In October 2011, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered a decrease of 2 percent to € 10.8 trillion (compared to € 11 trillion in October 2010). Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business stayed flat at € 5.8 trillion in October 2011 compared with October 2010 – while domestic German securities held under custody decreased by 4 percent from € 5.2 trillion in October 2010 to € 5.0 trillion in October 2011.
In October 2011, 2.8 million international settlement transactions were processed, a 11 percent decrease over October 2010 (3.1 million). Of all international transactions, 82 percent were OTC transactions and 18 percent were registered as stock exchange transactions. Year-to-date October 2011 is with 32.0 million international settlement transactions 6 percent (+1.85 million) above the same period last year (year-to-date October 2010: 30.1 million).
On the German domestic market, settlement transactions in October 2011 reached 6.7 million, same level as in October 2010 (6.7 million). Of these transactions, 67 percent were stock exchange transactions and 33 percent OTC transactions. Year-to-date October 2011 is with 75.1 domestic settlement transactions 16 percent (+10.4 million) above same period last year (year-to-date October 2010: 64.7 million).
For Global Securities Financing (GSF) services, the monthly average outstanding reached an all time high of € 657.6 billion. The combined services, which include triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced a rise of 21 percent over October 2010 (€ 544.7 billion).
In the Investment Funds services, 0.35 million transactions were processed, a 19 percent decrease over October 2010 (0.44 million). Year-to-date October 2011 is with 4.40 million transactions 6 percent higher than same period last year (year-to-date October 2010: 4.15 million).
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