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smartshares — Quarterly Fund Update 2025-Q1

Period ending 2025-03-31. 45 funds covered. Source: FMA Disclose register.

This Quarterly Fund Update (QFU) is a Financial Markets Authority (FMA)-mandated disclosure snapshot for the quarter ended 31 March 2025. 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. The FMA Disclose register holds the canonical versions of all QFU filings and serves as the primary source for KiwiSaver scheme fund performance and cost information.

As at 31 March 2025, the 45 funds covered held combined assets of $2.38 billion and served 137,518 members. The average annual fee across these funds was 0.60%. Over the one-year period, the average after-tax return was 3.86%, while the average five-year annual return was 8.53%. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future returns.

Funds covered

FundFees (1y)1y return5y avgAUM (NZD)MembersGrowth %
Quaystreet Income Fund0.56%3.17%0.72%$253,470,88316,186
Conservative Fund0.57%3.99%4.02%$30,267,034660
Balanced Fund0.60%4.55%7.06%$76,706,7221,372
Growth Fund0.61%5.33%9.04%$69,603,1191,551
Quaystreet High Growth Fund0.63%5.17%11.13%$673,805,67020,833
Superlife Default Fund0.20%3.41%$635,782,67255,531
UK Cash Fund0.52%3.69%2.14%$70,857,1653,324
Nz Mid Cap Fund0.59%5.01%6.02%$7,100,101861
Australian Dividend Fund0.59%1.36%11.86%$1,508,251186
Australian Mid Cap Fund0.59%3.15%16.60%$29,789,9181,482
Superlife Age Steps - Age 200.63%5.10%10.71%290
Superlife Age Steps - Age 600.60%4.39%6.62%294
Australian Shares Fund0.59%2.90%13.93%$21,174,0371,751
Australian Financials Fund0.59%14.74%18.58%$7,325,790727
Nz Bonds Fund0.54%4.93%1.47%$35,527,9792,446
Nz Top 10 Fund0.59%-2.19%2.30%$5,555,899480
Nz Dividend Fund0.59%-4.37%5.55%$3,318,010332
Global Property Fund0.58%0.15%4.45%$15,465,0711,733
Nz Shares Fund0.59%-0.10%5.15%$24,188,4551,943
Australian Top 20 Fund0.59%2.41%12.83%$5,561,260612
Australian Resources Fund0.59%-10.12%12.84%$15,365,3671,335
Superlife Age Steps - Age 400.62%4.81%9.04%298
Superlife Age Steps - Age 800.56%3.39%1.56%9
Overseas Non-Government Bonds Fund0.54%2.98%0.55%$17,880,0791,601
Superlife Age Steps - Age 300.62%4.81%9.04%287
Superlife Age Steps - Age 700.58%4.03%4.74%65
Overseas Bonds Fund0.59%2.84%0.67%$9,870,8471,297
Superlife Age Steps - Age 500.61%4.72%8.52%331
Ethica Fund0.70%4.57%7.99%$68,222,6721,498
Nz Top 50 Fund0.59%-0.08%5.47%$54,053,1122,097
Nz Property Fund0.59%-6.21%0.06%$7,761,9591,022
Australian Property Fund0.59%-1.03%8.62%$3,276,344515
Overseas Shares (Currency Hedged) Fund0.58%5.02%13.89%$25,585,1511,752
Overseas Shares Fund0.58%8.59%14.55%$31,462,3211,946
Asia Pacific Fund0.59%0.62%7.41%$6,642,056917
Emerging Markets Fund0.73%15.50%8.28%$22,094,8922,465
Europe Fund0.59%11.91%12.58%$10,062,685735
Total World Fund0.58%9.87%13.96%$20,034,0921,029
US 500 Fund0.54%10.22%16.78%$90,398,9383,096
US Large Value Fund0.57%9.88%14.93%$11,767,900873
US Mid Cap Fund0.57%6.14%14.13%$5,321,082684
US Small Cap Fund0.57%0.89%13.93%$5,735,729698
Total World (Nzd Hedged) Fund0.58%6.34%$4,266,968217
Global Aggregate Bond Fund0.59%2.01%$1,299,00097
Castle Point 5 Oceans Fund1.19%5.08%$823,09860

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
2025-03-31
Document type
QFU
Source PDFs
48
Funds extracted
45

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