For the 100 largest public-employee retirement systems in the country, total holdings and investments were up after last quarter’s 5.3-percent decline. With a quarter-to-quarter increase of 6.2 percent, total holdings and investments rose from $2,350.1 billion in the second quarter of 2010 to $2,495.4 billion in the third quarter of 2010, reaching the highest level in two years (since 2008:Q3). Total holdings and investments continued to show a year-to-year increase for the fourth consecutive quarter, rising 5.2 percent from $2,372.1 billion in the third quarter of 2009.