February is rightfully the month of love! And yes, this can also affect your retirement. In the weeks surrounding Valentine's Day, we'll take you through this. So you know where you and your loved ones stand. What should you actually do when you get married or start living together? 

The planner for the Associate Retirement Plan (ARP) and Associate Selection Plan (ASP) has been available again in MyMarsPension since February 1.

Good news! As of January 1, 2021, we are increasing the pensions for retired members and former members by 0.34%.

Around the summer of 2019, the Cabinet and the social partners concluded an outline pension agreement. They then continued to negotiate for another year on the details of that agreement. But on Friday, June 12, 2020, the cabinet and social partners agreed on this as well.

Would you like to know all about the (financial) developments of the Mars Pension Fund? Then read the annual report 2019. The board has approved this annual report for 2019. You can find all other annual reports on the downloads page.

Since 2014, Ad van Gestel sits on the Accountability Body (VO) of the Mars Pension Fund. He sits in the VO as a representative of the pensioners. We informed you by letter at the end of April that Ad has made himself available for another term of four years.

Als je in het buitenland woont, krijg je post van ons waarschijnlijk later. Soms wordt post nu helemaal niet bezorgd. Dit heeft te maken met het coronavirus. De vertraging is afhankelijk voor het land waarin je woont. Kijk voor meer informatie op de website van PostNL.

Retroactive to January 2020, Mars Pension Fund will charge members in the Associate Selection Plan (ASP) a periodic administration fee. This is necessary because asset manager Vanguard no longer discounts administration fees. On the other hand, the investment costs have gone down. Vanguard invests the pension pot of the ASP plan.