These regulations are the KiwiSaver (Periodic Disclosure) Regulations 2013.

These regulations come into force on 1 July 2013.

(1) These regulations apply for the 2013–2014 and each later disclosure year.

(2) Schedule 1 contains application and transitional provisions that affect the application of other provisions of these regulations as from time to time amended, revoked, or replaced (see regulation 43).

(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, any term that is defined in the KiwiSaver Act 2006 and used, but not defined, in these regulations has the same meaning as in the KiwiSaver Act 2006.

(3) An example used in these regulations is only illustrative of the provisions to which it relates. It does not limit those provisions.

(4) If an example and a provision to which it relates are inconsistent, the provision prevails.

Disclosure statements under these regulations must be prepared in accordance with—

• (a) any notices issued by the FMA under section 54D of the Act specifying frameworks or methodologies relating to the manner in which information required in these regulations is to be presented, calculated, or prepared; and

• (b) the valuation policies and methodologies specified in or by the trust deed for a KiwiSaver scheme or, if valuation policies and methodologies are not specified in the trust deed, generally accepted accounting practice, unless (or except to the extent that) to do so would be inconsistent with these regulations or with a notice issued by the FMA under section 54D of the Act.

A requirement in these regulations to make a disclosure statement for a KiwiSaver fund, or information referred to in a disclosure statement for a KiwiSaver fund, publicly available is satisfied by making that disclosure statement or information available, free of charge,—

• (a) on an Internet site maintained by, or on behalf of, the manager of the KiwiSaver scheme for the fund in a way that ensures—

  • (i) that the disclosure statement or information, or a link to the disclosure statement or information, is prominently displayed on the site; and

  • (ii) that members of the public can easily access the statement or information via the site at all reasonable times; and

• (b) in hard copy, on request to the manager of the KiwiSaver scheme for the fund.

(1) The manager of a KiwiSaver scheme, other than a restricted scheme, must complete annual and quarterly disclosure statements for each KiwiSaver fund.

(2) Each disclosure statement must—

• (a) contain the information specified in these regulations; and

• (b) be in the same format as the disclosure statement template in Schedule 3 if the statement is an annual disclosure statement, or the disclosure statement template in Schedule 4 if the statement is a quarterly disclosure statement; and

• (c) include a linked file, in comma-separated values format, that contains the information specified in these regulations for that file and uses the same cell layout as in Schedule 5 if the statement is an annual disclosure statement, or Schedule 6 if the statement is a quarterly disclosure statement, so that the information in that file is downloadable and reusable (the disclosure statement's data file).

(3) The heading of each disclosure statement and the disclosure statement's data file must clearly identify the KiwiSaver fund, the KiwiSaver scheme offering that fund, and the period to which the disclosure statement relates, followed by—

• (a) the purpose statement headed “What is the purpose of this statement?” set out in the disclosure statement templates in Schedules 3 and 4; and

• (b) a 1- or 2-sentence description of the fund and its investment objectives; and

• (c) a statement of the net asset value of the fund as at the last day of the period to which the disclosure statement relates; and

• (d) the number of members in the fund; and

• (e) the date on which the fund started accepting contributions.

(4) The requirement in subclause (3)(a) does not apply to a disclosure statement's data file.

(5) Subclauses (2) and (3) are subject to regulation 40 (which contains further provisions about how information in disclosure statements and their data files must be presented and what constitutes compliance with formatting requirements in these regulations).

The manager must, not later than 60 working days after the end of each disclosure year,—

• (a) complete an annual disclosure statement and provide that statement to the FMA; and

• (b) ensure that the annual disclosure statement is publicly available.

Each annual disclosure statement must comprise the information specified in the following regulations about the following matters:

• (a) performance and returns (regulations 16 to 18):

• (b) fees and costs (regulations 21 to 24):

• (c) asset allocation and portfolio holdings (regulations 27 to 29):

• (d) liquidity and liabilities (regulations 32 and 33):

• (e) key personnel (regulation 35).

