Funds

Kernel Emerging Markets Fund

Total Ethical Concerns: 11.37%

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

Companies of Concern

  • Environmental Harm 2.32%

    • Vale SA
      0.50%
    • Zijin Mining
      0.33%
    • Unilever
      0.22%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Ntpc Ltd.
      0.15%
    • Southern Copper Corporation
      0.15%
    • Evergreen Marine Corp
      0.11%
    • Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd
      0.10%
    • Adani Group
      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
    • Coca-Cola Bottler
      0.09%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Wh Group
      0.09%
    • Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd
      0.08%
    • Ioi Corp. Bhd.
      0.08%
    • PT Astra International Tbk
      0.07%
    • PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk
      0.04%
    • Genting Bhd
      0.03%
    • Upl Ltd
      0.03%
    • Vedanta Resources
      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
    • China Northern Rare Earth (Group) High-Tech Co Ltd
      0.02%
    • Ecopetrol SA
      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
    • Anhui Guangxin Agrochemical Co., Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Coromandel International Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Union Co. Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Pi Industries Ltd.
      0.01%
  • Fossil Fuels 6.68%

    • Vale SA
      0.50%
    • Grupo México S.A.B. De C.V.
      0.35%
    • Petrochina Co 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
    • Saudi Aramco
      0.31%
      !!
      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
    • China Shenhua Energy
      0.23%
    • Orlen
      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
    • Kghm Polska Miedz SA
      0.18%
    • China Petroleum & Chemical 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
    • Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Ltd. (ONGC)
      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
    • Cez As
      0.15%
    • Ntpc Ltd.
      0.15%
    • Tata Steel Ltd.
      0.15%
    • AXIA Energia
      0.14%
    • Ptt Public Co., Ltd.
      0.13%
      !!
      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
    • Tata Power Co., Ltd.
      0.12%
    • Adani Power
      0.11%
    • Aluminum Corp. Of China Ltd.
      0.10%
    • Ptt Exploration & Production PLC
      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
    • Adani Group
      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
    • Mol Hungarian Oil & Gas PLC
      0.09%
    • China Resources Power Holdings Co., Ltd.
      0.08%
    • Eneva SA
      0.08%
      !!
      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
    • Petro Rio SA
      0.08%
      !!
      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
    • Tenaga Nasional Bhd.
      0.08%
    • Acwa Power
      0.07%
    • Coal India Ltd.
      0.07%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Cosco Shipping Energy Transportation Co., Ltd.
      0.07%
    • Gail (India) 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
    • Gulf Energy Development Public Co. Ltd.
      0.07%
    • PT Astra International Tbk
      0.07%
    • Sasol 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
    • China Coal Energy Co., Ltd.
      0.06%
    • Enel Chile SA
      0.06%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Grupo Financiero Inbursa Sab De Cv
      0.06%
    • Huaneng Power International, Inc.
      0.06%
    • Koç Holding A.S.
      0.06%
    • Petronas
      0.06%
    • Public Power Corp. SA
      0.06%
    • Yankuang Energy Group Co., Ltd.
      0.06%
    • Guangdong Investment Ltd.
      0.05%
    • Petron Corp.
      0.05%
    • Shanghai Electric Power Co., Ltd.
      0.05%
    • Taiwan Cogeneration Corp.
      0.05%
    • Adani Energy Solutions
      0.04%
    • Beijing Enterprises Holdings Ltd.
      0.04%
    • China Oilfield Services
      0.04%
    • Enn Clean Energy International Investment Ltd.
      0.04%
    • Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.
      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
    • Kunlun Energy Co. Ltd.
      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
    • PT United Tractors Tbk
      0.04%
    • Vista Energy Sab De Cv
      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
    • ADNOC Drilling Co. PJSC
      0.03%
    • African Rainbow Minerals Ltd.
      0.03%
    • Bharat Petroleum Corp. 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
    • China Longyuan Power Group Corp. Ltd.
      0.03%
    • China Power International Development Ltd.
      0.03%
    • Dialog Group Bhd.
      0.03%
    • Genting Bhd
      0.03%
    • Haci Ömer Sabanci Holding As
      0.03%
    • Jiangsu Yoke Technology Co., Ltd.
      0.03%
    • Jsw Energy Ltd.
      0.03%
    • Pge Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA
      0.03%
    • Shaanxi Coal Industry Co., Ltd.
      0.03%
    • Vedanta Resources
      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
    • Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc)
      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
    • Banpu Public Co. Ltd.
      0.02%
    • China General Nuclear Power Corp.
      0.02%
    • Ecopetrol SA
      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
    • Enel
      0.02%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Enka İnşaat ve Sanayi A.Ş.
      0.02%
    • Frontken Corp. Bhd.
      0.02%
    • Hengli Group
      0.02%
    • Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.
      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
    • Huadian Power International Corp. Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal Co., Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Jindal Stainless Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Medcoenergi
      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
    • Oil India
      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
    • PT Bumi Resources Tbk
      0.02%
    • PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk
      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
    • Petronet Lng Ltd.
      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
    • Welspun Corp
      0.02%
    • Ytl Corp Bhd.
      0.02%
    • China CSSC Holdings
      0.01%
    • Cosan
      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
    • Engie Brasil Energia SA
      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
    • Gd Power Development Co., Ltd.
      0.01%
    • National Marine Dredging Co.
      0.01%
    • Nmdc Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Qatar Gas Transport Co.
      0.01%
    • Reliance Power Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Safe Bulkers, Inc.
      0.01%
    • Shree Cement Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd.
      0.01%
  • Animal Cruelty 1.99%

