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Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Report: Dekalb Police Pension Fund lost $2,038,173 in investment income in 2018

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After projecting its investments would grow by 6.5 percent, the Dekalb Police Pension Fund lost 6.3 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 Dekalb Police Pension Fund's had $33,349,367 in investment assets last year. It paid $45,065 in investment expenses and lost $2,038,173 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.

Dekalb Police Pension Fund investment performance
20142015201620172018
Investment assets$29,714,375$29,769,291$30,641,231$35,179,053$33,349,367
Investment expenses$37,691$40,984$21,779$43,479$45,065
Investment income$3,298,088$356,839$1,537,160$4,335,066-$2,038,173
Net investment income to assets111.1512.2-6.3
Actuarial assumption6.86.86.86.56.5

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