# United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: mutual funds (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: mutual funds (ended 2018) () was down 16.4% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −12.8% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 27,390 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q4 2015.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −51.5% (Q1 2011) to 92.4% (Q3 2016), averaging 16.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-J8YD.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-PENSIONS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (76 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/pen-acq-mutual-funds-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 27,390 £m | −16.4 |
| Q3 2018 | 25,550 £m | −12.8 |
| Q2 2018 | 31,203 £m | 14.8 |
| Q1 2018 | 31,973 £m | 15.3 |
| Q4 2017 | 32,760 £m | 55.9 |
| Q3 2017 | 29,309 £m | 69.2 |
| Q2 2017 | 27,190 £m | 64.4 |
| Q1 2017 | 27,742 £m | 59.4 |
| Q4 2016 | 21,016 £m | 67.3 |
| Q3 2016 | 17,320 £m | 92.4 |
| Q2 2016 | 16,537 £m | 53.7 |
| Q1 2016 | 17,402 £m | 71.3 |
| Q4 2015 | 12,559 £m | −25.1 |
| Q3 2015 | 9,003.0 £m | −38.2 |
| Q2 2015 | 10,759 £m | −10.3 |
| Q1 2015 | 10,156 £m | −21.0 |
| Q4 2014 | 16,757 £m | 7.3 |
| Q3 2014 | 14,574 £m | −17.4 |
| Q2 2014 | 11,999 £m | −24.2 |
| Q1 2014 | 12,861 £m | −5.4 |
| Q4 2013 | 15,616 £m | 28.2 |
| Q3 2013 | 17,636 £m | 62.8 |
| Q2 2013 | 15,836 £m | 49.0 |
| Q1 2013 | 13,589 £m | 5.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-J8YD.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-PENSIONS"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-J8YD.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-PENSIONS",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```