The Fund performance update for the month of December for CINSF member investments is as follows. For the current month declared investment returns refer to the Home Page, and for past monthly comparisons refer to the Investments Returns Tab under the heading Member Investments at the top of the Website.
For members that have selected the new funds we would like to reinforce our guidelines that these funds are for medium to long term investors that have completed their risk profiles and understand that markets rise and fall but take a longer term approach to investing for their retirement.
| Cook Islands National Superannuation Fund1 | Conservative (Default)2 | Balanced | Growth |
| Growth Assets | $56,547,760 | $10,981,693 | $10,132,348 |
| Global Equities – $NZD Hedged | $18,654,152 | $3,647,838 | $3,364,518 |
| Global Equities | $19,640,179 | $3,797,696 | $3,684,302 |
| New Zealand Equities | $18,253,429 | $3,536,159 | $3,083,527 |
| Income Assets | $129,062,399 | $6,384,429 | $2,283,707 |
| Global Fixed Interest | $103,084,038 | $5,159,469 | $1,864,107 |
| New Zealand Fixed Interest | $25,978,361 | $1,224,961 | $419,599 |
| Cash | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total Account | $185,610,159 | $17,366,123 | $12,416,054 |
1 The market values are net of all fees and expenses.
2 On 31 August 2015 the first applications were made into the new member investment choice options. The legacy fund was renamed the Conservative (Default) fund and the Balanced and Growth funds were created.
| Gross Returns in NZD1 | One Month | 3 Months | Fiscal YTD | 1 Year | 3 Years p.a | 5 Years p.a | Since Inception (September 2015) 2 | Since Inception (July 2010)3 |
| Conservative (Default) | 0.97% |
0.78% |
3.39% | 3.39% | 8.53% | 7.37% | n.a. | 8.70% |
| Balanced | 2.11% | 1.91% | 7.91% | 7.91% | 12.36% | 10.20% | 10.21% | n.a. |
| Growth | 2.78% | 2.77% | 11.21% | 11.21% | 14.99% | 12.06% | 12.01% | n.a. |
1 Historic performance returns prior to October 2012 have been calculated using performance reports produced by Onepath/ANZ Retail.
2 On 31 August 2015 the first applications were made into the new member investment choice options. The legacy fund was renamed the Conservative (Default) fund and the Balanced and Growth funds were created.
3 Inception date into the direct mandate with Russell Investments is 3 October 2012. Prior to this it was with Onepath/ANZ Retail.
| Gross Returns in NZD | One Month | 3 Months | Fiscal YTD | 1 Year | 3 Years p.a | 5 Years p.a | 7 Years p.a | Since Inception (April 2013) |
| Global Equities NZDH1 | 3.44% | 5.29% | 21.02% | 21.02% | 18.63% | 13.38% | 11.85% | 13.03% |
| Global Equities | 3.52% | 6.60% | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| New Zealand Equities | 3.24% | -1.36% | 3.09% | 3.09% | 15.93% | 15.03% | 14.65% | 14.89% |
| Global Fixed Interest2 | -0.20% | -0.21% | -1.10% | -1.10% | 4.98% | 4.45% | 4.67% | 5.03% |
| New Zealand Fixed Interest | 0.52% | -1.50% | -4.73% | -4.73% | 2.00% | 3.42% | 3.90% | 3.67% |
1 On 23 April 2013, CINSF transitioned its growth assets from the Russell World Equity Strategies Fund (WESF) to the Russell Global Opportunities Fund (RGOF) and to the Russell Investments Australasian Shares Fund (RIASF). Performance includes the returns for the WESF Fund to 23 April 2013 and for the RGOF and RIASF from 23 April 2013 to 30 April 2013. Effective 1 December 2014, the Russell Investments Australasian Shares Fund was renamed the Russell Investments NZ Shares Fund.
2 On 22 April 2013, CINSF transitioned its income assets from the Russell World Bond Fund to the Russell Global Bond Fund (RGBF) and Russell Investments NZ Fixed Interest Fund (RINZF). Performance includes the returns for the WBF to 22 April 2013 and for the RGBF and RINZF from 22 April 2013 to 30 April 2013.
Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future performance.
