In March 2013, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered an increase of 4 percent to EUR 11.5 trillion (compared to EUR 11.1 trillion in March 2012). Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business increased by 4 percent from EUR 5.9 trillion in March 2012 to EUR 6.2 trillion in March 2013. Domestic German securities held under custody increased by 4 percent from EUR 5.2 trillion in March 2012 to EUR 5.4 trillion in March 2013.
In March 2013, 3.4 million international settlement transactions were processed, a 7 percent decrease over March 2012 (3.6 million). Of all international transactions, 83 percent were OTC transactions and 17 percent were registered as exchange transactions. On the German domestic market, settlement transactions reached 6.6 million, 8 percent less than in March 2012 (7.2 million). Of these transactions, 65 percent were stock exchange transactions and 35 percent OTC transactions.
For Global Securities Financing (GSF) services, the monthly average outstanding volume reached EUR 576.2 billion. The combined services, which include triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced a rise of 1 percent over March 2012 (EUR 571.8 billion). Year-to-date March 2013 GSF monthly average outstanding is with EUR 562.8 billion 4 percent below the same period last year (year-to-date March to March 2012: EUR 588.5 billion).
In the Investment Funds Services (IFS), 0.65 million transactions were processed, a 17 percent increase over March 2012 (0.55 million). Year-to-date March 2013 IFS number of transactions processed is with 1.93 million 25 percent above the same period last year (year-to-date March to March 2012: 1.55 million).
Core business figures | ||
March 2012 | March 2013 | |
Settlement transactions (in millions) | ||
OTC | 2.87 | 2.79 |
Stock Exchange | 0.77 | 0.58 |
International | 3.64 | 3.37 |
OTC | 2.42 | 2.36 |
Stock Exchange | 4.77 | 4.28 |
Domestic | 7.19 | 6.65 |
Total | 10.82 | 10.02 |
Assets under custody (in € trillion) | ||
Total | 11.10 | 11.55 |
International | 5.92 | 6.17 |
Domestic | 5.19 | 5.38 |