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Thursday, May 9, 2024

Report: Deerfield Police Pension Fund lost $1,595,067 in investment income in 2018

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After projecting its investments would grow by 6.5 percent, the Deerfield Police Pension Fund lost 3.6 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 Deerfield Police Pension Fund's had $44,899,964 in investment assets last year. It paid $18,030 in investment expenses and lost $1,595,067 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.

Deerfield Police Pension Fund investment performance
20142015201620172018
Investment assets$41,468,952$40,383,436$42,951,343$47,833,537$44,899,964
Investment expenses$27,059$29,688$30,824$27,498$18,030
Investment income$3,664,569$25,162$3,875,850$6,324,342-$1,595,067
Net investment income to assets8.8-0913.2-3.6
Actuarial assumption6.86.86.86.56.5

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