In April 2010, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered an increase of 7% to 10.9 trillion (compared to 10.2 trillion in April 2009). Securities held under custody in Clearstreams international business experienced a rise of 9% from 5.4 trillion in April 2009 to 5.8 trillion in April 2010 while domestic German securities held under custody increased by 4% from 4.8 trillion in April 2009 to 5.0 trillion in April 2010.
In April 2010 3.21 million international transactions were processed, a 31% increase over April 2009 (2.44 million). International Over the Counter (OTC) bond transactions grew by 16% from 1.49 million to 1.74 million in April 2010. Of all international transactions, 73% were OTC transactions and 27% were registered as stock exchange transactions.
On the German domestic market, settlement transactions reached 6.50 million, 10% more than in April 2009 (5.91 million). Of these transactions, 65% were stock exchange transactions and 35% OTC transactions.
For Global Securities Financing (GSF) services, the monthly average outstanding reached 490.3 billion. The combined services, which include triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced a rise of 1% over April 2009 ( 485.6 billion).
In the Investment Funds services, 423,719 transactions were processed, a 54% increase over April 2009 (275,904).
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