Additionally, the value of assets held in custody on behalf of customers rose to EUR 8.3 trillion, a rise of 7.5 percent from the end of the same month last year (June 2004 EUR 7.7 trillion).
Clearstream continues to experience strong growth within the strategically important Global Securities Financing services business with monthly average outstandings reaching EUR 184.7 billion. The combined services include tripartite repo, securities lending and collateral management and collectively experienced a rise of over 34 percent from the same month last year (June 2004: EUR 137.6 billion).
Clearstream with its investment funds service Vestima+ , witnessed in June the highest number of investment funds related instructions ever processed reaching 195,261, a rise of 61.5 percent from the same month last year (June 2004: 120,068).