Funds

This is a Mindful fund Generate Focused Growth Managed Fund

Total Ethical Concerns: 9.83%

The average total concerns of all managed aggressive funds is 12.02%.

Companies of Concern

  • Environmental Harm 1.06%

    • The Coca-Cola Company
      0.31%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Coca-Cola Bottler
      0.25%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • PepsiCo
      0.24%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Unilever
      0.06%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Fonterra
      0.05%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Wh Group
      0.05%
    • Shell
      0.04%
      !!
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • BHP
      0.03%
      !!
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Chevron Corp.
      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
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Duke Energy Corp
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
  • Fossil Fuels 3.95%

    • Contact Energy Ltd.
      2.06%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Eqt Corp.
      0.54%
      !!
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Delta Air Lines, Inc.
      0.36%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Origin Energy
      0.25%
      !!
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Genesis Energy Ltd.
      0.08%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • National Grid PLC
      0.08%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Ck Hutchison
      0.07%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Rio Tinto
      0.05%
    • Samsung C&T Corp.
      0.05%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Totalenergies Se
      0.05%
      !!
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Consolidated Edison, Inc.
      0.04%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Engie SA
      0.04%
      !!
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Shell
      0.04%
      !!
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • BHP
      0.03%
      !!
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Centrica PLC
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Endesa SA
      0.03%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.
      0.03%
    • Chevron Corp.
      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
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Enel
      0.02%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Exxon Mobil Corp.
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Lg Corp.
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Osaka Gas
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Air Water, Inc.
      0.01%
    • Duke Energy Corp
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
  • Animal Cruelty 0.83%

    • Entegris, Inc.
      0.20%
    • The Sherwin-Williams Co.
      0.19%
    • Hermès International Sca
      0.12%
    • Henkel AG & Co. Kgaa
      0.06%
    • Unilever
      0.06%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Nv
      0.04%
    • Shell
      0.04%
      !!
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Colgate-Palmolive Co.
      0.03%
    • Chevron Corp.
      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
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Exxon Mobil Corp.
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Tosoh Corp.
      0.01%
  • Human Rights Violations 3.71%

    • IBM
      0.49%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Tesla
      0.24%
    • Ck Hutchison
      0.07%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Rio Tinto
      0.05%
    • Nestlé
      0.04%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • General Motors
      0.03%
    • Toronto-Dominion Bank
      0.02%
    • Airbnb
      0.01%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
  • Social Harm 0.03%

  • Weapons 0.59%

    • Amphenol Corp.
      0.40%

Fund Provider Response

We invest in fossil fuel companies because energy is an essential resource for modern life, and we believe it is better to invest in the companies that are relative ESG leaders in the sector rather than ignoring the sector entirely.
We take a holistic approach to assessing a company's prospective ESG leadership, including the carbon intensity of current oil production facilities, initiatives to reduce this carbon intensity to help meet net zero goals, capital allocation policies including for green energy initiatives, and ESG scores on both the MSCI and Sustainalytics ratings scales.

From the Fund Provider

  • About this fund

    About this Fund

    The Focused Growth Managed Fund aims to provide a higher return over the long term. It invests in an actively managed portfolio made up predominantly of growth assets with a minor allocation of income assets. Volatility is likely to be high. Returns will vary and may be low or negative at times.

    Generate is an award-winning KiwiSaver and wealth provider with a track record of strong, long-term performance through responsible investment. Generate was awarded both Investor Choice and Adviser Choice Awards at the Research IP Funds Manager of the year awards 2022 and also received a Consumer NZ People’s Choice Award for KiwiSaver.

    Value $93.5M NZD
    Period of data report 1st Oct. 2025
    Fund started 1st Nov. 2019
    Total annual fund fees 1.39%
    Total performance based fees 0.0%
    Manager's basic fee 1.26%
    Other management and administration charges 0.13%
    Total other charges 0.0
    Total other charges currency NZD

    Sam Goldwater

    Currently: Chief Investment Officer/Investment Committee Member/Executive Director (12 years, 6 months)
    Previously: Led the investment management of a sizeable portfolio of family assets (7 years, 5 months)

    Daniel Frost

    Currently: Portfolio Manager - Property & Infrastructure, Australasian Equities (7 years, 8 months)
    Previously: Senior Analyst, Macquarie Bank (5 years, 4 months)

