Quantcast

Rock Island Today

Friday, November 22, 2024

Report: Colona Police Pension Fund lost $1,955 in investment income in 2016

Adobestock 294508985

Adobe Stock

Adobe Stock

After projecting its investments would grow by 5.00 percent, the Colona Police Pension Fund lost 0.10 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 Colona Police Pension Fund's had $1,866,630 in investment assets last year. It paid $0 in investment expenses and lost $1,955 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.

Colona Police Pension Fund investment performance
20122013201420152016
Investment assets$1,440,791$1,530,061$1,636,631$1,840,983$1,866,630
Investment expenses$0$0$0$0$0
Investment income-$59,472-$46,607-$59,583$9,082-$1,955
Net investment income to assets-4.13%-3.05%-3.64%0.49%-0.10%
Actuarial assumption5.00%5.00%5.00%5.00%5.00%

MORE NEWS