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Report: Moline Police Pension Fund lost $1,588,881 in investment income in 2018

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After projecting its investments would grow by 6.5 percent, the Moline Police Pension Fund lost 4.2 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 Moline Police Pension Fund's had $39,933,202 in investment assets last year. It paid $71,580 in investment expenses and lost $1,588,881 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.

Moline Police Pension Fund investment performance
20142015201620172018
Investment assets$34,156,882$34,325,384$36,677,666$41,632,603$39,933,202
Investment expenses$124,186$92,614$83,272$70,136$71,580
Investment income$2,201,728$126,426$2,144,131$5,299,506-$1,588,881
Net investment income to assets6.10.15.612.6-4.2
Actuarial assumption6.86.86.86.56.5

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