Clearstream’s August 2010 Figures

In August 2010, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered an increase of 3 percent to € 10.9 trillion (compared to € 10.5 trillion in August 2009). Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business experienced a rise of 8 percent from € 5.5 trillion in August 2009 to € 5.9 trillion in August 2010 while domestic German securities held under custody decreased by 2 percent from € 5.1trillion in August 2009 to € 5.0 trillion in August 2010.

In August 2010 2.73 million international transactions were processed, a 17 percent increase over August 2009 (2.33 million). Of all international transactions, 75 percent were OTC transactions and 25 percent were registered as stock exchange transactions.

On the German domestic market, settlement transactions reached 6.00 million, 4 percent more than in August 2009 (5.78 million). Of these transactions, 68 percent were stock exchange transactions and 32 percent OTC transactions.

For Global Securities Financing (GSF) services, the monthly average outstanding reached € 525.2 billion. The combined services, which include triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced a rise of 9 percent over August 2009 (€ 479.8 billion).

In the Investment Funds services, 394,815 transactions were processed, a 24 percent increase over August 2009 (317,246).