Good and bad news for Clearstream’s global securities financing
08 April 2013 Frankfurt
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For its Global Securities Financing services, Clearstream recorded a monthly average outstanding volume of €576.2 billion for March 2013.
The combined services, which include triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced a rise of 1 percent over March 2012, to €571.8 billion.
But the monthly average outstanding year-to-date, is, at €562.8 billion, four percent below the same period last year.
In the same month, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered an increase of four percent to €11.5 trillion (compared to €11.1 trillion in March 2012).
Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business increased four percent from €5.9 trillion in March 2012 to €6.2 trillion in March 2013, and domestic German securities held rose four percent from €5.2 trillion in March 2012 to €5.4 trillion in March 2013.
In March 2013, 3.4 million international settlement transactions were processed, a 7 percent decrease over March 2012 (3.6 million).
Of all international transactions, 83 percent were OTC transactions and 17 percent were registered as exchange transactions. In the German domestic market, settlement transactions reached 6.6 million, 8 percent less than in March 2012 (7.2 million). Of these transactions, 65 percent were stock exchange transactions and 35 percent were OTC transactions.
The combined services, which include triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced a rise of 1 percent over March 2012, to €571.8 billion.
But the monthly average outstanding year-to-date, is, at €562.8 billion, four percent below the same period last year.
In the same month, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered an increase of four percent to €11.5 trillion (compared to €11.1 trillion in March 2012).
Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business increased four percent from €5.9 trillion in March 2012 to €6.2 trillion in March 2013, and domestic German securities held rose four percent from €5.2 trillion in March 2012 to €5.4 trillion in March 2013.
In March 2013, 3.4 million international settlement transactions were processed, a 7 percent decrease over March 2012 (3.6 million).
Of all international transactions, 83 percent were OTC transactions and 17 percent were registered as exchange transactions. In the German domestic market, settlement transactions reached 6.6 million, 8 percent less than in March 2012 (7.2 million). Of these transactions, 65 percent were stock exchange transactions and 35 percent were OTC transactions.
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