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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Report: Robinson Police Pension Fund gained $8,242 in investment income in 2016

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After projecting its investments would grow by 6.00 percent, the Robinson Police Pension Fund netted 0.17 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 Robinson Police Pension Fund's had $4,840,488 in investment assets last year. It paid $0 in investment expenses and gained $8,242 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.

Robinson Police Pension Fund investment performance
20122013201420152016
Investment assets$3,332,621$3,649,077$4,014,868$4,629,339$4,840,488
Investment expenses$0$0$0$0$0
Investment income$118,036$131,274$143,934$171,476$8,242
Net investment income to assets3.54%3.60%3.59%3.70%0.17%
Actuarial assumption6.00%6.00%6.00%6.00%6.00%

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