The information in each annual disclosure statement must relate to the 12-month period ending on the last day of the disclosure year, unless otherwise provided in these regulations.

(1) The manager must, not later than 15 working days after the last day of each quarter of the disclosure year,—

• (a) complete a quarterly disclosure statement and provide that statement to the FMA; and

• (b) ensure that the quarterly disclosure statement is publicly available.

(2) Under these regulations, the last day of each of the 4 quarters of a disclosure year is, respectively, 30 June, 30 September, 31 December, and 31 March.

Each quarterly disclosure statement must comprise the information specified in the following regulations about the following matters:

• (a) performance and returns (regulations 16 to 18):

• (b) fees and costs (regulation 25):

• (c) asset allocation and portfolio holdings (regulations 27 and 29):

• (d) key personnel, policies, valuation and pricing methodologies, and conflicts of interest (regulations 35 to 38).

The information in each quarterly disclosure statement must relate to the 12-month period ending on the last day of that quarter of the disclosure year for which the statement is being completed, unless otherwise provided in these regulations.

Regulations 16 to 18 apply to annual and quarterly disclosure statements.

For the purposes of providing the information required under regulations 16 to 18,—

• (a) return, in relation to a KiwiSaver fund and a period,—

  • (i) means the percentage change in the value of an investment in the fund over the period; and

  • (ii) must be calculated on the basis of the assumptions that a single investment is made at the beginning of the period and that all distributions are reinvested (a time-weighted return); and

  • (iii) if the period is more than 1 year, must be calculated as the average annual compound return; and

• (b) fees and costs do not include trading expenses; and

• (c) all returns disclosed or used must be net of trading expenses.

(1) The disclosure statement and its data file must disclose the return for each of the relevant periods specified in subclause (2), net of all fund fees and accrued tax, for a New Zealand resident individual paying tax at the highest prescribed investor rate as that applied throughout the relevant period.

(2) The relevant periods for which a return must be calculated are,—

• (a) for an annual disclosure statement and its data file,—

  • (i) the 12-month period to which the disclosure statement relates; and

  • (ii) if the fund has been in existence for 5 or more complete disclosure years, the 5-year period ending on the last day of the disclosure year for which the disclosure statement is being completed; and

• (b) for a quarterly disclosure statement, the 12-month period to which the quarterly disclosure statement relates; and

• (c) for a quarterly disclosure statement's data file,—

  • (i) the 12-month period to which the quarterly disclosure statement relates; and

  • (ii) the 3-month period ending on the last day of that quarter of the disclosure year for which the quarterly disclosure statement is being completed.

(3) In addition to the returns required to be disclosed under subclause (1), the disclosure statement's data file must also disclose the return for each of the relevant periods, net of all fund fees and accrued tax and applying a 0% prescribed investor rate of tax.

(4) The information specified in this regulation,—

• (a) for a disclosure statement, must be presented in the same format as the return information in the disclosure statement template in Schedule 3 or 4 (see the heading “How has the fund performed?”); and

• (b) for a disclosure statement's data file, must be presented in the same format as the return information in the disclosure statement data file template in Schedule 5 or 6 (see the heading “Information about returns”).

(1) The disclosure statement must contain a bar graph (an annual return graph) showing—

• (a) the return, indicated by a bar on the graph and as a figure near the corresponding bar,—

  • (i) for each complete disclosure year since the date on which the fund started accepting contributions, if the fund has been in existence for a period of less than 10 complete disclosure years; and

  • (ii) for each of the last 10 complete disclosure years, if the fund has been in existence for 10 or more complete disclosure years; and

• (b) as the last bar on the graph, the annual compound return since the date on which the fund started accepting contributions.

(2) The return indicated on the bar graph must be—

• (a) net of fund fees and accrued tax; and

• (b) for a New Zealand resident individual paying tax at the highest prescribed investor rate as that applied throughout the period to which the return relates.

(3) The bar graph must be presented in the same format as the annual return bar graph in the disclosure statement template in Schedule 3 or 4 (see the heading “How has the fund performed in the past?”).

