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By the end of June 2025, the board of Mars Pension Fund approved the Annual Report 2024. Curious about the fund's (financial) developments? View the infographic or read the annual report.

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The House of Representatives has approved the new pension choice ‘lump sum’. Although we informed you earlier that this new pension choice was postponed to July 1, 2025, we now know that implementation is not expected until July 1, 2026. The House of Representatives has approved the new pension choice ‘lump sum’. Although we informed you earlier that this new pension choice was postponed to July 1, 2025, we now know that implementation is not expected until July 1, 2026.

As of 1 January 2019, we will increase the pensions in payment by the full supplement: 1.41%. Mars Pensioenfonds takes the supplement decision every year in November. This is done on the basis of the price index and the policy funding ratio of September of that year. In September, the policy funding ratio was well above the required equity capital (approx. 123%). This is an important condition for granting a full supplement. A full surcharge means 75% of the price inflation.

There is a vacancy in the Advisory Committee of the Employee Selection Plan (MSP). The committee advises the pension fund board on the investments of the MSP, the funds that are available for opt-out and is responsible for monitoring and evaluating the investment policy and risk attitude. As a member of the committee you represent the participants of the MSP pension plan.

There have been some appointments within Mars Pensioenfonds (MPF). You can read more about this in this news item.

Very small pensions will expire from 1 January 2019. Suppose you leave Mars after 1 January 2019 and you have accrued no more than 2 euros gross per year in pension. According to the law, this pension then reverts to the pension fund.

As we were able to report earlier, the policy funding ratio at the end of 2017 was above the required equity of 132%. As a result, the financial position of Mars Pensioenfonds is healthy again. So healthy that we have decided to reduce the investment risk. In this way we can safeguard the financial position of the fund in steps.

Harold van Heesch has been nominated as a board member on behalf of the employees for Mars Pensioenfonds (MPF) for a term of 4 years. With this he will fill the vacancy that arose after the departure of Jack van Lith. Harold was appointed as a candidate board member by the MPF board in June 2016 and has started his training to become a board member. He has since been approved as a board member by De Nederlandsche Bank.