    Andrew Bolland

    Currently: Portfolio Manager - Property & Infrastructure, Australasian Equities (6 years, 3 months)
    Previously: Senior Analyst/Associate Portfolio Manager, Salt Funds Management (6 years, 2 months)

    Ayrton Oliver

    Currently: Portfolio Manager - Fixed Income (4 years, 6 months)
    Previously: Vice President, JP Morgan Chief Investment Office, International Rates and FX Portfolio Management (7 years, 0 months)

    Nathan Field

    Currently: Portfolio Manager - Global Equities (2 years, 7 months)
    Previously: Portfolio Manager, Global Thematic Fund, Kiwi Wealth (13 years, 0 months)

    This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each fund has filed with Disclose register to 1st Oct. 2025.

  • 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
    2025 4.07% 5.06%
    2024 15.78% 24.49%
    2023 -4.85% -3.73%
    2022 3.53% -0.7%
    2021 35.55% 28.5%

    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 1st Oct. 2025.

  • Investments

    Top 10 Investments

    • Te Ahumairangi Global Equity Fund

      New Zealand International Equities

      5.51%
    • ASB NZ Dollar Cash Account

      New Zealand Cash and Equivalents A1

      3.76%
    • Infratil Ltd

      New Zealand Australasian Equities

      3.27%
    • Nvidia

      United States International Equities

      3.21%
    • Microsoft Corp

      United States International Equities

      3.16%
    • Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd

      New Zealand Australasian Equities

      2.92%
    • Amazon.Com Inc

      United States International Equities

      2.3%
    • Apple Inc

      United States International Equities

      2.28%
    • Meta Platforms Inc

      United States International Equities

      2.22%
    • Alphabet Inc Class C

      United States International Equities

      2.0%
    Type Target Actual
    Cash and Cash Equivalents 5.0% 5.7%
    New Zealand Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.07%
    International Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
    Australasian Equities 27.0% 23.45%
    International Equities 65.0% 63.94%
    Listed Properties 3.0% 6.52%
    Unlisted Properties 0.0% 0.32%
    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 fund has filed with Disclose register to 1st Oct. 2025.

This data is compiled by Mindful Money from the fund information and portfolios that each fund has filed with the Disclose register to 1st Oct. 2025 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

  • 1.06% Environmental Harm
  • 3.95% Fossil Fuels
  • 0.83% Animal Cruelty
  • 3.71% Human Rights Violations
  • 0.03% Social Harm
  • 0.59% Weapons

Companies of Concern

  • Environmental Harm

    • The Coca-Cola Company
      0.31%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Coca-Cola Bottler
      0.25%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • PepsiCo
      0.24%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Unilever
      0.06%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Fonterra
      0.05%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Wh Group
      0.05%
    • Shell
      0.04%
      !!
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • BHP
      0.03%
      !!
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Chevron Corp.
      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
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Duke Energy Corp
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
  • Fossil Fuels

    • Contact Energy Ltd.
      2.06%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Eqt Corp.
      0.54%
      !!
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Delta Air Lines, Inc.
      0.36%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Origin Energy
      0.25%
      !!
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Genesis Energy Ltd.
      0.08%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • National Grid PLC
      0.08%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Ck Hutchison
      0.07%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Rio Tinto
      0.05%
    • Samsung C&T Corp.
      0.05%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Totalenergies Se
      0.05%
      !!
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Consolidated Edison, Inc.
      0.04%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Engie SA
      0.04%
      !!
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Shell
      0.04%
      !!
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • BHP
      0.03%
      !!
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Centrica PLC
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Endesa SA
      0.03%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.
      0.03%
    • Chevron Corp.
      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
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Enel
      0.02%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Exxon Mobil Corp.
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Lg Corp.
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Osaka Gas
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Air Water, Inc.
      0.01%
    • Duke Energy Corp
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
  • Animal Cruelty

    • Entegris, Inc.
      0.20%
    • The Sherwin-Williams Co.
      0.19%
    • Hermès International Sca
      0.12%
    • Henkel AG & Co. Kgaa
      0.06%
    • Unilever
      0.06%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Nv
      0.04%
    • Shell
      0.04%
      !!
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Colgate-Palmolive Co.
      0.03%
    • Chevron Corp.
      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
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Exxon Mobil Corp.
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Tosoh Corp.
      0.01%
  • Human Rights Violations

