Key Functions

Clearstream provides two fundamental services to the industry:

• International central securities depository (ICSD)

• Central securities depository (CSD) for German and Luxembourgish domestic securities.

As an ICSD it has, over a period of 40 years, developed a strong position in the international fixed income market. It handles the clearing, settlement and safekeeping of Eurobonds and offers its customers the possibility to use Clearstream Banking as a single point of access for the settlement and custody of internationally traded bonds and equities across 51 markets.

Settlement and custody

• Global Securities Financing offers them the opportunity to enhance their liquidity and control risk

• Cash Management services enable customers to efficiently manage their cash positions through same-day value withdrawals and deposits, automatic currency conversions and automatic transfers of custody proceeds

• Investment Funds Services provide innovative solutions to increase the efficiency of the European Investment Funds markets.

More than 1,100 employees service customers in Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa from our operational centres in Luxembourg, Germany and Singapore, as well as from representative offices in London, New York, Hong Kong, Dubai and Tokyo.