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

    • Meta Platforms, Inc. 0.53%
    • Wells Fargo 0.21%
    • Ubs 0.17%
    • Johnson & Johnson 0.16%
    • Nestlé 0.11%
    • Thermo Fisher Scientific 0.10%
    • Caterpillar 0.08%
    • Uber Technologies, Inc. 0.06%
    • Rio Tinto 0.05%
    • Motorola Solutions Inc 0.03%
    • Palantir Technologies 0.03%
    • Glencore 0.02%
    • Saudi Aramco 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
    • Chevron Corp. 0.11% !!
      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
    • Shell 0.09% !!
      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
    • BHP Group 0.07% !!
      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
    • Duke Energy Corp 0.04%
    • 3M 0.03%
    • Freeport-Mcmoran Inc 0.03%
    • Barrick Gold 0.02%
    • Basf Se 0.02%
    • Bayer 0.02%
    • Corteva, Inc. 0.02%
    • Glencore 0.02%
    • Pg&E Corp 0.02%
    • Vale SA 0.02%
    • Archer-Daniels Midland 0.01%
    • Ntpc Ltd. 0.01%
    • Posco 0.01% !!
      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
    • Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.22% !!
      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
    • Procter & Gamble Co. 0.18%
    • Chevron Corp. 0.11% !!
      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
    • LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Se 0.09%
    • Shell 0.09% !!
      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
    • Unilever PLC 0.08%
    • Air Liquide 0.05%
    • Reliance Industries Ltd. 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
    • L'Oréal SA 0.04%
    • The Sherwin-Williams Co. 0.04%
    • 3M 0.03%
    • Colgate-Palmolive Co. 0.03%
    • Ecolab, Inc. 0.03%
    • Hermès International Sca 0.03%
    • Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. 0.03%
    • Basf Se 0.02%
    • Bayer 0.02%
    • Corteva, Inc. 0.02%
    • Dupont De Nemours 0.02%
    • Givaudan SA 0.02%
    • Kimberly-Clark Corp. 0.02%
    • Church & Dwight Co., Inc. 0.01%
    • Dow, Inc. 0.01%
    • Eni Spa 0.01% !!
      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
    • Henkel AG & Co. Kgaa 0.01%
    • International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. 0.01%
    • Kao Corp. 0.01%
    • Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Nv 0.01%
    • Novozymes A/S 0.01%
    • Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. 0.01%
    • PPG Industries, Inc. 0.01%
    • Amphenol Corp. 0.03%
    • Transdigm Group, Inc. 0.03%
    • Daikin Industries Ltd. 0.02%
    • Howmet Aerospace, Inc. 0.02%
    • Contact Energy Ltd. 1.29% 1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Genesis Energy Ltd. 0.23%
    • Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.22% !!
      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
    • Channel Infrastructure 0.11%
    • Chevron Corp. 0.11% !!
      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
    • Shell 0.09% !!
      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
    • BHP Group 0.07% !!
      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
    • Nextera Energy, Inc. 0.07%
    • Totalenergies Se 0.06% !!
      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
    • Conocophillips 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
    • National Grid PLC 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
    • Reliance Industries Ltd. 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
    • Rio Tinto 0.05%
    • BP 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
    • Constellation Energy Corp. 0.04%
    • Duke Energy Corp 0.04%
    • Enbridge, Inc. 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
    • Iberdrola 0.04% 1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Oneok, Inc. 0.04%
    • The Southern Co. 0.04%
    • Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. 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
    • Enel 0.03% 1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Eog Resources, Inc. 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
    • Itochu Corp. 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
    • Marathon Petroleum Corp. 0.03%
    • Mitsubishi Corp. 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
    • Mitsui & Co., Ltd. 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
    • Petrobras 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
    • American Electric Power Co., Inc. 0.02%
    • Barrick Gold 0.02%
    • Cheniere Energy, Inc. 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
    • Consolidated Edison, Inc. 0.02%
    • Dominion Energy, Inc. 0.02%
    • E.On Se 0.02%
    • Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. 0.02%
    • Glencore 0.02%
    • Hess 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
    • Kinder Morgan, Inc. 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
    • Pg&E Corp 0.02%
    • Phillips 66 0.02%
    • Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. 0.02%
    • Saudi Aramco 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
    • Sempra Energy 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
    • Suncor Energy, Inc. 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
    • Tc Energy 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
    • The Williams Cos., Inc. 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
    • Vale SA 0.02%
    • Valero Energy Corp. 0.02%
    • Vistra Energy 0.02%
    • Xcel Energy, Inc. 0.02%
    • Cassa Depositi E Prestiti Spa 0.01%
    • Dassault Systèmes Se 0.01%
    • Devon Energy Corp. 0.01% !!
      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
    • Diamondback Energy, Inc. 0.01% !!
      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
    • Dte Energy Co. 0.01%
    • Engie SA 0.01% !!
      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
    • Eni Spa 0.01% !!
      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
    • Entergy Corp. 0.01%
    • Firstenergy Corp. 0.01%
    • Franco-Nevada Corp. 0.01%
    • Halliburton Co. 0.01%
    • Marubeni Corp. 0.01% !!
      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
    • Ntpc Ltd. 0.01%
    • Occidental Petroleum Corp. 0.01% !!
      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
    • Pembina Pipeline Corp. 0.01% !!
      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
    • Posco 0.01% !!
      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
    • Ppl Corp. 0.01%
    • Rwe AG 0.01%
    • Targa Resources Corp. 0.01%
    • Teck Resources Limited 0.01%
    • Wec Energy Group, Inc. 0.01%
    • Woodside Energy Group Ltd. 0.01% !!
      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

