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Benchmark consistency

A single high return can be luck. This ranks NZ managed funds by how often they beat their own benchmark — the market index named in each fund's regulated fund update — year after year, after fees and tax. Of 140 funds with at least 3 measured years, 14 beat their benchmark in more than half of them.

Track record to 31 March 2026. These figures come from the FMA's consolidated fund-update dataset, whose latest published file covers periods up to 31 March 2026. Treat this as a historical track record, not current-year performance. Past performance is not a guide to the future.

By category

Most consistent vs benchmark (all categories)

Top 20 of 140, by share of measured years beating benchmark.

# Fund Beat benchmark
1 Harbour Long Short Fund
Harbour
3 / 4 yrs
2 Clarity Fixed Income Fund
Clarity
5 / 7 yrs
3 Pie Growth UK & Europe Fund
Pie Funds
4 / 6 yrs
4 Mint Diversified Growth Fund
Mint
2 / 3 yrs
5 NZ Funds Wealth Builder - Income Strategy
NZ Funds
2 / 3 yrs
6 Fisher Funds Property & Infrastructure Fund
Fisher Funds
7 / 11 yrs
7 Amova Global Shares Fund
Amova
3 / 5 yrs
8 Brandywine Global Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund
Brandywine
3 / 5 yrs
9 Devon Alpha Fund
Devon
8 / 14 yrs
10 Harbour T. Rowe Price Global Equity Fund
Harbour
4 / 7 yrs
11 Salt Enhanced Property Fund
Salt
4 / 7 yrs
12 Pie Global Growth Fund 2
Pie Funds
5 / 9 yrs
13 Harbour Australasian Equity Fund
Harbour
6 / 11 yrs
14 Devon Dividend Yield Fund
Devon
7 / 13 yrs
15 Milford Active Growth Fund
Milford
7 / 14 yrs
16 Milford Diversified Income Fund
Milford
7 / 14 yrs
17 Mint Australasian Equity Fund
Mint
5 / 10 yrs
18 Elevation Capital Global Shares Fund
Elevation Capital
5 / 10 yrs
19 Clarity Trans-Tasman Value Fund
Clarity
5 / 10 yrs
20 Milford Australian Absolute Growth Fund
Milford
4 / 8 yrs

Methodology & sources

For each fund we count the years its after-fee, after-tax annual return exceeded the annual return of its own market index, as published in the FMA's consolidated Managed Investment Scheme fund-update dataset. Funds with fewer than 3 measured years are not ranked. The benchmark is the index each fund names in its fund update, not a category average — so the comparison is to the fund's own stated yardstick.

Past performance is not indicative of future returns. Beating a benchmark in the past does not predict future outperformance, and after-fee return, risk and tax all matter. ManagedFundsNZ provides information only, not personalised financial advice — for advice, see a licensed financial adviser.

FMA Disclose fund-update data