Do you live abroad and do you receive a request from us to provide a 'Life certificate'? Then use the app!

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.

Do you live abroad and are you moving to another address that is abroad as well? Please inform the Dutch government of your new address.

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.

Mars Pension Fund's pension plan is quite flexible. Part-time pension is for many older employees an excellent way to reach the finish line in good health. It is therefore logical that we regularly receive questions about it. More and more employees are making use of it.

As of 1 January 2020, we will increase the pensions in effect for active participants by the full supplement: 1.98%.

As of 1 January 2020, we will increase the pensions in payment by the full supplement: 1.98%. Mars Pensioenfonds was able to decide this in its December board meeting, after a positive advice from the Accountability Council.

On 24 October we held 3 workshops on how to use the pension planner. A total of 44 participants found a place in the workshops. After a short explanation about the pension plan, they mainly got to work themselves.

Interest rates have been falling for 30 years. To put it simply: for people, organizations and countries with debts, that's nice. They pay less for having those debts. But that is less pleasant for people, organizations and countries with savings. Their money does not grow or hardly grows.

The interest credit for the ARP plan for the first half of 2019 has been determined: for active participants this is 4.02%. For former participants this is 3.63%. In the second half of 2018, this was 4.88% for active participants and 4.51% for former participants (on an annual basis).