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. 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

Aims for high long-run returns by investing in a diversified portfolio weighted towards growth assets but with some income asset exposure.

Value $44.1M NZD
Period of data report 30th Sept. 2024
Fund started 2nd Sept. 2020
Total annual fund fees 0.37%
Total performance based fees 0.0%
Manager's basic fee 0.37%
Other management and administration charges 0.0%
Total other charges 0.0
Total other charges currency NZD

Mike Heath

Currently: Investment Committee Member (4 years, 6 months)
Previously: General Manager, InvestNow (6 years, 6 months)

Anthony Edmonds

Currently: Investment Committee Member (4 years, 6 months)
Previously: Business Development Director, Apex New Zealand (2 years, None months)

Anthony Sowerby

Currently: Investment Committee Member (4 years, 6 months)
Previously: Head of Investment Management Oversight, FundRock NZ (3 years, None months)

Jason Choy

Currently: Investment Committee Member (2 years, 2 months)
Previously: Senior Portfolio Manager, FundRock NZ and InvestNow (2 years, 4 months)

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each fund has filed with Disclose register to 30th Sept. 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 12.57% 16.26%
2023 -4.05% -2.86%
2022 1.38% 5.04%

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 Sept. 2024.

Top 10 Investments

  • Mercer Msci Global Index Shares Fund
    New Zealand International Equities
    34.28%
  • Mercer NZ Shares Passive Fund
    New Zealand Australasian Equities
    25.41%
  • Mercer Msci Hedged Global Index Shares
    New Zealand International Equities
    20.05%
  • Hunter Global Fixed Interest Fund
    New Zealand Int Fixed Interest
    14.82%
  • Mercer Macquarie NZ Fixed Interest Fund
    New Zealand NZ Fixed Interest
    2.91%
  • Mercer Macquarie NZ Cash Fund
    New Zealand Cash and Equivalents
    1.59%
  • Cash At Bank (BNZ)
    New Zealand Cash and Equivalents AA-
    0.94%
Type Target Actual
Cash and Cash Equivalents 0.0% 5.37%
New Zealand Fixed Interest 3.06% 2.77%
International Fixed Interest 15.31% 13.94%
Australasian Equities 26.53% 26.18%
International Equities 55.1% 51.74%
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.

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each fund has filed with Disclose register to 30th Sept. 2024.