Funds

Pie Growth UK & Europe Fund

Companies of Concern

From the Fund Provider

  • About this fund

    About this Fund

    The Fund seeks to provide investors with long term capital growth by investing predominantly in a concentrated portfolio of hand-picked listed UK and European Smaller Companies, where Pie Funds considers value is greatest and the opportunity of earnings growth is high. The Fund may also invest in other types of financial products such as cash and unlisted equities.

    Value $160M NZD
    Period of data report 31st March 2025
    Fund started 1st Nov. 2016
    Total annual fund fees 1.86%
    Total performance based fees 0.0%
    Manager's basic fee 1.85%
    Other management and administration charges 0.01%
    Total other charges 0.0
    Total other charges currency NZD

    Michael Taylor

    Currently: Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer (3 years, 0 months)
    Previously: Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Pie Funds (15 years, 5 months)

    Guy Thornewill

    Currently: Head of Global Research (6 years, 8 months)
    Previously: Portfolio Manager at Ruffer LLP (9 years, 0 months)

    Toby Woods

    Currently: Senior Investment Analyst (5 years, 7 months)
    Previously: Head of Equity Sales at Hauck & Aufhäuser (9 years, 5 months)

    This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st March 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% -3.86%
    2024 15.78% 12.02%
    2023 -4.85% -7.95%
    2022 3.53% -2.98%
    2021 35.55% 61.07%
    2020 -7.06% -9.12%
    2019 10.17% -1.88%
    2018 7.53% 12.03%

    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 March 2025.

  • Investments

    Top 10 Investments

    • Frp Advisory Group PLC

      United Kingdom International Equities

      7.9%
    • Boku Inc

      United Kingdom International Equities

      7.09%
    • Biogaia Ab

      Sweden International Equities

      4.83%
    • Id Logistics Sas

      France International Equities

      4.71%
    • Invisio Communications Ab

      Sweden International Equities

      4.69%
    • Do & Co AG

      Austria International Equities

      4.21%
    • Discoverie Group PLC

      United Kingdom International Equities

      4.06%
    • Flatexdegiro AG

      Germany International Equities

      3.93%
    • BNZ Call Account - NZD

      New Zealand Cash and Equivalents AA-

      3.68%
    • Envipco Holding Nv

      Norway International Equities

      3.57%
    Type Target Actual
    Cash and Cash Equivalents 0.0% 6.99%
    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% 91.6%
    Listed Properties 0.0% 1.41%
    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 by asset type.

    This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st March 2025.

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 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

  • 0.0% Animal Cruelty
  • 0.0% Human Rights Violations
  • 0.0% Social Harm
  • 0.0% Fossil Fuels
  • 0.0% Weapons
  • 0.0% Environmental Harm

Companies of Concern

About this Fund

The Fund seeks to provide investors with long term capital growth by investing predominantly in a concentrated portfolio of hand-picked listed UK and European Smaller Companies, where Pie Funds considers value is greatest and the opportunity of earnings growth is high. The Fund may also invest in other types of financial products such as cash and unlisted equities.

Value $160M NZD
Period of data report 31st March 2025
Fund started 1st Nov. 2016
Total annual fund fees 1.86%
Total performance based fees 0.0%
Manager's basic fee 1.85%
Other management and administration charges 0.01%
Total other charges 0.0
Total other charges currency NZD

Michael Taylor

Currently: Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer (3 years, 0 months)
Previously: Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Pie Funds (15 years, 5 months)

Guy Thornewill

Currently: Head of Global Research (6 years, 8 months)
Previously: Portfolio Manager at Ruffer LLP (9 years, 0 months)

Toby Woods

Currently: Senior Investment Analyst (5 years, 7 months)
Previously: Head of Equity Sales at Hauck & Aufhäuser (9 years, 5 months)

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st March 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% -3.86%
2024 15.78% 12.02%
2023 -4.85% -7.95%
2022 3.53% -2.98%
2021 35.55% 61.07%
2020 -7.06% -9.12%
2019 10.17% -1.88%
2018 7.53% 12.03%

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 March 2025.

Top 10 Investments

  • Frp Advisory Group PLC

    United Kingdom International Equities

    7.9%
  • Boku Inc

    United Kingdom International Equities

    7.09%
  • Biogaia Ab

    Sweden International Equities

    4.83%
  • Id Logistics Sas

    France International Equities

    4.71%
  • Invisio Communications Ab

    Sweden International Equities

    4.69%
  • Do & Co AG

    Austria International Equities

    4.21%
  • Discoverie Group PLC

    United Kingdom International Equities

    4.06%
  • Flatexdegiro AG

    Germany International Equities

    3.93%
  • BNZ Call Account - NZD

    New Zealand Cash and Equivalents AA-

    3.68%
  • Envipco Holding Nv

    Norway International Equities

    3.57%
Type Target Actual
Cash and Cash Equivalents 0.0% 6.99%
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% 91.6%
Listed Properties 0.0% 1.41%
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 by asset type.

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st March 2025.

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 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.