In December 2.12 million international transactions were processed, a 5% rise over December 2006. Of these transactions, 82% were Over the Counter (OTC) transactions and 18% were registered as stock exchange transactions.
For the whole year, Clearstream processed 29.20 million international transactions, 19% more than in 2006.
In December, domestic settlement transactions for the German market reached 3.19 million compared to 2.91 million for the same month last year. Of these transactions 63% were stock exchange transactions and 37% OTC transactions. In 2007, Clearstream processed 46.1 million domestic settlement transactions compared to 38.4 million in 2006, a 20% increase.
The value of assets under custody on behalf of customers rose to € 10.6 trillion in December, an 9% rise from the same month in 2006. Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business experienced a rise of 8% from € 4.4 to € 4.7 trillion and domestic German securities held under custody rose by 11% from € 5.3 trillion to € 5.9 trillion.
For the Global Securities Financing services monthly average outstandings in December reached a record high at € 365.82 billion. The combined services, which include triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced a rise of 21.47% percent over December 2006. In 2007, yearly average outstandings reached € 327.78 billion compared to € 254.57 billion in 2006.
In the Investment Funds services, business was strong with 330,118 transactions processed in December a 10% rise over December 2006. For the whole year 2007, 4,435,605 transactions were processed, a 23% rise over 2006.