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Monday, December 23, 2024

Report: Lincolnshire Police Pension Fund lost $1,409,623 in investment income in 2018

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After projecting its investments would grow by 6.5 percent, the Lincolnshire Police Pension Fund lost 7.1 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 Lincolnshire Police Pension Fund's had $20,958,778 in investment assets last year. It paid $70,034 in investment expenses and lost $1,409,623 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.

Lincolnshire Police Pension Fund investment performance
20142015201620172018
Investment assets$19,402,811$18,981,151$20,332,107$22,658,164$20,958,778
Investment expenses$68,913$60,769$51,649$55,695$70,034
Investment income$532,035-$205,264$1,360,171$2,823,724-$1,409,623
Net investment income to assets2.4-1.46.412.2-7.1
Actuarial assumption6.86.86.86.56.5

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