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

United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: corporate securities: Preference shares (ended 2018) () was up 33.3% year on year in Q1 2016, compared with 1,400.0% in Q4 2015.
The level stood at 4.00 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −100.0% (Q1 2008) to 16,000.0% (Q3 2008), averaging 711.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-IX8B.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-PENSIONS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2018-07-01 (72 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/pen-acq-corporate-securities-preference-shares-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2018 | 4.00 £m | — |
| Q2 2018 | 0.00 £m | — |
| Q4 2017 | 0.00 £m | — |
| Q3 2017 | 0.00 £m | — |
| Q2 2017 | 0.00 £m | — |
| Q1 2017 | 0.00 £m | — |
| Q3 2016 | 1.00 £m | — |
| Q1 2016 | 4.00 £m | 33.3 |
| Q4 2015 | 15.00 £m | 1,400.0 |
| Q3 2015 | 0.00 £m | −100.0 |
| Q2 2015 | 3.00 £m | −50.0 |
| Q1 2015 | 3.00 £m | 50.0 |
| Q4 2014 | 1.00 £m | −98.6 |
| Q3 2014 | 2.00 £m | — |
| Q2 2014 | 6.00 £m | 100.0 |
| Q1 2014 | 2.00 £m | −88.9 |
| Q4 2013 | 74.00 £m | 196.0 |
| Q3 2013 | 0.00 £m | −100.0 |
| Q2 2013 | 3.00 £m | −62.5 |
| Q1 2013 | 18.00 £m | 350.0 |
| Q4 2012 | 25.00 £m | 150.0 |
| Q3 2012 | 6.00 £m | — |
| Q2 2012 | 8.00 £m | 700.0 |
| Q1 2012 | 4.00 £m | — |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-IX8B.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-PENSIONS"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-IX8B.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-PENSIONS",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```