    • Unilever
      0.22%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Nan Ya Plastics Corp.
      0.20%
    • China Petroleum & Chemical 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
    • Hindalco Industries Ltd.
      0.15%
    • Sabic
      0.12%
    • Asian Paints Ltd.
      0.11%
    • Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp
      0.08%
    • Formosa Plastics Corp.
      0.08%
    • Godrej Industries Ltd.
      0.08%
    • Itc Ltd.
      0.07%
    • Sasol 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
    • Petronas
      0.06%
    • Kimberly-Clark Corp.
      0.05%
    • The Siam Cement Public Co. Ltd.
      0.05%
    • Ultrapar Participaçoes SA
      0.05%
    • Guangzhou Tinci Materials Technology Co., Ltd.
      0.03%
    • Hengan International Group Co., Ltd.
      0.03%
    • Navin Fluorine International Ltd.
      0.03%
    • Srf Ltd.
      0.03%
    • Upl Ltd
      0.03%
    • Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Deepak Nitrite Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Dongyue Group Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.
      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
    • Skshu Paint Co., Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Anhui Guangxin Agrochemical Co., Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Coromandel International Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Guangdong Haid Group Co., Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Pi Industries Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Supreme Industries Ltd.
      0.01%
  • Human Rights Violations 3.08%

    • Grupo México S.A.B. De C.V.
      0.35%
    • Zijin Mining
      0.33%
    • Petrochina Co 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
    • Saudi Aramco
      0.31%
      !!
      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
    • Cemex
      0.19%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Weichai Power
      0.18%
    • Mtn Group Limited
      0.17%
    • China Petroleum & Chemical 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
    • Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Ltd. (ONGC)
      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
    • AXIA Energia
      0.14%
    • Ptt Public Co., Ltd.
      0.13%
      !!
      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
    • Ptt Exploration & Production PLC
      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
    • Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp
      0.08%
    • Gail (India) 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
    • Petronas
      0.06%
    • Li Ning Co Ltd
      0.05%
    • Zte Corp
      0.04%
    • China State Construction Engineering
      0.02%
    • Page Industries Ltd
      0.02%
    • Steel Authority Of India Limited
      0.02%
  • Social Harm 1.03%

