General Insurance Article - MQ5: Investment by Insurance Co, Pension Funds and Trusts

 
1.   Net disinvestment of £11 billion was reported by insurance companies, pension funds and trusts in the fourth quarter of 2014. This was the first quarter of net disinvestment for this series since the fourth quarter of 2008 (£20 billion).
 
2.   In Q4 2014, net investment by unit trusts and property unit trusts (£2 billion) was the smallest by this institutional group since the fourth quarter of 2007 (net disinvestment of £1 billion).
 
3.   The 2014 provisional annual estimate of net investment by insurance companies, pension funds and trusts was £39 billion, compared with £48 billion in 2013.
 
4.   The 2014 provisional annual estimate of net investment by long-term insurance companies in mutual funds (£30 billion) was the largest level of net investment since the start of this series in 2000.

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