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Report: Posen Firefighters Pension Fund gained $12,355 in investment income in 2018

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After projecting its investments would grow by 4.3 percent, the Posen Firefighters Pension Fund netted 5.3 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 Posen Firefighters Pension Fund's had $192,881 in investment assets last year. It paid $2,127 in investment expenses and gained $12,355 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.

Posen Firefighters Pension Fund investment performance
20142015201620172018
Investment assets$350,415$317,948$269,531$228,629$192,881
Investment expenses$3,624$3,328$2,914$2,460$2,127
Investment income$10,589$12,732$1,688$12,939$12,355
Net investment income to assets23-0.54.65.3
Actuarial assumption5554.34.3

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