In February 2010, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered an increase of 7% to 10.7 trillion (compared to 9.9 trillion in February 2009). Securities held under custody in Clearstreams international business experienced a rise of 8% from 5.3 trillion in February 2009 to 5.7 trillion in February 2010 while domestic German securities held under custody increased by 7% from 4.6 trillion in
February 2009 to 5.0 trillion in February 2010.
In February 2010 2.79 million international transactions were processed, a 23% increase over February 2009 (2.26 million). International Over the Counter (OTC) bond transactions grew by more than 16% from 1.41 million to 1.63 million in February 2010. Of all international transactions, 77% were OTC transactions and 23% were registered as stock exchange transactions.
On the German domestic market, settlement transactions reached 6.03 million, 16% more than in February 2009 (5.20 million). Of these transactions, 67% were stock exchange transactions and 33% OTC transactions.
For Global Securities Financing (GSF) services, the monthly average outstanding reached 488.6 billion. The combined services, which include triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced a rise of 7% over February 2009 ( 454.7 billion).
In the Investment Funds services, 360,500 transactions were processed, a 30% increase over February 2009 (277,804).
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