Funds

Kōura KiwiSaver US Equities Fund

Total Ethical Concerns: 14.37%

The average total concerns of all KiwiSaver aggressive funds is 10.67%.

Companies of Concern

  • Environmental Harm 1.4%

    • The Coca-Cola Company
      0.50%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • PepsiCo
      0.37%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Mondelez
      0.16%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Marathon Petroleum Corp.
      0.11%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Corteva, Inc.
      0.09%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Archer-Daniels Midland
      0.06%
  • Fossil Fuels 2.59%

    • Caterpillar
      0.43%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Nextera Energy, Inc.
      0.30%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Constellation Energy Corp.
      0.20%
    • The Williams Cos., Inc.
      0.15%
      !!
      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
    • Quanta Services
      0.12%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Kinder Morgan, Inc.
      0.11%
      !!
      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
    • Marathon Petroleum Corp.
      0.11%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Phillips 66
      0.11%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Sempra Energy
      0.11%
      !!
      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
    • Dominion Energy, Inc.
      0.10%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • SLB
      0.10%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Valero Energy Corp.
      0.10%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Baker Hughes
      0.09%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Oneok, Inc.
      0.09%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Entergy Corp.
      0.08%
    • Consolidated Edison, Inc.
      0.07%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Delta Air Lines, Inc.
      0.07%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Targa Resources Corp.
      0.07%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Atmos Energy Corp.
      0.05%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Centerpoint Energy, Inc.
      0.05%
    • Halliburton Co.
      0.04%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Loews Corp.
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Lyondellbasell Industries Nv
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
  • Animal Cruelty 1.67%

    • The Sherwin-Williams Co.
      0.16%
    • Ecolab, Inc.
      0.14%
    • Colgate-Palmolive Co.
      0.12%
    • Corteva, Inc.
      0.09%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Kimberly-Clark Corp.
      0.08%
    • PPG Industries, Inc.
      0.05%
    • Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
      0.04%
    • Tapestry, Inc.
      0.04%
    • Dow, Inc.
      0.03%
    • International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.
      0.03%
    • The Clorox Co.
      0.03%
    • Tyson Foods Inc
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Albemarle Corp.
      0.02%
    • Lyondellbasell Industries Nv
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Ralph Lauren Corp.
      0.02%
    • The Mosaic Co.
      0.02%
  • Human Rights Violations 8.7%

    • Tesla
      2.40%
    • Palantir Technologies
      0.80%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Wells Fargo
      0.52%
    • Caterpillar
      0.43%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Booking Holdings
      0.34%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Motorola Solutions Inc
      0.15%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • General Motors
      0.11%
    • Airbnb
      0.10%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Expedia Group
      0.05%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
  • Social Harm 0.19%

  • Weapons 0.47%

    • Amphenol Corp.
      0.29%
    • Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
      0.15%
    • Jacobs Solutions, Inc.
      0.03%

From the Fund Provider

  • About this fund

    About this Fund

    The Fund provides investors an exposure to the US share market. The Fund invests in underlying funds to provide this exposure. The Fund expects to deliver a negative return once in every 4-5 years.

    Value $158M NZD
    Period of data report 30th Sept. 2025
    Members 7,510
    Fund started 23rd Oct. 2019
    Total annual fund fees 0.63%
    Total performance based fees 0.0%
    Manager's basic fee 0.53%
    Other management and administration charges 0.1%
    Total other charges 30.0
    Total other charges currency NZD

    Warren Couillault

    Currently: Chairman, Investment Committee Member (6 years, 5 months)
    Previously: CEO, Hobson Wealth (6 years, 8 months)

    Rupert Carlyon

    Currently: Managing Director , Investment Committee Member (7 years, 1 months)
    Previously: Director, KPMG (2 years, 0 months)

    David Moore

    Currently: Investment Committee Member (6 years, 5 months)
    Previously: Executive Director, UBS AG (29 years, 6 months)

    Nigel Scott

    Currently: Director, Investment Committee Member (4 years, 10 months)
    Previously: Non Executive-Director, Hobson Wealth (3 years, 8 months)

    This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each KiwiSaver 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 4.37% 6.18%
    2024 16.75% 38.87%
    2023 -4.84% -2.19%
    2022 3.55% 5.78%
    2021 33.87% 38.51%

    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 KiwiSaver fund has filed with Disclose register to 30th Sept. 2025.

