Clearstream processed 2.48 million international transactions in August 2007, a 47 percent rise over August 2006 (1.69 million).
Of these transactions, 75 percent were Over the Counter (OTC) transactions and 25 percent were registered as stock exchange transactions. Domestic settlement transactions in Germany stood at 4.44 million compared to 2.87 million for the same month last year (a rise of 55 percent). Of these transactions 68 percent were stock exchange transactions and 32 percent OTC transactions.
The value of assets under custody on behalf of customers rose to 10.5 trillion, a 14 percent rise from August 2006 (9.2 trillion). Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business experienced a rise of 15 percent from 4.1 trillion to 4.8 trillion. On the domestic German business, securities held under custody rose by 13 percent from 5.1 trillion to 5.7 trillion.
For the Global Securities Financing services monthly average outstandings reached 321.6 billion. The combined services, which includes triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced a strong rise of over 21 percent from the same month last year.