Funds

Pie Australasian Growth 2 Fund

Total Ethical Concerns: 6.24%

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

Companies of Concern

  • Environmental Harm 0.2%

    • Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd
      0.20%
  • Fossil Fuels 5.88%

    • Monadelphous Group Ltd.
      4.78%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Beach Energy Ltd.
      1.03%
      !!
      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
    • PT Bumi Resources Tbk
      0.04%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Sandstorm Gold Ltd.
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
  • Human Rights Violations 0.16%

    • Pan American Silver Corp.
      0.16%

From the Fund Provider

  • About this fund

    About this Fund

    The Pie Australasian Growth 2 Fund seeks to provide investors with long term capital growth by investing predominantly in a concentrated portfolio of hand-picked listed Australasian Smaller Companies and Medium Companies, where Pie Funds considers value is greatest and the opportunity of earnings growth is high. The Pie Australasian Growth 2 Fund may also invest in other types of financial products such as cash, Large Companies and unlisted equities.

    Value $463M NZD
    Period of data report 30th Sept. 2025
    Fund started 6th Aug. 2015
    Total annual fund fees 1.85%
    Total performance based fees 0.0%
    Manager's basic fee 1.85%
    Other management and administration charges 0.0%
    Total other charges 0.0
    Total other charges currency NZD

    Michael Taylor

    Currently: Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer (3 years, 6 months)
    Previously: Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Pie Funds (15 years, 5 months)

    Michelle Lopez

    Currently: Head of Australasian Equities and Portfolio Manager (Lead) (2 years, 8 months)
    Previously: Head of Australian Equities, Abrdn (3 years, 9 months)

    Shawn Lee

    Currently: Portfolio Manager (Co) (0 years, 4 months)
    Previously: Portfolio Manager (Lead) at SG Hiscock & Company (2 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% 4.85%
    2024 15.78% 21.39%
    2023 -4.85% -16.59%
    2022 3.53% -9.21%
    2021 35.55% 94.65%
    2020 -7.06% -8.59%
    2019 10.17% 7.83%
    2018 7.53% 14.95%
    2017 9.49% 12.32%
    2016 4.71% 0.0%

    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

    • Jpm Call Account - AUD

      Australia Cash and Equivalents A+

      9.67%
    • Life360 Inc

      United States Australasian Equities

      6.01%
    • Sgh Ltd

      Australia Australasian Equities

      4.95%
    • Monadelphous Group Ltd

      Australia Australasian Equities

      4.78%
    • Neuren Pharmaceuticals Ltd

      Australia Australasian Equities

      4.5%
    • Pinnacle Investment Management Group Ltd

      Australia Australasian Equities

      4.44%
    • Ridley Corp Ltd

      Australia Australasian Equities

      4.19%
    • Infratil Ltd

      New Zealand Australasian Equities

      3.91%
    • Resmed Inc

      Australia Australasian Equities

      3.85%
    • Hub24 Limited

      Australia Australasian Equities

      3.69%
    Type Target Actual
    Cash and Cash Equivalents 0.0% 9.53%
    New Zealand Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
    International Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
    Australasian Equities 100.0% 79.31%
    International Equities 0.0% 3.19%
    Listed Properties 0.0% 7.97%
    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

  • 0.2% Environmental Harm
  • 5.88% Fossil Fuels
  • 0.0% Animal Cruelty
  • 0.16% Human Rights Violations
  • 0.0% Social Harm
  • 0.0% Weapons

Companies of Concern

  • Environmental Harm

    • Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd
      0.20%
  • Fossil Fuels

    • Monadelphous Group Ltd.
      4.78%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Beach Energy Ltd.
      1.03%
      !!
      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
    • PT Bumi Resources Tbk
      0.04%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Sandstorm Gold Ltd.
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
  • Human Rights Violations

    • Pan American Silver Corp.
      0.16%

About this Fund

The Pie Australasian Growth 2 Fund seeks to provide investors with long term capital growth by investing predominantly in a concentrated portfolio of hand-picked listed Australasian Smaller Companies and Medium Companies, where Pie Funds considers value is greatest and the opportunity of earnings growth is high. The Pie Australasian Growth 2 Fund may also invest in other types of financial products such as cash, Large Companies and unlisted equities.

Value $463M NZD
Period of data report 30th Sept. 2025
Fund started 6th Aug. 2015
Total annual fund fees 1.85%
Total performance based fees 0.0%
Manager's basic fee 1.85%
Other management and administration charges 0.0%
Total other charges 0.0
Total other charges currency NZD

Michael Taylor

Currently: Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer (3 years, 6 months)
Previously: Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Pie Funds (15 years, 5 months)

Michelle Lopez

Currently: Head of Australasian Equities and Portfolio Manager (Lead) (2 years, 8 months)
Previously: Head of Australian Equities, Abrdn (3 years, 9 months)

Shawn Lee

Currently: Portfolio Manager (Co) (0 years, 4 months)
Previously: Portfolio Manager (Lead) at SG Hiscock & Company (2 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% 4.85%
2024 15.78% 21.39%
2023 -4.85% -16.59%
2022 3.53% -9.21%
2021 35.55% 94.65%
2020 -7.06% -8.59%
2019 10.17% 7.83%
2018 7.53% 14.95%
2017 9.49% 12.32%
2016 4.71% 0.0%

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

  • Jpm Call Account - AUD

    Australia Cash and Equivalents A+

    9.67%
  • Life360 Inc

    United States Australasian Equities

    6.01%
  • Sgh Ltd

    Australia Australasian Equities

    4.95%
  • Monadelphous Group Ltd

    Australia Australasian Equities

    4.78%
  • Neuren Pharmaceuticals Ltd

    Australia Australasian Equities

    4.5%
  • Pinnacle Investment Management Group Ltd

    Australia Australasian Equities

    4.44%
  • Ridley Corp Ltd

    Australia Australasian Equities

    4.19%
  • Infratil Ltd

    New Zealand Australasian Equities

    3.91%
  • Resmed Inc

    Australia Australasian Equities

    3.85%
  • Hub24 Limited

    Australia Australasian Equities

    3.69%
Type Target Actual
Cash and Cash Equivalents 0.0% 9.53%
New Zealand Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
International Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
Australasian Equities 100.0% 79.31%
International Equities 0.0% 3.19%
Listed Properties 0.0% 7.97%
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.