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

United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: Overseas corporate securities: Preference shares (ended 2018) () was down 21.7% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −71.5% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 83.00 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −77.8% (Q3 2016) to 329.3% (Q1 2015), averaging 17.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-GNQZ.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-PENSIONS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1986-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (132 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/pen-acq-overseas-corporate-securities-preference-shares-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 83.00 £m | −21.7 |
| Q3 2018 | 49.00 £m | −71.5 |
| Q2 2018 | 145.0 £m | 23.9 |
| Q1 2018 | 129.0 £m | −15.1 |
| Q4 2017 | 106.0 £m | 49.3 |
| Q3 2017 | 172.0 £m | 230.8 |
| Q2 2017 | 117.0 £m | 108.9 |
| Q1 2017 | 152.0 £m | −17.4 |
| Q4 2016 | 71.00 £m | −75.8 |
| Q3 2016 | 52.00 £m | −77.8 |
| Q2 2016 | 56.00 £m | −58.2 |
| Q1 2016 | 184.0 £m | 4.5 |
| Q4 2015 | 293.0 £m | 261.7 |
| Q3 2015 | 234.0 £m | 75.9 |
| Q2 2015 | 134.0 £m | 4.7 |
| Q1 2015 | 176.0 £m | 329.3 |
| Q4 2014 | 81.00 £m | −52.6 |
| Q3 2014 | 133.0 £m | 3.1 |
| Q2 2014 | 128.0 £m | −3.8 |
| Q1 2014 | 41.00 £m | −64.3 |
| Q4 2013 | 171.0 £m | 24.8 |
| Q3 2013 | 129.0 £m | −9.2 |
| Q2 2013 | 133.0 £m | 10.8 |
| Q1 2013 | 115.0 £m | 23.7 |

## API

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

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