Growth KiwiSaver fund

Milford KiwiSaver Active Growth Fund

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Milford KiwiSaver Active Growth Fund is a growth fund in the Milford KiwiSaver Plan. Its provider discloses a risk indicator of 4 out of 7 and an annual fund charge of 1.05%. This page sets out what the provider has disclosed on the Disclose Register, with the Morningstar return where there is one. It is general information, not a recommendation to join or switch.

10-year return
10.2%a year after fees, before tax, Morningstar, as at 30 June 2026
Risk indicator
4 of 7Disclosed by the provider
Annual fund charge
1.05%Total, as a share of the amount invested
Fund size
$8.96 billion107,406 investors

Source: Morningstar KiwiSaver Survey, the three months to 30 June 2026, published 30 July 2026. Morningstar files it under Growth. Returns are annualised: each figure is a return per year, averaged across the period shown. Figures are net of the fund's annual charges and before your own tax. KiwiSaver is taxed at your prescribed investor rate, so two people in the same fund keep different amounts, and fixed dollar member fees are not reflected in a percentage. Past performance does not guarantee future returns.

What the provider says

The Fund’s objective is to provide annual returns of 10% after fees but before tax over the minimum recommended investment timeframe of seven years.

It is a diversified fund that primarily invests in equities, with a moderate allocation to fixed interest securities.

The fund's own description, as disclosed on the Disclose Register. Fund start date: 1 April 2010.

What the fund invests in

Asset mix
Asset classTargetActual
International equities53%62.35%
Australasian equities25%13.54%
International fixed interest14%10.74%
New Zealand fixed interest2%7.15%
Listed property0%6.00%
Cash and cash equivalents6%0.17%
Commodities0%0.05%

Actual allocation as at 30 June 2026. Asset classes held at 0% are left out.

Largest investments

The ten largest investments
InvestmentTypeCountryShare of fund
New Zealand Government 4.5% 15/05/2035New Zealand fixed interestNZ2.52%
National Grid PlcInternational equitiesGB1.92%
NatWest Group PlcInternational equitiesGB1.83%
SSE PlcInternational equitiesGB1.82%
NZD Cash Current Account (HSBC)Cash and cash equivalentsNZ2.73%
Aramark CorporationInternational equitiesUS2.57%
NVIDIA CorporationInternational equitiesUS2.74%
Amazon.Com, Inc.International equitiesUS2.38%
Microsoft CorporationInternational equitiesUS2.28%
Alphabet Inc.International equitiesUS2.22%

Together 23.0% of the fund. The rest is spread across other holdings.

How spread out is it?

Spread of the fund's holdings
MeasureDisclosed
Holdings the provider lists791
The ten largest, together23.0%
Largest single holdingNVIDIA Corporation, 2.7% of the fund

The risk indicator measures how much a fund's returns have moved, not how many investments it holds, so it cannot show concentration on its own. Two funds that hold the same index can carry different indicators. Shares are as the provider disclosed them, and a total above 100% is the provider's own figure.

Fees and charges

Fees disclosed by the provider
ChargeDisclosed
Total annual fund charge1.05%
Manager's basic fee1.05%
Performance-based fees0.00%
Other management charges0.00%
Contribution fee0.00%
Withdrawal fee0.00%

Charges as a share of the amount invested. A blank on the register is shown as not stated. How an adviser is paid is separate, and is set out in our disclosure statement.

Returns the provider has disclosed

These are the provider's own figures from its fund update, shown against the market index it chose. They are the register's "net" returns, which are after the fund's charges and after tax, so they will not match the Morningstar figures in the headline and in the next section, which are after charges and before tax. Read each on its own terms.

Provider-disclosed returns
PeriodThis fundMarket index
Past year6.81%14.41%
Average a year, 5 years6.60%8.35%
Average a year, since the fund started9.28%10.11%
Year by year, to 31 March
YearThis fundMarket index
12 months to 31 March 20267.64%11.62%
12 months to 31 March 20254.74%6.98%
12 months to 31 March 202416.17%17.21%
12 months to 31 March 2023-1.05%-2.05%
12 months to 31 March 20227.30%5.54%
12 months to 31 March 202133.49%31.02%
12 months to 31 March 2020-2.76%-3.92%
12 months to 31 March 20196.67%11.54%
12 months to 31 March 201812.36%10.86%
12 months to 31 March 20178.51%9.47%

A return says what happened and not what will.

Market index: The market index return is the benchmark asset allocation weighted benchmark index return, as defined in the Statement of Investment Policy and Objectives.

Returns reported by Morningstar

Morningstar annualised returns
PeriodThis fundGrowth category average
10 years10.2%8.9%
5 years7.5%6.4%
3 years10.7%11.5%

Annualised returns a year as at 30 June 2026, from the Morningstar KiwiSaver Survey, published 30 July 2026. Returns are annualised: each figure is a return per year, averaged across the period shown. Figures are net of the fund's annual charges and before your own tax. KiwiSaver is taxed at your prescribed investor rate, so two people in the same fund keep different amounts, and fixed dollar member fees are not reflected in a percentage. The category average is Morningstar's average for the Growth funds in the report. Past performance does not guarantee future returns.

Earned a 4 or 5 Globe Sustainability Rating (Morningstar).

Morningstar's Sustainability Rating is its own measure of how a fund's holdings score on environmental, social and governance factors compared with similar funds. It says nothing about returns.

See the full Morningstar returns comparison → (opens in a new tab)

Other details

Other disclosed details
ItemDisclosed
Asset liquidity ratio94.88%
Debt ratio0.56%
Provider last updated this fund3 August 2026
Reporting period ended30 June 2026

Where this comes from

Fund details are from the Disclose Register (opens in a new tab), read on 4 October 2026. The Morningstar return is from the same report as the Morningstar returns comparison. Read the provider's current Product Disclosure Statement before you decide.

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