Funds

Kernel Global ESG Fund

Total Ethical Concerns: 9.48%

The average total concerns of all managed aggressive funds is 12.02%.

Companies of Concern

  • Environmental Harm 0.17%

    • Coca-Cola Bottler
      0.06%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Barrick Mining
      0.04%
    • Saputo
      0.02%
  • Fossil Fuels 1.41%

    • Quanta Services
      0.19%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Constellation Energy Corp.
      0.15%
    • Rio Tinto
      0.12%
    • E.On Se
      0.11%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Engie SA
      0.10%
      !!
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • National Grid PLC
      0.10%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Consolidated Edison, Inc.
      0.09%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Delta Air Lines, Inc.
      0.08%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Dassault Systèmes Se
      0.05%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Barrick Mining
      0.04%
    • Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.
      0.04%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Nippon Yusen Kk
      0.04%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Power Assets Holdings Ltd.
      0.04%
    • Smiths Group
      0.04%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Fortis, 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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Fortum Oyj
      0.03%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Wärtsilä
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Yokogawa Electric
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Arcelormittal SA
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.
      0.02%
    • Edp-Energias De Portugal SA
      0.02%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Tenaris
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Contact Energy Ltd.
      0.01%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Orica Ltd.
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd.
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
  • Animal Cruelty 0.43%

    • Hermès International Sca
      0.40%
    • Orica Ltd.
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd.
      0.01%
  • Human Rights Violations 7.54%

    • Tesla
      2.71%
    • IBM
      0.65%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • UBS
      0.44%
    • Booking Holdings
      0.29%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Palantir Technologies
      0.18%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Rio Tinto
      0.12%
    • Wells Fargo
      0.09%
    • Saint-Gobain
      0.06%
    • Heidelberg Materials
      0.05%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Arcelormittal SA
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Airbnb
      0.01%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
  • Weapons 0.11%

    • Mtu Aero Engines AG
      0.07%
    • FANUC Corp.
      0.04%

From the Fund Provider

  • About this fund

    About this Fund

    The Kernel Global ESG Fund’s investment objective is to provide a return (before tax, fees and expenses) that closely matches the return on the S&P World Net Zero 2050 Paris-Aligned ESG ex non-pharma Animal Testing (PAB Ex AT) (NZD) Index

    Value $409M NZD
    Period of data report 30th Sept. 2025
    Fund started 3rd July 2023
    Total annual fund fees 0.25%
    Total performance based fees 0.0%
    Manager's basic fee 0.25%
    Other management and administration charges 0.0%
    Total other charges 0.0
    Total other charges currency NZD

    Dean Anderson

    Currently: Chief Executive (7 years, 0 months)
    Previously: Smartshares Product Manager, NZX (4 years, 4 months)

    Stephen Upton

    Currently: Chief Operating Officer (6 years, 3 months)
    Previously: Smartshares Chief Operating Officer - NZX (3 years, 6 months)

    Kerry Mcintosh

    Currently: Chairman (6 years, 3 months)
    Previously: Operating Partner, Zino Ventures (current) (5 years, 7 months)

    Vicki Dale

    Currently: Investment Committee Member (2 years, 10 months)
    Previously: Risk and Compliance Manager, Kernel Wealth (current) (3 years, 11 months)

    Rhea Prasad

    Currently: Portfolio Manager (2 years, 10 months)
    Previously: Investment Dealer, Pie Funds (1 years, 3 months)

    This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each fund has filed with Disclose register to 30th Sept. 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% 13.13%

    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. 2025.

  • Investments

    Top 10 Investments

    • Nvidia

      United States International Equities

      5.96%
    • Microsoft

      United States International Equities

      5.15%
    • Apple

      United States International Equities

      5.11%
    • Tesla

      United States International Equities

      2.71%
    • Alphabet Class A

      United States International Equities

      2.25%
    • Amazon

      United States International Equities

      2.19%
    • Visa

      United States International Equities

      2.1%
    • Alphabet Class C

      United States International Equities

      1.82%
    • Mastercard

      United States International Equities

      1.6%
    • Broadcom

      United States International Equities

      1.53%
    Type Target Actual
    Cash and Cash Equivalents 0.0% -0.59%
    New Zealand Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
    International Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
    Australasian Equities 0.0% 1.99%
    International Equities 100.0% 98.6%
    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 by asset type.

