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In May 2010, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered an increase of 7 percent to € 10.9 trillion (compared to € 10.2 trillion in May 2009). Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business experienced a rise of 9 percent from € 5.4 trillion in May 2009 to € 5.9 trillion in May 2010 while domestic German securities held under custody increased by 4 percent from € 4.8 trillion in May 2009 to € 5.0 trillion in May 2010.
In May 2010 3.37 million international transactions were processed, a 28 percent increase over May 2009 (2.62 million). International Over the Counter (OTC) bond transactions grew by 16 percent from 1.51 million to 1.74 million in May 2010. Of all international transactions, 71 percent were OTC transactions and 29 percent were registered as stock exchange transactions.
On the German domestic market, settlement transactions reached 8.11 million, 37 percent more than in May 2009 (5.92 million). Of these transactions, 69 percent were stock exchange transactions and 31 percent OTC transactions.
For Global Securities Financing (GSF) services, the monthly average outstanding reached € 509.6 billion in May 2010. The combined services, which include triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced a rise of 4 percent over May 2009 (€ 489.8 billion).
In the Investment Funds services, 472,291 transactions were processed, a 61 percent increase over May 2009 (292,502).
