INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Intangible assets other than goodwill [abstract]

Schedule of detailed information about intangible assets

The following table presents a continuity of the company’s intangible assets:

	Cost				Accumulated Amortization and Impairment				Total
AS AT AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DEC. 31 (MILLIONS)	2021		2020		2021		2020		2021		2020
Balance, beginning of year	$	27,946	$	30,232	$	(3,288)	$	(2,522)	$	24,658	$	27,710
Additions	251		452		—		—		251		452
Disposals1	(972)		(2,246)		383		307		(589)		(1,939)
Acquisitions through business combinations	8,639		703		—		7		8,639		710
Amortization	—		—		(1,477)		(1,310)		(1,477)		(1,310)
Foreign currency translation	(1,054)		(1,195)		181		230		(873)		(965)
Balance, end of year	$	34,810	$	27,946	$	(4,201)	$	(3,288)	$	30,609	$	24,658

1.Includes assets sold and amounts reclassified to held for sale.

Intangible assets are allocated to the following operating segments:

AS AT DEC. 31 (MILLIONS)	Note	2021		2020
Private Equity	(a)	$	14,806	$	11,261
Infrastructure	(b)	14,214		11,769
Real Estate	(c)	1,226		1,177
Renewable Power and Transition and other		363		451
		$	30,609	$	24,658