Smartshares Japan Equities Esg ETF

Not Mindful

Type: Aggressive fund

Past Returns: No 3 year data yet

Average annual returns over the past 3 years, after fees and taxes. * indicates less than 3 years of data.

Annual Fees: 0.55%

Annual fees, including any membership and % management fee.

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.

Fossil Fuel

Alfa A 0.03%
Aluminum Corporation Of China Corp 0.02%
Aneka Tambang 0.02%
Ayala Corp 0.06%
Bharat Petroleum Ltd 0.05%
Centrais Eletr Bras-Eletrobras 0.02%
Centrais Eletr Bras-Eletrobras Ser 0.02%
China Cinda Asset Management Ltd H 0.02%
China National Chemical Engineerin 0.02%
China Petroleum and Chemical Corp 0.16%
China State Construction Engineeri 0.02%
China State Construction Internati 0.02%
China Yangtze Power Ltd A 0.05%
Cia Paranaense De Energia Copel Pr 0.02%
Citic Ltd 0.06%
Citic Securities Company Ltd H 0.07%
Cnooc Ltd 0.28%
Cosan Industria E Comercio SA 0.03%
Cosco Shipping Development Ltd A 0.05%
Cosco Shipping Holdings Ltd H 0.05%
Cosco Shipping Ports Ltd 0.02%
Ecopetrol SA 0.05%
Empresas Copec SA 0.05%
Enel Americas SA 0.07%
Enel Chile SA 0.03%
Eve Energy Ltd A 0.03%
Formosa Petrochemical Corp 0.05%
Gail India Ltd 0.03%
Gazprom 0.37%
Genting 0.03%
Genting Malaysia 0.03%
Gs Holdings 0.02%
Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd 0.03%
Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings 0.04%
Indian Oil Corp Ltd 0.03%
Infraestructura Energetica Nova 0.03%
Kghm Polska Miedz SA 0.07%
Kunlun Energy Ltd 0.03%
Lg Corp 0.09%
Manila Electric 0.02%
Mol Hungarian Oil and Gas 0.04%
Motor Oil (Hellas) Corinth Refiner 0.02%
Nk Rosneft 0.07%
Petrobras Distribuidora SA 0.05%
Petrochina Ltd H 0.09%
Petronas Gas 0.03%
Petronet Lng Ltd 0.03%
Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen SA 0.05%
Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe I Gazown 0.03%
Posco 0.20%
Posco Chemical Ltd 0.03%
Ptt Exploration and Production Non 0.07%
Ptt Global Chemical Non Voting Dr 0.06%
Ptt Non-Voting Dr Pcl 0.22%
Qatar Navigation 0.02%
Reliance Industries Ltd 0.98%
S-Oil Corp 0.04%
Samsung C&T Corp 0.12%
Sasol Ltd 0.07%
Saudi Arabian Oil 0.26%
Severstal 0.04%
Sk Innovation Ltd 0.12%
Surgutneftegaz 0.05%
Taiwan Cement Corp 0.10%

Weapons

Aselsan Elektronik Sanayi Ve Ticar 0.01%
Ashok Leyland Ltd 0.01%
Avichina Industry & Technology Ltd 0.02%
Ayala Corp 0.06%
China National Nuclear Power Ltd A 0.01%
China Shipbuilding Industry Ltd A 0.02%
Embraer SA 0.01%
Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technol 0.06%
Hanwha Chemical 0.04%
Hyundai-Rotem 0.01%
Reunert Ltd 0.01%
Wuhan Guide Infrared Ltd A 0.01%

Tobacco

Dino Polska SA 0.05%
Habib Bank Ltd 0.01%
Haci Omer Sabanci Holding A 0.01%
Reinet Investments S.C.A. 0.04%
Sok Marketler Ticaret 0.01%

Gambling

Bloomberry Resorts Corp 0.01%
Genting 0.03%
Genting Malaysia 0.03%
Genting Plantations 0.01%
Greek Organisation Of Football Pro 0.03%
Kangwon Land Inc 0.03%
Kiwoom Securities Ltd 0.02%
Paradise Ltd 0.02%

Alcohol

Alliance Global Group Inc 0.02%
Ambev SA 0.17%
Asia Cement Corp 0.05%
Beijing Enterprises Holdings Ltd 0.02%
China Resources Beer Holdings Ltd 0.17%
Hitejinro 0.02%
Jiangsu Yanghe Brewery Joint-Stock 0.04%
Kweichow Moutai Ltd A 0.29%
Shanxi Xinghuacun Fen Wine Factory 0.02%
Tsingtao Brewery Ltd H 0.06%
United Spirits Ltd 0.04%
Want Want China Holdings Ltd 0.05%
Wuliangye Yibin Ltd A 0.12%

Palm Oil

Fgv Holdings Bhd 0.01%
Genting 0.03%
Genting Malaysia 0.03%
Genting Plantations 0.01%
Godrej Industries Ltd 0.01%
Hap Seng Consolidated 0.02%
Indofood Cbp Sukses Makmur 0.01%
Indofood Sukses Makmur 0.03%
Kuala Lumpur Kepong 0.01%
Malaysia Airports Holdings 0.02%
Posco 0.20%
Posco Chemical Ltd 0.03%
Posco International Corp 0.01%
Ppb Group 0.04%
Ql Resources 0.03%
Sime Darby 0.03%
Sime Darby Plantation 0.04%

