"Figure 4: In volatile financial markets, investors moved from owning equities towards cash in Quarter 1 2020","" "UK financial account balances, Quarter 2 (April to June) 2017 to Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Q1 refers to Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar), Q2 refers to Quarter 2 (Apr to June), Q3 refers to Quarter 3 (July to Sept) and Q4 refers to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec). 2. Total includes reserve assets." "Unit","£ billion" "","" "","Direct investment","Portfolio investment","Other investment","Financial derivatives & employee stock options","Total" "2017 Q2","8.8","8.6","-41.9","5.0","-17.8" "2017 Q3","24.1","-52.8","-7.7","4.7","-31.7" "2017 Q4","-11.0","-63.8","56.6","-8.3","-25.6" "2018 Q1","-20.5","-49.4","26.2","20.5","-19.6" "2018 Q2","-0.2","-107.8","97.7","-10.5","-18.7" "2018 Q3","24.4","-47.1","-9.9","13.4","-19.2" "2018 Q4","-21.6","-65.3","63.3","-15.2","-25.6" "2019 Q1","11.3","114.0","-140.9","-3.3","-25.2" "2019 Q2","-23.1","21.2","-11.7","-1.9","-20.1" "2019 Q3","-17.8","-73.6","22.1","26.2","-43.3" "2019 Q4","-39.6","-16.6","35.3","-12.1","-22.8" "2020 Q1","-2.0","-50.4","42.1","18.7","5.3"