  • Weapons 0.53%

    • Bharat Electronics Ltd.
      0.14%
    • Adani Group
      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
    • Aselsan Elektronik Sanayi Ve Ticaret As
      0.07%
    • Ashok Leyland Ltd.
      0.04%
    • Bharat Forge Ltd.
      0.04%
    • Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.
      0.03%
    • AviChina Industry & Technology Company Limited
      0.02%
    • Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Wuhan Guide Infrared Co., Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Apollo Micro Systems (AMS)
      0.01%
    • Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd.
      0.01%

From the Fund Provider

  • About this fund

    About this Fund

    The Kernel Emerging Markets Fund�s investment objective is to provide a return (before tax, fees and expenses) that closely matches the return on the S&P Emerging BMI (NZD) index

    Value $90.1M NZD
    Period of data report 31st March 2026
    Fund started 11th Nov. 2024
    Total annual fund fees 0.45%
    Total performance based fees 0.0%
    Manager's basic fee 0.45%
    Other management and administration charges 0.0%
    Total other charges 0.0
    Total other charges currency NZD

    Helen Skinner

    Currently: Head of Distribution and Sustainability Strategy (1 years, 0 months)
    Previously: Head of Responsible Investment, ANZ (2 years, 5 months)

    Kerry Mcintosh

    Currently: Chairman (6 years, 9 months)
    Previously: Operating Partner, Zino Ventures (current) (5 years, 7 months)

    Dean Anderson

    Currently: Chief Executive (7 years, 6 months)
    Previously: Smartshares Product Manager, NZX (4 years, 4 months)

    Stephen Upton

    Currently: Chief Operating Officer (6 years, 9 months)
    Previously: Smartshares Chief Operating Officer - NZX (3 years, 6 months)

    Rhea Prasad

    Currently: Portfolio Manager (3 years, 4 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 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% 19.7%

    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

    • Spdr Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF

      United States International Equities

      100.03%
    • New Zealand Dollar

      New Zealand Cash and Equivalents

      0.18%
    Type Target Actual
    Cash and Cash Equivalents 0.0% -0.03%
    New Zealand Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
    International Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
    Australasian Equities 0.0% 0.0%
    International Equities 100.0% 100.03%
    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

  • 2.32% Environmental Harm
  • 6.68% Fossil Fuels
  • 1.99% Animal Cruelty
  • 3.08% Human Rights Violations
  • 1.03% Social Harm
  • 0.53% Weapons

Companies of Concern

  • Environmental Harm

    • Vale SA
      0.50%
    • Zijin Mining
      0.33%
    • Unilever
      0.22%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Ntpc Ltd.
      0.15%
    • Southern Copper Corporation
      0.15%
    • Evergreen Marine Corp
      0.11%
    • Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd
      0.10%
    • Adani Group
      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
    • Coca-Cola Bottler
      0.09%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Wh Group
      0.09%
    • Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd
      0.08%
    • Ioi Corp. Bhd.
      0.08%
    • PT Astra International Tbk
      0.07%
    • PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk
      0.04%
    • Genting Bhd
      0.03%
    • Upl Ltd
      0.03%
    • Vedanta Resources
      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
    • China Northern Rare Earth (Group) High-Tech Co Ltd
      0.02%
    • Ecopetrol SA
      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
    • Anhui Guangxin Agrochemical Co., Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Coromandel International Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Union Co. Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Pi Industries Ltd.
      0.01%
  • Fossil Fuels

