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Report: Lyons Firefighters Pension Fund gained $255 in investment income in 2018

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After projecting its investments would grow by 4.3 percent, the Lyons Firefighters Pension Fund netted 35.6 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 Lyons Firefighters Pension Fund's had $717 in investment assets last year. It paid $0 in investment expenses and gained $255 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.

Lyons Firefighters Pension Fund investment performance
20142015201620172018
Investment assets$1,754$251$25$676$717
Investment expenses$0$0$0$0$0
Investment income$2$7$52$138$255
Net investment income to assets0.12.8211.320.435.6
Actuarial assumption5554.34.3

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