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. 1.76%
    • Johnson & Johnson 0.53%
    • Thermo Fisher Scientific 0.36%
    • Uber Technologies, Inc. 0.33%
    • Wells Fargo 0.32%
    • Caterpillar 0.28%
    • Nestlé 0.27%
    • Motorola Solutions Inc 0.24%
    • Ubs 0.18%
    • Shell 0.50% !!
      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
    • 3M 0.11%
    • Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.82% !!
      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. 0.69%
    • Shell 0.50% !!
      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 0.36%
    • LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Se 0.30%
    • Air Liquide 0.24%
    • Ecolab, Inc. 0.22%
    • Eni Spa 0.21% !!
      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
    • Colgate-Palmolive Co. 0.20%
    • The Sherwin-Williams Co. 0.19%
    • Henkel AG & Co. Kgaa 0.17%
    • L'Oréal SA 0.17%
    • Kimberly-Clark Corp. 0.16%
    • Hermès International Sca 0.15%
    • Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. 0.14%
    • Church & Dwight Co., Inc. 0.13%
    • 3M 0.11%
    • Dupont De Nemours 0.10%
    • Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc. 0.08%
    • Rpm International, Inc. 0.04%
    • Howmet Aerospace, Inc. 0.44%
    • Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.82% !!
      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 0.50% !!
      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 0.37% 1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Totalenergies Se 0.35% !!
      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. 0.27%
    • Nextera Energy, Inc. 0.25%
    • Eni Spa 0.21% !!
      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
    • Galp Energia Sgps SA 0.19% !!
      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
    • Repsol 0.18% !!
      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
    • OMV AG 0.17% !!
      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
    • Inpex Corp. 0.16% !!
      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 0.12% !!
      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
    • Hd Hyundai Co., Ltd. 0.11%
    • Nisource, Inc. 0.11%
    • BP 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
    • Hafnia Ltd. 0.09%
    • Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. 0.09%
    • Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. 0.08%
    • Hess Midstream Lp 0.08%
    • Atmos Energy Corp. 0.07%
    • Eneos Holdings, Inc. 0.07%
    • National Grid PLC 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
    • Valero Energy Corp. 0.07%
    • Keyera Corp. 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
    • Air Water, Inc. 0.04%
    • Portland General Electric Co. 0.04%
    • Royal Vopak Nv 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
    • Nippon Yusen Kk 0.03%

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

The fund aims to provide exposure to global listed equities and is an actively managed strategy designed to target outperformance relative to the benchmark index with limited risk relative to the index. This strategy provides the benefits of index-based investing from a risk and cost perspective with the advantage of relative performance upside potential.

Value $295M NZD
Period of data report 30th Sept. 2024
Fund started 1st Dec. 2023
Total annual fund fees 0.39%
Total performance based fees 0.0%
Manager's basic fee 0.39%
Other management and administration charges 0.0%
Total other charges 0.0
Total other charges currency NZD

Lukas Kamblevicius

Currently: Co-Head of QEP Investment Team (2 years, 7 months)
Previously: Portfolio Manager & analyst (4 years, 5 months)

Stephen Langford

Currently: Co-Head of QEP Investment Team (2 years, 7 months)
Previously: Co-Head of Research (18 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

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

  • Currency Contracts
    New Zealand Other
    4.71%
  • Apple Inc
    United States International Equities
    4.63%
  • Microsoft Corporation
    United States International Equities
    4.2%
  • Nvidia Corp
    United States International Equities
    4.12%
  • Amazon.Com Inc
    United States International Equities
    2.41%
  • Meta Platforms Inc
    United States International Equities
    1.76%
  • Alphabet Inc Class A
    United States International Equities
    1.33%
  • Eli Lilly and Company
    United States International Equities
    1.21%
  • Alphabet Inc Class C
    United States International Equities
    1.15%
  • Broadcom Inc
    United States International Equities
    1.14%
Type Target Actual
Cash and Cash Equivalents 0.0% 0.46%
New Zealand Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
International Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
Australasian Equities 0.0% 0.19%
International Equities 100.0% 94.64%
Listed Properties 0.0% 0.0%
Unlisted Properties 0.0% 0.0%
Other 0.0% 4.71%
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.