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

United Kingdom PEN: NET: Overseas corporate securities: Preference shares (ended 2018) () was down 581.2% year on year in Q3 2018, compared with −500.0% in Q4 2015.
The level stood at −160.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q4 1993.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −581.2% (Q3 2018) to −38.9% (Q4 2012), averaging −242.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-GNRD.MEASURE-NETINV.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-net-overseas-corporate-securities-preference-shares-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | −160.0 £m | — |
| Q3 2018 | −154.0 £m | −581.2 |
| Q2 2018 | 21.00 £m | — |
| Q1 2018 | −4.00 £m | — |
| Q4 2017 | −153.0 £m | — |
| Q3 2017 | 32.00 £m | — |
| Q2 2017 | −125.0 £m | — |
| Q1 2017 | −6.00 £m | — |
| Q4 2016 | −83.00 £m | — |
| Q3 2016 | −35.00 £m | — |
| Q2 2016 | −27.00 £m | — |
| Q1 2016 | −7.00 £m | — |
| Q4 2015 | −96.00 £m | −500.0 |
| Q3 2015 | −38.00 £m | −171.7 |
| Q2 2015 | −134.0 £m | — |
| Q1 2015 | −47.00 £m | — |
| Q4 2014 | 24.00 £m | — |
| Q3 2014 | 53.00 £m | — |
| Q2 2014 | −15.00 £m | — |
| Q1 2014 | −40.00 £m | — |
| Q4 2013 | −21.00 £m | −290.9 |
| Q3 2013 | −75.00 £m | — |
| Q2 2013 | −131.0 £m | −497.0 |
| Q1 2013 | −84.00 £m | — |

## API

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

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