The Senate votes in favor of the Future Pensions Act. It is now up to the employer and social partners to make agreements about what the new pension scheme will look like.

The interest accrual for the ARP plan for the first half of 2023 has been set. For active members this is 13.0%. For former members this is 0.0%.

Helmy Bakermans steps down as director of Mars Pension Fund. She is retiring after a career of 39 years at Mars. She shares her best memories, most important insights and plans for the future.

You can now register for the pension training courses in April. The training courses are in Dutch.

Fred Nieuwland is the new chairperson of Mars Pension Fund. After introducing himself, he discusses his new role as chairperson and shares his vision of the future of Mars Pension Fund.

Following the approval from DNB, Fred Nieuwland has been officially appointed as the new chairperson of Mars Pension Fund.

Your opinion is important to us. That is why we periodically conduct a satisfaction survey. You will receive an invitation for the Mars Pension Fund satisfaction survey around the 2nd of February.

On 22 December 2022, the House of Representatives voted by a majority in favour of the proposal for the Future Pensions Act.

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.

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!