Clearstream says it processed 2.45 million international transactions in January 2007, a 15 percent rise over January 2006 (2.12 million). Of these transactions, 75 percent were Over the Counter (OTC) transactions and 25 percent were registered as stock exchange transactions.
Domestic settlement transactions in Germany stood at 3.70 million compared to 3.61 million for the same month last year. Of these transactions 66 percent were stock exchange transactions and 34 percent OTC transactions.
The value of assets under custody on behalf of customers rose to a new high of € 9.8 trillion, a 10 percent rise from January 2006 (€ 9.0 trillion). Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business experienced a rise of 12 percent from € 4.0 trillion to € 4.5 trillion. On the domestic German business, securities held under custody rose by 8 percent from € 5.0 trillion to € 5.4 trillion.
For the Global Securities Financing services monthly average outstandings reached a high at EUR 300.2 billion. The combined services, which includes triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced a rise of 43 percent from the same month last year (January 2006: EUR 209.7 billion).
In the Investment Funds services, business continues to grow with 391.898 transactions processed in January, almost 21 percent more than a year ago (325.157).