Clearstream processed 2.43 million international transactions in May, a 2 percent rise over May 2006 (2.38 million).
Of those 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 3.94 million, compared to 4 million for the same month last year. Of those transactions 63 percent were stock exchange transactions and 37 percent OTC transactions.
The value of assets under custody on behalf of customers rose to a new high of 10.4 trillion, an 15 percent rise from May 2006 (9.1 trillion).
Securities held under custody in Clearstreams international business experienced a rise of 16 percent from 4.0 trillion to 4.7 trillion. On the domestic German business, securities held under custody rose by 14 percent from 5.0 trillion to 5.7 trillion.
For the Global Securities Financing services monthly average outstandings reached 320.50 billion. The combined services, which includes triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced a strong rise of almost 34 percent from the same month last year (May 2006: 240.30 billion).