Funds

Clarity Global Shares Fund

Total Ethical Concerns: 18.48%

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

Companies of Concern

  • Environmental Harm 2.44%

    • Pg&E Corp
      0.89%
    • TechnipFMC
      0.66%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Vale SA
      0.53%
    • PepsiCo
      0.36%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
  • Fossil Fuels 9.07%

    • Eni Spa
      1.42%
      !!
      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
    • Apa Group
      0.91%
      !!
      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
    • Cenovus Energy, Inc.
      0.90%
      !!
      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
      0.90%
    • Pg&E Corp
      0.89%
    • Petrochina Co Ltd
      0.67%
      !!
      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
    • TechnipFMC
      0.66%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • AXIA Energia
      0.60%
    • Sumitomo Corp.
      0.54%
      !!
      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
    • Vale SA
      0.53%
    • Valero Energy Corp.
      0.51%
    • Atmos Energy Corp.
      0.29%
    • E.On Se
      0.25%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
  • Animal Cruelty 2.92%

    • Eni Spa
      1.42%
      !!
      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.
      1.33%
  • Human Rights Violations 8.02%

    • Rio Tinto
      0.90%
    • Saint-Gobain
      0.79%
    • Petrochina Co Ltd
      0.67%
      !!
      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
    • AXIA Energia
      0.60%
    • Booking Holdings
      0.56%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Airbnb
      0.44%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Nestlé
      0.38%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Wells Fargo
      0.38%
    • UBS
      0.35%
    • Tesla
      0.24%
  • Social Harm 0.54%

  • Weapons 1.16%

    • Amphenol Corp.
      0.48%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
      0.40%
    • GE Aerospace
      0.28%

From the Fund Provider

  • About this fund

    About this Fund

    The Fund will provide actively managed exposure to international equities, and aims to generate a better return than the benchmark over the medium to long term. We use a global investment manager for this Fund, being MFS. MFS use a mix of fundamental and quantitative analysis to select companies.

    Value $208M NZD
    Period of data report 31st March 2026
    Fund started 3rd April 2017
    Total annual fund fees 1.06%
    Total performance based fees 0.0%
    Manager's basic fee 0.66%
    Other management and administration charges 0.4%
    Total other charges 0.0
    Total other charges currency NZD

    Andrew Kelleher

    Currently: Director, Clarity Funds Management Limited (17 years, 11 months)
    Previously: Acting Managing Principal, ASB Securities Limited and Investment Consultant, ASB Limited (3 years, 5 months)

    Jack Glover

    Currently: Investment Analyst, Clarity Funds Management Limited (1 years, 0 months)
    Previously: Data Team Leader - Private Capital, Allocator (3 years, 7 months)

    Josh Wilson

    Currently: Chief Investment Officer, Clarity Funds Management Limited (7 years, 0 months)
    Previously: Portfolio Manager, NZ Funds (7 years, 10 months)

    Alan Lee

    Currently: Director, Clarity Funds Management Limited (20 years, 9 months)
    Previously: Director, Jarden Morgan Investment Services Limited (4 years, 0 months)

    This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st March 2026.

  • 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
    2026 10.96% 20.86%
    2025 4.27% 8.02%
    2024 15.02% 31.03%
    2023 -4.85% 2.04%
    2022 3.53% 8.22%
    2021 35.55% 36.39%
    2020 -7.06% -5.73%
    2019 10.17% 3.01%

    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.

  • Investments

    Top 10 Investments

    • Nvidia Corp

      United States International Equities

      5.09%
    • Apple Inc

      United States International Equities

      4.62%
    • Microsoft Corporation

      United States International Equities

      3.12%
    • Alphabet Inc Class A

      United States International Equities

      2.95%
    • Amazon.Com Inc

      United States International Equities

      2.14%
    • Meta Platforms Inc

      United States International Equities

      2.11%
    • Taiwan Semiconductor-Sp Adr

      United States International Equities

      1.57%
    • Mastercard Inc-Class A

      United States International Equities

      1.56%
    • NZD Cash At Bank

      New Zealand Cash and Equivalents

      1.52%
    • Eni Spa

      Italy International Equities

      1.42%
    Type Target Actual
    Cash and Cash Equivalents 2.0% 0.82%
    New Zealand Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
    International Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
    Australasian Equities 0.0% 0.91%
    International Equities 98.0% 98.27%
    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 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.

