Funds

ASB Growth Fund

Total Ethical Concerns: 9.81%

The average total concerns of all managed growth funds is 5.45%.

Companies of Concern

  • Environmental Harm 1.23%

    • BHP
      0.57%
      !!
      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
    • Duke Energy Corp
      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
    • Enbridge, Inc.
      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
    • Mowi Asa
      0.13%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Fonterra
      0.11%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Pg&E Corp
      0.05%
    • Zijin Mining
      0.03%
    • Coca-Cola Bottler
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Evergreen Marine Corp
      0.01%
    • Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd
      0.01%
    • JBS S.A.
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • PT Astra International Tbk
      0.01%
    • Posco
      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
    • Southern Copper Corporation
      0.01%
  • Fossil Fuels 4.37%

    • BHP
      0.57%
      !!
      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
    • Nextera Energy, Inc.
      0.21%
    • Channel Infrastructure
      0.15%
    • Rio Tinto
      0.14%
    • Duke Energy Corp
      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
    • Enbridge, Inc.
      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 Steel Ltd.
      0.13%
    • The Southern Co.
      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
    • Dassault Systèmes Se
      0.11%
    • National Grid PLC
      0.10%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • American Electric Power Co., Inc.
      0.09%
    • The Williams Cos., Inc.
      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
    • Sempra Energy
      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
    • Cheniere Energy, Inc.
      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
    • Dominion Energy, Inc.
      0.07%
    • Kinder Morgan, Inc.
      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
    • Tc Energy Corp.
      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
    • Entergy Corp.
      0.06%
      !!
      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
    • Oneok, Inc.
      0.06%
    • Targa Resources Corp.
      0.06%
    • Xcel Energy, Inc.
      0.06%
    • Ampol Ltd.
      0.05%
    • Apa Group
      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
    • Bkw AG
      0.05%
    • Consolidated Edison, Inc.
      0.05%
    • Origin Energy
      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
    • Pg&E Corp
      0.05%
    • Wec Energy Group, Inc.
      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
    • AXIA Energia
      0.04%
    • Ameren Corp.
      0.04%
    • Atmos Energy Corp.
      0.04%
    • Centerpoint Energy, Inc.
      0.04%
    • China Merchants Energy Shipping Co., Ltd.
      0.04%
    • Fortis, Inc.
      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
    • Hd Hyundai Co., Ltd.
      0.04%
    • Ppl Corp.
      0.04%
    • South32 Ltd.
      0.04%
    • CMS Energy Corp.
      0.03%
    • Firstenergy Corp.
      0.03%
    • Grupo México S.A.B. De C.V.
      0.03%
    • Nisource, Inc.
      0.03%
    • Pembina Pipeline Corp.
      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
    • Qatar Gas Transport Co.
      0.03%
    • Viva Energy Group 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
    • Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd.
      0.03%
    • Alliant Energy Corp.
      0.02%
    • Centrica PLC
      0.02%
    • Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.
      0.02%
    • Clp Holdings 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
    • Emera, Inc.
      0.02%
    • Evergy, Inc.
      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
    • Orica Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Osaka Gas
      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
    • Petronas
      0.02%
    • Pinnacle West Capital Corp.
      0.02%
    • Snam Spa
      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
    • The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.
      0.02%
    • Tokyo Gas Co., 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
    • Acwa Power
      0.01%
    • Agl Energy Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.
      0.01%
    • Aluminum Corp. Of China Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Black Hills Corp.
      0.01%
    • Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP
      0.01%
    • Cez As
      0.01%
    • China Resources Power Holdings Co., Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Enn Clean Energy International Investment Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Guangdong Investment Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Hanwha Ocean
      0.01%
    • Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd.
      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
    • Huaneng Power International, Inc.
      0.01%
    • Idacorp, Inc.
      0.01%
    • Kghm Polska Miedz SA
      0.01%
    • Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco)
      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
    • Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.
      0.01%
    • Lg Corp.
      0.01%
    • Mdu Resources Group, Inc.
      0.01%
    • Naturgy Energy Group SA
      0.01%
    • Northwestern Corp.
      0.01%
    • Oge Energy Corp.
      0.01%
    • PT Astra International Tbk
      0.01%
    • Perenti Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Pnm Resources, Inc.
      0.01%
    • Portland General Electric Co.
      0.01%
    • Posco
      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
    • Power Assets Holdings Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Samsung C&T Corp.
      0.01%
    • Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Spire Inc.
      0.01%
    • Taiwan Cement Corp.
      0.01%
    • Tenaga Nasional Bhd.
      0.01%
    • Worley
      0.01%
  • Animal Cruelty 0.83%

