"Figure 7: UK financial account balances (not seasonally adjusted)","" "Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2014 to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2016","" "","" "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" "","" "","Total","Direct investment","Portfolio investment","Other investment","Financial derivatives and employee stock options" "2014 Q1","-18.40","-114.53","1.57","80.08","11.77" "2014 Q2","-11.28","-3.07","-39.47","52.62","-22.19" "2014 Q3","-18.27","38.30","-53.83","-11.90","9.83" "2014 Q4","-30.65","-38.07","-32.34","35.52","0.00" "2015 Q1","-29.25","-91.33","-42.16","112.02","-20.42" "2015 Q2","-9.12","8.93","-118.03","116.95","-18.06" "2015 Q3","-9.19","-3.60","-36.04","10.94","14.24" "2015 Q4","-19.61","10.64","-75.74","50.95","-7.54" "2016 Q1","-8.20","-39.71","-33.96","25.09","38.04" "2016 Q2","-20.20","-19.36","-90.28","127.60","-40.95" "2016 Q3","-27.32","-28.62","-72.74","42.19","29.26" "2016 Q4","-52.98","-109.65","8.07","49.69","0.13"