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Report: Lagrange Park Police Pension Fund gained $1,136,910 in investment income in 2018

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After projecting its investments would grow by 6.5 percent, the Lagrange Park Police Pension Fund netted 7.3 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 Lagrange Park Police Pension Fund's had $14,711,372 in investment assets last year. It paid $57,223 in investment expenses and gained $1,136,910 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.

Lagrange Park Police Pension Fund investment performance
20142015201620172018
Investment assets$12,861,903$13,424,300$13,052,965$13,997,224$14,711,372
Investment expenses$63,187$60,346$55,570$55,104$57,223
Investment income$1,114,165$840,758-$92,082$1,332,241$1,136,910
Net investment income to assets8.25.8-1.19.17.3
Actuarial assumption6.86.86.86.56.5

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