    • Vale SA
      0.50%
    • Grupo México S.A.B. De C.V.
      0.35%
    • Petrochina Co 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
    • Saudi Aramco
      0.31%
      !!
      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
    • China Shenhua Energy
      0.23%
    • Orlen
      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
    • Kghm Polska Miedz SA
      0.18%
    • China Petroleum & Chemical 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
    • Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Ltd. (ONGC)
      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
    • Cez As
      0.15%
    • Ntpc Ltd.
      0.15%
    • Tata Steel Ltd.
      0.15%
    • AXIA Energia
      0.14%
    • Ptt Public Co., Ltd.
      0.13%
      !!
      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
    • Tata Power Co., Ltd.
      0.12%
    • Adani Power
      0.11%
    • Aluminum Corp. Of China Ltd.
      0.10%
    • Ptt Exploration & Production PLC
      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
    • Adani Group
      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
    • Mol Hungarian Oil & Gas PLC
      0.09%
    • China Resources Power Holdings Co., Ltd.
      0.08%
    • Eneva SA
      0.08%
      !!
      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
    • Petro Rio SA
      0.08%
      !!
      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
    • Tenaga Nasional Bhd.
      0.08%
    • Acwa Power
      0.07%
    • Coal India Ltd.
      0.07%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Cosco Shipping Energy Transportation Co., Ltd.
      0.07%
    • Gail (India) 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
    • Gulf Energy Development Public Co. Ltd.
      0.07%
    • PT Astra International Tbk
      0.07%
    • Sasol 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
    • China Coal Energy Co., Ltd.
      0.06%
    • Enel Chile SA
      0.06%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Grupo Financiero Inbursa Sab De Cv
      0.06%
    • Huaneng Power International, Inc.
      0.06%
    • Koç Holding A.S.
      0.06%
    • Petronas
      0.06%
    • Public Power Corp. SA
      0.06%
    • Yankuang Energy Group Co., Ltd.
      0.06%
    • Guangdong Investment Ltd.
      0.05%
    • Petron Corp.
      0.05%
    • Shanghai Electric Power Co., Ltd.
      0.05%
    • Taiwan Cogeneration Corp.
      0.05%
    • Adani Energy Solutions
      0.04%
    • Beijing Enterprises Holdings Ltd.
      0.04%
    • China Oilfield Services
      0.04%
    • Enn Clean Energy International Investment Ltd.
      0.04%
    • Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.
      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
    • Kunlun Energy Co. Ltd.
      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
    • PT United Tractors Tbk
      0.04%
    • Vista Energy Sab De Cv
      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
    • ADNOC Drilling Co. PJSC
      0.03%
    • African Rainbow Minerals Ltd.
      0.03%
    • Bharat Petroleum Corp. 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
    • China Longyuan Power Group Corp. Ltd.
      0.03%
    • China Power International Development Ltd.
      0.03%
    • Dialog Group Bhd.
      0.03%
    • Genting Bhd
      0.03%
    • Haci Ömer Sabanci Holding As
      0.03%
    • Jiangsu Yoke Technology Co., Ltd.
      0.03%
    • Jsw Energy Ltd.
      0.03%
    • Pge Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA
      0.03%
    • Shaanxi Coal Industry Co., Ltd.
      0.03%
    • Vedanta Resources
      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
    • Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc)
      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
    • Banpu Public Co. Ltd.
      0.02%
    • China General Nuclear Power Corp.
      0.02%
    • Ecopetrol SA
      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
    • Enel
      0.02%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • Enka İnşaat ve Sanayi A.Ş.
      0.02%
    • Frontken Corp. Bhd.
      0.02%
    • Hengli Group
      0.02%
    • Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.
      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
    • Huadian Power International Corp. Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal Co., Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Jindal Stainless Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Medcoenergi
      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
    • Oil India
      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
    • PT Bumi Resources Tbk
      0.02%
    • PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk
      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
    • Petronet Lng Ltd.
      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
    • Welspun Corp
      0.02%
    • Ytl Corp Bhd.
      0.02%
    • China CSSC Holdings
      0.01%
    • Cosan
      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
    • Engie Brasil Energia SA
      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
    • Gd Power Development Co., Ltd.
      0.01%
    • National Marine Dredging Co.
      0.01%
    • Nmdc Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Qatar Gas Transport Co.
      0.01%
    • Reliance Power Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Safe Bulkers, Inc.
      0.01%
    • Shree Cement Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd.
      0.01%
  • Animal Cruelty

