Clearstream’s August 2011 Figures

In August 2011, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered a slight decrease of 0.4 percent to € 10.82 trillion (compared to € 10.86 trillion in August 2010). Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business decreased by 1 percent from € 5.9 trillion in August 2010 to € 5.8 trillion in August 2011 while domestic German securities held under custody increased by 1 percent from € 4.96 trillion in August 2010 to € 4.99 trillion in August 2011.

In August 2011, 3.4 million international settlement transactions were processed, a 26 percent increase over August 2010 (2.7 million). Of all international transactions, 74 percent were OTC transactions and 26 percent were registered as stock exchange transactions. Year-to-date August 2011 is with 26.2 million international settlement transactions 8 percent (+2.0 million) above same period last year (year-to-date August 2010: 24.2 million).

On the German domestic market, settlement transactions reached 9.7 million, 62 percent more than in August 2010 (6.0 million). Of these transactions, 72 percent were stock exchange transactions and 28 percent OTC transactions. Year-to-date August 2011 is with 60.7 million domestic settlement transactions 17 percent (+9.0 million) above same period last year (year-to-date August 2010: 51.7 million).

For Global Securities Financing (GSF) services, the monthly average outstanding reached € 616.5 billion. The combined services, which include triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced a rise of 17 percent over August 2010 (€ 525.2 billion).

In the Investment Funds services, 0.50 million transactions were processed, a 27 percent increase over August 2010 (0.39 million). Year-to-date August 2011 is with 3.65 million transactions 11 percent higher than same period last year (year-to-date August 2010: 3.30 million).