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This article explains the most important features of the pension plan that has been chosen, and how Philips Pensioenfonds will now proceed. Lastly, it provides some information about the right of pension beneficiaries to be heard.

Together with the employers, we have put together a timeline to show what we are doing in the run-up to the new pension plan, and what to expect from us during each phase. 

In this blog I would like to share an update of where we stand in relation to the Future of Pensions Act. Read on to find out more about what we are preparing behind the scenes.

Philips Pensioenfonds invests the money from your pension premiums. We use the returns on those investments to pay you a proper pension. When we make our investments, we also take social aspects into account, such as the environment and human rights. Last year we conducted a large-scale survey among our members to learn more about your views on our social investment policy, and to determine whether we have your support to further develop that policy. The result: most definitely! We can now give you an update: what have we done since our survey in 2020?

Moving in with your partner, getting married, having children... These are probably not the moments in your life when you are most likely to be thinking about your pension. Nevertheless, it is important to know where you stand with your pension whenever your life enters a new phase. Today marks the start of the Pensioen3daagse, an annual 3-day event that is all about pensions. Around the country, the focus will be on this year’s topic: ‘Everything ready for your retirement? Make sure now!’ While you do not need to pay mind to this call to action every day, or even every month, it certainly becomes relevant at times of major change in your life. Read on to find out more.

You have probably already heard the news: the government, employer organisations and unions recently settled on the details of the Pensioenakkoord, or ‘National Pension Agreement’. The idea is that this new national agreement will lead to new legal requirements for Dutch pension plans. We can imagine that you have all kinds of questions. In fact, we have been asked many of those questions already. How does this affect my pension accrual? Will it affect people who are already drawing a pension? What exactly will change? We have listed a number of these questions, together with what answers we can give, based on the little information that we now have. One thing is clear, however: your pension will become less certain. So what does that mean?