Clearstream custody assets rise to €11.2 trillion 07 September 2012Luxembourg and Frankfurt Reporter: Jenna Jones
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Clearstream has released its August 2012 figures, which reveal an increase in assets under custody, but a drop in the company’s global securities financing services.
The value of customer assets held under custody has increased to €11.2 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 3 percent, and securities held under custody in international business rose 4 percent above August 2011 figures to €6 trillion.
Domestic German securities increased by 3 percent from €5 trillion in August 2011 to €5.1 trillion a year later.
3.2 million international settlement transactions were processed, a 7 percent decrease over August 2011 (3.4 million).
Of all international transactions, 81 percent were OTC transactions and 19 percent were registered as stock exchange transactions.
For global securities financing services, the monthly average outstanding reached €557.7 billion. The combined services, including triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively decreased with a drop of 10 percent from August 2011.
The investment funds services saw an 18 percent increase over August last year, with 0.59 million transactions processed.
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