    This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each fund has filed with Disclose register to 30th Sept. 2025.

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. 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

  • 0.17% Environmental Harm
  • 1.41% Fossil Fuels
  • 0.43% Animal Cruelty
  • 7.54% Human Rights Violations
  • 0.0% Social Harm
  • 0.11% Weapons

Companies of Concern

  • Environmental Harm

    • Coca-Cola Bottler
      0.06%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Barrick Mining
      0.04%
    • Saputo
      0.02%
  • Fossil Fuels

    • Quanta Services
      0.19%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Constellation Energy Corp.
      0.15%
    • Rio Tinto
      0.12%
    • E.On Se
      0.11%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Engie SA
      0.10%
      !!
      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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • National Grid PLC
      0.10%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Consolidated Edison, Inc.
      0.09%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Delta Air Lines, Inc.
      0.08%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Dassault Systèmes Se
      0.05%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Barrick Mining
      0.04%
    • Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.
      0.04%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Nippon Yusen Kk
      0.04%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Power Assets Holdings Ltd.
      0.04%
    • Smiths Group
      0.04%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Fortis, 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
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Fortum Oyj
      0.03%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Wärtsilä
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Yokogawa Electric
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Arcelormittal SA
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.
      0.02%
    • Edp-Energias De Portugal SA
      0.02%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Tenaris
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Contact Energy Ltd.
      0.01%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Orica Ltd.
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd.
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
  • Animal Cruelty

    • Hermès International Sca
      0.40%
    • Orica Ltd.
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd.
      0.01%
  • Human Rights Violations

    • Tesla
      2.71%
    • IBM
      0.65%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • UBS
      0.44%
    • Booking Holdings
      0.29%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Palantir Technologies
      0.18%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Rio Tinto
      0.12%
    • Wells Fargo
      0.09%
    • Saint-Gobain
      0.06%
    • Heidelberg Materials
      0.05%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Arcelormittal SA
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Airbnb
      0.01%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
  • Weapons

    • Mtu Aero Engines AG
      0.07%
    • FANUC Corp.
      0.04%

About this Fund

The Kernel Global ESG Fund’s investment objective is to provide a return (before tax, fees and expenses) that closely matches the return on the S&P World Net Zero 2050 Paris-Aligned ESG ex non-pharma Animal Testing (PAB Ex AT) (NZD) Index

Value $409M NZD
Period of data report 30th Sept. 2025
Fund started 3rd July 2023
Total annual fund fees 0.25%
Total performance based fees 0.0%
Manager's basic fee 0.25%
Other management and administration charges 0.0%
Total other charges 0.0
Total other charges currency NZD

Dean Anderson

Currently: Chief Executive (7 years, 0 months)
Previously: Smartshares Product Manager, NZX (4 years, 4 months)

Stephen Upton

Currently: Chief Operating Officer (6 years, 3 months)
Previously: Smartshares Chief Operating Officer - NZX (3 years, 6 months)

Kerry Mcintosh

Currently: Chairman (6 years, 3 months)
Previously: Operating Partner, Zino Ventures (current) (5 years, 7 months)

Vicki Dale

Currently: Investment Committee Member (2 years, 10 months)
Previously: Risk and Compliance Manager, Kernel Wealth (current) (3 years, 11 months)

Rhea Prasad

Currently: Portfolio Manager (2 years, 10 months)
Previously: Investment Dealer, Pie Funds (1 years, 3 months)

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each fund has filed with Disclose register to 30th Sept. 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% 13.13%

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. 2025.

Top 10 Investments

  • Nvidia

    United States International Equities

    5.96%
  • Microsoft

    United States International Equities

    5.15%
  • Apple

    United States International Equities

    5.11%
  • Tesla

    United States International Equities

    2.71%
  • Alphabet Class A

    United States International Equities

    2.25%
  • Amazon

    United States International Equities

    2.19%
  • Visa

    United States International Equities

    2.1%
  • Alphabet Class C

    United States International Equities

    1.82%
  • Mastercard

    United States International Equities

    1.6%
  • Broadcom

    United States International Equities

    1.53%
Type Target Actual
Cash and Cash Equivalents 0.0% -0.59%
New Zealand Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
International Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
Australasian Equities 0.0% 1.99%
International Equities 100.0% 98.6%
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 by asset type.

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each fund has filed with Disclose register to 30th Sept. 2025.

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. 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.