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Sunday, May 19, 2024

Report: Winfield Police Pension Fund gained $489,103 in investment income in 2018

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After projecting its investments would grow by 6.3 percent, the Winfield Police Pension Fund netted 5.1 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 Winfield Police Pension Fund's had $9,067,477 in investment assets last year. It paid $22,652 in investment expenses and gained $489,103 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.

Winfield Police Pension Fund investment performance
20142015201620172018
Investment assets$7,038,648$7,453,115$7,587,532$8,417,699$9,067,477
Investment expenses$17,669$18,966$13,698$20,404$22,652
Investment income$184,414$273,834$6,049$650,979$489,103
Net investment income to assets2.43.4-0.17.55.1
Actuarial assumption6.56.56.56.36.3

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