Where a company has multiple ethical concerns, the total concerns percentage counts this investment once.
The average total concerns of all funds of the same risk profile is weighted by the funds' investment values.
The average total concerns of all managed defensive funds is 1.99%.
Where a company is complicit in its products or services enabling violations of the Geneva Convention and infringement of the rights of individuals in war or conflict situations.
Online travel platforms, are complicit in the severe human rights violations to Palestinians from illegal settlement in Occupied Palestinian Territories. Promotion of tourism to these settlements normalises annexation and provides income supporting settlement. Under UN Principles, companies have obligations to prevent Human Rights breaches from services in situations of conflict.
Where low standards of ethics create harm because of poor culture and inappropriate incentives, inadequate governance and oversight, and incidents of bribery and corruption.
Acquired Credit Suisse in 2023, a bank with very poor governance which aided clients with tax evasion and money laundering. As a result, UBS has inherited ongoing regulatory fines and lawsuits relating to these failures. UBS has also been subject to lawsuits relating to its own manipulation of foreign exchange and interbank rates. It holds a provision of USD $4bn for claims (which may not be sufficient).
Where companies are involved in significant harm to individuals or communities, through the unsafe nature of their products or delivery of services and inadequate response to evidence of harm.
Johnson & Johnson is the world's largest and most diverse healthcare firm. There have been repeated incidents related to the quality and safety of several of its products across drugs, devices, and consumer products. There have also been exceptionally high number of liability claims relating to talc-based products and links to cancers.
Where companies are involved in significant harm to individuals or communities, through the unsafe nature of their products or delivery of services and inadequate response to evidence of harm.
The world’s largest social network (Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp). Company has faced claims and legal actions due to mental health harm (notably to young people), breaches of user privacy / data rights, and the spread of misinformation. Inadequate moderating in non-English speaking countries (e.g. Myanmar) allowed the platform to be used to incite ethnic violence. Removal of content moderation from strt of 2025 increases risk of social and political harm.
Where the actions of companies have violated global standards on human rights and freedoms including customary rights of indigenous people.
Thermo Fisher Scientific sells scientific instruments and laboratory equipment, diagnostics consumables, and life science reagents. Thermo Fisher DNA testing kits have been linked to surveillance and discriminatory purposes by the legal authorities in Xinjiang (a region of China) for monitoring and tracking the Muslim Uyghur ethnic group and other minorities. Evidence that DNA sequencing products continue to be distributed in China, despite the company announcing it would halt sales to the region.
Where a company is complicit in its products or services enabling violations of the Geneva Convention and infringement of the rights of individuals in war or conflict situations.
Online travel platforms, are complicit in the severe human rights violations to Palestinians from illegal settlement in Occupied Palestinian Territories. Promotion of tourism to these settlements normalises annexation and provides income supporting settlement. Under UN Principles, companies have obligations to prevent Human Rights breaches from services in situations of conflict.
Where low standards of ethics create harm because of poor culture and inappropriate incentives, inadequate governance and oversight, and incidents of bribery and corruption.
Wells Fargo is a multinational financial services company which serves millions of customers in 35 countries. They have been involved in significant business ethics scandals for false inflation, cross selling and misleading customers over a period of 2002 to 2016.
Where companies are involved in the manufacturing or retail of firearms, including guns, rifles, pistols, or components or services thereof.
Dick’s Sporting Goods retails athletic apparel, footwear, and equipment for sports. The company sells a range of semi-automatic rifles, shotguns, handguns related ammunition, as well as components such as rifle scopes.
