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smartshares — Quarterly Fund Update 2019-Q3

Period ending 2019-09-30. 41 funds covered. Source: FMA Disclose register.

This Quarterly Fund Update is a Financial Markets Authority (FMA) mandated disclosure document filed by smartshares for the quarter ended 30 September 2019. It provides a snapshot of 41 KiwiSaver scheme funds, covering key metrics including annual fees, after-tax returns, assets under management, member numbers, and asset allocation. This filing is registered on the FMA Disclose register, which is the authoritative source for all regulated fund disclosures in New Zealand.

As at 30 September 2019, the 41 funds covered by this filing held combined assets of $0.97 billion across 82,281 members. The average annual fee charged across these funds was 0.59%. Over the one-year period, the average after-tax return was 7.71%, while the average five-year annual return was 6.72%. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future returns.

Funds covered

FundFees (1y)1y return5y avgAUM (NZD)MembersGrowth %
Quaystreet High Growth Fund0.63%5.27%8.57%$374,354,52819,686
Superlife Age Steps - Age 200.63%5.32%8.39%391
Superlife Age Steps - Age 300.62%5.53%7.65%297
Superlife Age Steps - Age 400.62%5.53%7.65%318
Superlife Age Steps - Age 500.61%5.58%7.42%353
Superlife Age Steps - Age 600.60%5.21%6.37%276
Superlife Age Steps - Age 700.58%5.01%5.39%51
Superlife Age Steps - Age 800.56%4.68%3.71%
Ethica Fund0.70%7.39%7.76%$34,887,2961,356
Nz Bonds Fund0.54%5.57%4.26%$36,842,5953,530
Overseas Bonds Fund0.59%5.86%3.62%$8,559,0971,709
Overseas Non-Government Bonds Fund0.54%7.22%3.11%$17,528,4412,390
Nz Top 10 Fund0.59%15.06%$2,331,296294
Growth Fund0.61%5.59%8.02%$20,087,562656
Nz Property Fund0.59%34.01%$6,984,444709
Australian Property Fund0.59%17.72%$1,574,201302
Global Property Fund0.58%19.92%11.11%$17,971,5792,586
Nz Shares Fund0.59%14.74%12.21%$28,389,2523,100
Nz Top 50 Fund0.59%16.40%$43,042,9292,006
Nz Dividend Fund0.59%22.24%$4,024,857436
Nz Mid Cap Fund0.59%15.54%$4,482,857547
Australian Shares Fund0.59%7.70%9.14%$18,093,2602,469
Australian Top 20 Fund0.59%9.48%$1,499,694280
Australian Dividend Fund0.59%6.99%$470,327101
Australian Financials Fund0.59%8.18%$676,765163
Australian Resources Fund0.59%7.13%$3,767,785554
Australian Mid Cap Fund0.59%0.56%$23,085,1441,205
Overseas Shares (Currency Hedged) Fund0.58%-0.54%7.32%$18,446,4022,393
Overseas Shares Fund0.58%3.17%9.76%$21,676,3472,449
Asia Pacific Fund0.59%-1.92%$1,931,921402
Emerging Markets Fund0.73%3.30%4.72%$13,952,6142,401
Europe Fund0.59%0.53%$2,346,622388
Total World Fund0.60%3.52%$3,807,992394
US 500 Fund0.54%7.28%$11,332,183924
US Large Value Fund0.57%5.82%$2,014,448195
US Mid Cap Fund0.57%6.17%$1,433,322254
US Small Cap Fund0.57%-1.23%$1,745,160307
Quaystreet Income Fund0.56%5.94%3.69%$126,772,56016,215
Conservative Fund0.57%6.66%5.53%$14,272,925386
Balanced Fund0.60%6.09%7.05%$41,593,720916
UK Cash Fund0.52%1.77%2.06%$64,792,4098,892

Returns are after fees and tax at PIR 28%, sourced from the QFU PDF as filed with FMA Disclose.

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Identifiers

Scheme
smartshares
Period
2019-09-30
Document type
QFU
Source PDFs
41
Funds extracted
41

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