  • Investments

    Top 10 Investments

    • Ishares ESG Select Screened S&P 500 ETF

      United States International Equities

      99.7%
    • BNZ NZD Account

      New Zealand Cash and Equivalents AA-

      0.29%
    • BNZ USD Account

      New Zealand Cash and Equivalents AA-

      0.01%
    Type Target Actual
    Cash and Cash Equivalents 1.0% 0.3%
    New Zealand Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
    International Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
    Australasian Equities 0.0% 0.0%
    International Equities 99.0% 99.7%
    Listed Properties 0.0% 0.0%
    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 KiwiSaver 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 KiwiSaver 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

  • 1.4% Environmental Harm
  • 2.59% Fossil Fuels
  • 1.67% Animal Cruelty
  • 8.7% Human Rights Violations
  • 0.19% Social Harm
  • 0.47% Weapons

Companies of Concern

  • Environmental Harm

    • The Coca-Cola Company
      0.50%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • PepsiCo
      0.37%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Mondelez
      0.16%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Marathon Petroleum Corp.
      0.11%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Corteva, Inc.
      0.09%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Archer-Daniels Midland
      0.06%
  • Fossil Fuels

    • Caterpillar
      0.43%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Nextera Energy, Inc.
      0.30%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Constellation Energy Corp.
      0.20%
    • The Williams Cos., Inc.
      0.15%
      !!
      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
    • Quanta Services
      0.12%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Kinder Morgan, Inc.
      0.11%
      !!
      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
    • Marathon Petroleum Corp.
      0.11%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Phillips 66
      0.11%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Sempra Energy
      0.11%
      !!
      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
    • Dominion Energy, Inc.
      0.10%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • SLB
      0.10%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Valero Energy Corp.
      0.10%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Baker Hughes
      0.09%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Oneok, Inc.
      0.09%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Entergy Corp.
      0.08%
    • Consolidated Edison, Inc.
      0.07%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Delta Air Lines, Inc.
      0.07%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Targa Resources Corp.
      0.07%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Atmos Energy Corp.
      0.05%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Centerpoint Energy, Inc.
      0.05%
    • Halliburton Co.
      0.04%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Loews Corp.
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Lyondellbasell Industries Nv
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
  • Animal Cruelty

    • The Sherwin-Williams Co.
      0.16%
    • Ecolab, Inc.
      0.14%
    • Colgate-Palmolive Co.
      0.12%
    • Corteva, Inc.
      0.09%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Kimberly-Clark Corp.
      0.08%
    • PPG Industries, Inc.
      0.05%
    • Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
      0.04%
    • Tapestry, Inc.
      0.04%
    • Dow, Inc.
      0.03%
    • International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.
      0.03%
    • The Clorox Co.
      0.03%
    • Tyson Foods Inc
      0.03%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Albemarle Corp.
      0.02%
    • Lyondellbasell Industries Nv
      0.02%
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Ralph Lauren Corp.
      0.02%
    • The Mosaic Co.
      0.02%
  • Human Rights Violations

    • Tesla
      2.40%
    • Palantir Technologies
      0.80%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Wells Fargo
      0.52%
    • Caterpillar
      0.43%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
      ocean
      This company is harming the ocean
    • Booking Holdings
      0.34%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Motorola Solutions Inc
      0.15%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • General Motors
      0.11%
    • Airbnb
      0.10%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
    • Expedia Group
      0.05%
      OPT
      Complicit in severe breaches of civilian Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories
  • Weapons

    • Amphenol Corp.
      0.29%
    • Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
      0.15%
    • Jacobs Solutions, Inc.
      0.03%

About this Fund

The Fund provides investors an exposure to the US share market. The Fund invests in underlying funds to provide this exposure. The Fund expects to deliver a negative return once in every 4-5 years.

Value $158M NZD
Period of data report 30th Sept. 2025
Members 7,510
Fund started 23rd Oct. 2019
Total annual fund fees 0.63%
Total performance based fees 0.0%
Manager's basic fee 0.53%
Other management and administration charges 0.1%
Total other charges 30.0
Total other charges currency NZD

Warren Couillault

Currently: Chairman, Investment Committee Member (6 years, 5 months)
Previously: CEO, Hobson Wealth (6 years, 8 months)

Rupert Carlyon

Currently: Managing Director , Investment Committee Member (7 years, 1 months)
Previously: Director, KPMG (2 years, 0 months)

David Moore

Currently: Investment Committee Member (6 years, 5 months)
Previously: Executive Director, UBS AG (29 years, 6 months)

Nigel Scott

Currently: Director, Investment Committee Member (4 years, 10 months)
Previously: Non Executive-Director, Hobson Wealth (3 years, 8 months)

This information has been sourced from the quarterly data that each KiwiSaver 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 4.37% 6.18%
2024 16.75% 38.87%
2023 -4.84% -2.19%
2022 3.55% 5.78%
2021 33.87% 38.51%

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 KiwiSaver fund has filed with Disclose register to 30th Sept. 2025.

Top 10 Investments

  • Ishares ESG Select Screened S&P 500 ETF

    United States International Equities

    99.7%
  • BNZ NZD Account

    New Zealand Cash and Equivalents AA-

    0.29%
  • BNZ USD Account

    New Zealand Cash and Equivalents AA-

    0.01%
Type Target Actual
Cash and Cash Equivalents 1.0% 0.3%
New Zealand Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
International Fixed Interest 0.0% 0.0%
Australasian Equities 0.0% 0.0%
International Equities 99.0% 99.7%
Listed Properties 0.0% 0.0%
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 KiwiSaver 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 KiwiSaver 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.