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-Class A 0.27%
    • Johnson & Johnson 0.10%
    • Nestle SA-Reg 0.09%
    • Rio Tinto Ltd 0.06%
    • Wells Fargo & Co 0.05%
    • Caterpillar Inc 0.04%
    • Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 0.04%
    • Uber Technologies Inc 0.03%
    • Ubs Group AG-Reg 0.03%
    • Glencore PLC 0.02%
    • Raytheon Technologies Corp 0.02%
    • Rio Tinto PLC-Spon Adr 0.02%
    • Motorola Solutions Inc 0.01%
    • Palantir Technologies Inc-A 0.01%
    • BHP Group Ltd 0.32% !!
      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 PLC 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
    • Chevron Corp 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
    • Duke Energy Corp 0.06%
    • Pg&E Corp 0.04%
    • Glencore PLC 0.02%
    • Basf Se 0.01%
    • Exxon Mobil Corporation 0.12% !!
      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/The 0.09%
    • Shell PLC 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
    • LVMH Moet Hennessy Vuitt 0.07%
    • Chevron Corp 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
    • Unilever PLC 0.04%
    • Air Liquide SA 0.03%
    • LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vui 0.03%
    • Orica Ltd 0.03%
    • Reliance Industries 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
    • Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Ltd 0.03%
    • Hermes International 0.02%
    • L'Oreal 0.02%
    • Philip Morris International 0.02%
    • Basf Se 0.01%
    • British American Tobacco Holdings (The Netherlands) Bv 0.01%
    • L'Oreal SA 0.01%
    • Walmart Inc 0.06%
    • Airbus Se 0.03%
    • Amphenol Corp 0.02%
    • Honeywell International Inc 0.02%
    • Raytheon Technologies Corp 0.02%
    • Safran SA 0.02%
    • Bae Systems PLC 0.01%
    • Boeing Co/The 0.01%
    • Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 0.01%
    • Transdigm Group Inc 0.01%
    • Contact Energy Ltd 0.38% 1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • BHP Group Ltd 0.32% !!
      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
    • Genesis Energy Ltd 0.27%
    • Exxon Mobil Corporation 0.12% !!
      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 0.12%
    • Shell PLC 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
    • Channel Infrastruct NZ 0.07%
    • Woodside Energy Group Ltd 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
    • Chevron Corp 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
    • Duke Energy Corp 0.06%
    • Rio Tinto Ltd 0.06%
    • Southern Co/The 0.06%
    • Enbridge Inc 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
    • 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
    • Mitsubishi Corp 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
    • Oneok Inc 0.04%
    • Pg&E Corp 0.04%
    • American Electric Power 0.03%
    • Ampol Ltd 0.03%
    • BP PLC 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
    • Conocophillips 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
    • Dominion Energy Inc 0.03%
    • 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
    • Orica Ltd 0.03%
    • Public Service Enterpris 0.03%
    • Reliance Industries 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
    • Santos 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
    • Sempra Energy 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
    • Washington H. Soul Pattinson 0.03%
    • Williams Cos 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
    • Channel Infrastructure NZ Lt 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%
    • Entergy Corp 0.02%
    • Firstenergy Corp 0.02%
    • Glencore PLC 0.02%
    • Iberdrola SA 0.02% 1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Itochu 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
    • Rio Tinto PLC-Spon Adr 0.02%
    • South32 Ltd 0.02%
    • 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
    • Total SA 0.02%
    • Vopak 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
    • Wec Energy Group Inc 0.02%
    • Whitehaven Coal Ltd 0.02%
    • Xcel Energy Inc 0.02%
    • Agl Energy Ltd 0.01%
    • Ameren Corporation 0.01%
    • Apa Group 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
    • Atmos Energy Corp 0.01%
    • Centerpoint Energy Inc 0.01%
    • Cms Energy Corp 0.01%
    • Constellation Energy 0.01%
    • Enel Spa 0.01% 1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Fortis 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
    • Origin Energy 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
    • 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
    • Ppl Corp 0.01%
    • Targa Resources Corp 0.01%
    • Viva 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 31st March 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

SuperLife Age Steps automatically sets the proportion of your investment in income and growth assets based on your age. As you get older, the proportion of your investment in more volatile growth assets will be reduced, lowering the expected size of the ups and downs in the value of your investment. This option may be suitable if you are saving for retirement (assumed to be age 65), and assumes you will continue to invest your savings and spend them over your retirement period.Your SuperLife Age Steps - Age 70 investment will be allocated 60.4% to income assets and 39.6% to growth assets.

Value $152k NZD
Period of data report 30th June 2024
Fund started 28th Oct. 2016
Total annual fund fees 0.48%
Total performance based fees 0.0%
Manager's basic fee 0.46%
Other management and administration charges 0.02%
Total other charges 12.0
Total other charges currency NZD

Guy Roulston Elliffe

Currently: Director (8 years, 7 months)
Previously: Corporate Governance Manager - ACC (current position) (9 years, 2 months)

Stuart Kenneth Reginald Millar

Currently: Chief Investment Officer - Smartshares (5 years, 1 months)
Previously: Head of Portfolio Management - ANZ Investments (6 years, 4 months)

Anna Lennie Scott

Currently: Chief Executive Officer - Smartshares (0 years, 9 months)
Previously: Chief Operating Officer and Director - Hobson Wealth (5 years, 2 months)

Alister John Williams

Currently: Director (8 years, 7 months)
Previously: Investment Manager - Trust Management (5 years, 4 months)

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each fund has filed with Disclose register to 30th June 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 9.61% 8.12%
2023 -2.59% -3.17%
2022 1.06% 0.29%
2021 18.16% 15.65%
2020 -1.83% -3.69%
2019 4.49% 5.15%
2018 4.41% 3.67%

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 June 2024.

Top 10 Investments

  • Ishares Core Global Aggregate Bond Ucits ETF
    Ireland Int Fixed Interest
    16.43%
  • Vanguard Total World Stock ETF
    United States International Equities
    5.58%
  • Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
    United States International Equities
    4.33%
  • Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF
    United States International Equities
    3.0%
  • Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF
    United States International Equities
    1.84%
  • Ishares Core FTSE Global Infrastructure (AUD Hedged) ETF
    Australia Other
    1.73%
  • NZD Cash Account (ANZ Bank)
    New Zealand Cash and Equivalents AA-
    1.71%
  • Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF
    United States International Equities
    1.62%
  • Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF
    United States International Equities
    1.56%
  • Vanguard International Credit Securities Index Fund (Hedged)
    Australia Int Fixed Interest
    1.48%
Type Target Actual
Cash and Cash Equivalents 12.4% 12.77%
New Zealand Fixed Interest 18.0% 17.98%
International Fixed Interest 30.0% 29.89%
Australasian Equities 10.0% 9.86%
International Equities 25.6% 25.77%
Listed Properties 2.0% 2.0%
Unlisted Properties 0.0% 0.0%
Other 2.0% 1.73%
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 June 2024.