Overall figures for Clearstream in August 2014 show positive growth.
The overall assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered an increase of 6 percent to reach €12.2 trillion, compared to €11.6 trillion for August 2013.
Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s business as international central securities depository (ICSD) also increased by 6 percent to €6.5 trillion, with securities held under custody in the German central securities depository (CSD) increased by 5 percent to €5.7 trillion.
The combined value of assets under custody for the period year-to-date in the German domestic CSD and the global ICSD business increased by 5 percent.
The ICSD settled 3.1 million transactions, of which 84 percent were over-the-counter (OTC) transactions and 16 percent were registered as stock exchange transactions.
On the German domestic market, CSD settlement transactions reached 6.5 million, on par with August 2013. Of these transactions, 64 percent were stock exchange transactions and 36 percent OTC transactions.
The monthly average outstanding in August for global securities financing reached €613 billion, with the combined services including triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management increasing 9 percent from August 2013.
Investment funds services (IFS) processed 700,000 transactions for August 2014, representing a 10 percent increase.
In year-to-date figures, IFS transactions have grown by 10 percent from 5.2 million in August 2013 to 5.7 million.
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