Canadian pension funds have boosted their foreign equity investments...

Canadian pension funds have boosted their foreign equity investments to 26% from 22% over the past five years, according to a recent Greenwich Associates study. Meanwhile, Canadian investments dropped to 61% from 68% during the same period. Investments in Canadian stocks dropped nearly C$17 billion (US$10.8 billion) in the last year, while U.S. equity investments slipped by just over C$1 billion. Holdings in stocks in major developed markets in Europe, Asia and the Far East rose by nearly C$2 billion, Greenwich found.