# United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: Overseas mutual funds (including overseas property unit trusts) (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: Overseas mutual funds (including overseas property unit trusts) (ended 2018) () was up 52.4% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 48.7% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 32,500 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q2 2017.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −46.6% (Q2 2009) to 166.6% (Q4 2009), averaging 22.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JE4T.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-mutual-funds-including-overseas-property-unit-trusts

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 32,500 £m | 52.4 |
| Q3 2018 | 26,275 £m | 48.7 |
| Q2 2018 | 29,647 £m | 37.5 |
| Q1 2018 | 35,028 £m | 47.0 |
| Q4 2017 | 21,324 £m | 20.2 |
| Q3 2017 | 17,670 £m | 11.5 |
| Q2 2017 | 21,566 £m | 68.0 |
| Q1 2017 | 23,833 £m | 85.8 |
| Q4 2016 | 17,744 £m | 58.8 |
| Q3 2016 | 15,848 £m | 33.3 |
| Q2 2016 | 12,840 £m | −4.2 |
| Q1 2016 | 12,827 £m | −10.2 |
| Q4 2015 | 11,172 £m | −15.0 |
| Q3 2015 | 11,893 £m | −7.0 |
| Q2 2015 | 13,399 £m | 41.8 |
| Q1 2015 | 14,282 £m | 4.4 |
| Q4 2014 | 13,145 £m | 8.0 |
| Q3 2014 | 12,788 £m | −1.3 |
| Q2 2014 | 9,451.0 £m | −36.3 |
| Q1 2014 | 13,681 £m | 13.9 |
| Q4 2013 | 12,175 £m | 19.5 |
| Q3 2013 | 12,957 £m | 30.3 |
| Q2 2013 | 14,843 £m | −8.4 |
| Q1 2013 | 12,011 £m | 5.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JE4T.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-PENSIONS"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JE4T.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-PENSIONS",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```