002 to 2016, Wells Fargo employees created 3.5 million unauthorised customer accounts to meet sales targets. These accounts generated improper fees and negatively affected customers' credit scores. The fake accounts, aggressive sales practices, alleged price fixing, and mistreatment of whistleblowers have led to lawsuits against Wells Fargo, raising concerns about the company's business ethics.
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Wells Fargo & Co 0.02%
Fossil Fuels
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Electricite De France SA 0.03%
Fossil Fuel Power Generation
Where companies source their power generation from fossil fuels (oil, natural gas, coal) to generate electricity.
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Enbridge Inc 0.02%
Fossil Fuel Production
Where companies are involved in the production of fossil fuels (oil, natural gas, coal, shale oil) including exploration, production (including core services), storage, transport (except by rail) and refining.
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E.On Se 0.01%
Fossil Fuel Power Generation
Where companies source their power generation from fossil fuels (oil, natural gas, coal) to generate electricity.
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Totalenergies Capital SA 0.01%
Fossil Fuel Production
Where companies are involved in the production of fossil fuels (oil, natural gas, coal, shale oil) including exploration, production (including core services), storage, transport (except by rail) and refining.
TOTALENERGIES CAPITAL SA Fossil Fuel Production
TotalEnergies, headquartered in France, is an integrated oil and gas company that explores for, produces, and refines oil around the world. The company engages in oil and gas exploration, production, refining, storage and transportation, as well as in the production of petrochemicals and specialty chemicals. Production of hydrocarbons in 2021 was 998.2 mmboe. Expansion countries include Uganda, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Egypt, Libya, Kenya, Mozambique, Angola, Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Brazil, Argentina, USA, Norway, Denmark, Russia. Currently 6854.0mmboe resources under development as of 2022. Overshoots the IEA NZA Expansion by 48.0%. Exploration CAPEX is 1012.8 MUSD (3-year average 2020-2022).
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Electricite De France SA 0.03%
This data is compiled by Mindful Money from the fund information and portfolios
that each fund has
filed with the Disclose register to 31st March 2024 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 international bonds and is designed to track the return (before tax, fees and other expenses) of the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Bond Total Return Index Hedged NZD.
| Value | $194M NZD |
| Period of data report | 30th June 2024 |
| Fund started | 6th June 2019 |
| Total annual fund fees | 0.3% |
| Total performance based fees | 0.0% |
| Manager's basic fee | 0.3% |
| Other management and administration charges | 0.0% |
| Total other charges | 0.0 |
| Total other charges currency | NZD |
Key Personnel
|
Guy Roulston Elliffe |
Currently: Director (8 years, 7 months) |
|
Stuart Kenneth Reginald Millar |
Currently: Chief Investment Officer - Smartshares (5 years, 1 months) |
|
Anna Lennie Scott |
Currently: Chief Executive Officer - Smartshares (0 years, 9 months) |
|
Alister John Williams |
Currently: Director (8 years, 7 months) |
This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each fund has filed with Disclose register to 30th June 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.59% | 2.3% |
| 2023 | -0.79% | -6.42% |
| 2022 | -2.46% | -5.55% |
| 2021 | 2.15% | -0.92% |
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 30th June 2024.
Top 10 Investments
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Ishares Core Global Aggregate Bond Ucits ETF
Ireland Int Fixed Interest99.93% -
NZD Cash Account (ANZ Bank)
New Zealand Cash and Equivalents AA-0.3%
| Type | Target | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and Cash Equivalents | 0.0% | 0.07% |
| New Zealand Fixed Interest | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| International Fixed Interest | 100.0% | 99.93% |
| Australasian Equities | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| International Equities | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 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 30th June 2024.