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## Assets >. 

The Corporation’s total assets at December 31, 2001 amounted to $8,198 million, $2,278 million over the $5,920 million at December 31, 2000. 

The following table presents the composition of the loan portfolio at year- end for each of the last five years. 

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Total loans receivable increased by $811 million in 2001 when compared with 2000. During 2001 the Corporation continued its strategy of diver- sifying its loan portfolio composition through the origination and purchase of commercial loans and residential real estate loans, while maintaining its investment in consumer loans at approximately $1.0 billion.This resulted in a significant increase of $557 million in the commercial loan portfolio and of $265 million in residential real estate loans. Finance leases, which are mostly composed of loans to individuals to finance the acquisition of an auto, increased by $5 million, and consumer loans decreased by $16 million in 2001. 

The Corporation’s investment portfolio at December 31, 2001 amounted to $3,716 million, an increase of $1,483 million when compared with the investment portfolio of $2,233 million at December 31, 2000. 

