About the Bonus Bonds Trust

Bonus Bonds commenced in 1970 and has operated in the form of a unit trust since 1990.

When you purchase Bonus Bonds, your money is collected together with the money from all other bondholders and held in Trust, independent of any other schemes or deposits. Called the Bonus Bonds Trust, the Trust is supervised by Trustee Executors Limited, an independent corporate trustee.

On behalf of all bondholders, Trustee Executors takes care that the Bonus Bonds Trust is managed in accordance with the Bonus Bonds Trust Deed.

The income earned from investing all bondholders' funds is placed in a prize pool and paid out as tax-paid cash prizes in each monthly prize draw. Prizes are allocated amongst bondholders by random prize draw.

The Manager of the Bonus Bonds Trust is ANZ Investment Services (New Zealand) Limited. ANZ Investment Services is responsible for provision of investment management and bondholder administration services.

To generate the prize money, Bonus Bonds Trust funds are primarily invested in low-risk debt securities issued by the Government, selected local authorities and New Zealand registered banks and selected corporates. This focus on low-risk investments was recognised when Standard and Poor's, a leading worldwide provider of independent credit ratings, assigned Bonus Bonds the first AAAf fund credit rating in New Zealand - the top rating available. Find out more about how Bonus Bonds funds are invested and the AAAf rating by visiting the 'Be confident in Bonus Bonds' page.