Growth funds shine again: Morningstar
Growth KiwiSaver funds performed strongly again in the June quarter, Morningstar's latest research shows.
Wednesday, August 2nd 2017, 8:03PM
The research house has released its latest KiwiSaver survey.
“We continue to have an equity-friendly market environment with local and global equity markets posting solid returns this quarter. Fixed income assets also had reasonable performance,” Morningstar director of manager research ratings, Asia Pacific, Chris Douglas said.
“As a result, KiwiSaver funds with a bias to growth assets, posted the strongest returns, but there was a closer dispersion of returns across the risk profiles than previous quarters.”
The local share market performed slightly better in the second quarter of the year than in the first, he said. The S&P/NZ 50 Index was up 5.8% in total returns over the quarter and 10.6% over the year.
Global equities were the best-performing asset class.
Morningstar said top performing funds in the quarter compared to their peer group included Milford KiwiSaver Conservative Fund 1.73% (Multisector Conservative), AMP KiwiSaver Nikko AM Conservative 2.14% (Multisector Moderate), Westpac KiwiSaver-Balanced Fund 2.59% (Multisector Balanced), Westpac KiwiSaver-Growth Fund 3.06% (Multisector Growth), and Generate KiwiSaver Focused Growth Fund 3.72% (Multisector Aggressive).
Over five years, Milford's Active Growth fund was the best performer.
KiwiSaver assets on the Morningstar database hit $40.5 billion at June 30. ANZ continues to have the biggest market share.
| « Performance fees boost managers' earnings | Kiwi Wealth mints responsible KiwiSaver solution » |
Special Offers
Comments from our readers
No comments yet
Sign In to add your comment
|
|
Printable version |
|
Email to a friend |
