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Report: Mccook Firefighters Pension Fund lost $5,469 in investment income in 2016

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After projecting its investments would grow by 5.00 percent, the Mccook Firefighters Pension Fund lost 1.06 percent on its investments in 2016, 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 Mccook Firefighters Pension Fund's had $705,359 in investment assets last year. It paid $2,040 in investment expenses and lost $5,469 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.

Mccook Firefighters Pension Fund investment performance
20122013201420152016
Investment assets$383,413$438,641$524,274$619,722$705,359
Investment expenses$0$0$0$0$2,040
Investment income$1,148$1,021$661$555-$5,469
Net investment income to assets0.30%0.23%0.13%0.09%-1.06%
Actuarial assumption5.00%5.00%5.00%5.00%5.00%

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