Staples Pensioenfonds' policy funding ratio was 115.1% at the end of April. The funding ratio of a pension fund specifies the ratio between the assets and the liabilities, and is an indicator of the financial position of a pension fund. The policy funding ratio is the average funding ratio of the last 12 months. Because the policy funding ratio is lower than the legally required funding ratio (116.1%), the fund has prepared a recovery plan to address this. The actual funding ratio has risen from 120.4% at the end of March 2017 to 120.9% at the end of April 2017. More information on this topic ...

Staples Pensioenfonds' policy funding ratio was 114.5% at the end of March. The funding ratio of a pension fund specifies the ratio between the assets and the liabilities, and is an indicator of the financial position of a pension fund. The policy funding ratio is the average funding ratio of the last 12 months. Because the policy funding ratio is lower than the legally required funding ratio (116.2%), the fund has prepared a recovery plan to address this. The actual funding ratio has risen from 119.8% in February 2017 to 120.4% in March 2017. More information on this topic on the page Fu...

Staples Pensioenfonds' policy funding ratio was 113.6% at the end of February. The funding ratio of a pension fund specifies the ratio between the assets and the liabilities, and is an indicator of the financial position of a pension fund. The policy funding ratio is the average funding ratio of the last 12 months. Because the policy funding ratio is lower than the legally required funding ratio (116.2%), the fund has prepared a recovery plan to address this. The actual funding ratio has risen from 119.1% in January 2017 to 119.6% in February 2017. More information on this topic on the page&nb...

Staples Pensioenfonds' policy funding ratio was 112.6% at the end of January. The funding ratio of a pension fund specifies the ratio between the assets and the liabilities, and is an indicator of the financial position of a pension fund. The policy funding ratio is the average funding ratio of the last 12 months. Because the policy funding ratio is lower than the legally required funding ratio (115.8%), the fund has prepared a recovery plan to address this. The actual funding ratio has risen from 117.2% in December 2016 to 119.1% in January 2017. More information on this topic on the page&nbs...

Because of the implementation of DigiD, My Staples Pension will not be available on Wednesday 1 February. After the implementation of DigiD, your current username and password won't be active anymore. From Wednesday 1 February, you can only log in with DigiD. New URL for My Staples Pension The URL for My Staples Pension will also change. From Wednesday 1 February you can log in via mijn.pensioenfondsstaples.nl. Do you have DigiD? Make sure you have a DigiD. Is you don't have one, apply for your DigiD via digid.nl. Within a week you will get a letter with an activation code.

Staples Pensioenfonds' policy funding ratio was 111,9% at the end of December. This is the same as in November. The funding ratio of a pension fund specifies the ratio between the assets and the liabilities, and is an indicator of the financial position of a pension fund. The policy funding ratio is the average funding ratio of the last 12 months. Because the policy funding ratio is lower than the legally required funding ratio, the fund has prepared a recovery plan to address this. The actual funding ratio has risen from 115,4% in November 2016 to 117,2% in December 2016. More information on ...

If you have received pension in 2016, we will send you an annual statement (“Jaaropgave”) at the end of January. This statement will indicate the exact pension amount you have received in 2016, and the amounts that have been deducted for taxes and the income-related health insurance contribution.

Active participants Increase of your accrued pensions with 1%. Part of the costs of this adjustment will be on the account of the employer. Retired participants Increase of your pension with 0,07%. 

To make logging in to MyStaplesPension even easier, from the beginning of 2017 you will be able to login using your DigiD. This means you will only need a single login code for organising your affairs with the government and your pension affairs. If you don't yet have a DigiD please apply for one as soon as possible via the website www.digid.nl. Not everyone can use MyStaplesPension at this moment, for instance pensioners and former participants. With the introduction of DigiD, these groups will also get access to MyStaplesPension. You will be informed about this separately.

The Pension Fund has recently received questions about the future of the Fund. The reason for these questions is probably due to the fact that the Fund is shrinking because new participants are no langer joining the Fund. The Fund's Board has studied the risks facing a shrinking fund and has undertaken a detailed analysis, which resulted in a vulnerability matrix. On the basis of this matrix, the Pension Fund Board continuously looks whether independent continuation of the Pension Fund is the best solution for all stakeholders and/ or whether a different form has to be chosen. By stakehol...