Clearstream processed 2.02 million international transactions in September 2007, a rise of 16% over September 2006.
Of these transactions, 81% were Over the Counter (OTC) transactions and 19% were registered as stock exchange transactions. Domestic settlement transactions in Germany stood at 3.14 million compared to 2.63 million for the same month last year. Of these transactions 66% were stock exchange transactions and 34% OTC transactions.
The value of assets under custody on behalf of customers rose to 10.6 trillion, a 13% rise from September 2006. Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business experienced a rise of 13% from 4.2 trillion to 4.8 trillion. On the domestic German business, securities held under custody rose by 13% from 5.1 trillion to $5.8 trillion.
For the Global Securities Financing services monthly average outstandings reached 4325.0 billion. The combined services, which include triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced a strong rise of almost 21% from the same month last year.
The Investment Funds services processed 298,769 transactions in September, almost a 20% increase on September 2006.