The coronavirus affects us all. We are experiencing an unprecedented crisis. Public life has come to a standstill, we have stopped visiting each other and are missing personal contacts. A lot of people are working from home and working conditions in factories and offices have been adapted. Mars Pensioenfonds is also feeling the impact of the crisis. The Mars Pensioenfonds pension board is closely monitoring developments and making adjustments where necessary.

It is completely understandable that you have a lot of questions. Also about the impact the coronavirus has on your pension. This newsletter tells you more about this. If there is any news, you can also read it on our website.

In the meantime: take good care of yourself and each other!

The pension board has set up a dedicated crisis team that meets at least once a week. This team monitors continuity at all Mars Pensioenfonds relations. We want all key processes to continue as usual. And with our current techniques, we are managing this everywhere. Because the people of the administration department can also work from home, you can still contact them and they can continue to answer your questions. Pensions can be paid on time and pension applications are handled as usual.

Investments in the ASP have also fallen. Like the investments as part of Mars Pensioenfonds, these are long-term investments. Here, too, it is to be expected that future recovery of the financial markets will make up for current losses. That is what happened with losses during the previous crisis. However, it cannot be guaranteed that this will happen. The pension board will monitor these developments and adjust where possible.  

As mentioned above, we ensure that key processes continue as usual. We are happy to answer any questions you may have. To prevent the spread of the coronavirus, all employees of our pension desk work from home. They are ready to answer your questions. They prefer to receive questions by email, but will also answer your calls.