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Smart Total World ETF Interim / Quarterly Report 2021

Nov 4, 2020

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Interim / Quarterly Report

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Smartshares Total World ETF

Fund update for the quarter ended 30 September 2020

This fund update was first made publicly available on 29 October 2020.

What is the purpose of this update?

This document tells you how the Smartshares Total World ETF has performed and what fees were charged. The document will help you to compare the fund with other funds. Smartshares Limited prepared this update in accordance with the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013. This information is not audited and may be updated.

Description of this fund

Invests in international shares and is designed to track the return on the FTSE Global All Cap Index.

Total value of the fund: $70,467,806 The date the fund started: 29 July 2015

What are the risks of investing?

Risk indicator for the Smartshares Total World ETF

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Lower risk Higher risk
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Potentially lower returns Potentially higher returns
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The risk indicator is rated from 1 (low) to 7 (high). The rating reflects how much the value of the fund’s assets goes up and down. A higher risk generally means higher potential returns over time, but more ups and downs along the way.

To help you clarify your own attitude to risk, you can seek financial advice or work out your risk profile at sorted.org.nz/tools/investor-kickstarter.

Note that even the lowest category does not mean a risk-free investment, and there are other risks that are not captured by this rating.

This risk indicator is not a guarantee of a fund’s future performance. The risk indicator is based on the returns data for 5 years to 30 September 2020. While risk indicators are usually relatively stable, they do shift from time to time. The risk indicator will continue to be updated in future fund updates.

See the Product Disclosure Statement for the Smartshares Exchange Traded Funds - Core Series for more information about the risks associated with investing in this fund.

How has the fund performed?

Average over
past 5 years


Past year
Annual return
(after deductions for charges and tax)
Annual return
(after deductions for charges but before tax)
7.96%
9.34%
3.53%
4.85%
Market index annual return
(reflects no deduction for charges and tax)
10.01% 5.19%

The market index annual return is based on the annual return of the FTSE Global All Cap Index. Additional information about the market index is available in the 'Other Material Information' document on the offer register at disclose-register.companiesoffice.govt.nz.

Annual return graph

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16%
14%
12%
10%
8%
6%
4%
2%
0%
-2%
31/03/2017 31/03/2018 31/03/2019 31/03/2020 Average
annual
return
Smartshares Total World ETF Market index
14.5%
12.5%
10.8%
8.8% 9.0%
8.2%
7.0%
6.2%
Annual return
0.7%
-0.7%
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Smartshares Exchange Traded Funds 1

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This shows the return after fund charges and tax for each year ending 31 March since the fund started. The last bar shows the average annual return since the fund started, up to 30 September 2020.

Important: This does not tell you how the fund will perform in the future.

Returns in this update are after tax at 28%.

What fees are investors charged?

Investors in the Smartshares Total World ETF are charged fund charges. In the year to 31 March 2020 these were:

% per annum of fund’s
net asset value
Total fund charges
0.56%
Which are made up of:
Total management and
administration charges
0.56%
Including:
Manager’s basic fee
0.55%

Investors may also be charged individual action fees for specific actions or decisions (for example, for initial contributions to the fund). See the Product Disclosure Statement for the Smartshares Exchange Traded Funds - Core Series for more information about those fees.

Small differences in fees and charges can have a big impact on your investment over the long term.

The fees set out above include GST where applicable.

Example of how this applies to an investor

Tara had $10,000 in the fund and did not make any further contributions. At the end of the year, Tara received a return after fund charges were deducted of $353 (that is 3.53% of her initial $10,000). This gives Tara a total return after tax of $353 for the year.

What does the fund invest in?

Actual investment mix

This shows the types of assets that the fund invests in.

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Cash and cash
equivalents,
0.5%
International
equities,
99.5%
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Target investment mix

This shows the mix of assets that the fund generally intends to invest in.

Asset Category
Target asset mix
Cash and cash equivalents
-
New Zealand fixed interest
-
International fixed interest
-
Australasian equities
-
International equities
100.00%
Listed property
-
Unlisted property
-
Commodities
-
Other
-

Smartshares Exchange Traded Funds 2

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Top 10 investments[1]

Name % of fund’s net
asset value
Type Country Credit rating
(if applicable)
Vanguard Total World Stock ETF
100.21%
International equities
United States
Westpac NZD Current Account
0.45%
Cash and cash equivalents
New Zealand
AA-

The top 10 investments make up 100.66% of the fund’s net asset value.

Currency hedging

The fund's foreign currency exposure is not hedged.

Key personnel

This shows the directors and employees who have the most influence on the investment decisions of the fund:

Key personnel Key personnel Key personnel Key personnel Key personnel
This shows the directors and employees who have the most influence on the investment decisions of the fund:
Name Current position Time in current
position
Previous or other positions Time in previous
/ other position
Guy Roulston Elliffe
Director
4 years and 10
months
Corporate Governance Manager -
ACC (current position)
5 years and 5
months
Stuart Kenneth Reginald
Millar
Chief Investment Officer -
Smartshares
1 year and 4
months
Head of Portfolio Management -
ANZ Investments
6 years and 4
months
Hugh Duncan Stevens
Chief Executive Officer -
Smartshares
2 years and 7
months
Chief Operating Officer -
Implemented Investment
Solutions Ltd
2 years and 6
months
Alister John Williams
Director
4 years and 10
months
Investment Manager - Trust
Management
5 years and 8
months

Further information

You can also obtain this information, the Product Disclosure Statement for the Smartshares Exchange Traded Funds - Core Series, and some additional information from the offer register at disclose-register.companiesoffice.govt.nz.

Material changes

There have been no material changes to the nature of the scheme, the investment objectives and strategy of the fund, or the management of the scheme over the quarter ended 30 September 2020.

Notes

1 The top 10 investments listed in the table exclude current assets and current liabilities, and as a result do not sum to 100%.

Smartshares Exchange Traded Funds 3