In February 2013, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered an increase of 4 percent to EUR 11.4 trillion (compared to EUR 11.0 trillion in February 2012). Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business increased by 3 percent from EUR 5.9 trillion in February 2012 to EUR 6.1 trillion in February 2013 – while domestic German securities held under custody increased by 4 percent from EUR 5.1 trillion in February 2012 to EUR 5.4 trillion in February 2013.
In February 2013, 3.3 million international settlement transactions were processed, a 4 percent decrease over February 2012 (3.5 million). Of all international transactions, 82 percent were OTC transactions and 18 percent were registered as stock exchange transactions. On the German domestic market, settlement transactions reached 6.5 million, 5 percent less than in February 2012 (6.9 million). Of these transactions, 66 percent were stock exchange transactions and 34 percent OTC transactions. The year-to-date February 2013 total number of settlement transactions processed increased by 2 percent compared to the same period last year (from 19.9 million to 20.3 million).
For Global Securities Financing (GSF) services, the monthly average outstanding reached EUR 563.3 billion. The combined services, which include triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced a drop of 6 percent over February 2012 (EUR 599.7 billion).
In the Investment Funds Services (IFS), 0.62 million transactions were processed, a 18 percent increase over February 2012 (0.52 million). The number of IFS transactions processed year-to-date February 2013 (1.3 million) is 29 percent more than the same period last year (year-to-date February 2012: 1.0 million).
Core business figures | ||
February 2012 | February 2013 | |
Settlement transactions (in millions) | ||
OTC | 2.73 | 2.73 |
Stock Exchange | 0.74 | 0.60 |
International | 3.47 | 3.33 |
OTC | 2.25 | 2.21 |
Stock Exchange | 4.63 | 4.33 |
Domestic | 6.88 | 6.54 |
Total | 10.35 | 9.87 |
Assets under custody (in EUR trillion) | ||
Total | 11.02 | 11.42 |
International | 5.88 | 6.05 |
Domestic | 5.14 | 5.37 |