(4) Each disclosure statement's data file must include the numbers used to generate the bar graph under subclause (1), which must be presented in the same format as in the disclosure statement data file template in Schedule 5 or 6 (see the heading “Information about past returns”).

(1) The disclosure statement must contain a written example of the return for a hypothetical member of the fund who—

• (a) invests only in the KiwiSaver fund to which the disclosure statement relates; and

• (b) has $10,000 invested in the fund at the beginning of the period to which the disclosure statement relates and does not make any member-specific decisions, contributions, or withdrawals in that period; and

• (c) is a New Zealand resident individual paying tax at the highest prescribed investor rate as that applied throughout the period.

(2) In the case of each quarterly disclosure statement, the figures used for membership fees must be the figures disclosed in the most recent annual disclosure statement.

(3) The written example must be in the same format as the paragraph headed “Example of how this applies to a member” in the disclosure statement template in Schedule 3 or 4.

(1) Regulations 21 to 24 apply to annual disclosure statements only.

(2) Regulation 25 applies to quarterly disclosure statements only.

For the purposes of these regulations, fees and costs are—

• (a) fund fees, which must be disclosed under regulations 21 and 25(1)(a); or

• (b) membership fees, which must be disclosed under regulations 22 and 25(1)(b); or

• (c) individual fees, which must be disclosed under regulations 23 and 25(1)(c); or

• (d) trading expenses, which are excluded from the calculations under regulations 16 and 17 (see regulation 15) but need not be separately disclosed.

(1) For the purposes of these regulations, fund fees—

• (a) means fees and costs that are charged by anyone in respect of the KiwiSaver fund or an underlying fund that affect members of the KiwiSaver fund in proportion to their interest in the KiwiSaver fund; but

• (b) does not include membership fees, individual fees and costs, or trading expenses.

(2) There are 3 categories of fund fees, as follows:

• (a) the annual management fee, which includes only the basic fee charged by the manager:

• (b) performance-based fees, which include only fees charged by the manager based on the performance of the KiwiSaver fund:

• (c) other fees and costs, which include all fees and costs that are not the annual management fee or performance-based fees.

(3) The disclosure statement and its data file must disclose, for the 12-month period to which the disclosure statement relates,—

• (a) each of the 3 categories of fund fees as a percentage of the average net asset value of the KiwiSaver fund; and

• (b) the total fund fees as a percentage of the average net asset value of the KiwiSaver fund.

(4) For the purposes of calculating the information required under subclause (3),—

• (a) the actual figures for fees and costs deducted in the 12-month period must be used or, if actual figures are not available (for example, if underlying fund expenses are not available), the best estimate of those figures must be used; and

• (b) the average net asset value of the KiwiSaver fund for the 12-month period must be calculated in accordance with the following formula:

  a = Σx ÷ b

  where—

  a

  is the average net asset value

  Σx

  is the sum of the net asset value as at the end of every month for the 12-month period

  b

  is the number of months, rounded up to whole months, the fund is in existence during the 12-month period.

(5) If an estimate is used for the calculation under subclause (4),—

• (a) the estimate must be made by the manager on the basis of the information available after the manager has made reasonable endeavours to obtain all relevant information for the purposes of preparing the disclosure statement; and

• (b) the disclosure statement must include—

  • (i) a note indicator, beside the information containing the estimate, referring to an explanatory note at the end of the disclosure statement; and

  • (ii) an explanatory note, at the end of the disclosure statement, stating that an estimate has been used and describing the information and assumptions used to make the estimate.

(6) If, after the manager has made reasonable endeavours to obtain all relevant information, the manager cannot make an estimate of the fund fees charged by an underlying fund because of a lack of information, the disclosure statement must include—

• (a) all known fund fees in the totals disclosed under subclause (3); and

• (b) a prominent statement, below the incomplete totals,—

  • (i) recording that the manager is unable to determine the fund fees charged by some underlying funds; and

  • (ii) specifying which underlying funds the information about fund fees cannot be provided for and, if available, the proportion of the KiwiSaver fund's net asset value that those underlying funds represent; and

  • (iii) if applicable, specifying which type of fund fees are omitted.

