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20 November 2015

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From packer to driver...

After working as a temp for a year, I joined Mars as a permanent employee in 1978. In the beginning as a packer. Through internal training I became a process operator. Twelve years later I was elected to participate in the works council. And now I am a director of the Mars Pension Fund.
19 November 2015

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Survey results: we are on the right track

To find out whether our communication is appreciated by you, it is good to do some research on this. That is why we asked members and pensioners to complete an online survey in June. Overall conclusion: we are on the right track!
18 November 2015

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What if...

... Are you going to work part-time? And what about part-time retirement, anyway?
2 September 2015

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Annual rebalancing of the Life Cycle and Free Investment

Price developments may affect the composition of a particular portfolio, as a result of which it may temporarily deviate from the Life Cycle and Free Investment. This is checked once a year and adjusted if necessary. This annual check was performed in July for the Vanguard funds in the Life Cycle and Freely Invested.
30 July 2015

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Are you using a new browser yet?

As of September 1, 2015, the Mars Pension Fund website will stop supporting the strongly outdated web browser Internet Explorer 8. If you are still surfing the web with a strongly outdated web browser, we advise you to update your browser to the latest version or to install another safe web browser.
26 May 2015

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What if you pass away?

When it comes to pensions, the first thing you think about is later. But at Mars Pensioenfonds there is more than an income for later. The pension plan also takes your family situation into account. Your partner will receive a partner's pension if you die and your children will receive an orphan's pension. 
20 May 2015

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Understanding your financial pension situation with the pension dashboard

Do you want to know what your financial situation will be like on your retirement date? How much pension and AOW you can expect? And whether that will be enough to live on later? Since recently you can calculate it with the pension dashboard.
21 April 2015

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New vacancy Advisory Committee on Employee Selection Plan (IC ASP)

There is a vacancy on the Employee Selection Plan (MSP) Advisory Committee. The committee advises the pension fund board on the investments of the MSP and is responsible for monitoring and evaluating the investment policy. As a member of the committee, you represent the members of the MUP/MSP pension plan.
7 April 2015

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Will you join the Accountability Body?

Mars Pensioenfonds is looking for a new candidate for the Accountability Council. We are looking for a new candidate, because Willemien Boot has left our service and is no longer on the Accountability Council (VO).
2 March 2015

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Interest accrual 1st half 2015 MUP plan

The interest addition for the MUP plan for the first half of 2015 has been set: for active and former participants it is 3.88% (annualized).