The Milford KiwiSaver Active Growth Fund Fund Update April 2015 Portfolio Manager Dear Fellow Investors Your Fund had a positive return of 0.3% in March compared with a negative return of 0.8% for the NZX50 Gross Index and a negative 1.6% for the ASX 200 Accumulation Index, in New Zealand dollar terms. Brian Gaynor ..................................................... Fund Portfolio Mix 20% 39% 5% 24% NZX Listed Companies Global Holdings Bonds 9% 3% NZ Unlisted Companies ASX listed Companies Cash ................................................... Key Fund Stats As at 31 March 2015 Unit Price Fund Size $2.5588 $354 million ..................................................... Fees 1.05% p.a. capped management fee plus a performance fee equal to 15% of returns above 10% (after fees and before tax). Any international management fees are in addition to any Milford fees. There is also a $36 p.a. member Administration and Registry fee. ..................................................... The main positive contributors in March were two ASX listed companies Site Group International, which was up 76% during the month, and iiNet, which was the subject of a takeover offer. A number of other ASX investments, including Goodman Group, Slater & Gordon and National Storage, also made strong contributions during the month. The main positive NZX contributors were Auckland International Airport, Z Energy and Restaurant Brands. Orion Health, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare and Wynyard were the largest negative NZX contributors in March. 31 March year Active Growth 2015 12.2% 2014 20.4% 2013 26.4% 2012 8.1% 2011 5.7% 2010 22.9% *In New Zealand dollars NZX 13.5% 16.2% 26.0% 2.0% 5.3% 26.2% ASX* 8.9% (2.6%) 18.1% (12.4%) 8.6% 48.2% The 12.2% return for the March 2015 year was lower than the two previous years and below the 13.5% return for the NZX50 Gross Index. There were a number of reasons for this; We manage risk as well as return and have slightly reduced the risk of the Fund as the current bull market matures. This risk reduction strategy is mainly achieved by increasing the Fund’s cash holdings A number of our major holdings had a disappointing year. These included Wynyard, which was down 38.6% for the twelve months ended March 31, a2 Milk minus 38.5%, Fletcher Building was off 7.8% and NZX down 8.8%. The outlook for the next twelve months is mixed. The positive features are low inflation and low interest rates while the world is awash with cash. This encourages investors to look at sharemarkets for yield and growth. On the other hand company valuations are high and the bull market is maturing. In addition there are a number of economic uncertainties, particularly slower economic growth in China and the continuing impact that this will have on commodity prices. Investment Objective Your Fund is hoping to achieve a return between 7.5% and 12.5% over the next twelve months with the lower figure being more realistic than the higher. Needless to say we will be aiming for the higher figure. The Fund invests in New Zealand and global securities and has a target return of 10% (after fees and before tax). Brian Gaynor Disclosure of interest: Milford staff had $2,823,096 invested in the Fund as at 31 March 2015 unit price. April 2015 Milford KiwiSaver Active Growth Fund Update Investment Performance to 31 March 2015 (after fees* and before tax) Milford Active Growth Fund Benchmark Over / Under Benchmark After tax at 28% PIR NZX 50 Gross Index Past Month Past 1 Year Past 3 Years (p.a) Past 5 Years (p.a) Since Inception 1 October 2007 (p.a) 0.28% 12.17% 19.51% 14.29% 14.07% 0.80% 10.00% 10.00% 10.00% 10.00% -0.52% +2.17% +9.51% +4.29% +4.07% -0.04% 10.81% 18.39% 13.13% 12.70% -0.76% 13.50% 18.46% 12.29% 4.21% The performance is based on the performance of the AonSaver AMT Milford Aggressive Fund until 31/3/2010 and the Milford Aggressive KiwiSaver Fund from 1/4/2010. The investment policy of the Milford KiwiSaver Aggressive Fund replicates that of the AonSaver AMT Milford Aggressive Fund, in place since 1 November 2007. On 1/10/2011 this Fund was renamed the Milford KiwiSaver Active Growth Fund. *Other than $36 p.a Administration and Registry fee. For details of how investment performance is calculated, please see www.milfordasset.com/performance/fund-performance/ Please note past performance is not a guarantee of future returns. .............................................................................................................................................................................. Investment Performance to 31 March 2015 (cumulative performance since inception, after fees* and before tax 200.0% Active Growth Fund +168.3% Cumulative Return 150.0% Benchmark return +104.4% 100.0% NZX 50 Gross Index +36.3% 50.0% 0.0% -50.0% -100.0% 31-Mar-15 31-Jan-15 30-Nov-14 30-Sep-14 31-Jul-14 31-May-14 31-Mar-14 31-Jan-14 30-Nov-13 30-Sep-13 31-Jul-13 31-May-13 31-Mar-13 31-Jan-13 30-Nov-12 30-Sep-12 31-Jul-12 31-May-12 31-Mar-12 31-Jan-12 30-Nov-11 30-Sep-11 31-Jul-11 31-May-11 31-Mar-11 31-Jan-11 30-Nov-10 30-Sep-10 31-Jul-10 31-May-10 31-Mar-10 31-Jan-10 30-Nov-09 30-Sep-09 31-Jul-09 31-May-09 31-Mar-09 31-Jan-09 30-Nov-08 30-Sep-08 31-Jul-08 31-May-08 31-Mar-08 31-Jan-08 30-Nov-07 01-Oct-07 . ............................................................................................................................................................................ Fund Holdings (as at 31 March 2015) NZ Companies Fletcher Building Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Air New Zealand Tourism Holdings a2 Milk Company Wynyard Group Orion Health Group Delegat Group Auckland International Airport Restaurant Brands NZ Steel & Tube Summerset Group Holdings Holding 3.28% 3.02% 2.94% 2.12% 1.81% 1.64% 1.60% 1.51% 1.32% 1.21% 1.19% 1.14% NZ Companies New Zealand Refining New Zealand Exchange Contact Energy PartsTrader Markets Vend Port of Tauranga Spark New Zealand Abano Healthcare Group Holding 0.92% 0.85% 0.70% 0.68% 0.65% 0.65% 0.65% 0.60% Australian Listed Entities Slater & Gordon Cover-More Group National Storage REIT Goodman Group Mirvac Group Japara Healthcare Transfield Services Other NZ & Australian Holdings^ Bonds Global Equities Other Unlisted Companies^ Cash ^ Holdings in NZ companies of less than 0.60% and holdings of Australian companies of less than 0.84% have been combined into ‘Other NZ & Australian Holdings’ and ‘Other Unlisted Companies’. Holding 1.97% 1.46% 0.99% 0.98% 0.97% 0.94% 0.84% 27.51% 4.89% 8.77% 1.83% 20.37%
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