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Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund hits record return in 2019
Investors - FEBRUARY 18, 2020

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Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund hits record return in 2019

by Kali Persall

Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) posted a record return of 19.76 percent in 2019, according to a financial update from executive director Brian Collins.

The pension fund also saw a significant increase on its assets from $38.8 billion in 2018, to $44.6 billion at year-end 2019.

At the end of 2019, IMRF was 91 percent funded actuarially.

As of Sept. 30, 2019, IMRF had a 6.7 percent actual allocation ($2.8 billion) to the real estate asset class, with a target of 9 percent.

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