Clearstream processed 2.71million international transactions in October 2007, a 30% over October 2006. Of these transactions, 79% were Over the Counter (OTC) transactions and 21% were registered as stock exchange transactions. Domestic settlement transactions in Germany stood at 4.12 million compared to 2.99 million for the same month last year. Of these transactions 64% were stock exchange transactions and 36 percent OTC transactions.
The value of assets under custody on behalf of customers rose to 10.8 trillion, a 13% rise from October 2006. Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business experienced a rise of 13% from 4.3 trillion to 4.9 trillion. On the domestic German business, securities held under custody rose by 13% from 5.2 trillion to 5.9 trillion.
For the Global Securities Financing services monthly average outstandings reached 346.75 billion. The combined services, which includes triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced a strong rise of over 21% from the same month last year.
The Investment Funds services processed 419,935 transactions in October, almost 45% more than a year ago.