How is TNO Pension Fund doing?
Suzanne van Kooten, the director of TNO Pension Fund, shares her vision on recent developments. What stood out and what does this mean for our pension fund?
Dear Reader,
Last summer, I updated you in a video message together with Hans Veltman on the developments surrounding the new pension scheme. Because as you may know, we are hard at work on the steps towards the transition, which is expected to take place on 1 July 2026.
Around the time of publication of this edition of Life & Pension, TNO's social partners delivered the so-called transition plan in draft form. An important document that, among other things, describes the new pension scheme and includes calculations showing how the new scheme will work out as compared to the current scheme. The draft plan is now before our pensioners' association, eTNOs, in the context of the right to be heard. After processing eTNOs' response, the transition plan will be finalized by employer TNO and then published on the TNO Pension Fund website.
We will update you again on Tuesday, 4 February 2025. At that time, we will then delve a bit deeper into all the developments and milestones scheduled for the coming period. It will be over a year after the last successful webinar, so definitely a good time to provide another update. The transition plan will be finished by then, so that will make things much more concrete. So be sure to mark Tuesday night, 4 February 2025, in your diary and sign up for the webinar.
In addition to preparations for the new pension scheme, there is of course much more happening. Frankly, that also makes it quite an intense time for all of the Board members and others involved. Ordinary business also goes on. Despite the fact that it’s quite a lot, we are also managing to make strides with all the other tasks at hand. One example is taking into account the risks of too little biodiversity on the investment portfolio. The interview with Henco van Ommeren, one of our Board members, also covers this.
Other topics that may be more directly related to your pension situation are the pension meeting for everyone aged 62 and over and, for example, the changes around the TOP and Extra pension scheme. If you participated in that scheme at the time, see if you still want to use that TOP capital before 1 July 2026 to supplement your salary, for example if you wish to work less.
In addition, you may also notice that we encourage you to register your private e-mail address with us so that you receive all information from TNO Pension Fund at that e-mail address. So be sure to check at which e-mail address you received this edition of Life & Pension. If that is your work e-mail address, change it to your private e-mail address at 'Mijn pensioen' at the top right of the site. Suppose you change jobs at some point. You will remain well-informed about your pension and we will still be able to reach you.
With the above-mentioned points, we as TNO Pension Fund want to bring your retirement closer. Literally and figuratively. We are there for you. We therefore hope that you too will come to the webinar in early 2025. But before that happens, we first wrap up the year. Here's to a wonderful December and very happy holidays.
Suzanne van Kooten director