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Report: Olympia Fields Police Pension Fund gained $504,883 in investment income in 2018

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After projecting its investments would grow by 6 percent, the Olympia Fields Police Pension Fund netted 5.2 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 Olympia Fields Police Pension Fund's had $9,380,140 in investment assets last year. It paid $17,855 in investment expenses and gained $504,883 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.

Olympia Fields Police Pension Fund investment performance
20142015201620172018
Investment assets$7,371,526$8,110,121$8,179,650$8,801,421$9,380,140
Investment expenses$15,212$17,769$16,468$14,981$17,855
Investment income$420,582$519,664$62,288$637,723$504,883
Net investment income to assets5.56.20.67.15.2
Actuarial assumption6.56.56.56.36

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