International settlement transactions grew year-on-year with a 5 percent increase (3.21 million) compared to October 2007 (3.05 million). International Over the Counter (OTC) transactions grew by 22 percent from 1.90 million to 2.32 million in October 2008, including international OTC bond transactions that grew by 45 percent from 1.12 million to 1.62 million. Of all international transactions, 72 percent were OTC transactions and 28 percent were registered as stock exchange transactions.
On the German domestic market, settlement transactions reached 9.75 million, 28 percent more than in October 2007 (7.61 million). Domestic stock exchange transactions grew by 31 percent from 5.24 million to 6.86 million. Of all domestic transactions, 70 percent were stock exchange transactions and 30 percent OTC transactions.
For Global Securities Financing (GSF) services, the monthly average outstandings reached a new record high of Euro 426.3 billion. The combined services, which include triparty repo, securities lending and collateral management, collectively experienced a rise of 24 percent over October 2007 (Euro 343.6 billion).
In the Investment Funds services, 509,498 transactions were processed, a 17 percent decrease over October 2007 (613,869) as a result of reduced transactions in European domiciled investment funds.