(7) The information disclosed under this regulation must—

• (a) take into account every fund fee; and

• (b) be calculated net of rebates; and

• (c) be based on the allocation of each fund fee to whichever category of fund fees in subclause (2) is the most appropriate.

(8) If the manager has reasonable grounds to believe that the fund fees for the 12-month period to which the next disclosure statement will relate will be materially different from the fund fees disclosed in the annual disclosure statement, the manager must include—

• (a) a note indicator beside the fund fees information; and

• (b) an explanatory note, at the end of the disclosure statement, briefly describing the expected differences in fund fees.

(1) In these regulations, membership fees means fees charged to members of a KiwiSaver scheme in respect of their membership of the KiwiSaver scheme.

(2) If the KiwiSaver scheme charges membership fees, the disclosure statement must show, for the 12-month period to which the disclosure statement relates, the dollar amount of the membership fee that would have been charged to an individual who—

• (a) invests only in the KiwiSaver fund to which the disclosure statement relates; and

• (b) has $10,000 invested in the fund at the beginning of that period.

(3) If subclause (2) applies and the membership fee may be different from the membership fee disclosed, in addition to the information required under subclause (2) the disclosure statement must include——

• (a) a note indicator, beside the membership fees information, referring to an explanatory note at the end of the disclosure statement; and

• (b) an explanatory note, at the end of the disclosure statement, providing such other information as may be necessary to clarify the conditions under which the membership fee may be different from the membership fee disclosed.

(1) In these regulations, individual fees—

• (a) means fees charged to a member of a fund on an individual basis for member-specific decisions or actions; and

• (b) may include, but are not limited to,—

  • (i) financial adviser fees:

  • (ii) establishment fees:

  • (iii) withdrawal fees:

  • (iv) transfer fees:

  • (v) switching fees.

(2) The disclosure statement must include a link to a publicly available document (within the meaning of regulation 6(a)) that—

• (a) lists the charges for individual fees; and

• (b) is updated when there is a change to any individual fees so that the list remains current at all times.

(1) The annual disclosure statement's data file must disclose the ratio of the total fees charged for the operations of the KiwiSaver fund and its underlying funds to the KiwiSaver fund's average net asset value (the synthetic total expense ratio or synthetic TER of the fund).

(2) The synthetic TER must be calculated using the following formula and excluding trading expenses:

(3) In relation to the formula and formula variables c and d in subclause (2), if the fees are charged at a scheme level without being charged to members' interests in particular funds, the manager must allocate the fees between the scheme's KiwiSaver funds in a manner that the manager reasonably considers appropriate.

(1) Each quarterly disclosure statement and its data file must—

• (a) replicate the information about fund fees that was disclosed in the most recent annual disclosure statement in accordance with regulation 21(3) to (7); and

• (b) replicate the information about the membership fees that was disclosed in the most recent annual disclosure statement in accordance with regulation 22; and

• (c) include a link to the document that discloses the information about individual fees in accordance with regulation 23(2).

(2) If the manager, at the time of preparing a quarterly disclosure statement, has reasonable grounds to believe that the actual fund fees or membership fees for the period to which the disclosure statement relates will be materially different from the fees disclosed in the last annual disclosure statement, the manager must include—

• (a) a note indicator beside the fees information; and

• (b) an explanatory note, at the end of the disclosure statement, briefly describing those differences.

(1) Regulations 27, 29, and 30 apply to annual and quarterly disclosure statements.

(2) Regulation 28 applies to annual disclosure statements only.

