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

United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: Overseas corporate securities (ended 2018) () was up 7.2% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −12.0% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 39,318 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2017.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −39.3% (Q4 2008) to 41.0% (Q2 2017), averaging −0.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-IX8C.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-overseas-corporate-securities-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 39,318 £m | 7.2 |
| Q3 2018 | 31,106 £m | −12.0 |
| Q2 2018 | 38,553 £m | −5.2 |
| Q1 2018 | 38,483 £m | 5.5 |
| Q4 2017 | 36,667 £m | 3.7 |
| Q3 2017 | 35,345 £m | 14.2 |
| Q2 2017 | 40,656 £m | 41.0 |
| Q1 2017 | 36,460 £m | 20.6 |
| Q4 2016 | 35,355 £m | −1.4 |
| Q3 2016 | 30,947 £m | −26.2 |
| Q2 2016 | 28,828 £m | −19.5 |
| Q1 2016 | 30,231 £m | −28.7 |
| Q4 2015 | 35,861 £m | 2.1 |
| Q3 2015 | 41,950 £m | 28.3 |
| Q2 2015 | 35,792 £m | 1.7 |
| Q1 2015 | 42,423 £m | 22.5 |
| Q4 2014 | 35,137 £m | 5.9 |
| Q3 2014 | 32,688 £m | −12.0 |
| Q2 2014 | 35,193 £m | −2.7 |
| Q1 2014 | 34,623 £m | 1.1 |
| Q4 2013 | 33,167 £m | −1.1 |
| Q3 2013 | 37,158 £m | 19.3 |
| Q2 2013 | 36,188 £m | 19.7 |
| Q1 2013 | 34,254 £m | −5.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-IX8C.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-PENSIONS"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-IX8C.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-PENSIONS",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```