For the 100 largest public-employee retirement systems in the country, total holdings and investments exceeded the same quarter one year ago, with an increase of 19.0 percent from $2,093.6 billion in the first quarter of 2009 to $2,492.1 billion in the first quarter of 2010. Total holdings and investments continued their quarter-to-quarter climb for the fourth consecutive quarter, with an increase of 1.7 percent from $2,451.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2009.