    • Unilever
      0.22%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Nan Ya Plastics Corp.
      0.20%
    • China Petroleum & Chemical 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
    • Hindalco Industries Ltd.
      0.15%
    • Sabic
      0.12%
    • Asian Paints Ltd.
      0.11%
    • Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp
      0.08%
    • Formosa Plastics Corp.
      0.08%
    • Godrej Industries Ltd.
      0.08%
    • Itc Ltd.
      0.07%
    • Sasol 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
    • Petronas
      0.06%
    • Kimberly-Clark Corp.
      0.05%
    • The Siam Cement Public Co. Ltd.
      0.05%
    • Ultrapar Participaçoes SA
      0.05%
    • Guangzhou Tinci Materials Technology Co., Ltd.
      0.03%
    • Hengan International Group Co., Ltd.
      0.03%
    • Navin Fluorine International Ltd.
      0.03%
    • Srf Ltd.
      0.03%
    • Upl Ltd
      0.03%
    • Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Deepak Nitrite Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Dongyue Group Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.
      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
    • Skshu Paint Co., Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Anhui Guangxin Agrochemical Co., Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Coromandel International Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Guangdong Haid Group Co., Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Pi Industries Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Supreme Industries Ltd.
      0.01%
  • Human Rights Violations

    • Grupo México S.A.B. De C.V.
      0.35%
    • Zijin Mining
      0.33%
    • Petrochina Co 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
    • Saudi Aramco
      0.31%
      !!
      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
    • Cemex
      0.19%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Weichai Power
      0.18%
    • Mtn Group Limited
      0.17%
    • China Petroleum & Chemical 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
    • Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Ltd. (ONGC)
      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
    • AXIA Energia
      0.14%
    • Ptt Public Co., Ltd.
      0.13%
      !!
      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
    • Ptt Exploration & Production PLC
      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
    • Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp
      0.08%
    • Gail (India) 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
    • Petronas
      0.06%
    • Li Ning Co Ltd
      0.05%
    • Zte Corp
      0.04%
    • China State Construction Engineering
      0.02%
    • Page Industries Ltd
      0.02%
    • Steel Authority Of India Limited
      0.02%
  • Weapons

    • Bharat Electronics Ltd.
      0.14%
    • Adani Group
      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
    • Aselsan Elektronik Sanayi Ve Ticaret As
      0.07%
    • Ashok Leyland Ltd.
      0.04%
    • Bharat Forge Ltd.
      0.04%
    • Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.
      0.03%
    • AviChina Industry & Technology Company Limited
      0.02%
    • Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Wuhan Guide Infrared Co., Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Apollo Micro Systems (AMS)
      0.01%
    • Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd.
      0.01%

About this Fund

The Kernel Emerging Markets Fund�s investment objective is to provide a return (before tax, fees and expenses) that closely matches the return on the S&P Emerging BMI (NZD) index

Value $90.1M NZD
Period of data report 31st March 2026
Fund started 11th Nov. 2024
Total annual fund fees 0.45%
Total performance based fees 0.0%
Manager's basic fee 0.45%
Other management and administration charges 0.0%
Total other charges 0.0
Total other charges currency NZD

Helen Skinner

Currently: Head of Distribution and Sustainability Strategy (1 years, 0 months)
Previously: Head of Responsible Investment, ANZ (2 years, 5 months)

Kerry Mcintosh

Currently: Chairman (6 years, 9 months)
Previously: Operating Partner, Zino Ventures (current) (5 years, 7 months)

Dean Anderson

Currently: Chief Executive (7 years, 6 months)
Previously: Smartshares Product Manager, NZX (4 years, 4 months)

Stephen Upton

Currently: Chief Operating Officer (6 years, 9 months)
Previously: Smartshares Chief Operating Officer - NZX (3 years, 6 months)

Rhea Prasad

Currently: Portfolio Manager (3 years, 4 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 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% 19.7%

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

  • Spdr Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF

    United States International Equities

    100.03%
  • New Zealand Dollar

    New Zealand Cash and Equivalents

    0.18%
Type Target Actual
Cash and Cash Equivalents 0.0% -0.03%
New Zealand Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
International Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
Australasian Equities 0.0% 0.0%
International Equities 100.0% 100.03%
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.