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Report: Summit Police Pension Fund lost $540,039 in investment income in 2018

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After projecting its investments would grow by 5.8 percent, the Summit Police Pension Fund lost 6 percent on its investments in 2018, according to data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The DOI biennial report detailing the health of each of the pension funds shows the Summit Police Pension Fund's had $9,326,249 in investment assets last year. It paid $15,960 in investment expenses and lost $540,039 in investment income.

Pension funds and retirement systems set actuarial assumptions to project returns on investments to cover obligations to pensioners. When they fall short, the difference has to be made up from other sources – primarily from taxpayers and member contributions.

Summit Police Pension Fund investment performance
20142015201620172018
Investment assets$8,530,027$8,656,963$8,903,884$9,632,881$9,326,249
Investment expenses$12,502$13,201$16,300$12,747$15,960
Investment income$270,773-$31,654$198,159$753,371-$540,039
Net investment income to assets3-0.527.7-6
Actuarial assumption6.56.56.55.85.8

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