    • IBM
      0.49%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Tesla
      0.24%
    • Ck Hutchison
      0.07%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Rio Tinto
      0.05%
    • Nestlé
      0.04%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • General Motors
      0.03%
    • Toronto-Dominion Bank
      0.02%
    • Airbnb
      0.01%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
  • Weapons

    • Amphenol Corp.
      0.40%

Fund Provider Response

We invest in fossil fuel companies because energy is an essential resource for modern life, and we believe it is better to invest in the companies that are relative ESG leaders in the sector rather than ignoring the sector entirely.
We take a holistic approach to assessing a company's prospective ESG leadership, including the carbon intensity of current oil production facilities, initiatives to reduce this carbon intensity to help meet net zero goals, capital allocation policies including for green energy initiatives, and ESG scores on both the MSCI and Sustainalytics ratings scales.

About this Fund

The Focused Growth Managed Fund aims to provide a higher return over the long term. It invests in an actively managed portfolio made up predominantly of growth assets with a minor allocation of income assets. Volatility is likely to be high. Returns will vary and may be low or negative at times.

Generate is an award-winning KiwiSaver and wealth provider with a track record of strong, long-term performance through responsible investment. Generate was awarded both Investor Choice and Adviser Choice Awards at the Research IP Funds Manager of the year awards 2022 and also received a Consumer NZ People’s Choice Award for KiwiSaver.

Value $93.5M NZD
Period of data report 1st Oct. 2025
Fund started 1st Nov. 2019
Total annual fund fees 1.39%
Total performance based fees 0.0%
Manager's basic fee 1.26%
Other management and administration charges 0.13%
Total other charges 0.0
Total other charges currency NZD

Sam Goldwater

Currently: Chief Investment Officer/Investment Committee Member/Executive Director (12 years, 6 months)
Previously: Led the investment management of a sizeable portfolio of family assets (7 years, 5 months)

Daniel Frost

Currently: Portfolio Manager - Property & Infrastructure, Australasian Equities (7 years, 8 months)
Previously: Senior Analyst, Macquarie Bank (5 years, 4 months)

Andrew Bolland

Currently: Portfolio Manager - Property & Infrastructure, Australasian Equities (6 years, 3 months)
Previously: Senior Analyst/Associate Portfolio Manager, Salt Funds Management (6 years, 2 months)

Ayrton Oliver

Currently: Portfolio Manager - Fixed Income (4 years, 6 months)
Previously: Vice President, JP Morgan Chief Investment Office, International Rates and FX Portfolio Management (7 years, 0 months)

Nathan Field

Currently: Portfolio Manager - Global Equities (2 years, 7 months)
Previously: Portfolio Manager, Global Thematic Fund, Kiwi Wealth (13 years, 0 months)

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each fund has filed with Disclose register to 1st Oct. 2025.

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
2025 4.07% 5.06%
2024 15.78% 24.49%
2023 -4.85% -3.73%
2022 3.53% -0.7%
2021 35.55% 28.5%

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 1st Oct. 2025.

Top 10 Investments

  • Te Ahumairangi Global Equity Fund

    New Zealand International Equities

    5.51%
  • ASB NZ Dollar Cash Account

    New Zealand Cash and Equivalents A1

    3.76%
  • Infratil Ltd

    New Zealand Australasian Equities

    3.27%
  • Nvidia

    United States International Equities

    3.21%
  • Microsoft Corp

    United States International Equities

    3.16%
  • Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd

    New Zealand Australasian Equities

    2.92%
  • Amazon.Com Inc

    United States International Equities

    2.3%
  • Apple Inc

    United States International Equities

    2.28%
  • Meta Platforms Inc

    United States International Equities

    2.22%
  • Alphabet Inc Class C

    United States International Equities

    2.0%
Type Target Actual
Cash and Cash Equivalents 5.0% 5.7%
New Zealand Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.07%
International Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
Australasian Equities 27.0% 23.45%
International Equities 65.0% 63.94%
Listed Properties 3.0% 6.52%
Unlisted Properties 0.0% 0.32%
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 fund has filed with Disclose register to 1st Oct. 2025.

This data is compiled by Mindful Money from the fund information and portfolios that each fund has filed with the Disclose register to 1st Oct. 2025 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.