Human Rights & Environmental Violations

Adani Ports and Special Economic Z 0.04%
Centrais Eletr Bras-Eletrobras 0.02%
Centrais Eletr Bras-Eletrobras Ser 0.02%
China Northern Rare Earth (Group) 0.02%
Evergreen Marine Corp (Taiwan) Ltd 0.04%
Fgv Holdings Bhd 0.01%
Genting 0.03%
Genting Malaysia 0.03%
Hanwha Chemical 0.04%
Nestle India Ltd 0.08%
Nestle Malaysia 0.04%
Petrochina Ltd H 0.09%
Posco 0.20%
Posco Chemical Ltd 0.03%
Posco International Corp 0.01%
Zte Corp A 0.02%
Zte Corp H 0.03%

Animal Testing

Amoreg 0.020%
Amorepacific Corp 0.080%
Avi Ltd 0.020%
Charoen Pokphand Foods Non-Voting 0.060%
China Feihe Ltd 0.020%
China National Chemical Engineerin 0.020%
Cj Cheiljedang Corp 0.040%
Cj Corp 0.020%
Coromandel International Ltd 0.020%
Eternal Materials Ltd 0.020%
Far Eastern New Century Corp 0.040%
Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp 0.130%
Formosa Plastics Corp 0.150%
Hansol Chemical Ltd 0.020%
Hengan International Group Ltd 0.060%
Hindustan Unilever Ltd 0.300%
Kimberly-Clark De Mexico Class A 0.040%
Lg Household & Health Care Ltd 0.170%
Lg Household & Health Care Pref Lt 0.020%
Lotte Chemical Corp 0.070%
Lotte Fine Chemicals Ltd 0.020%
Marico Ltd 0.030%
Nan Ya Plastics Corp 0.170%
Nestle India Ltd 0.080%
Nestle Malaysia 0.040%
Orbia Advance Corp SA De Cv 0.030%
Petronas Chemicals Group 0.060%
PJSC Phosagro Gdr 0.030%
Ppb Group 0.040%
Reliance Industries Ltd 0.980%
Sahara International Petrochemical 0.020%
Sasol Ltd 0.070%
Sk Innovation Ltd 0.120%
Skc Ltd 0.020%
Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile 0.070%
Standard Foods Corp 0.020%
Supreme Industries Ltd 0.020%
Tongwei Ltd A 0.020%
Unilever Indonesia 0.050%
Upl Ltd 0.040%
Usi Corp 0.020%

This data is compiled by Mindful Money from the fund information and portfolios that each fund has filed with the Disclose register to Wed Sept. 30th 2020 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.

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.

Year	Market Average	Fund Annual Return

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 Wed Sept. 30th 2020.

Showing the top 10 investments for this fund:

Ishares Msci Japan Esg Screened Ucits ETF
Ireland International Equities

99.9%
Westpac NZD Current Account
New Zealand Cash and Equivalents

0.58%

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each fund has filed with Disclose register Wed Sept. 30th 2020.

How the money in this fund is invested against the fund's targets.

Target

Actual

Type	Target	Actual
Cash and Cash Equivalents	0.0%	0.58%
New Zealand Fixed Interest	0.0%	0.0%
International Fixed Interest	0.0%	0.0%
Australasian Equities	0.0%	0.0%
International Equities	100.0%	99.42%
Listed Properties	0.0%	0.0%
Unlisted Properties	0.0%	0.0%
Other	0.0%	0.0%
Commodities	0.0%	0.0%

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each fund has filed with Disclose register to Wed Sept. 30th 2020.

Does this fund have a policy to exclude any industries from its investments? The first column shows if the fund has a 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:

1.14%
Animal Testing:

3.53%
Fossil Fuels:

5.19%
Gambling:

0.18%
GMOs:

0.00%
Human Rights & Environmental Violations:

0.75%
Palm Oil:

0.56%
Tobacco:

0.12%
Weapons:

0.27%

Note that the fund’s intended exclusions may not be consistent with the analysis of the portfolio because of timing issues or because there are companies of concern in indirect investments by the fund.

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.

In their own words

"Invests in Japanese shares and is designed to track the return on the MSCI Japan ESG Screened Index."

Value	$20M NZD
Period of data report	Wed Sept. 30th 2020
Members	142
Fund started	Thu June 6th 2019
Total annual fund fees	0.55%
Total performance based fees	0.0%
Manager's basic fee	0.54%
Administration charges	0.01%
Total other charges	0.0
Total other charges currency	NZD

Key Personnel

Guy Roulston Elliffe	Currently: Director (4 years, 10 months) Previously: Corporate Governance Manager - ACC (current position) (5 years, 5 months)
Stuart Kenneth Reginald Millar	Currently: Chief Investment Officer - Smartshares (1 years, 4 months) Previously: Head of Portfolio Management - ANZ Investments (6 years, 4 months)
Hugh Duncan Stevens	Currently: Chief Executive Officer - Smartshares (2 years, 7 months) Previously: Chief Operating Officer - Implemented Investment Solutions Ltd (2 years, 6 months)
Alister John Williams	Currently: Director (4 years, 10 months) Previously: Investment Manager - Trust Management (5 years, 8 months)

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each fund has filed with Disclose register to Wed Sept. 30th 2020.

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