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Report: Posen Firefighters Pension Fund gained $1,688 in investment income in 2016

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After projecting its investments would grow by 5.00 percent, the Posen Firefighters Pension Fund lost 0.45 percent on its investments in 2016, 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 $269,531 in investment assets last year. It paid $2,914 in investment expenses and gained $1,688 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
20122013201420152016
Investment assets$405,668$382,903$350,415$317,948$269,531
Investment expenses$0$0$3,624$3,328$2,914
Investment income$22,231$17,022$10,589$12,732$1,688
Net investment income to assets5.48%4.45%1.99%2.96%-0.45%
Actuarial assumption5.00%5.00%5.00%5.00%5.00%

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