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Mercer KiwiSaver Scheme
Mercer High Growth Fund

In their own words: "Invests almost entirely in growth assets such as shares, real assets and alternative assets, with only a small amount invested in cash and fixed interest. May be suitable for investors wanting to invest predominately in growth assets, who want higher long-term returns and are comfortable with high volatility in returns."

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Type: Aggressive fund
Past Returns: 8.19%

Average annual returns over the past 3 years, after fees and taxes. *indicates less than three years of data.

Annual Fees: 1.07%

Annual fees, including membership and % management fee.

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Number FND17
Name Mercer High Growth Fund
Risk profile Aggressive fund
Description Invests almost entirely in growth assets such as shares, real assets and alternative assets, with only a small amount invested in cash and fixed interest. May be suitable for investors wanting to invest predominately in growth assets, who want higher long-term returns and are comfortable with high volatility in returns.
Value $170M NZD
Members 6,300
Market index description The composite index return is the strategic asset allocation weighted benchmark index return, where the benchmark indices are defined in the Statement of Investment Policy and Objectives. Also refer to the Market index explanation document in the Documents section.
Disclosure Statement Period Sun Sept. 30th 2018
Fund started Mon Oct. 1st 2007
Three-year average return 8.19%
Market index past year return 11.49%
Past year return net charges and tax 11.33
Past year return net of charges gross of tax 11.66
Market index return since fund started 9.01%
Return since fund started net 7.18%
Total annual fund fees 1.07
Total performance based fees 0.0
Manager's basic fee 0.82
Administration charges 0.25
Total other charges 30.0
Total other charges currency NZD

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with Disclose register to 30 June 2019.

The past annual returns for this fund. Please note that higher past returns do not always mean higher future returns.

Year Market Index Fund Annual Return
2018 6.68% 9.55%
2017 11.18% 11.11%
2016 4.51% 3.91%
2015 15.30% 14.06%
2014 10.31% 11.58%
2013 13.23% 9.89%
2012 -5.15% -2.98%
2011 7.61% 6.05%
2010 26.74% 29.23%
2009 -24.48% -29.32%

The market index is the average NZ KiwiSaver 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 KiwiSaver fund has filed with Disclose register to 30 June 2019.

Showing the top 10 investments for this fund:

  • AMP Capital Investors NZ Cash Fund
    New Zealand Cash and Equivalents
    3.89%
  • BNP Paribas US Dollar Account
    United States International Equities
    2.16%
  • First State Investments Global Listed Infrastructure Fund
    New Zealand Other
    1.41%
  • The A2 Milk Company Limited
    New Zealand Australasian Equities
    1.37%
  • Spark New Zealand Limited
    New Zealand Australasian Equities
    1.01%
  • Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited
    New Zealand Australasian Equities
    0.94%
  • Contact Energy Limited
    New Zealand Australasian Equities
    0.93%
  • Fisher Institutional Property Fund
    New Zealand Unlisted Property
    0.91%
  • BNP New Zealand Dollar Custodial Account High Growth Portfolio
    New Zealand Cash and Equivalents
    0.89%
  • New Forests Australia NZ Forest Investment Fund
    Australia Commodities
    0.86%

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with Disclose register to 30 June 2019.

How the money in this fund is invested.

Type Target Actual
Cash and Cash Equivalents 2.0% 5.44%
New Zealand Fixed Interest 2.0% 0.95%
International Fixed Interest 6.0% 3.09%
Australasian Equities 18.0% 15.94%
International Equities 53.0% 57.51%
Listed Properties 3.5% 2.26%
Unlisted Properties 3.5% 3.77%
Unknown None% 0.0%
Other 10.0% 9.04%
Commodities 2.0% 2.0%

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with Disclose register to 30 June 2019.

Key Personnel

  • Kylie Willment

    Currently: Chief Investment Officer, Pacific, Mercer Australia (Pty) Ltd (0 years, 11 months)
    Previously: Senior Manager, Investment & Client Strategy - TCorp (NSW Treasury Corporation) (17 years, 0 months)

  • Martin Lewington

    Currently: CEO - Mercer (N.Z.) Ltd (9 years, 7 months)
    Previously: Head of Investments - Mercer (N.Z.) Ltd (3 years, 8 months)

  • Philip Houghton-Brown

    Currently: Chief Investment Officer - New Zealand, Mercer (N.Z.) Ltd (6 years, 2 months)
    Previously: Chief Investment Officer - OnePath (NZ) Ltd (5 years, 3 months)

  • Ross Butler

    Currently: Chairman - Mercer (N.Z.) Ltd (5 years, 9 months)
    Previously: Chairman - Mercer Investment Nominees (NZ) Ltd (2 years, 0 months)

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with Disclose register to 30 June 2019.

The known proportion of this fund invested in the areas of concern that we track. The Fund may have investments that are not consistent with their exclusions policy because of timing issues or because there are companies of concern in indirect investments.

  • Adult Entertainment/Pornography:
    0.01%
  • Alcohol:
    0.63%
  • Animal Testing:
    3.08%
  • Fossil Fuels:
    4.22%
  • Gambling:
    0.61%
  • GMOs:
    0.41%
  • Human Rights & Environmental Violations:
    1.36%
  • Palm Oil:
    0.11%
  • Tobacco:
    0.02%
  • Weapons:
    0.17%

This data has been compiled by Mindful Money from the portfolios that each KiwiSaver fund has filed with the Disclose register to 31 March 2019 and Mindful Money analysis of funds within those portfolio. The list of companies of concern has been drawn from ratings agencies and public sources, including the Norwegian Sovereign Fund, NZ Super Fund and research organisations.

Does this fund have a policy to exclude any industries from its investments?

  • Adult Entertainment/Pornography:
  • Alcohol:
  • Animal Testing:
  • Fossil Fuels:
  • Gambling:
  • GMOs:
  • Human Rights & Environmental Violations:
  • Palm Oil:
  • Tobacco:
  • Weapons:

This data is compiled from Mindful Money analysis of Fund websites. Note that the Fund’s intended exclusions may not be consistent with the analysis of the portfolio because of timing issues or because there are companies of concern in indirect investments by the Fund.

Many KiwiSaver funds exclude controversial weapons. However, the category of Weapons used in this analysis is broader in scope, covering all munitions, firearms and military weapons.

Download the fund's disclosure statement and portfolio holdings.

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