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Report: Mount Zion Police Pension Fund lost $3,001 in investment income in 2018

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After projecting its investments would grow by 5 percent, the Mount Zion Police Pension Fund lost 0.8 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 Mount Zion Police Pension Fund's had $1,698,544 in investment assets last year. It paid $9,710 in investment expenses and lost $3,001 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.

Mount Zion Police Pension Fund investment performance
20142015201620172018
Investment assets$356,247$548,052$972,119$1,361,942$1,698,544
Investment expenses$2,480$4,572$3,520$9,338$9,710
Investment income$10,143$13,705$6,416$36,843-$3,001
Net investment income to assets2.21.70.32-0.8
Actuarial assumption55555

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