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smartshares — Quarterly Fund Update 2023-Q3

Period ending 2023-09-30. 45 funds covered. Source: FMA Disclose register.

This Quarterly Fund Update is a Financial Markets Authority–mandated disclosure snapshot for the quarter ended 30 September 2023. It covers 45 KiwiSaver scheme funds managed by smartshares, presenting standardised data on fees, after-tax returns, assets under management, member numbers, and asset allocation. This filing is lodged on the FMA Disclose register, which serves as the authoritative source for KiwiSaver scheme fund disclosures.

Across the 45 funds covered in this period, the combined assets under management totalled $1.89 billion, with 142,426 members. The average annual fee was 0.60%. Over the one-year period, the average after-tax return was 5.39%, while the five-year average annual return was 3.38%. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future returns.

Funds covered

FundFees (1y)1y return5y avgAUM (NZD)MembersGrowth %
Global Aggregate Bond Fund0.59%-1.01%—$922,762112—
Castle Point 5 Oceans Fund1.34%1.18%—$1,062,30267—
Quaystreet Income Fund0.56%0.74%0.26%$206,203,11416,802—
Conservative Fund0.57%3.60%1.66%$25,257,728681—
Balanced Fund0.60%6.11%2.88%$61,102,2211,349—
Growth Fund0.61%7.82%3.35%$51,456,6981,431—
Quaystreet High Growth Fund0.63%9.46%4.09%$543,841,12921,258—
Superlife Default Fund0.20%6.88%—$471,305,44051,283—
UK Cash Fund0.52%3.14%1.47%$66,282,7463,711—
Superlife Age Steps - Age 200.63%9.11%3.97%—1,100—
Superlife Age Steps - Age 400.62%7.71%3.44%—1,410—
Nz Mid Cap Fund0.59%-6.40%1.61%$6,991,7791,011—
Superlife Age Steps - Age 500.61%7.27%3.27%—1,482—
Ethica Fund0.70%5.81%4.04%$58,464,0941,639—
Nz Bonds Fund0.54%1.68%0.75%$31,227,0142,720—
Nz Property Fund0.59%-5.82%1.62%$7,600,3721,112—
Nz Shares Fund0.59%-1.17%2.55%$24,415,0412,296—
Nz Dividend Fund0.59%0.31%3.23%$3,584,708425—
Australian Dividend Fund0.59%9.17%3.58%$1,315,640200—
Australian Mid Cap Fund0.59%3.16%6.02%$30,178,1181,655—
Asia Pacific Fund0.59%11.63%1.78%$5,054,544948—
Total World (Nzd Hedged) Fund0.58%14.34%—$2,882,562191—
Superlife Age Steps - Age 300.62%7.71%3.44%—1,557—
Superlife Age Steps - Age 600.60%5.79%2.51%—1,413—
Total World Fund0.58%12.07%6.67%$11,252,016776—
US Mid Cap Fund0.57%6.36%6.87%$3,513,245710—
Superlife Age Steps - Age 700.58%4.22%1.75%—273—
Superlife Age Steps - Age 800.56%1.61%0.38%—16—
Overseas Bonds Fund0.59%0.52%0.09%$8,788,2531,459—
Australian Property Fund0.59%-4.63%-1.10%$2,208,068418—
Nz Top 50 Fund0.59%-1.19%3.55%$55,736,4762,687—
Australian Shares Fund0.59%7.77%5.24%$18,260,1881,996—
Australian Financials Fund0.59%4.86%3.77%$2,870,598477—
Overseas Shares (Currency Hedged) Fund0.58%16.96%4.53%$21,836,5891,947—
Overseas Non-Government Bonds Fund0.54%1.58%-0.25%$15,711,1231,806—
Global Property Fund0.58%-2.07%-0.94%$14,884,7412,015—
Nz Top 10 Fund0.59%5.86%3.79%$6,415,936632—
Australian Top 20 Fund0.59%5.57%5.36%$4,243,414565—
Australian Resources Fund0.59%10.15%9.09%$20,679,8781,707—
Overseas Shares Fund0.58%15.27%6.69%$25,631,3402,005—
Emerging Markets Fund0.73%2.21%1.64%$17,328,4902,628—
US 500 Fund0.54%12.78%10.25%$46,422,5492,338—
US Small Cap Fund0.57%6.09%4.84%$4,454,729758—
Europe Fund0.59%21.97%3.62%$5,279,016588—
US Large Value Fund0.57%6.51%7.39%$9,601,129772—

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
2023-09-30
Document type
QFU
Source PDFs
48
Funds extracted
45

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