# United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: Investment in insurance managed funds (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: Investment in insurance managed funds (ended 2018) () was down 14.0% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 8.0% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 10,666 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2017.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −63.3% (Q1 2010) to 258.5% (Q4 2017), averaging 16.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RZNY.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-PENSIONS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1983-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (144 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/pen-acq-investment-in-insurance-managed-funds-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 10,666 £m | −14.0 |
| Q3 2018 | 8,573.0 £m | 8.0 |
| Q2 2018 | 7,913.0 £m | −7.2 |
| Q1 2018 | 9,124.0 £m | 154.2 |
| Q4 2017 | 12,403 £m | 258.5 |
| Q3 2017 | 7,941.0 £m | 55.9 |
| Q2 2017 | 8,523.0 £m | 17.4 |
| Q1 2017 | 3,590.0 £m | −23.1 |
| Q4 2016 | 3,460.0 £m | −33.3 |
| Q3 2016 | 5,095.0 £m | 69.9 |
| Q2 2016 | 7,260.0 £m | 139.6 |
| Q1 2016 | 4,671.0 £m | 51.4 |
| Q4 2015 | 5,184.0 £m | −3.4 |
| Q3 2015 | 2,999.0 £m | 34.1 |
| Q2 2015 | 3,030.0 £m | 63.8 |
| Q1 2015 | 3,086.0 £m | 9.4 |
| Q4 2014 | 5,368.0 £m | 56.6 |
| Q3 2014 | 2,237.0 £m | −32.4 |
| Q2 2014 | 1,850.0 £m | 21.6 |
| Q1 2014 | 2,822.0 £m | −5.6 |
| Q4 2013 | 3,428.0 £m | 71.1 |
| Q3 2013 | 3,310.0 £m | 29.8 |
| Q2 2013 | 1,522.0 £m | −51.8 |
| Q1 2013 | 2,990.0 £m | 22.1 |

## API

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

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