In January 2011, the value of assets under custody held by Clearstream on behalf of customers registered an increase of 8% to EUR 11.4 trillion (compared to EUR 10.6 trillion in January 2010), according to figures released by the service provider.
Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business experienced a rise of 6% from EUR 5.6 trillion in January 2010 to EUR 6.0 trillion in January 2011 while domestic German securities held under custody increased by 9% from EUR 5.0 trillion in January 2010 to EUR 5.4 trillion in January 2011.
In January 2011, 3.3 million international settlement transactions were processed, a 21% increase over January 2010 (2.8 million). Of all international transactions, 69% were OTC transactions and 31% were registered as stock exchange transactions.
On the German domestic market, settlement transactions reached 7.3 million, 23% more than in January 2010 (5.9 million). Of these transactions, 68% were stock exchange transactions and 32% OTC transactions.
For Global Securities Financing (GSF) services, the monthly average outstanding reached EUR 550.7 billion. The combined services, which include tri-party repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced a rise of 12% over January 2010 (EUR 490.6 billion).
In the Investment Funds services, half a million transactions were processed, a 35% increase over January 2010 (0.37 million.).