OREANDA-NEWS.  In December 2015, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered an increase of 6 percent to EUR 13.3 trillion (compared to EUR 12.5 trillion in December 2014).

Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business as an international central securities depository (ICSD) increased by 8 percent from EUR 6.7 trillion in December 2014 to EUR 7.2 trillion in December 2015 while securities held under custody in the German central securities depository (CSD) increased by 4 percent from EUR 5.8 trillion in December 2014 to EUR 6.0 trillion in December 2015.

For 2015, the yearly average of the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers reached EUR 13.3 trillion compared to EUR 12.2 trillion in 2014 - an increase of 9 percent.

Business stream: Settlement

In December 2015, 3.5 million international (ICSD) settlement transactions were processed - a 2 percent decrease over December 2014 (3.6 million). Of all international transactions, 83 percent were OTC transactions and 17 percent were registered as stock exchange transactions. For 2015, Clearstream processed 44.1 million international transactions - an increase of 1 percent compared to 2014 (43.7).

On the German domestic market, CSD settlement transactions in December 2015 reached 7.8 million - 5 percent more than in December 2014 (7.4 million). Of these transactions, 62 percent were stock exchange transactions and 38 percent OTC transactions. In 2015, Clearstream processed 94.0 million domestic settlement transactions compared to 82.7 million in 2014 - an increase of 14 percent.

Business stream: Global Securities Financing

For Global Securities Financing (GSF) services, the monthly average outstanding in December reached EUR 542.1 billion. The combined services, which include triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced a decrease of 14 percent over December 2014 (EUR 627.6 billion).

For the year 2015, monthly average outstanding reached EUR 598.6 billion compared to EUR 609.8 billion in 2014 - a decrease of 2 percent.

Business stream: Investment Fund Services

Investment Fund Services (IFS) processed 0.79 million transactions in December 2015 - a 4 percent decrease over December 2014 (0.82 million).

In the year 2015, 9.7 million transactions were processed - an 11 percent increase compared to 2014 (8.8 million).

Commentary

Clearstream Chairman Jeffrey Tessler, Member of the Deutsche Börse Group Executive Board responsible for the Clients, Products & Core Markets division, said: "In 2015 our assets under custody grew once again. We will now build on this success with an even better client-centric approach. Deutsche Börse has combined the businesses of Clearstream, Eurex and ISE in the new division Clients, Products & Core Markets. This enables us to respond more effectively to the needs of the market."