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Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Analysis: Park Employees' & Retirement Board Employees' A&B would go bankrupt in four years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Park Employees' & Retirement Board Employees' A&B would have lost $95,156,744 in 2018, according to a Chicago City Wire analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $368,926,204 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in four years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $15,297,166 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $79,859,578 in expenses, according to the 2019 biennial report detailing the health of each of the state’s pension funds and retirement systems. The difference between the two shows the fund’s annual loss without subsidies.

Taxpayers added $27,638,402 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $11,225,438 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $12,125,457 – $1,294,023 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $39,763,859 in 2018.

Park Employees' & Retirement Board Employees' A&B non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$15,297,166$79,859,578-$95,156,744
2017$53,029,755$81,675,825-$28,646,070
2016$33,212,308$77,805,080-$44,592,772
2015$11,135,916$74,359,906-$63,223,990
2014$30,011,051$74,414,886-$44,403,835

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