In May 2011, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered an increase of 3 percent to € 11.3 trillion (compared to € 10.9 trillion in May 2010). Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business stayed flat at € 5.9 trillion compared to same month last year while domestic German securities held under custody increased by 7 percent from € 5.0 trillion in May 2010 to € 5.4 trillion in May 2011.
In May 2011, 3.26 million international settlement transactions were processed, a 3 percent decrease over May 2010 (3.37 million). Of all international transactions, 78 percent were OTC transactions and 22 percent were registered as stock exchange transactions.
On the German domestic market, settlement transactions reached 7.72 million, 5 percent less than in May 2010 (8.11 million). Of these transactions, 68 percent were stock exchange transactions and 32 percent OTC transactions. But year-to-date May 2011 is 11% (+ 5.5 million) above same period last year.
For Global Securities Financing (GSF) services, the monthly average outstanding reached € 552.7 billion. The combined services, which include triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced a rise of 8 percent over May 2010 (€ 509.6 billion).
In the Investment Funds services, 0.43 million transactions were processed, a 8 percent decrease over May 2010 (0.47 million). But year-to-date May 2011 is with 2.37 million transactions 15% higher than same period last year (2.07 million)