In January 2010, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered an increase of 6% to 10.6 trillion (compared to 10.0 trillion in January 2009), primarily due to bonds business.
Securities held under custody in Clearstreams international business experienced a rise of 6 percent from 5.3 trillion in January 2009 to 5.6 trillion in January 2010 while domestic German securities held under custody increased by 5% from 4.7 trillion in January 2009 to 5.0 trillion in January 2010.
In January 2010 2.75 million international transactions were processed, a 16% increase over January 2009 (2.37 million). International Over the Counter (OTC) bond transactions grew by 8% from 1.43 million to 1.47 million in January 2010. Of all international transactions, 72% were OTC transactions and 28% were registered as stock exchange transactions.
On the German domestic market, settlement transactions reached 5.92 million, 9% more than in January 2009 (5.46 million). Of these transactions, 67% were stock exchange transactions and 33 percent OTC transactions.
For Global Securities Financing (GSF) services, the monthly average outstanding reached 490.6 billion. The combined services, which include triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced a rise of over 13% over January 2009 ( 434.3 billion).
In the Investment Funds services, 369,901 transactions were processed, a 5% increase over January 2009 (353,644) and the first increase in twelve months.
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