The Fund provides investors with exposure to a diversified portfolio of intermediate term global fixed interest and money market securities whilst taking into account certain environmental and social considerations. The Fund aims to hedge all foreign currency exposure to the New Zealand dollar.
| Value | $600M NZD |
| Period of data report | 31st March 2026 |
| Fund started | 7th June 2022 |
| Total annual fund fees | 0.32% |
| Total performance based fees | 0.0% |
| Manager's basic fee | 0.32% |
| Other management and administration charges | 0.0% |
| Total other charges | 0.0 |
| Total other charges currency | NZD |
|
Damon O'Brien |
Currently: Investment Director at Consilium NZ Limited (1 years, 11 months)
|
|
Mitchell Bristow |
Currently: Head of Investment Services at Consilium NZ Limited (1 years, 11 months)
|
|
Bhanu Singh |
Currently: Chief Executive Officer and Senior Investment Director at DFA Australia Limited (3 years, 3 months)
|
|
Timo Zauner |
Currently: Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income and Vice President at DFA Australia Limited (1 years, 9 months)
|
This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st March 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.96% | 1.52% |
| 2025 | 3.78% | 2.69% |
| 2024 | 3.39% | 4.12% |
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 2026.
Manitoba (Province Of) 4.250000% 06/02/2034
Canada Int Fixed Interest A
British Columbia Prov Of 4.150000% 06/18/2034
Canada Int Fixed Interest AA
United Kingdom Gilt 0.625000% 07/31/2035
United Kingdom Int Fixed Interest AA
Caisse Des Depots Et Con 3.125000% 05/25/2035
France Int Fixed Interest A
Belgium Kingdom 3.100000% 06/22/2035
Belgium Int Fixed Interest AA
Cppib Capital Inc 3.250000% 08/27/2035
Canada Int Fixed Interest AAA
Bng Bank Nv 0.125000% 07/09/2035
Netherlands Int Fixed Interest AAA
Siemens Financieringsmat 2.875000% 03/11/2041
Germany Int Fixed Interest AA
Inter-American Devel Bk 4.039472% 03/13/2030
United States Int Fixed Interest AAA
Societe Nationale Sncf S 3.125000% 05/25/2034
France Int Fixed Interest A
| Type | Target | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and Cash Equivalents | 0.0% | 0.94% |
| New Zealand Fixed Interest | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| International Fixed Interest | 100.0% | 99.06% |
| Australasian Equities | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| International Equities | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Listed Properties | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Unlisted Properties | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Other | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Commodities | 0.0% | 0.0% |
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 2026.
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 2026 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.
Where a company is complicit in its products or services enabling violations of the Geneva Convention and infringement of the rights of individuals in war or conflict situations.
Online travel platforms, are complicit in the severe human rights violations to Palestinians from illegal settlement in Occupied Palestinian Territories. Promotion of tourism to these settlements normalises annexation and provides income supporting settlement. Under UN Principles, companies have obligations to prevent Human Rights breaches from services in situations of conflict.
Where low standards of ethics create harm because of poor culture and inappropriate incentives, inadequate governance and oversight, and incidents of bribery and corruption.
Acquired Credit Suisse in 2023, a bank with very poor governance which aided clients with tax evasion and money laundering. As a result, UBS has inherited ongoing regulatory fines and lawsuits relating to these failures. UBS has also been subject to lawsuits relating to its own manipulation of foreign exchange and interbank rates. It holds a provision of USD $4bn for claims (which may not be sufficient).
Where companies are involved in significant harm to individuals or communities, through the unsafe nature of their products or delivery of services and inadequate response to evidence of harm.
Johnson & Johnson is the world's largest and most diverse healthcare firm. There have been repeated incidents related to the quality and safety of several of its products across drugs, devices, and consumer products. There have also been exceptionally high number of liability claims relating to talc-based products and links to cancers.
Where companies are involved in significant harm to individuals or communities, through the unsafe nature of their products or delivery of services and inadequate response to evidence of harm.
The world’s largest social network (Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp). Company has faced claims and legal actions due to mental health harm (notably to young people), breaches of user privacy / data rights, and the spread of misinformation. Inadequate moderating in non-English speaking countries (e.g. Myanmar) allowed the platform to be used to incite ethnic violence. Removal of content moderation from strt of 2025 increases risk of social and political harm.
Where the actions of companies have violated global standards on human rights and freedoms including customary rights of indigenous people.
