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.

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.