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Clearstream processed 2.17 million international transactions in April 2007, a 8% rise over April 2006 (2.01 million). Of these transactions, 74 percent were Over the Counter (OTC) transactions and 26 percent were registered as stock exchange transactions. Domestic settlement transactions in Germany stood at 3.27 million compared to 3.01 million for the same month last year, a rise of 9 percent. Of these transactions 66 percent were stock exchange transactions and 34 percent OTC transactions.
The value of assets under custody on behalf of customers rose to a new high of € 10 trillion, an 11 percent rise from April 2006 (€ 9.1 trillion).
Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business experienced a rise of 13 percent from € 4.1 trillion to € 4.6 trillion. On the domestic German business, securities held under custody rose by 10 percent from € 5.1 trillion to € 5.6 trillion.
For the Global Securities Financing services monthly average outstandings reached € 310.10 billion. The combined services, which includes triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced a strong rise of almost 29 percent from the same month last year (April 2006: € 240.70 billion).
The Investment Funds services processed 311,298 transactions in April, 3 percent less than a year ago (321,179).
