# Amova Global Shares Hedged Fund

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- **Manager:** Amova (Amova Asset Management NZ Limited)
- **Asset class:** International Equities
- **Structure:** NZ Portfolio Investment Entity (PIE) — investor tax capped at PIR (max 28%)
- **NZD hedged:** yes
- **Confidence tier:** C (Sorted Smart Investor → FMA Disclose)
- **Last verified:** 2026-05-22

## Summary

The Amova Global Shares Hedged Fund is a international equities managed fund run by Amova. Active New Zealand and global equity manager (formerly Nikko AM NZ).

## Investment objective (from PDS)

> To outperform the MSCI All Countries World Index (net dividends reinvested), gross hedged 100% to NZD by 3.0% p.a. over a rolling three-year period before fees, expenses and taxes. The Fund seeks to provide investors with a relatively concentrated actively managed investment portfolio of global equities to achieve long term capital growth. Currency exposure created as a consequence of global equity investment hedged 100% to the NZD.

Source: Product Disclosure Statement dated 2025-08-21 (Tier A, lodged on FMA Disclose register). https://smartinvestor.sorted.org.nz/disclose-document/mdo371d7c57ae2ecd4dc67ff24b301e8827/Amova-Global-Equity-Funds-Product-Disclosure-Statement-1-September-2025.pdf

## Fund data

- **Annual fund charge:** 1.20% p.a. (from the latest Quarterly Fund Update)
- **5-year return (after charges, after tax at 28% PIR):** 2.37% p.a.
- **Risk indicator:** 6/7 on the FMA-mandated standardised scale (1 = lower risk, 7 = higher risk)
- **Fund size (AUM):** NZ$243 million
- **Asset mix:** 98% growth assets · 2% income assets
- **Fund started:** 10 May 2019

## Top 10 holdings

1. Nvidia Corp — 8.15%
2. Microsoft Corp — 5.73%
3. Amazon Com Inc — 5.72%
4. Broadcom Corp Com — 3.79%
5. Netflix Inc — 3.63%
6. Compass Group Ord GBP0 1105 — 2.96%
7. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners — 2.95%
8. Mastercard Inc - Class A — 2.88%
9. Us Foods Holding Corp — 2.87%
10. Linde Plc — 2.76%

Holdings are disclosed in every Quarterly Fund Update; the full portfolio holdings file is available via the FMA Disclose register.

## Additional terms (from PDS)

- **Buy / sell spread:** 7 bps / 7 bps (transaction cost on subscription / redemption)

## Scheme disclosures (from OMI)

Scheme-level. The same disclosures apply to every fund in this scheme.

- **Trustee / Supervisor:** Public Trust
- **Auditor:** KPMG
- **Custodian:** BNP Paribas Fund Services Australasia Pty Limited
- **Conflicts of interest disclosed in OMI:** 1

### Conflicts of interest (verbatim from OMI)

- Amova NZ engages related party managers AAME and AAMA (both having common ownership with Amova NZ) to manage underlying assets of certain funds, creating a potential conflict of interest between obtaining best execution/terms and maintaining intra-group relationships.

### Related-party transactions

- **Amova Asset Management Europe Limited (AAME)** (Related party — common ownership with Amova NZ) — Investment management of global equity assets for the Amova Wholesale Global Shares Fund and as an investment manager for the Amova Global Equity Unhedged Fund under an Investment Management Agreement dated 26 June 2017
- **Amova Asset Management Americas Inc. (AAMA)** (Related party — common ownership with Amova NZ) — Manages assets of the Amova ARK Disruptive Fund Innovation Fund (Underlying Fund), implementing the investment strategy as advised by the investment adviser (ARK Investment Management LLC)

Source: Other Material Information document dated 2025-11-24. https://smartinvestor.sorted.org.nz/disclose-document/mdoc6dce8a8f80099b27f95d90911d3267d/Amova-NZ-Investment-Other-Material-Information-24-November-2025.pdf

## How to invest

Available via: Amova directly. Read the current Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) before investing.

## Sources

- **FMA Disclose register** (primary): https://disclose-register.companiesoffice.govt.nz/search?searchType=ALL&q=Amova%20Global%20Shares%20Hedged%20Fund
- **Product Disclosure Statement:** /disclose-document/mdoeedb925cb6b68880d17e0c758ee568e4/Nikko-AM-Cashand-Fixed-Interest-Product-Disclosure-Statement-29-May-2020.pdf
- **Sorted Smart Investor** (cross-validation): https://smartinvestor.sorted.org.nz/kiwisaver-and-managed-funds/SCH10488/OFR10608/FND14536/

## Citations (authoritative primary sources)

- FMA Disclose register — https://disclose-register.companiesoffice.govt.nz/ (publisher: Financial Markets Authority, NZ)
- Inland Revenue — PIE / PIR rules — https://www.ird.govt.nz/roles/portfolio-investment-entities
- Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 — https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2013/0069/latest/DLM4090578.html
- Sorted Smart Investor (cross-validation only) — https://smartinvestor.sorted.org.nz/

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