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Report: Melrose Park Firefighters Pension Fund lost $903,862 in investment income in 2018

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After projecting its investments would grow by 6 percent, the Melrose Park Firefighters Pension Fund lost 4.5 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 Melrose Park Firefighters Pension Fund's had $20,707,168 in investment assets last year. It paid $32,112 in investment expenses and lost $903,862 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.

Melrose Park Firefighters Pension Fund investment performance
20142015201620172018
Investment assets$19,132,291$18,395,084$18,906,664$20,825,360$20,707,168
Investment expenses$31,170$28,640$26,934$27,638$32,112
Investment income$1,426,606$64,813$1,346,905$2,850,190-$903,862
Net investment income to assets7.30.2713.6-4.5
Actuarial assumption6.86.86.866

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