(1) For the purposes of this regulation and regulations 28 and 29,—

• (a) individual asset means the total holdings of a unique asset, unless otherwise provided; and

• (b) the country of an individual asset is,—

  • (i) if the individual asset is listed on 1 or more exchanges, the country of the exchange that has primary jurisdiction for the listing requirements for the asset; and

  • (ii) if the individual asset is not listed on an exchange but is issued by an entity that is incorporated, the country in which the entity is incorporated; and

  • (iii) in any other case, the country in which the issuer or individual asset is located.

(2) For the purposes of providing the information required under this regulation, the manager must identify the KiwiSaver fund's 10 highest-value individual assets, assessed as a percentage of the net asset value of the fund, based on—

• (a) the individual assets directly held by the KiwiSaver fund; and

• (b) if any part of the KiwiSaver fund is invested in a related underlying fund, treating the individual assets of that related underlying fund as if they were individual assets directly held by the KiwiSaver fund.

(3) To avoid doubt, if the KiwiSaver fund and any related underlying fund each have a holding of the same unique asset, then, under subclause (2), the aggregate of those holdings is treated as a single individual asset of the KiwiSaver fund.

(4) The disclosure statement and its data file must contain a list of the 10 highest-value individual assets of the KiwiSaver fund identified in accordance with subclause (2) and,—

• (a) against that list, the following information about each individual asset:

  • (i) the name of the individual asset:

  • (ii) the country of the individual asset:

  • (iii) the type of the individual asset according to one of the categories specified in subclause (5) or, if the individual asset is a fund that is not a related underlying fund, specification of the asset type as “fund”:

  • (iv) if the individual asset is a debt security, the credit rating of the individual asset or its issuer that the manager reasonably considers to be reliable, or the classification “unrated” if the debt security does not have a reliable credit rating:

  • (v) the value of the individual asset as a percentage of the net asset value of the KiwiSaver fund; and

• (b) below the list, a statement of the total value of the 10 individual assets as a percentage of the net asset value of the fund.

(5) The categories of individual assets for the purposes of subclause (4)(a)(iii) are the following:

• (a) cash and cash equivalents:

• (b) New Zealand fixed interest (which includes only fixed-interest assets the country of which is New Zealand):

• (c) international fixed interest (which includes all fixed-interest assets the country of which is not New Zealand):

• (d) Australasian equities (which includes only those equities the country of which is Australia or New Zealand):

• (e) international equities (which includes all equities the country of which is not Australia or New Zealand):

• (f) listed property:

• (g) unlisted property:

• (h) other.

(6) If the category “other” is used in providing the information under subclause (4)(a)(iii), the disclosure statement must include, as a note to the list, an explanation of the nature of each of the assets included in that category.

In addition to the information required under regulation 27, the annual disclosure statement's data file must include a complete list of individual assets of the KiwiSaver fund and related underlying funds and, against that list, the following information about each individual asset:

• (a) the name of the asset:

• (b) the value of the asset as a percentage of the KiwiSaver fund's net asset value:

• (c) if applicable, a security identification number, ticker symbol, or exchange code used to identify the asset.

(1) The disclosure statement must contain a pie graph showing—

• (a) the composition of the KiwiSaver fund's assets according to the asset categories specified in regulation 27(5) but including the category “unknown” for assets for which the manager does not know, and cannot reliably assess, the appropriate category; and

• (b) alongside each category in the pie graph, the percentage of the pie graph that the category represents.

(2) The disclosure statement must also contain a table showing the KiwiSaver fund's target asset allocation according to the asset categories specified in regulation 27(5).

(3) If the category “unknown” or “other” is used in providing the information specified in this regulation, the disclosure statement must include, as a note to the relevant pie graph or table, an explanation of the nature of each of the assets included in that category.

(4) The pie graph and table included under this regulation must be based on the information that the manager judges to be the most appropriate to produce an accurate representation of the KiwiSaver fund's assets (and not on the concept of individual assets that is used for the purposes of providing the information about the KiwiSaver fund's 10 highest-value individual assets). For example, if an underlying fund in which the KiwiSaver fund invests is a US equities fund, then, for the purposes of the pie graph, the manager may judge the most appropriate classification of the KiwiSaver fund's holdings of that underlying fund to be international equities with an allowance for some cash held by the underlying fund.

