In December 2009, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered an increase of 5% to 10.7 trillion (compared to 10.2 trillion in December 2008), primarily due to bonds business. Securities held under custody in Clearstreams international business experienced a rise of 6% from 5.2 trillion in December 2008 to 5.5 trillion in December 2009 while domestic German securities held under custody increased by 3% from 5.0 trillion in December 2008 to 5.2 trillion in December 2009. For 2009, yearly average of the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers reached 10.3 trillion compared to 10.6 trillion in 2008, a decrease of 3% .
In December 2009 2.64 million international transactions were processed, an almost 1% decline over December 2008 (2.67 million). International Over the Counter (OTC) bond transactions grew by more than 9% from 1.31 million to 1.43 million in December 2009. Of all international transactions, 74% were OTC transactions and 26% were registered as stock exchange transactions. For 2009, Clearstream processed 30.59 million international transactions, an increase of 2% compared to 2008.
On the German domestic market, settlement transactions reached 6.03 million, 15% less than in December 2008 (7.08 million). Of these transactions, 66% were stock exchange transactions and 34% OTC transactions. In 2009, Clearstream processed 71.38 million domestic settlement transactions compared to 84.32 million in 2008, a decrease of 15% .
For Global Securities Financing (GSF) services, the monthly average outstanding reached 509.4 billion. The combined services, which include triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced a rise of over 17% over December 2008 ( 434.1 billion). For the year 2009, monthly average outstanding reached 483.6 billion compared to 398.8 billion in 2008, an increase of 21% .
In the Investment Funds services, 367,146 transactions were processed, a 23% decrease over December 2008 (477,405). For 2009, 3.9 million transactions were processed, a 25% decrease over 2008 (5.2 million) as a result of reduced European investment funds transactions.
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