MQ5: Investment by Insurance Companies, Pension Funds and Trusts

This release contains quarterly net investment data arising from financial transactions (investments) made by insurance companies, self-administered pension funds, investment trusts, unit trusts and property unit trusts. Also included are quarterly balance sheet data for short-term assets and liabilities, along with income and expenditure data for insurance companies and self-administered pension funds. All data are reported on a current price basis. In addition, every third quarter release contains annual balance sheet data for all the institutional groups; providing information on the market value of assets and liabilities. Annual income and expenditure data for insurance companies are also reported at this time.

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These National Statistics are produced to high professional standards and released according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.