In August 2012, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered an increase of 3 percent to EUR 11.2 trillion (compared to EUR 10.8 trillion in August 2011). Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business increased by 4 percent from EUR 5.8 trillion in August 2011 to EUR 6.0 trillion in August 2012 – while domestic German securities held under custody increased by 3 percent from EUR 5.0 trillion in August 2011 to EUR 5.1 trillion in August 2012. In August 2012, 3.2 million international settlement transactions were processed, a 7 percent decrease over August 2011 (3.4 million). Of all international transactions, 81 percent were OTC transactions and 19 percent were registered as stock exchange transactions. On the German domestic market,...
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