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Report: Paris Firefighters Pension Fund gained $553,300 in investment income in 2018

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After projecting its investments would grow by 6.3 percent, the Paris Firefighters Pension Fund netted 8.2 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 Paris Firefighters Pension Fund's had $6,608,534 in investment assets last year. It paid $12,409 in investment expenses and gained $553,300 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.

Paris Firefighters Pension Fund investment performance
20142015201620172018
Investment assets$5,538,120$5,715,349$5,529,365$6,078,250$6,608,534
Investment expenses$12,195$12,339$12,457$12,383$12,409
Investment income$430,647$330,080-$60,014$640,453$553,300
Net investment income to assets7.65.6-1.310.38.2
Actuarial assumption6.56.56.56.36.3

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