Clearstream has announced a rise in the assets under custody and a big jump in securities lending services.
In January 2011, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered an increase of eight per cent to €11.4 trillion (compared to €10.6 trillion in January 2010). Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business experienced a rise of six per cent from € 5.6 trillion in January 2010 to € 6.0 trillion in January 2011 while domestic German securities held under custody increased by 9 per cent from €5.0 trillion in January 2010 to €5.4 trillion in January 2011.
In January 2011, 3.3 million international settlement transactions were processed, a 21 per cent increase over January 2010 (2.8 million). Of all international transactions, 69 per cent were OTC transactions and 31 per cent were registered as stock exchange transactions.
On the German domestic market, settlement transactions reached 7.3 million, 23 per cent more than in January 2010 (5.9 million). Of these transactions, 68 per cent were stock exchange transactions and 32 per cent OTC transactions.
For Global Securities Financing (GSF) services, the monthly average outstanding reached €550.7 billion. The combined services, which include triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced a rise of 12 per cent over January 2010 (€ 490.6 billion).
In the Investment Funds services, 0.50 million transactions were processed, a 35 per cent increase over January 2010 (0.37 million.).
