In March 2012, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered a decrease of 2 percent to EUR 11.1 trillion (compared to EUR 11.3 trillion in March 2011). Securities held under custody in Clearstreams international business kept the level of the same month last year with EUR 5.9 trillion in March 2012 while domestic German securities held under custody decreased by 4 percent from EUR 5.4 trillion in March 2011 to EUR 5.2 trillion in March 2012. In March 2012, 3.6 million international settlement transactions were processed, a 4 percent decrease over March 2011 (3.8 million). Of all international transactions, 79 percent were OTC transactions and 21 percent were registered as stock exchange transactions. On the German domestic market, settlement...
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