Mint NZ SRI fund now accessible to retail clients

The fund has been available to wholesale investors since October 2017. It began after Mint was approached by an investor who wanted specific exclusions in an SRI fund and has since become one of the firm's key ESG offerings.

David Boyle, head of sales and marketing, says an ESG focus is “a really important element to long-term investment”.

“Launching this fund at a retail level gives access to mum and dad investors, through predominantly financial advisers, to a NZ-only equity fund that has a strong weighting towards ESG.”

David Fyfe, portfolio manager at Mint says that ESG is “the new norm in the investment process and is here to stay”.