In January 2012, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered a decrease of 4 percent to EUR 11.0 trillion (compared to EUR 11.4 trillion in January 2011). Securities held under custody in Clearstreams international business decreased by 1 percent from EUR 6.0 trillion in January 2011 to EUR 5.9 trillion in January 2012 while domestic German securities held under custody decreased by 6 percent from EUR 5.4 trillion in January 2011 to EUR 5.1 trillion in January 2012. In January 2012, 3.0 million international settlement transactions were processed, a 11 percent decrease over January 2011 (3.3 million). Of all international transactions, 80 percent were OTC transactions and 20 percent were registered as stock exchange transactions. On the German...
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