12.6% return achieved in 2024

The import tariffs announced by the United States caused declines on the stock markets. Many reports about this appeared in the news last week. We can imagine this raises questions.

In 2024, we will have achieved a 12.6% return by investing the pension assets. With this result, we are in the top three of the more than 170 pension funds in the Netherlands that were surveyed by consultants from OverRendement and Bell. Only two other pension funds performed better. IKEA’s pension fund achieved the best return: 13.5%. DHL’s pension fund achieved a 12.9% return. The average return across all pension funds was 8%. Olaf Flippo, director of the Heineken Pension Fund, explains: The fact that we had a good investment year is partly due to the return on shares, which was largely invested in developed countries. The results of alternative credits (these are loans taken out on the private market, especially to companies that are not listed) have also contributed significantly to the good returns.

We are expected to implement the new pension scheme from January 1, 2026. We are preparing for this, so that this transition is done carefully. For example, in 2024 we switched to a new pension administration system. In this administration system, we can administer our current and future pension scheme. In short: with this administration system we are ready for the future.