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Report: Hodgkins Police Pension Fund lost $575,096 in investment income in 2018

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After projecting its investments would grow by 6.5 percent, the Hodgkins Police Pension Fund lost 4.4 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 Hodgkins Police Pension Fund's had $14,765,822 in investment assets last year. It paid $68,741 in investment expenses and lost $575,096 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.

Hodgkins Police Pension Fund investment performance
20142015201620172018
Investment assets$11,385,556$11,734,185$12,788,433$14,969,103$14,765,822
Investment expenses$51,757$52,217$55,527$61,249$68,741
Investment income$901,641$99,029$736,842$1,952,057-$575,096
Net investment income to assets7.50.45.312.6-4.4
Actuarial assumption6.86.86.86.56.5

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