Increases across the board for Clearstream
16 December 2015 Frankfurt
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Clearstream was an 8 percent increase in its assets under custody in November, compared to 2014, registering an increase from €12.4 trillion to €13.4 trillion.
Securities under custody in Clearstream’s international central securities depository (ICSD) reached €7.3 trillion in November 2015, an 11 percent increase on last November’s figure of €6.6 trillion.
Securities under custody in the domestic German central securities depository (CSD) also increased, by a more modest 5 percent from €5.8 trillion in November 2014 to €6.1 trillion in November 2015.
For the period year-to-date, the combined domestic and international CSDs have seen a 9 percent increase in assets under custody, combined to the same period last year. Year-to-date 2015 the figure has reached €13.3 trillion, compared to €12.2 trillion in 2014.
In November 2015, Clearstream processed 3.5 million ICSD settlement transactions and 7.4 million domestic settlement transactions.
This represents a 5 percent increase in ICSD transactions, which totalled 3.3 million in November 2014. Of November 2015’s total, 83 percent were over-the-counter (OTC) transactions and 17 percent were registered on the stock exchange.
Transactions on the German CSD totalled 6.7 million, meaning that November 2015’s total of 7.4 million marks an 11 percent jump. Of these, 38 percent were OTC transactions and 62 percent were registered on the stock exchange.
The combined total of ICSD and CSD settlement transactions increased by 10 percent, year-to-date, compared to the same period in 2014, totalling 126.7 million in 2015, compared to 115.3 million last year.
According to Clearstream, the investment fund services (IFS) business contributed to this growth, as its corresponding transactions saw growth of 12 percent, year-to-date, from 8 million transactions in 2014 to 8.9 million in 2015.
In November 2015, IFS processed 800,000 transactions, 9 percent more than November 2014’s total of 700,000.
Securities under custody in Clearstream’s international central securities depository (ICSD) reached €7.3 trillion in November 2015, an 11 percent increase on last November’s figure of €6.6 trillion.
Securities under custody in the domestic German central securities depository (CSD) also increased, by a more modest 5 percent from €5.8 trillion in November 2014 to €6.1 trillion in November 2015.
For the period year-to-date, the combined domestic and international CSDs have seen a 9 percent increase in assets under custody, combined to the same period last year. Year-to-date 2015 the figure has reached €13.3 trillion, compared to €12.2 trillion in 2014.
In November 2015, Clearstream processed 3.5 million ICSD settlement transactions and 7.4 million domestic settlement transactions.
This represents a 5 percent increase in ICSD transactions, which totalled 3.3 million in November 2014. Of November 2015’s total, 83 percent were over-the-counter (OTC) transactions and 17 percent were registered on the stock exchange.
Transactions on the German CSD totalled 6.7 million, meaning that November 2015’s total of 7.4 million marks an 11 percent jump. Of these, 38 percent were OTC transactions and 62 percent were registered on the stock exchange.
The combined total of ICSD and CSD settlement transactions increased by 10 percent, year-to-date, compared to the same period in 2014, totalling 126.7 million in 2015, compared to 115.3 million last year.
According to Clearstream, the investment fund services (IFS) business contributed to this growth, as its corresponding transactions saw growth of 12 percent, year-to-date, from 8 million transactions in 2014 to 8.9 million in 2015.
In November 2015, IFS processed 800,000 transactions, 9 percent more than November 2014’s total of 700,000.
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