In the fourth quarter, the market value of assets held by Canadian trusteed pension funds reached $2.2 trillion, a year-over-year increase of $95.9 billion, or 4.5%.
Of the five largest asset categories, which together accounted for 92.4% of the total market value of assets at the end of the fourth quarter, four increased in value over the previous year. The category with the largest dollar increase was bonds (+$52.9 billion, or +9.9%), followed by equities (+$26.1 billion, or +3.2%), other assets (+$20.1 billion, or +13.1%) and infrastructure (+$17.6 billion, or +8.7%). Real estate decreased by $7.9 billion (-3.0%).
Overall, in the fourth quarter, domestic assets rose $26.7 billion (+3.0%) and foreign assets rose $46.6 billion (+4.5%) year over year.
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