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Report: Hickory Hills Police Pension Plan gained $1,812,949 in investment income in 2018

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After projecting its investments would grow by 6.5 percent, the Hickory Hills Police Pension Plan netted 6.9 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 Hickory Hills Police Pension Plan's had $25,544,406 in investment assets last year. It paid $62,837 in investment expenses and gained $1,812,949 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.

Hickory Hills Police Pension Plan investment performance
20142015201620172018
Investment assets$20,988,413$22,249,604$21,302,794$23,889,853$25,544,406
Investment expenses$0$0$0$28,755$62,837
Investment income$1,986,448$1,445,308-$771,459$2,532,191$1,812,949
Net investment income to assets9.56.5-3.610.56.9
Actuarial assumption6.86.86.86.56.5

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