Issues of Concern

  • 2.44% Environmental Harm
  • 9.07% Fossil Fuels
  • 2.92% Animal Cruelty
  • 8.02% Human Rights Violations
  • 0.54% Social Harm
  • 1.16% Weapons

Companies of Concern

  • Environmental Harm

    • Pg&E Corp
      0.89%
    • TechnipFMC
      0.66%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Vale SA
      0.53%
    • PepsiCo
      0.36%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
  • Fossil Fuels

    • Eni Spa
      1.42%
      !!
      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
    • Apa Group
      0.91%
      !!
      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
    • Cenovus Energy, Inc.
      0.90%
      !!
      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
      0.90%
    • Pg&E Corp
      0.89%
    • Petrochina Co Ltd
      0.67%
      !!
      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
    • TechnipFMC
      0.66%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • AXIA Energia
      0.60%
    • Sumitomo Corp.
      0.54%
      !!
      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
    • Vale SA
      0.53%
    • Valero Energy Corp.
      0.51%
    • Atmos Energy Corp.
      0.29%
    • E.On Se
      0.25%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
  • Animal Cruelty

    • Eni Spa
      1.42%
      !!
      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.
      1.33%
  • Human Rights Violations

    • Rio Tinto
      0.90%
    • Saint-Gobain
      0.79%
    • Petrochina Co Ltd
      0.67%
      !!
      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
    • AXIA Energia
      0.60%
    • Booking Holdings
      0.56%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Airbnb
      0.44%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Nestlé
      0.38%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Wells Fargo
      0.38%
    • UBS
      0.35%
    • Tesla
      0.24%
  • Weapons

    • Amphenol Corp.
      0.48%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
      0.40%
    • GE Aerospace
      0.28%

About this Fund

The Fund will provide actively managed exposure to international equities, and aims to generate a better return than the benchmark over the medium to long term. We use a global investment manager for this Fund, being MFS. MFS use a mix of fundamental and quantitative analysis to select companies.

Value $208M NZD
Period of data report 31st March 2026
Fund started 3rd April 2017
Total annual fund fees 1.06%
Total performance based fees 0.0%
Manager's basic fee 0.66%
Other management and administration charges 0.4%
Total other charges 0.0
Total other charges currency NZD

Andrew Kelleher

Currently: Director, Clarity Funds Management Limited (17 years, 11 months)
Previously: Acting Managing Principal, ASB Securities Limited and Investment Consultant, ASB Limited (3 years, 5 months)

Jack Glover

Currently: Investment Analyst, Clarity Funds Management Limited (1 years, 0 months)
Previously: Data Team Leader - Private Capital, Allocator (3 years, 7 months)

Josh Wilson

Currently: Chief Investment Officer, Clarity Funds Management Limited (7 years, 0 months)
Previously: Portfolio Manager, NZ Funds (7 years, 10 months)

Alan Lee

Currently: Director, Clarity Funds Management Limited (20 years, 9 months)
Previously: Director, Jarden Morgan Investment Services Limited (4 years, 0 months)

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each fund has filed with Disclose register to 31st March 2026.

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
2026 10.96% 20.86%
2025 4.27% 8.02%
2024 15.02% 31.03%
2023 -4.85% 2.04%
2022 3.53% 8.22%
2021 35.55% 36.39%
2020 -7.06% -5.73%
2019 10.17% 3.01%

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.

Top 10 Investments

  • Nvidia Corp

    United States International Equities

    5.09%
  • Apple Inc

    United States International Equities

    4.62%
  • Microsoft Corporation

    United States International Equities

    3.12%
  • Alphabet Inc Class A

    United States International Equities

    2.95%
  • Amazon.Com Inc

    United States International Equities

    2.14%
  • Meta Platforms Inc

    United States International Equities

    2.11%
  • Taiwan Semiconductor-Sp Adr

    United States International Equities

    1.57%
  • Mastercard Inc-Class A

    United States International Equities

    1.56%
  • NZD Cash At Bank

    New Zealand Cash and Equivalents

    1.52%
  • Eni Spa

    Italy International Equities

    1.42%
Type Target Actual
Cash and Cash Equivalents 2.0% 0.82%
New Zealand Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
International Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
Australasian Equities 0.0% 0.91%
International Equities 98.0% 98.27%
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 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.