Thermo Fisher Scientific sells scientific instruments and laboratory equipment, diagnostics consumables, and life science reagents. Thermo Fisher DNA testing kits have been linked to surveillance and discriminatory purposes by the legal authorities in Xinjiang (a region of China) for monitoring and tracking the Muslim Uyghur ethnic group and other minorities. Evidence that DNA sequencing products continue to be distributed in China, despite the company announcing it would halt sales to the region.
Where a company is complicit in its products or services enabling violations of the Geneva Convention and infringement of the rights of individuals in war or conflict situations.
Online travel platforms, are complicit in the severe human rights violations to Palestinians from illegal settlement in Occupied Palestinian Territories. Promotion of tourism to these settlements normalises annexation and provides income supporting settlement. Under UN Principles, companies have obligations to prevent Human Rights breaches from services in situations of conflict.
Where low standards of ethics create harm because of poor culture and inappropriate incentives, inadequate governance and oversight, and incidents of bribery and corruption.
Wells Fargo is a multinational financial services company which serves millions of customers in 35 countries. They have been involved in significant business ethics scandals for false inflation, cross selling and misleading customers over a period of 2002 to 2016.
Where companies are involved in the manufacturing or retail of firearms, including guns, rifles, pistols, or components or services thereof.
Dick’s Sporting Goods retails athletic apparel, footwear, and equipment for sports. The company sells a range of semi-automatic rifles, shotguns, handguns related ammunition, as well as components such as rifle scopes.
The Fund provides investors with exposure to a diversified portfolio of intermediate term global fixed interest and money market securities whilst taking into account certain environmental and social considerations. The Fund aims to hedge all foreign currency exposure to the New Zealand dollar.
| Value | $600M NZD |
| Period of data report | 31st March 2026 |
| Fund started | 7th June 2022 |
| Total annual fund fees | 0.32% |
| Total performance based fees | 0.0% |
| Manager's basic fee | 0.32% |
| Other management and administration charges | 0.0% |
| Total other charges | 0.0 |
| Total other charges currency | NZD |
|
Damon O'Brien |
Currently: Investment Director at Consilium NZ Limited (1 years, 11 months)
|
|
Mitchell Bristow |
Currently: Head of Investment Services at Consilium NZ Limited (1 years, 11 months)
|
|
Bhanu Singh |
Currently: Chief Executive Officer and Senior Investment Director at DFA Australia Limited (3 years, 3 months)
|
|
Timo Zauner |
Currently: Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income and Vice President at DFA Australia Limited (1 years, 9 months)
|
This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st March 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.96% | 1.52% |
| 2025 | 3.78% | 2.69% |
| 2024 | 3.39% | 4.12% |
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 2026.
Manitoba (Province Of) 4.250000% 06/02/2034
Canada Int Fixed Interest A
British Columbia Prov Of 4.150000% 06/18/2034
Canada Int Fixed Interest AA
United Kingdom Gilt 0.625000% 07/31/2035
United Kingdom Int Fixed Interest AA
Caisse Des Depots Et Con 3.125000% 05/25/2035
France Int Fixed Interest A
Belgium Kingdom 3.100000% 06/22/2035
Belgium Int Fixed Interest AA
Cppib Capital Inc 3.250000% 08/27/2035
Canada Int Fixed Interest AAA
Bng Bank Nv 0.125000% 07/09/2035
Netherlands Int Fixed Interest AAA
Siemens Financieringsmat 2.875000% 03/11/2041
Germany Int Fixed Interest AA
Inter-American Devel Bk 4.039472% 03/13/2030
United States Int Fixed Interest AAA
Societe Nationale Sncf S 3.125000% 05/25/2034
France Int Fixed Interest A
| Type | Target | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and Cash Equivalents | 0.0% | 0.94% |
| New Zealand Fixed Interest | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| International Fixed Interest | 100.0% | 99.06% |
| Australasian Equities | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| International Equities | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Listed Properties | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Unlisted Properties | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Other | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Commodities | 0.0% | 0.0% |
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 2026.
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 2026 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.
