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Report: East Alton Firefighters Pension Fund gained $1,500 in investment income in 2016

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After projecting its investments would grow by 5.00 percent, the East Alton Firefighters Pension Fund lost 0.31 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 East Alton Firefighters Pension Fund's had $1,759,419 in investment assets last year. It paid $6,907 in investment expenses and gained $1,500 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.

East Alton Firefighters Pension Fund investment performance
20122013201420152016
Investment assets$1,830,013$1,706,008$1,755,736$1,790,409$1,759,419
Investment expenses$7,645$7,540$6,777$6,842$6,907
Investment income$91,546$77,044$54,170$73,927$1,500
Net investment income to assets4.58%4.07%2.70%3.75%-0.31%
Actuarial assumption5.00%5.00%5.00%5.00%5.00%

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