(5) Each disclosure statement's data file must—

• (a) include the information used to generate the pie graph under subclause (1) and the table under subclause (2); and

• (b) be presented in the same format as in the disclosure statement data file template in Schedule 5 or 6 (see the headings “Actual investment mix” and “Target investment mix”).

(1) The figures disclosed under regulations 27 to 29 must be actual figures or, if actual figures are not available, the best estimate of those figures.

(2) If an estimate of figures is used, the requirements in regulation 21(5) apply to the disclosure statement as if, for the words “If an estimate is used for the calculation under subclause (4),” there were substituted the words “If any figures disclosed are estimated,”.

Regulations 32 and 33 apply to annual disclosure statements only.

(1) The annual disclosure statement's data file must contain a statement of the KiwiSaver fund's liquidity ratio as at the last day of the 12-month period to which the disclosure statement relates.

(2) The liquidity ratio must be calculated in accordance with the following formula:

(1) The annual disclosure statement's data file must include a statement of the KiwiSaver fund's debt ratio as at the last day of the period to which the disclosure statement relates.

(2) The debt ratio must be calculated in accordance with the following formula:

(1) Regulation 35 applies to annual and quarterly disclosure statements.

(2) Regulations 36 to 38 apply to quarterly disclosure statements only.

(1) The disclosure statement and its data file must disclose the following information in relation to each of the 5 directors and employees of the manager who have the most impact on investment decisions in relation to the fund as at the last day of the period to which the disclosure statement relates (for example, the chief investment officer, the chairperson of the investment committee, and the senior investment analyst in relation to the fund):

• (a) the person's name:

• (b) the person's position:

• (c) how long the person has been in that position:

• (d) if relevant, the person's previous position and with whom that position was held:

• (e) how long the person was in that previous position.

(2) The requirements in subclause (1) are subject to the following qualifications:

• (a) if there are fewer than 5 directors and employees of the manager or the person referred to in paragraph (b) of this subclause, then the information must be disclosed in relation to each of those directors and employees:

• (b) if the fund is managed as a whole by a person other than the manager, then the information must be provided in relation to the directors or employees of that person:

• (c) if a person has another current position, which is not with the KiwiSaver scheme, and the manager is satisfied that information about that other current position is more relevant than information about the person's previous position, the manager may, in place of the information specified in subclause (1)(d) and (e),—

  • (i) disclose that person's other current position, with whom the position is held, and how long the person has been in that other position; and

  • (ii) indicate in the statement that the position is a current one.

(3) In addition to the information required under subclause (1), the quarterly disclosure statement must also note whether any key personnel on the list are new.

(4) The information must be presented in the same format as in the template for the disclosure statement in Schedule 3 or 4 and the template for the disclosure statement's data file in Schedule 5 or 6 (see the heading “Key personnel” in each template).

(1) The disclosure statement must—

• (a) state whether, during the 3-month period ending on the last day of the period to which the disclosure statement relates, there have been any material changes to the nature or increases in the scale of the KiwiSaver scheme’s related party transactions (as they relate to the KiwiSaver fund) disclosed in the previous quarterly disclosure statement; and

• (b) if there have been material changes, describe those changes; and

• (c) state whether all related party transactions that occurred during the 3-month period referred to in paragraph (a) were on arm's-length terms and, if not, identify the transactions that were not on arm's-length terms.

(2) The requirements in subclause (1)(a) and (b) apply even if the material change to the nature, or increase in scale, of the KiwiSaver scheme's related party transactions during the 3-month period is because of a single transaction.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation, a transaction is on arm's-length terms if it is on terms that—

• (a) would be reasonable in the circumstances if the parties were connected or related only by the transaction in question, each acting independently, and each acting in its own interests; or

• (b) are less favourable to the related party than the terms referred to in paragraph (a).

