# United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: corporate securities: Ordinary shares (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: corporate securities: Ordinary shares (ended 2018) () was up 1.8% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −0.4% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 7,015.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −54.9% (Q3 2011) to 83.8% (Q3 2010), averaging −4.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-ARJC.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-PENSIONS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1979-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (160 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/pen-acq-corporate-securities-ordinary-shares-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 7,015.0 £m | 1.8 |
| Q3 2018 | 7,113.0 £m | −0.4 |
| Q2 2018 | 8,412.0 £m | 14.1 |
| Q1 2018 | 6,851.0 £m | −23.7 |
| Q4 2017 | 6,894.0 £m | −0.2 |
| Q3 2017 | 7,139.0 £m | 21.2 |
| Q2 2017 | 7,370.0 £m | 18.7 |
| Q1 2017 | 8,981.0 £m | 17.8 |
| Q4 2016 | 6,908.0 £m | −19.4 |
| Q3 2016 | 5,889.0 £m | −32.4 |
| Q2 2016 | 6,208.0 £m | −19.1 |
| Q1 2016 | 7,623.0 £m | −14.9 |
| Q4 2015 | 8,567.0 £m | 2.1 |
| Q3 2015 | 8,707.0 £m | 24.9 |
| Q2 2015 | 7,671.0 £m | −9.5 |
| Q1 2015 | 8,958.0 £m | −8.3 |
| Q4 2014 | 8,394.0 £m | −26.3 |
| Q3 2014 | 6,972.0 £m | −18.0 |
| Q2 2014 | 8,472.0 £m | −40.4 |
| Q1 2014 | 9,772.0 £m | −17.0 |
| Q4 2013 | 11,396 £m | 21.0 |
| Q3 2013 | 8,504.0 £m | −33.2 |
| Q2 2013 | 14,218 £m | 11.5 |
| Q1 2013 | 11,774 £m | 1.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-ARJC.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-PENSIONS"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-ARJC.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-PENSIONS",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```