    • The Sherwin-Williams Co.
      0.43%
    • L'Oréal SA
      0.07%
    • Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
      0.05%
    • Ecolab Inc.
      0.04%
    • Ultrapar Participaçoes SA
      0.04%
    • Givaudan SA
      0.03%
    • Hermès International Sca
      0.03%
    • Petronas
      0.02%
    • Formosa Plastics Corp.
      0.01%
    • Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA
      0.01%
    • JBS S.A.
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Nan Ya Plastics Corp.
      0.01%
  • Human Rights Violations 3.85%

    • Tesla
      0.93%
    • IBM
      0.40%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Palantir Technologies
      0.17%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Wells Fargo
      0.15%
    • Rio Tinto
      0.14%
    • Toronto-Dominion Bank
      0.13%
    • Kingspan Group
      0.09%
    • Booking Holdings
      0.06%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • AXIA Energia
      0.04%
    • Airbnb
      0.03%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Grupo México S.A.B. De C.V.
      0.03%
    • UBS
      0.03%
    • Zijin Mining
      0.03%
    • Cemex
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Mtn Group Limited
      0.02%
    • Petronas
      0.02%
    • Li Ning Co Ltd
      0.01%
    • Weichai Power
      0.01%
  • Social Harm 0.31%

  • Weapons 0.41%

    • Amphenol Corp.
      0.17%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • AMETEK
      0.11%
    • Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd.
      0.03%
    • Jacobs Solutions, Inc.
      0.03%
    • Austal Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Hanwha Systems Co., Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Hyundai Rotem Co.
      0.01%
    • Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Transdigm Group, Inc.
      0.01%
    • Viasat, Inc.
      0.01%

From the Fund Provider

  • About this fund

    About this Fund

    To provide high total returns allowing for large movements of value up and down. The number of years with negative returns are generally expected to be higher than the Balanced Fund but lower than the Aggressive Fund in the ASB Investment Funds. We manage asset allocation and currency hedging over the medium to long term relative to the target investment mix. We focus on cost effective management. The Growth Fund invests in income and growth assets with a target investment mix of 22% income assets and 78% growth assets.

    Value $470M NZD
    Period of data report 31st March 2026
    Fund started 12th Oct. 2007
    Total annual fund fees 1.1%
    Total performance based fees 0.0%
    Manager's basic fee 1.06%
    Other management and administration charges 0.04%
    Total other charges 0.0
    Total other charges currency NZD

    Justine Sefton

    Currently: Investment Committee member (3 years, 8 months)
    Previously: Member/Deputy-Chair of the Impact Investment Network Aotearoa NZ (current position) (5 years, 10 months)

    Jonathan Oram

    Currently: Investment Committee member (1 years, 11 months)
    Previously: Executive GM Corporate Banking, ASB Bank (current position) (2 years, 5 months)

    Frank Jasper

    Currently: Investment Committee member (3 years, 8 months)
    Previously: Chief Investment Officer, ASB (current position) (0 years, 10 months)

    Jax Mitchell

    Currently: Investment Committee member (3 years, 5 months)
    Previously: GM Wealth, Insurance & Partnerships, ASB Bank (current position) (3 years, 5 months)

    Stephen Moir

    Currently: Investment Committee Chairman (2 years, 10 months)
    Previously: Investment Committee member (5 years, 2 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 8.09% 10.74%
    2025 3.55% 6.01%
    2024 14.24% 13.65%
    2023 -4.05% -2.59%
    2022 1.38% 2.18%
    2021 27.68% 26.34%
    2020 -4.45% -6.51%
    2019 6.12% 7.87%
    2018 8.66% 7.71%
    2017 7.20% 9.87%

    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

      3.12%
    • Apple Inc

      United States International Equities

      2.42%
    • Fisher & Paykel Healthcare

      New Zealand Australasian Equities

      2.24%
    • Microsoft Corp

      United States International Equities

      1.75%
    • ASB Bank Account NZD

      New Zealand Cash and Equivalents A-1+

      1.59%
    • Auckland International Airport Ltd

      New Zealand Australasian Equities

      1.45%
    • New Zealand Govt 200935 2.50 Indexed Bond

      New Zealand NZ Fixed Interest AAA

      1.35%
    • Alphabet Inc Cap Cl C

      United States International Equities

      1.28%
    • Taiwan Semicon Manufacturing Co Ltd

      Taiwan, Province of China International Equities

      1.26%
    • Amazon Com Inc

      United States International Equities

      1.22%
    Type Target Actual
    Cash and Cash Equivalents 3.0% 0.59%
    New Zealand Fixed Interest 12.5% 12.31%
    International Fixed Interest 6.5% 7.9%
    Australasian Equities 20.7% 19.16%
    International Equities 57.3% 54.75%
    Listed Properties 0.0% 0.0%
    Unlisted Properties 0.0% 0.0%
    Other 0.0% 4.23%
    Commodities 0.0% 1.06%