(1) If any trade allocation policies, trade execution policies, or proxy voting policies are applied to the KiwiSaver fund, the quarterly disclosure statement must—

• (a) state whether any material changes have been made to those policies in the 3-month period since the last day to which the previous quarterly disclosure statement related; and

• (b) include a link to a publicly available document (within the meaning of regulation 6(a)) that—

  • (i) states the current policies; and

  • (ii) if relevant, states the material changes made to the policies in the relevant period referred to in paragraph (a).

(2) In this regulation,—

(1) The quarterly disclosure statement must state whether, in the relevant period referred to in regulation 37(1)(a), there have been any changes to the KiwiSaver fund's methods for—

• (a) valuing the KiwiSaver fund's assets and liabilities; and

• (b) attributing the net asset value of the KiwiSaver fund to members’ accounts.

(2) If any changes have been made to either or both of the methods, the disclosure statement must include a link to a publicly available document (within the meaning of regulation 6(a)) that—

• (a) describes the changes made in the relevant period; and

• (b) explains the effect, if any, of the changes on the KiwiSaver fund's net asset value and the value of members' accounts.

(1) If the manager has reasonable grounds to believe that the information contained in a publicly available disclosure statement produced for the purposes of these regulations is misleading or materially incorrect, the manager must—

• (a) remove the disclosure statement from the Internet site; and

• (b) make a revised disclosure statement publicly available; and

• (c) include notes in the revised disclosure statement that describe the changes made.

(2) Subclause (1) applies to the disclosure statement's data file as if every reference to the disclosure statement were a reference to the disclosure statement's data file.

(1) A disclosure statement and its data file comply with regulation 7(2) and each provision of these regulations requiring information to be disclosed in the same format as in the templates for that disclosure statement and its data file if—

• (a) the disclosure statement and its data file—

  • (i) use the same heading and words (other than italicised instructions and text that must be inserted or omitted, but including all definitions); and

  • (ii) round figures to 2 decimal places, or more if additional decimal places are necessary to ensure that the statement and its data file are not misleading or are necessary to provide the required information; and

  • (iii) present the information in the same order as in the relevant template; and

  • (iv) contain no additional information other than that necessary to clarify disclosed information or to put that information in context to ensure that the prescribed information disclosed is not misleading; and

• (b) all dates in the disclosure statement's data file are in the format DD/MM/YY.

(2) A disclosure statement and its data file do not fail to comply with regulation 7(2)(b) if the statement or data file—

• (a) uses a different font and size, as long as it is easily readable; or

• (b) uses different borders, shading, colours, and other minor formatting variations; or

• (c) includes 1 or more of the following:

  • (i) the KiwiSaver scheme's brand or logo, provided that it is not distracting:

  • (ii) contact information for the KiwiSaver scheme, provided that it is not distracting:

  • (iii) a reference, a link, or both, to the scheme's investment statement or other relevant documents; or

• (d) presents information side-by-side, uses columns, or uses more of the page; or

• (e) contains minor variations from the prescribed format if this is necessary to ensure that the statement and its data file are not misleading.

(3) Subclause (2)(e) overrides subclause (1).

Each disclosure statement for a fund must have endorsed on or attached to it a certificate that—

• (a) is signed by the manager; and

• (b) is dated; and

• (c) states that the disclosure statement has been prepared for the purposes of these regulations; and

• (d) states whether, to the best of the manager's knowledge after making reasonable inquiry, all information required by the regulations has been disclosed in accordance with these regulations and the information presented is accurate; and

• (e) states that the disclosure statement does not contain any matter that is likely to deceive or mislead with regard to any particular that would be material to an offer of an interest in the KiwiSaver scheme.

The manager must ensure that each disclosure statement is publicly available for a period of not less than 10 years.

The application and transitional provisions set out in Schedule 1 have effect for the purposes of these regulations.

(1) This regulation amends the Securities Regulations 2009.

(2) After regulation 26(3), insert:

(3) After regulation 31(ab), insert:

(4) In Schedule 13, clause 20, insert as subclause (2):