In February 2012, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered a decrease of three per cent to €11.0 trillion (compared to €11.3 trillion in February 2011). Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business decreased by one per cent from €6.0 trillion in February 2011 to €5.9 trillion in February 2012 – while domestic German securities held under custody decreased by four per cent from €5.4 trillion in February 2011 to €5.1 trillion in February 2012.
In February 2012, 3.5 million international settlement transactions were processed, a four per cent increase over February 2011 (3.3 million). Of all international transactions, 79 per cent were OTC transactions and 21 per cent were registered as stock exchange transactions. On the German domestic market, settlement transactions reached 6.9 million, seven per cent less than in February 2011 (7.4 million). Of these transactions, 67 per cent were stock exchange transactions and 33 per cent OTC transactions.
For Global Securities Financing (GSF) services, the monthly average outstanding reached €599.7 billion. The combined services, which include triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced a rise of 12 per cent over February 2011 (€536.4 billion).
In the Investment Funds services, 0.52 million transactions were processed, a seven per cent increase over February 2011 (0.49 million).