    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

  • 1.23% Environmental Harm
  • 4.37% Fossil Fuels
  • 0.83% Animal Cruelty
  • 3.85% Human Rights Violations
  • 0.31% Social Harm
  • 0.41% Weapons

Companies of Concern

  • Environmental Harm

    • BHP
      0.57%
      !!
      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
    • Duke Energy Corp
      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
    • Enbridge, Inc.
      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
    • Mowi Asa
      0.13%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Fonterra
      0.11%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Pg&E Corp
      0.05%
    • Zijin Mining
      0.03%
    • Coca-Cola Bottler
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Evergreen Marine Corp
      0.01%
    • Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd
      0.01%
    • JBS S.A.
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • PT Astra International Tbk
      0.01%
    • Posco
      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
    • Southern Copper Corporation
      0.01%
  • Fossil Fuels

    • BHP
      0.57%
      !!
      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
    • Nextera Energy, Inc.
      0.21%
    • Channel Infrastructure
      0.15%
    • Rio Tinto
      0.14%
    • Duke Energy Corp
      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
    • Enbridge, Inc.
      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 Steel Ltd.
      0.13%
    • The Southern Co.
      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
    • Dassault Systèmes Se
      0.11%
    • National Grid PLC
      0.10%
      1.5°C
      This company is on a 1.5°C pathway
    • American Electric Power Co., Inc.
      0.09%
    • The Williams Cos., Inc.
      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
    • Sempra Energy
      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
    • Cheniere Energy, Inc.
      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
    • Dominion Energy, Inc.
      0.07%
    • Kinder Morgan, Inc.
      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
    • Tc Energy Corp.
      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
    • Entergy Corp.
      0.06%
      !!
      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
    • Oneok, Inc.
      0.06%
    • Targa Resources Corp.
      0.06%
    • Xcel Energy, Inc.
      0.06%
    • Ampol Ltd.
      0.05%
    • Apa Group
      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
    • Bkw AG
      0.05%
    • Consolidated Edison, Inc.
      0.05%
    • Origin Energy
      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
    • Pg&E Corp
      0.05%
    • Wec Energy Group, Inc.
      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
    • AXIA Energia
      0.04%
    • Ameren Corp.
      0.04%
    • Atmos Energy Corp.
      0.04%
    • Centerpoint Energy, Inc.
      0.04%
    • China Merchants Energy Shipping Co., Ltd.
      0.04%
    • Fortis, Inc.
      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
    • Hd Hyundai Co., Ltd.
      0.04%
    • Ppl Corp.
      0.04%
    • South32 Ltd.
      0.04%
    • CMS Energy Corp.
      0.03%
    • Firstenergy Corp.
      0.03%
    • Grupo México S.A.B. De C.V.
      0.03%
    • Nisource, Inc.
      0.03%
    • Pembina Pipeline Corp.
      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
    • Qatar Gas Transport Co.
      0.03%
    • Viva Energy Group 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
    • Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd.
      0.03%
    • Alliant Energy Corp.
      0.02%
    • Centrica PLC
      0.02%
    • Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.
      0.02%
    • Clp Holdings 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
    • Emera, Inc.
      0.02%
    • Evergy, Inc.
      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
    • Orica Ltd.
      0.02%
    • Osaka Gas
      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
    • Petronas
      0.02%
    • Pinnacle West Capital Corp.
      0.02%
    • Snam Spa
      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
    • The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.
      0.02%
    • Tokyo Gas Co., 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
    • Acwa Power
      0.01%
    • Agl Energy Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.
      0.01%
    • Aluminum Corp. Of China Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Black Hills Corp.
      0.01%
    • Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP
      0.01%
    • Cez As
      0.01%
    • China Resources Power Holdings Co., Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Enn Clean Energy International Investment Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Guangdong Investment Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Hanwha Ocean
      0.01%
    • Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd.
      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
    • Huaneng Power International, Inc.
      0.01%
    • Idacorp, Inc.
      0.01%
    • Kghm Polska Miedz SA
      0.01%
    • Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco)
      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
    • Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.
      0.01%
    • Lg Corp.
      0.01%
    • Mdu Resources Group, Inc.
      0.01%
    • Naturgy Energy Group SA
      0.01%
    • Northwestern Corp.
      0.01%
    • Oge Energy Corp.
      0.01%
    • PT Astra International Tbk
      0.01%
    • Perenti Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Pnm Resources, Inc.
      0.01%
    • Portland General Electric Co.
      0.01%
    • Posco
      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
    • Power Assets Holdings Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Samsung C&T Corp.
      0.01%
    • Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Spire Inc.
      0.01%
    • Taiwan Cement Corp.
      0.01%
    • Tenaga Nasional Bhd.
      0.01%
    • Worley
      0.01%
  • Animal Cruelty

