Clearstream's custody is solid for 2013 13 January 2014 Frankfurt Reporter: Georgina Lavers
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Clearstream closed off the year with a record a record €12 trillion in assets under custody held on behalf of customers.
In December 2013, 3.25 million international settlement transactions were processed, a 7 percent increase over December 2012 (3 million).
Of all international transactions, 83 percent were OTC transactions and 17 percent were registered as stock exchange transactions. For 2013, Clearstream processed 41.11 million international transactions, an increase of 5 percent compared to 2012.
For Global Securities Financing (GSF) services, the monthly average outstanding in December reached €594.8 billion. The combined services, which include triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced an increase of 7 percent over December 2012 (€555.7 billion).
For the year 2013, monthly average outstanding reached €576.5 billion compared to €570.3 billion in 2012, an increase of 1 percent.
Clearstream’s investment funds services business processed 0.67 million transactions in December 2013, a 24 percent increase over December 2012 (0.54 million). In the year 2013, 7.86 million transactions were processed, a 23 percent increase compared to 2012 (6.36 million).
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