Policy ratios
Funding ratios
The funding ratio reflects the pension fund’s financial situation. It is the ratio between the fund’s assets and the pension commitments. A funding ratio of 100% implies that the assets are at the same level as the pension commitments. The higher the funding ratio, the healthier the fund.
When calculating the funding ratio, Heineken’s subordinated loan is valued at the market value and indicated as equity capital up to a maximum of 50% of the total equity capital or the minimum equity capital, whichever is the lowest.
The current funding ratio
The current funding ratio denotes the ratio between the Heineken Pension Fund’s commitments and assets at a given time.
The policy funding ratio
The policy funding ratio is based on the average funding ratio over the past 12 months.
Pension commitments
The pension commitments are determined by the Board at the close of each calendar year and published in the Annual Report. The pension commitments are estimated throughout the year.
The pension commitments decrease when interest rates increase. With a higher interest rate, you have to reserve less capital in order to be able to meet the pension obligations in the future. This can also be seen in the higher funding ratio.
The current funding ratio over the last 12 months*
| Month | Funding ratio |
| March 2024 | 138,0% |
| February 2024 | 137,3% |
| January 2024 | 134,3% |
| December 2023 | 131.7% |
| November 2023 | 135.9% |
| October 2023 | 139.5% |
| September 2023 | 140.5% |
| August 2023 | 134.4% |
| July 2023 | 134.1% |
| June 2023 | 131.2% |
| May 2023 | 130.4% |
| April 2023 | 129.9% |
| March 2023 | 127.8% |
| Policy funding ratio (average 12 months) | 134.8% |
* Due to circumstances, adjustments to the funding ratio may take place afterwards in order to calculate a correct policy funding ratio. For example, we have investment funds where we receive the valuation later. These will then be incorporated into the funding ratio with retroactive effect.
In addition to the valuation of some investment funds, the adjustment of the new AG mortality table was also retroactively processed in September 2022. In order to maintain a connection between the current funding ratios and the policy funding ratio, we adjust the current funding ratios on the website.