In February the value of assets under custody on behalf of customers roseto 10.5 trillion, a 6% rise from February 2007.
Securities held under custody in Clearstreams international businessexperienced a rise of 6% from 4.6 to 4.9 trillion and domesticGerman securities held under custody rose by 5% from 5.4 trillionto 5.7 trillion.
In February 2.46 million international transactions were processed, adecrease of 14% over February 2007. Of these transactions, 73% were Over the Counter (OTC) transactions and 27% were registered as stock exchange transactions. The decrease over February 2007 was mainly due to a reduction in international stock exchange transactions.
On the German Domestic market, transactions reached 6.76 million, in linewith February 2007. Of these transactions 67% were stock exchange transactions and 33% OTC transactions.
For the Global Securities Financing (GSF) services, monthly averageoutstandings reached a record high at 390.00 billion. The combinedservices, which include triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced a rise of over 23% over February 2007.
In the Investment Funds services, business decreased to 449.776 processedtransactions, a 15% drop over February 2007.