Funds
Smartshares Japan 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
- Mitsubishi Corp 1.28%
- Mitsui Ltd 1.19%
- Itochu Corp 1.13%
- Sumitomo Corp 0.53%
- Marubeni Corp 0.52%
- Nippon Steel Corp 0.41%
- Inpex Corp 0.39%
- Eneos Holdings Inc 0.37%
- Nippon Yusen 0.31%
- Tokyo Gas Ltd 0.25%
- Mitsui Osk Lines Ltd 0.24%
- Osaka Gas Ltd 0.18%
- Idemitsu Kosan Ltd 0.16%
- Sumitomo Chemical Ltd 0.16%
- Itochu Techno-Solutions Corp 0.07%
Weapons
- Jfe Holdings Inc 0.16%
Alcohol
- Asahi Group Holdings Ltd 0.46%
- Kirin Holdings Ltd 0.43%
Human Rights & Environmental Violations
- Nissan Chemical Corp 0.20%
Animal Cruelty
- Daikin Industries Ltd 1.34%
- Mitsubishi Corp 1.28%
- Denso Corp 0.76%
- Canon Inc 0.75%
- Fujifilm Holdings Corp 0.58%
- Kao Corp 0.58%
- Shiseido Ltd 0.49%
- Asahi Group Holdings Ltd 0.46%
- Ajinomoto Inc 0.45%
- Otsuka Holdings Ltd 0.44%
- Unicharm Corp 0.42%
- Kikkoman Corp 0.28%
- Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corp 0.20%
- Nippon Paint Holdings Ltd 0.20%
- Nissan Chemical Corp 0.20%
- Idemitsu Kosan Ltd 0.16%
- Meiji Holdings Ltd 0.16%
- Sumitomo Chemical Ltd 0.16%
- Ricoh Ltd 0.15%
- Seiko Epson Corp 0.14%
- Kose Corp 0.12%
- Mitsui Chemicals Inc 0.12%
- Tosoh Corp 0.10%
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 Japanese shares and is designed to track the return (before tax, fees and other expenses) of the MSCI Japan ESG Screened Index.
| Value | $23M 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 | 0.53% |
| Other management and administration charges | 0.02% |
| 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 | 0.89% | |
| Animal Cruelty | 9.54% | |
| Fossil Fuels | 7.19% | |
| Gambling | 0.00% | |
| GMOs | 0.00% | |
| Human Rights & Environmental Violations | 0.20% | |
| Palm Oil | 0.00% | |
| Tobacco | 0.00% | |
| Weapons | 0.16% |
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% | -8.91% |
| 2021 | 36.07% | 17.14% |
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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Ireland International Equities99.91% -
ANZ NZD Current Account
New Zealand Cash and Equivalents AA-0.59%
| Type | Target | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and Cash Equivalents | 0.0% | 0.092628% |
| 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% | 99.907372% |
| 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.