ANZ Growth Fund

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.

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.

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:

• Cash Deposit (J.P. Morgan USD)
  United States Cash and Equivalents A-1
  2.14%
• Fisher and Paykel Healthcare
  New Zealand Australasian Equities
  1.56%
• Visa Inc
  United States International Equities
  1.3%
• The A2 Milk Company Limited
  New Zealand Australasian Equities
  0.99%
• Comcast Corp - Cls A
  United States International Equities
  0.94%
• Nestle SA
  Switzerland International Equities
  0.9%
• Medtronic PLC
  United States International Equities
  0.86%
• Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
  United States International Equities
  0.79%
• Spark New Zealand Ltd
  New Zealand Australasian Equities
  0.75%
• Hdfc Bank Ltd - Adr
  United States International Equities
  0.67%

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.

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:
  2.38%
• Animal Testing:
  6.90%
• Fossil Fuels:
  3.34%
• Gambling:
  0.77%
• GMOs:
  0.00%
• Human Rights & Environmental Violations:
  2.67%
• Palm Oil:
  0.00%
• Tobacco:
  0.24%
• Weapons:
  0.48%

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.

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

"The Growth Fund invests mainly in growth assets (equities listed property and listed infrastructure) with a smaller exposure to income assets (cash and cash equivalents and fixed interest). The fund may also invest in alternative assets.The Growth Fund aims to achieve (after the fund charge and before tax) over the long-term a higher yearly return allowing for large movements of value up and down including occasional negative yearly returns."

Key Personnel

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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