OREANDA-NEWS. In January 2016, the overall value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered an increase of 1 percent to EUR 13.0 trillion (compared to EUR 12.8 trillion in January 2015).

Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business as international central securities depository (ICSD) increased by 4 percent from EUR 6.8 trillion in January 2015 to EUR 7.1 trillion in January 2016.

Securities held under custody in the German central securities depository (CSD) decreased by 2 percent from EUR 6.0 trillion in January 2015 to EUR 5.8 trillion in January 2016.

Business stream Settlement

In January 2016, 3.3 million international (ICSD) settlement transactions were processed, a 13 percent decrease over January 2015 (3.8 million). Of all international transactions, 84 percent were OTC transactions and 16 percent were registered as stock exchange transactions.

On the German domestic market, CSD settlement transactions in January 2016 reached 7.3 million, 9 percent less than in January 2015 (8.0 million). Of these transactions, 65 percent were stock exchange transactions and 35 percent OTC transactions.

Business stream Global Securities Financing

For Global Securities Financing (GSF) services, the monthly average outstanding in January 2016 reached EUR 519.8 billion. The combined services, which include triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced a decrease of 14 percent over January 2015 (EUR 602.5 billion).

Business stream Investment Fund Services

Investment Fund Services (IFS) processed 0.73 million transactions in January 2016, a 12 percent decrease over January 2015 (0.83 million).