We are starting the new year with our new pension administrator, Blue Sky Group. This transition to a new administrator does not change anything about (the amount of) your pension. However, from now on we can be reached via a new phone number and e-mail address.

Ratio of assets to liabilities as of the end of November 2021 The policy funding ratio as of the end of november 2021 is 128.5%. At the end of October the policy funding ratio was 127.10% The policy funding ratio is a average funding ratio over the past 12 months.

Good news! As of 1 January 2022 we will grant a full indexation of 1.75% for all retirees and deferred members in the Final Pay plan.

The holidays all fall on weekends this year. Do you have any questions? You can contact us during weekdays between 08.30 and 17.00. We wish you happy holidays & a healthy and happy 2022.

Despite the pandemic, the year 2021 turned out to be a very good year for us. Under difficult circumstances, we managed to bring in a very good return of almost 10%, and with a policy funding ratio exceeding 125%  we are also out of recovery. DNB wants us to have at least 123%, so we are now well above that. The monthly funding ratio is even above 130%. This actually happened much faster than we could have dreamed in March 2020 when the pandemic in Europe reached full intensity and financial markets plunged. Last year, we were able to offer partial indexation and now w...

Paul de Koning is the chairman of the Supervisory board of Mars Pension fund. He introduces himself and tells more about his role, the Supervisory Board and Mars Pension Fund.

The pension execution of Mars Pension Fund will move from TKP to Blue Sky Group in the new year. Due to this switch to a new pension administrator, it is not possible for active participants to use the planner for the final pay plan in the first weeks of 2022.

It is not possible to use the planner for ARP/ASP in the first weeks of 2022. The portal and the rest of the website are available as usual.

Recently you received your Uniform Pension Overview (UPO). In the overview with the data on which your UPO is based, less data is mentioned than last year. It is important to know that this has no consequences for your accrued and projected pension.

At the end of August 2021, the policy funding ratio is 123.4%. This is an increase from July 2021. The policy funding ratio is the average of the current coverage ratios for the last twelve months. The current funding ratio increased from 129.8% to 131.2% in August.