    • The Sherwin-Williams Co.
      0.43%
    • L'Oréal SA
      0.07%
    • Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
      0.05%
    • Ecolab Inc.
      0.04%
    • Ultrapar Participaçoes SA
      0.04%
    • Givaudan SA
      0.03%
    • Hermès International Sca
      0.03%
    • Petronas
      0.02%
    • Formosa Plastics Corp.
      0.01%
    • Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA
      0.01%
    • JBS S.A.
      0.01%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Nan Ya Plastics Corp.
      0.01%
  • Human Rights Violations

    • Tesla
      0.93%
    • IBM
      0.40%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Palantir Technologies
      0.17%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Wells Fargo
      0.15%
    • Rio Tinto
      0.14%
    • Toronto-Dominion Bank
      0.13%
    • Kingspan Group
      0.09%
    • Booking Holdings
      0.06%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • AXIA Energia
      0.04%
    • Airbnb
      0.03%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Grupo México S.A.B. De C.V.
      0.03%
    • UBS
      0.03%
    • Zijin Mining
      0.03%
    • Cemex
      0.02%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Mtn Group Limited
      0.02%
    • Petronas
      0.02%
    • Li Ning Co Ltd
      0.01%
    • Weichai Power
      0.01%
  • Weapons

    • Amphenol Corp.
      0.17%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • AMETEK
      0.11%
    • Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd.
      0.03%
    • Jacobs Solutions, Inc.
      0.03%
    • Austal Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Hanwha Systems Co., Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Hyundai Rotem Co.
      0.01%
    • Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd.
      0.01%
    • Transdigm Group, Inc.
      0.01%
    • Viasat, Inc.
      0.01%

About this Fund

To provide high total returns allowing for large movements of value up and down. The number of years with negative returns are generally expected to be higher than the Balanced Fund but lower than the Aggressive Fund in the ASB Investment Funds. We manage asset allocation and currency hedging over the medium to long term relative to the target investment mix. We focus on cost effective management. The Growth Fund invests in income and growth assets with a target investment mix of 22% income assets and 78% growth assets.

Value $470M NZD
Period of data report 31st March 2026
Fund started 12th Oct. 2007
Total annual fund fees 1.1%
Total performance based fees 0.0%
Manager's basic fee 1.06%
Other management and administration charges 0.04%
Total other charges 0.0
Total other charges currency NZD

Justine Sefton

Currently: Investment Committee member (3 years, 8 months)
Previously: Member/Deputy-Chair of the Impact Investment Network Aotearoa NZ (current position) (5 years, 10 months)

Jonathan Oram

Currently: Investment Committee member (1 years, 11 months)
Previously: Executive GM Corporate Banking, ASB Bank (current position) (2 years, 5 months)

Frank Jasper

Currently: Investment Committee member (3 years, 8 months)
Previously: Chief Investment Officer, ASB (current position) (0 years, 10 months)

Jax Mitchell

Currently: Investment Committee member (3 years, 5 months)
Previously: GM Wealth, Insurance & Partnerships, ASB Bank (current position) (3 years, 5 months)

Stephen Moir

Currently: Investment Committee Chairman (2 years, 10 months)
Previously: Investment Committee member (5 years, 2 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 8.09% 10.74%
2025 3.55% 6.01%
2024 14.24% 13.65%
2023 -4.05% -2.59%
2022 1.38% 2.18%
2021 27.68% 26.34%
2020 -4.45% -6.51%
2019 6.12% 7.87%
2018 8.66% 7.71%
2017 7.20% 9.87%

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

    3.12%
  • Apple Inc

    United States International Equities

    2.42%
  • Fisher & Paykel Healthcare

    New Zealand Australasian Equities

    2.24%
  • Microsoft Corp

    United States International Equities

    1.75%
  • ASB Bank Account NZD

    New Zealand Cash and Equivalents A-1+

    1.59%
  • Auckland International Airport Ltd

    New Zealand Australasian Equities

    1.45%
  • New Zealand Govt 200935 2.50 Indexed Bond

    New Zealand NZ Fixed Interest AAA

    1.35%
  • Alphabet Inc Cap Cl C

    United States International Equities

    1.28%
  • Taiwan Semicon Manufacturing Co Ltd

    Taiwan, Province of China International Equities

    1.26%
  • Amazon Com Inc

    United States International Equities

    1.22%
Type Target Actual
Cash and Cash Equivalents 3.0% 0.59%
New Zealand Fixed Interest 12.5% 12.31%
International Fixed Interest 6.5% 7.9%
Australasian Equities 20.7% 19.16%
International Equities 57.3% 54.75%
Listed Properties 0.0% 0.0%
Unlisted Properties 0.0% 0.0%
Other 0.0% 4.23%
Commodities 0.0% 1.06%

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.